Strauss, Lewis Lichtenstein, 1896-1974

In the presence of the Atomic Energy Commission, President Harry S. Truman signs an Executive Order that ended the wartime Manhattan Project and transferred its responsibilities to civilian authority. From left to right, Carroll Wilson, President Harry S. Truman, David Lilienthal, Sumner Pike, Colonel K.D. Nichols, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, General Leslie Groves, Lewis L. Strauss, and William W. Waymack. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 2.

President Harry S. Truman meets with members of the all-civilian Atomic Energy Commission. From left to right: Sumner Pike, Lewis Strauss, President Truman, Chairman David Lilienthal, Robert F. Bacher, and William W. Waymack.

Admiral Lewis Strauss (left) with an unidentified chaplain at the dedication of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa.

Admiral Lewis Strauss speaking at the dedication of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. Seated behind him is former President Hoover's son, Herbert Charles Hoover. All others are unidentified.

Portrait of Lewis L. Strauss, member of the Atomic Energy Commission. Strauss was a former businessman and Admiral. From: Beth Gore.