passage in outer space.
DeSAUSSURE, Hamilton
Major, USAF, JAG officer and member of Cooper's first graduating class at McGill's Institute for International Air and Space Law. Author of first substantive Air Force response to Cooper's proposed international outer space law convention.
DONOVAN, Allen F.
Aeronautical engineer who helped design P-4Q fighter for Curtiss-Wright Corporation. One of the founders of Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory. Beacon Hill study group member.
DULLES, Allen W.
DCI from 1953 to 1961. Initially reluctant to support CIA involvement in aerial reconnaissance, which he viewed as the military's responsibility but became strong supporter of U-2 program when he learned how much intelligence was being obtained. Dulles' interests were mainly human intelligence (HUMINT) and therefore left much of the management of reconnaissance programs to DDCIs Cabell and Bissell.
DULLES, John Foster
Eisenhower administration secretary of state, 1953-59. Argued that passage of Project Genetrix balloons over national territory had not violated international law because the altitude in which they flew was arguably not airspace but outer space.
FOREMAN, Benjamin
Assistant general counsel for international affairs, Department of Defense (DOD). Active DOD attorney in outer space law issues and in particular the Liability Convention.
GARDNER, Trevor
World War II Manhattan project official and later head of General Tire and Rubber before starting his own research and development firm, Hycon Company, building aerial cameras. Initially special assistant to secretary of the air force and later assistant secretary for research and development during the Eisenhower administration's first term. Shared
Eisenhower's concern for surprise attack helping lead to creation of Technological Capabilities Panel (TCP).
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