Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Marcus McCraven
Marcus McCraven
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| Other authors / contributors: | McCraven, Marcus, 1923- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Hamden, Connecticut 2013 March 9.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Electrical engineer Marcus McCraven was born on December 27, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1942, McCraven enrolled at Howard University but was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with an engineering regiment in Paupa, New Guinea. After graduating from Howard University with his B.S. degree in electrical engineering, McCraven worked at Naval Research Laboratory as an electrical engineer and was commissioned to build ten devices that could detect the presence of gamma rays. McCraven was known for his pioneering work in the development of the hydrogen bomb, or thermonuclear weapon. His team built and tested thermonuclear weapons in Nevada and the Bikini Atoll. He also worked with Operation Plowshare which sought to find peaceful uses for nuclear energy. In 1970, McCraven joined United Illuminating as the director of environmental engineering and was later promoted to vice president of environmental engineering. He served as trustee of Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut.
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