Hyman G. Rickover was an admiral in the United States Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. Wikipedia
Born: January 27, 1900, Maków Mazowiecki, Poland
Died: July 8, 1986 (age 86 years), Arlington County, VA
Education: United States Naval Academy, Columbia University, Naval Postgraduate School, and more
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom, Enrico Fermi Award, Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3), and more
Commands held: USS Finch; Naval Reactors
Rank: Admiral
Books
How the Battleship Maine Was Destroyed
1976
Thoughts on Man's Purpose in Life
1982
Education for All Children, What We Can Learn From England by Vice Admiral H. G. Rickover, USN. Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, [Wednesday, May 16, 1962]
Economics of Defense Policy: Lawyers and legal ethics
1982
Economics of Defense Policy: Cost accounting standards, independent research and development, and miscellaneous matters
1982
Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program--1972-73: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, First Session ...
1974