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About Dr Detlev Wulf Bronk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlev_Bronk
Detlev Wulf Bronk (August 13, 1897 – November 17, 1975) was President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1949 to 1953 and President of the National Academy of Sciences from 1950 to 1962. Bronk is credited with reshaping the postwar university environment at Hopkins. While at Hopkins, he unsuccessfully attempted to revive the "Goodnow Plan" but succeeded in acquiring the School of Advanced International Studies in Washington.
Career
From 1953–1968 Bronk was president of The Rockefeller University. (The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was renamed The Rockefeller University in 1965). He firmly espoused academic freedom and resisted attempts by Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy to have Johns Hopkins University dismiss Professor Owen Lattimore. The same year he was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. He was credited with formulating the modern theory of the science of biophysics.
Bronk was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 14, 1964. He was also a member of the National Aeronautics and Space council. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Brookhaven National Laboratories and a founder and President of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS). He was also an advisory member of the Atomic Energy Commission. He served on the board of trustees for Science Service, now known as Society for Science & the Public, from 1965–1967. Bronk is quoted as saying:
"A great deal of undergraduate education is built on ... telling a student what to do—at the very time he is developing intellectual habits for life. Too rarely is a student told, 'This is the problem with which we are going to deal. Here are the books.' "
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A member of the secret government group named the Majestic 12. Mission to investigate and report to the President, findings of possible communications between Nikola Tesla and beings from the stars. This is per a documentary from the History channel posted on youtube. See photo with his name listed as a member. Other names blocked to protect their identities.
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Dr Detlev Wulf Bronk's Timeline
| 1897 |
August 13, 1897
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New York City, New York, United States
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| 1929 |
December 20, 1929
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Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1975 |
November 17, 1975
Age 78
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New York City, New York, United States
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