Hyman G. Rickover
✓ Source-basedfallingUnited States admiral; Father of the Nuclear Navy (1900-1986)
United StatesLived 1900 to 1986 · aged 86Hyman George Rickover was an admiral in the United States Navy. S. Naval Reactors office. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity.
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Admiral Rickover aboard USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered vessel. "I did not recruit extraordinary people. I recruited people who had extraordinary potential - and then I trained them"![President Kennedy and Rickover, White House, 11 February 1963[63] "...in addition to the multilateral POLARIS force, we discussed education and how he and I were brought up as boys"[64]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/JFK_and_Rickover.jpg/500px-JFK_and_Rickover.jpg)
President Kennedy and Rickover, White House, 11 February 1963[63] "...in addition to the multilateral POLARIS force, we discussed education and how he and I were brought up as boys"[64]
Headstone of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, Arlington National Cemetery
The second of two Congressional Gold Medals awarded to Rickover
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Hyman George Rickover was an admiral in the United States Navy. He directed the original development of naval nuclear propulsion and controlled its operations for three decades as director of the U.S. Naval Reactors office. In addition, he oversaw the development of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station, the world's first commercial pressurized water reactor used for generating electricity. Rickover is also one of seven people who have been awarded two Congressional Gold Medals.
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