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The professor in government: an interview with Robert Morse

APR 01, 1966
Physics Today

Not by coincidence is Robert W. Morse both Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development and President of the Acoustical Society of America. Morse, a former physics professor and dean, has enjoyed a long association with the Navy, first as a sailor and later as an underwater‐sound expert. We interviewed him recently to learn about two aspects of his job: its impact on his professional goals and what it has taught him about science‐government relations.

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