David E. Lilienthal

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David E. Lilienthal was an American public administrator and lawyer best known for leading major New Deal and postwar agencies, including the Tennessee Valley Authority and the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.

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instanceOf government official
human
lawyer
public administrator
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
birthDate 1899-07-08
birthPlace Morton, Illinois, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1981-01-14
educatedAt DePauw University
Harvard Law School
employer Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Atomic Energy Commission
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
familyName Lilienthal
fieldOfWork energy policy
public administration
regional development
fullName David Eli Lilienthal
genre non-fiction
givenName David
ideology liberalism
knownFor advocacy of public power
influence on U.S. nuclear policy after World War II
leading the Tennessee Valley Authority during the New Deal era
serving as first chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Tennessee Valley Authority board
United States Atomic Energy Commission
notableWork Change, Hope, and the Bomb
TVA: Democracy on the March
The Journals of David E. Lilienthal
This I Do Believe
leadership of the Tennessee Valley Authority
leadership of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
occupation government official
lawyer
public administrator
placeOfDeath New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
Director of the Tennessee Valley Authority
spouse Helen Marian Lamb Lilienthal
workedOn New Deal public power programs
postwar atomic energy policy

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United States Atomic Energy Commission
chairperson
David E. Lilienthal ("David Eli Lilienthal")
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AEC
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