The White House today announced the appointment Dr. Emanuel R. Piore, a Jewish physicist, as chief scientist of the Office of Naval Research which is coordinating all new inventions that can be used by the U.S. country, and is subsidizing more than 40 percent of all the important scientific research work done in the U.S.
Dr. Piore, who was born in Vilna 41 years ago, was brought to this country his parents in his early childhood. He is the son-in-law of Alexander Kahn, manager of the Jewish Daily Forward. He has been holding the post of deputy for natural sciences in the Naval Research Office for several years. The Navy said he would now replace Dr. Alan T. Waterman, who has been named director of the National science Foundation.
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