For UFO Study? - The Black Vault

From i>ost-DM>:iioh News services w j t h the development of the
BOULDER, Colo., March 27 atomic bomb, he later became
— .Dr. Edward Uhler Condon, a actj ve j n organizations seeking
physicist who was instrumental to assure that it would not be
in development of the .atomic used again. • ' .'
bomb, and who once taught at He was director of the United
Washington University died States' Bureau of standards
Monday in Boulder of a heart ,f rom w - 3 to 19-51,. but quit,
ailment. He .was 72 years old. charging harassment from the-
--..At the outbreak of World War ll. Dr. Condon, was one of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee and from then Reporiginal
group of scientists resentative Richard M. Nixon,
asked by the Federal Govern- Dr. Condon was a consultant
ment to investigate the possibili- to the Senate committee that
ty of building an atomic bomb. • drafted postwar legislation plac-
At the time, he was working ing the atomic energy under
en radar research. However, at civilian control,
the urging of his friend, Robert . After the- bitter struggle over
Oppenheimer, Condon became ' establishing the Atomic Energy
second-in-command at the -se- - Commission, Dr. Condon was
cret installation in Las Alamos, assailed in 1948 by the late Rep-
N.M. • " ' ' . . . . resentative J. Parnell Thomas •
Later, he went to the Univer- of New Jersey, chairman of the
sity of California to help with House Un-American Activities .
production of Uranium 235, the Committee, as "the weakest
material used in ' the atomic link in America's atomic securi-.
. . . ... bomb. From 1956 until 1963, he ty." /
Edward U. Condon was professor of physics at This .attack set off seven'
. ' . . ' t Washington University. years of-struggle, on whether.
,' ; Physicist dead ' ' \Although Dr. Condon helped Dr. Condon could be granted
' • : ', • .- •".-..'. - - - - .. . '.....*,j security clearances.
.... >^._..-—-——•---'---—- i ........ -*-•• -. •. .~*J. M .^J..- Jn 1954, Dr. Condon developed
'-a missile nose cone that could
, withstand the intense heat of reentering
the atmosphere. It was.
, eventually used in 'the manned
.. .. space program.
After leaving Washington Uni-
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
y in \M. Dr. Condon went
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the University of ColortJo at'
,uar. ti, iyit ^^ Boulder. The Air Force hired'
• • • • • • • • ' hj m j n 1966 to study unidentified
flying objects. Two years -and'
$603,000 later, Condon and his
20-member staff concluded:
"There's no evidence they ex-'.
ist."
'Dr. Condon retired from the
University of Colorado in 1970.
However, he maintained an office
on campus and worked
there until his death.
Surviving are his wife, Emi-
Jie, two sons and a daughter.
.Funeral arrangements are incomplete.