Everything about Lewis Strauss totally explained
Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss ("straws") (b.
January 31,
1896,
Charleston, West Virginia – d.
January 21,
1974,
Brandy Station, Virginia) was a wealthy businessman who took on a leadership role in the wartime navy, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral, and later became a
U.S. administrator. He was the
chairman of the
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission between 1953 and
1958. He was Acting
Secretary of Commerce between 1958 and
1959; then-President
Eisenhower nominated him for the permanent position, but his nomination was narrowly rejected (by a 49-46 vote).
Strauss is perhaps most remembered as the driving force in the hearings in which
J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked. Strauss' failure to be confirmed as Secretary of Commerce was attributed to his role in the Oppenheimer matter, but numerous other controversies clearly played a role.
In 1954, as chairman of the Atomic energy Commission, Strauss also predicted that electricity (generated from atomic energy) would become "too cheap to meter",
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