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This transcript of a radio broadcast program, "Insight", contains a conversation between William Hines, a science editor of The Washington Star, and Dr. Joseph Coker, the Director of the National Resource Evaluation Center. Hines interviews Dr. Coker about how the National Resource Evaluation Center (NREC) uses data on personnel, national resources, materials, and more in order to create computer simulations of how a nuclear attack would affect U.S. infrastructure and resources.
Dr. Joseph Daniel Coker (c.1912-1998) received both a doctorate in economics and a law degree from George Washington University. He served in the Navy during WWII on the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Ships' Bombardment section. Post-war, he went on to work for the State Department and Air Force, where he oversaw outside contract research. Coker was instrumental in the establishment of the National Resource Evaluation Center (NREC) and served as its director until his retirement in 1968. The NREC was part of the Office of Emergency Planning, and Coker was considered a leading official in the U.S. Atomic Preparedness programs. His work at the NREC included adapating computer technologies to calculate the effects of nuclear weapons against the United States. Dr. Coker died on Nov. 8, 1998 of stomach cancer.
Dr. Joseph Daniel Coker (c.1912-1998) received both a doctorate in economics and a law degree from George Washington University. He served in the Navy during WWII on the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Ships' Bombardment section. Post-war, he went on to work for the State Department and Air Force, where he oversaw outside contract research. Coker was instrumental in the establishment of the National Resource Evaluation Center (NREC) and served as its director until his retirement in 1968. The NREC was part of the Office of Emergency Planning, and Coker was considered a leading official in the U.S. Atomic Preparedness programs. His work at the NREC included adapating computer technologies to calculate the effects of nuclear weapons against the United States. Dr. Coker died on Nov. 8, 1998 of stomach cancer.
William Hines (1917-2005) was a reporter for both the Washington Star and Chicago Sun-Times, as well as a pioneering NASA reporter. He joined the Washington Star as a reporter after WWII and went on to become the Sunday editor. His interest in science inspired him to start reporting on the US's space program following the launch of Sputnik in 1957. Retiring in 1989, Hines continued, as a freelancer, to write about space, physics, and other topics. He was known among journalists for his thorough reporting, quick writing speed, and his incisive questioning.
This transcript of a radio broadcast program, "Insight", contains a conversation between William Hines, a science editor of The Washington Star, and Dr. Joseph Coker, the Director of the National Resource Evaluation Center. Hines interviews Dr. Coker about how the NREC uses data on personnel, national resources, materials, and more in order to create computer simulations of how a nuclear attack would affect U.S. infrastructure and resources.
This collection is a carbon copy transcript on 8 leaves of onionskin paper.
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[Identification of item], Transcript of a radio broadcast program, "Insight", by the UNIVAC Division of the Sperry Rand Corporation, MSS 00452, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
Gift of John Ptak, 2020 December (Accession 2023.0074)
Processed by: Sarah Take, 2023 June; Finding aid written by: Sarah Take, 2023 June
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[Identification of item], Transcript of a radio broadcast program, "Insight", by the UNIVAC Division of the Sperry Rand Corporation, MSS 00452, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
The nature of the NC State University Libraries' Special Collections means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The NC State University Libraries claims only physical ownership of most Special Collections materials.
The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
This collection may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which North Carolina State University assumes no responsibility.