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U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
I am David M. Richman and I was trained as a chemical-nuclear engineer.
After several years at a National Laboratory, I became a civil servant, working
for 34 years for the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), The International
Atomic Energy Agency (a two-year detail), and AEC’s successors: The
Energy Research and Development Administration and the Department of
Energy. In the late 1950s, I was involved with peaceful applications of atomic
energy, supporting basic and applied research and development of radiation -
isotopes and machine sources - for health care applications. in the 1960s, I
was focused on basic and applied research at our national labs and at
universities; my role was in justifying support for these programs and fighting
for the funds to support them. In the 1970s, and thereafter, I was involved in
the development of the early programs for energy conservation, renewable
energy sources, as well as meeting needs of those impacted by energy
shortages. We actually built a facility specifically for research on
combustion technology applying new computer capabilities for it and inviting
auto firm research use of the facility.
On retiring in 1992, I found myself amazed at seeing how effective we had
been in meeting not only the energy needs, particularly development of solar
energy resources and improvement of automobile fuel mileage, but also
especially the impact of technology we had supported in health care.
Radioisotope use in diagnostics and body scans in devices developed through
our programs are in daily use for people who have no idea how they came
about!
U.S. COURT SYSTEM
I am Jeffrey A. Hennemuth, a retired federal government attorney and
agency executive. Prior to my retirement, I worked for nearly 25 years at the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO), an agency based in
Washington, D.C., which provides administrative services and support for the
federal courts nationwide.
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