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This is to report on the state of our search, on behalf' of the 

National Security Agency, for a Deputy Director for Research and 

Development, and to solicit your further consideration of this problem 

between now and the next Board meeting, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, 20-21 April 1954.· 

There were five names in our first preferential listing, all of 

whom have been approached with negative results, namely: 

J. W. McRae 

C. Guy Suits 

Julius Stratton 

A. G. Hill 

Jerome B. Wiesner 

This was reported to you by General Canine at the October meeting, 

except in the case of Wiesner, with whom negotiations were then in 

progress. 

The following nominees were also approached, with negative results: 

Howard T. Engstrom 

Robert D. Huntoon (NBS) 

Norman Ramsey {Harvard) 

Ralph Sawyer (Michigan) 

Louis T. E. Thompson (formerly RDB) 

At the last October meeting, we listed the following four names 

preferentially: 

George Valley 

Louis Ridenour 

Lawrence R. Hafstad 

J. E. Hobson 

Later, the name of Jerrold R. Zacharias was added to the foregoing list 

at the suggestion of Professor Robertson. 

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It appears that Ridenour is unlikely to be interested. Since we 

were not successful in getting any one of the three M.I.T. men on our 

first list, it may prove desirable now to try for Valley or Zacharias, 

both also of M.I.T., in the hope that the resistance there llBY be 

broken down in at least one case. 

Although a Deputy ma.y be obtained before our next meeting, there 

is no strong reason for conf'idence. I am therefore writing to urge 

your continued consideration of the problem, together with a suggestion 

that you aid in the search for other good prospects, so that we may 

adequately review the situation in April. The foll.owine additional 

suggestions have come from a number of sources (names preceded by an 

asterisk were in "Category II" on our first list): 

*Luis Alvarez 

Wallace Brode (NBS) 

Ralph Clark (CIA) 

Arthur Compton 

(recently resigned as 

Chancellor of WashiDBton U.) 

*Ivan A. Getting 

George Haller 

(Dean, Penn. State) 

Leland Haworth (Brookhaven) 

Zay Jeffries (recently 

retired from G. E.) 

Ralph Johnson (recently 

of Hughes Aircraft) 

- George Krause (Stan:ford Research 

Institute) 

George Metcalfe (to be a Vice President of G.E., highly reconnnended 

to Prof. Robertson by ·Lloyd V. Berkner) 

Emanuel R. Piore (ONR) 

*Edward M. Purcell. 

Mina Rees.(formerly ONR) 

Raymond J. Seeger {Nat. Science 

Foundation) 

Irven Travis (Burroughs) 

Eric Walk.er (Penn. State) 

Carroll Wilson {formerly AEC; now 

with Climax Molybdenum) 

You may wish to inform yourselves regarding these possibilities and, 

as requested above, to supplement the list with other likely prospects. 

Careful advance consideration on the part of us all. should enable us to do 

a. thorough job of preparing another preferential list of candidates. In 

your deliberations, the following are among the desiderata to be kept in 

mind: 

(l) Experience in the particular fields of interest to NSA, or in 

closely related fields. 

(2) Success in administerine; research, preferably on a fairly 

large scale under conditions requiring a certain amount of 

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(3) A stron3 reputation as a research worker, and a high 

degree of general prestige. 

(4) Some reasonable hopes of availability and clearability, 

from security standpoint. 

It is clearly difficult to satisfy all the criteria, but they 

are useful as standards a~ainst which to measure the possibilities. 

As to availa.bili ty, any one really desirable on the other scores wj.11 

preswnably be hard to get. On the other hand, very powerful pressure 

can be exerted once a good prospect shows any tentative interest. In 

this connection, you will recall that General Canine was successful in 

obtaining for the job the highest poasible ratin~ in government service, 

namely GS-18. 

With best regards,