Rickover, Hyman

For case studies of public entrepreneurs in the United States, see Eugene Lewis s study of Hyman Rickover, J. Edgar Hoover, and Robert Moses, Public Entrepreneurs Toward a Theory of Bureaucratic Political Power The Organizational Lives of Hyman Rickover, J. Edgar Hoover, and Robert Moses (Bloomington Indiana University Press, 1980). 

The launching of the nuclear submarine Hyman G. Rickover into the Thames River in Connecticut (August 27, 1983). 

Organizations that base their vision on values seldom fail. With a clear vision, values lead to ideas and results. Without a clear vision, values aren t important and outcomes are uncertain or unpredictable. Do your homework. Share your values and ideas with others. Admiral Hyman Rickover, renowned as the father of the nuclear Navy, once said, Simple minds discuss people, average minds discuss events, great minds discuss ideas. ... 

By 1946, the Navy had contracts with the Mine Safety Appliances Company and with Babcock Wilcox to investigate the fundamental properties and heat transfer capabilities of sodium-potassium, a potential nuclear coolant because of its excellent heat transfer characteristics and its low probability of absorbing neutrons. At this same time, a group of Naval officers were assigned to Oak Ridge National Lab to leam about the nuclear process. This group was led by, then Captain, Hyman Rickover. 

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