National Defense Research Committee

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United States government agency scientific research organization

The National Defense Research Committee was a U.S. World War II-era body that coordinated and accelerated military-related scientific research, laying the groundwork for the later Office of Scientific Research and Development.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
National Defense Research Committee canonical	7
NDRC	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States government agency ⓘ scientific research organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
appointedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
collaboratedWith	American universities ⓘ United States Army ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army United States Navy ⓘ surface form: U.S. Navy industrial laboratories ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Executive Order 8807 ⓘ
dissolved	1941-06-28 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	applied physics ⓘ engineering research ⓘ military science ⓘ weapons development ⓘ
foundedBy	Frank B. Jewett ⓘ James B. Conant ⓘ Karl T. Compton ⓘ Vannevar Bush ⓘ
hasChairperson	Vannevar Bush ⓘ
hasMember	Frank B. Jewett ⓘ James B. Conant ⓘ Karl T. Compton ⓘ Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen Sr. ⓘ Richard C. Tolman ⓘ
hasNumberOfDivisions	5 ⓘ
hasPurpose	accelerate development of weapons and military technologies ⓘ coordinate scientific research for military purposes ⓘ mobilize U.S. scientific resources for national defense ⓘ
historicalRole	model for later U.S. science–government collaboration in defense ⓘ precursor to the Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
inception	1940-06-27 ⓘ
legislativeBasis	Executive Order 8807 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableChairperson	Vannevar Bush ⓘ
notableWork	coordination of radar research ⓘ organization of U.S. wartime research contracts with universities ⓘ support for antisubmarine warfare research ⓘ support for proximity fuze development ⓘ
operatedDuringConflict	World War II ⓘ
operatingPeriod	World War II ⓘ
oversawProjectType	classified military research contracts ⓘ
parentOrganization	Office for Emergency Management ⓘ
partOf	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
replacedBy	Office of Scientific Research and Development ⓘ
shortName	National Defense Research Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NDRC
significantEvent	integration into the Office of Scientific Research and Development in 1941 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office of Scientific Research and Development → precededBy → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ

Office of Scientific Research and Development → hasPart → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ

National Defense Research Committee → shortName → National Defense Research Committee self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: NDRC

Alfred Loomis → memberOf → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ

Executive Order 8807 → relatedTo → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ

Tuxedo Park private laboratory → associatedWith → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ

James B. Conant → memberOf → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ

Rad Lab → affiliatedWith → National Defense Research Committee ⓘ