Hyman Rickover
Hyman Rickover · Science & Medicine
Father of the US nuclear navy; Enrico Fermi Award (1964)
1900, Maków Mazowiecki, Poland (then Russian Empire) — 1986, Arlington, Virginia, United States
Poland · United States
Hyman Rickover is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Father of the US nuclear navy; Enrico Fermi Award (1964)
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, known as the 'Father of the Nuclear Navy', directed the development of the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, and shaped U.S. naval nuclear propulsion for decades. He received the Enrico Fermi Award in 1964 and two Congressional Gold Medals. He was born into a Jewish family in Poland and emigrated as a child to the United States, fleeing antisemitic persecution.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
Father of the US nuclear navy; Enrico Fermi Award (1964)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Enrico Fermi Award
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