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Hyman G. Rickover

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Profession
Physicist
Died
Jul 8, 1986
Zodiac
Aquarius
Born in
Poland
About
Born Chaim Godalia Rickover, he is the 'Father of the nuclear navy,' who helped the U.S. build its first nuclear submarine. He also convinced the U.S. Navy that ships could be powered by nuclear reactors, and was put him in charge of the project.
Family
He met his future wife, Ruth D. Masters, when they were both students at Columbia University; the couple married in 1931.

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