Background
Albert Christman was born on May 18, 1923 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. He was the son of James S. Christman, an aviator, and Olga Emelia (Nelson) Christman.
Conway, Arkansas, United States
In 1944 Albert Bernand attended Hendrix College.
Colimbia, Missouri, United States
In 1949 Albert Christman received a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950.
Carson, California, United States
In 1982 Bernand obtained a Master of Arts degree from the California State University, Dominguez Hills.
(This book spans a relatively short period of the Naval We...)
This book spans a relatively short period of the Naval Weapons Center's three-decade existence: only four and a half years - from November 8, 1943 to May 1948.
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1978
(For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parso...)
For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parsons made the atomic bomb happen. As ordnance chief and associate director at Los Alamos, Parsons turned the scientists' nuclear creation into a practical weapon. As weaponeer, he completed the assembly of "Little Boy" during the flight to Hiroshima. As bomb commander, he approved the release of the bomb that forever changed the world. Yet over the past fifty years only fragments of his story have appeared, in part because of his own self-effacement and the nation's demand for secrecy. Based on recently declassified Manhattan Project documents, including Parsons' logs and other untapped sources, the book offers an unvarnished account of this unsung hero and his involvement in some of the greatest scientific advances of the twentieth century.
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1998
Albert Christman was born on May 18, 1923 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. He was the son of James S. Christman, an aviator, and Olga Emelia (Nelson) Christman.
In 1944 Albert Bernand attended Hendrix College. In 1949 he received a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. In 1982 Bernand obtained a Master of Arts degree from the California State University, Dominguez Hills.
During the World War II Albert Christman served as a combat engineer in the United States Army and in Europe. At the beginning of 1950 he served in the United Stated Air Force Reserve. From 1950 to 1951 Albert Christman was a reporter at the Commercial Leader in North Little Rock. In 1951 he became a technical writer and presentation specialist at the Naval Weapons Center in China Lake, California, and worked until 1962. In the same year Christman was promoted to historian and publications manager and served until 1979.
From 1979 to 1982 he served as a historian of naval laboratories at the Navy Material Command in San Diego, California. In 1982 Albert became a freelance writer and historian in San Marcos, California. From 1969 to 1974 he was a founding member of advisory committee of the Red Rock Canyon State Park. In 1973 Christman was appointed a member of board of directors of the Maturango Museum and served for three years.
He was the author of "Sailors, Scientists and Rockets" (1971), "Grand Experiment at Inyokern" (1978), "Naval Innovators, 1776 - 1900" (1989), "Target Hiroshima: Deak Parsons and the Creation of the Atomic Bomb" (1998). In retirement, Albert lived in the San Diego area, where he continued writing. Albert Bernard Christman died on August 14, 2011, at Carlsbad by the Sea, a private, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community, after a short illness.
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1978(For better or worse, Navy captain William S. "Deak" Parso...)
1998Albert Bernard was a member of United States Naval Institute, of the Smithsonian Institution Associates, of the OK-5 Aviation Pioneers, and of the Naval Historical Foundation.
Albert Bernanrd Christman was a wonderful person. He had a good sense of humour and loved to tell stories about his life.
In July 1945 Albert Christman married Kate Gresham. They divorced in July 1952 and have a son, Lloyd James. On April 4, 1954 he married Jean Stewart. She died in September 1984. They have two children: Neil Stewart and Laura Elizabeth. On April 26, 2005 Christman married Janet Kunert.