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OH 1166

About the Interviewee

IntervieweeROBINSON, Ralph (b. 1919)
ProfessionsScientist, engineer, Physicist

About this oral history

Interview ID #OH 1166
Date(s) of interview
DescriptionScientist, engineer, physicist. His role in the development of the proximity fuze in World War II. Education and technical training; employment with the Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1942; technical aspects of developing the proximity fuze; practical applications of the proximity fuze in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean Theaters; comments about the roles of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, and Vannevar Bush.
Interviewer(s)William J. Alexander
Physical Description49 pp.
Terms of UseOpen