Ernest Lawrence, Arthur Compton, Vannevar Bush, James B. Conant Courtesy of the Nathional Archives
June 28, 1941
The Office of Scientific Research and Development is formed to mobilize the scientific resources of the nation and apply the results of research to national defense. Vannevar Bush is named director and answers only to the President . The NDRC, the military labs and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics were all research organizations. The OSRD was put in charge of all of them and also empowered with the authority to pursue engineering development. The NDRC continued as part of the OSRD with Harvard president James B. Conant in charge. The NDRC's mission was to make recommendations on research and development. Around this same time Bush orders a series of National Academy of Sciences studies to determine the current state of knowledge on nuclear fission.

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