HACKER, Barton C(lyde)

HACKER, Barton C(lyde). American, b. 1935. Genres: History, Bibliography. Career: University of Chicago, IL, lecturer in history of science, 1965-66; University of Houston, TX, research associate in history, 1966-69; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, historian at Manned Spacecraft Center, 1966-69; Iowa State University, Ames, assistant professor of history and mechanical engineering, 1970-75; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, research associate in Oral History Program and Archives for the History of 20th-Century Science and Technology, 1975-77; Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Las Vegas, NV, historian for Dosimetry Research Project, 1978-86; Oregon State University, Corvallis, visiting professor to adjunct professor of history of technology, 1986-91; University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, laboratory historian, 1992-98; Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, curator of armed forces history, 1998-. Publications: (with J.M. Grimwood and P.J. Vorzimmer) Project Gemini Technology and Operations: A Chronology, 1969; An Annotated Index to Volumes 1 through 10 of "Technology and Culture," 1959-1969, 1976; (with Grimwood) On the Shoulders of Titans: A History of Project Gemini, 1977; The Dragon's Tail: Radiation Safety in the Manhattan Project, 1942-1946, 1987; An Annotated Index to Volumes 1 through 25 of "Technology and Culture," 1959-1984, 1991; Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and Radiation Safety in Nuclear Weapons Testing, 1947-1974, 1994. Contributor to books. Contributor of articles and reviews to a variety of scholarly journals. Address: 150 12th St NE, Washington, DC 20002-6471, U.S.A.