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Lewis Strauss

Date of birth January 31, 1896
Place of birth Charleston, West Virginia
Date of death January 21, 1974
Place of death Brandy Station, Virginia
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Lewis Strauss - partner - Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Lewis Strauss was an investment banker at Kuhn, Loeb & Co in the 1920s and 1930s, where he amassed considerable wealth.
Lewis Strauss - Member of the Executive Committee - American Jewish Committee
As a member of the executive committee of the American Jewish Committee and several other Jewish organizations in the 1930s, Strauss made several attempts to change U.S. policy to admit more refugees from Nazi Germany, but was unsuccessful.
Lewis Strauss - Member - United States Atomic Energy Commission
As a leading member of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, Strauss was instrumental in the political decision to build the first hydrogen bomb "Mike".
As the AEC's founding commissioner in the early years of the Cold War, Strauss emphasized the need to protect U.S. nuclear secrets and to monitor and stay ahead of nuclear developments within the Soviet Union. Accordingly, he was a strong supporter of the development of the hydrogen bomb.
Lewis Strauss - American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
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