Millikan, Max F.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for International Studies records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AC-0236
Abstract
The Center for International Studies (CIS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was founded in 1952 to conduct social science research to help policymakers better understand and respond to international events. The Center grew out of Project Troy, a 1950 multidisciplinary summer study on the problem of Russian jamming of US radio signals. The collection documents CIS activities in correspondence; conference and committee records; and proposals and project files. Also included...
Dates:
1952 - 1986; 2017 - Ongoing
Max F. Millikan papers
Collection
Identifier: MC-0188
Abstract
The collection documents the work of Max F. Millikan as an economic and foreign policy consultant to various government agencies and as director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A professor of economics, Millikan was a member of the MIT faculty from 1949 until his death in 1969. The materials include reports and correspondence regarding projects on arms control, economic underdevelopment, international communications, communism, and United...
Dates:
1928 - 1967