Gerald F. Tape

Gerald F. Tape (1915 – November 20, 2005) was an American physicist.

He received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics in 1939 from the University of Michigan.

During World War II (1942 - 1945) he worked at MIT Radiation Laboratory (nicknamed the Rad Lab).

][1] He was Atomic Energy Commission Commissioner : July 15, 1963 - April 30, 1969.

In 1987 he received the Enrico Fermi Award "For a distinguished career in the administration, development, and advancement of U.S. and international atomic energy, as well as contributions to the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, with special recognition for his integrity."

Gerald Tape (left) at the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1964