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Show Famed Scientist To Lecture at U I" III III I.I 1 1 1 1 1 mi IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIWJIIIlllLIIMUHlimil llMMM DR. EDWARD TELLER Utahns will have a chance to hear the "father" of the hydrogen hydro-gen bomb discuss America's real place in the scientific struggle with Russia at the University of Utah Union on February 25. Dr. Edward Teller, internationally interna-tionally recognized as one of the world's greatest physicists, has agreed to be the speaker at the annual U of U Founders Day banquet under the direction of the U Alumni Association. "WTe could not have found a better informed speaker to outline out-line the challenges of space-age living and survival," said Banquet Ban-quet chairman D. James Cannon. "Dr. Teller is a forthright and gifted speaker and will spell out America's true status in the cold war as realistically as security regulations will allow." In November he was subject of a Time magazine cover story in which his important politico-scientific role was spelled out. It was Dr. Teller who led a vigorous vigor-ous battle against Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and other scientists who dragged their feet against developing more powerful nuclear nu-clear weapons than the atomic bombs which leveled Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War II. His insistence that Russia will not be satisfied with anything short of "ultimate" weapons won presidential approval for the H-bomb H-bomb project. Dr. Teller was born in Budapest Buda-pest Hungary, studied in Germany Ger-many and won his PhD at the University of Leipzig. He came to America in 1935 and taught at many leading universities. From 1943 to 1946 he served on the Los Alamos project. Present research centers around tactical size, low fallout thermo-nuclear weapons and on peaceful uses of nuclear energy. He is a member mem-ber of scientific advisory committees com-mittees to both the Atomic Energy En-ergy Commission and the Air Force. In testimony before several congressional committees he has called for more basic research and for more and better science education in the high schools. "The people of Utah have never had a better chance to learn first hand just where America stands. The University is to be commended com-mended for making a man of Dr. Teller's ability available to the community," Mr. Cannon said. |