Sidney Mashbir

Sidney Forrester Mashbir (12 September 1891 – 13 June 1973)[3] was a senior intelligence officer in the US Army primarily tasked in Military Intelligence. He served as the coordinator of the Allied Translator and Interpreter Section of Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. [4] Sidney F. Mashbir, was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York on September 12, 1891, but later moved to Safford, Arizona in 1899.[5] Sidney's Father was Professor Eliazar S. Mashbir, a Russia immigrant who was well-educated and became the first Russian-speaking attorney to practice Law in New York City. Sidney's Mother, Frida Freudenthal was also...

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John Alexander Simpson

John Alexander Simpson (November 3, 1916–August 31, 2000) worked as an experimental nuclear, and cosmic ray physicist who was deeply committed to educating the public and political leaders about science and its implications.[1] The year he died, his instruments in space had been sending data back for nearly 40 years.[2] Simpson spent his career as an instructor and researcher for the University of Chicago Physics department. His research continued up until a few weeks prior to his death on August 31 of 2000. [1][2][3] He is known for inventions such as the gas flow a-particle proportional counter for measuring plutonium yields in the...

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Margaret Hamilton (scientist)

Margaret Hamilton (born 1938) is currently the founder and CEO of software development company Hamilton Technologies, Inc., however she is best recognized for her role as an Award-winning American NASA scientist and mathematician who as the Director of the Software Engineering Division at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory (CSDL), worked to develop the Apollo program.[1]. The Apollo program was a space flight program launched by NASA in America under the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower which landed the first humans on the moon with the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Margaret is responsible for pioneering the Apollo and Skylab on...

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