Harold A. Fidler
Harold Alvin Fidler | |
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Fidler in 1961 | |
| Born | August 2, 1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | April 2, 2004 (aged 93) Oakland, California |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Manhattan District |
| Commands | California Area |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Legion of Merit |
| Alma mater | Drexel Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Civil engineering |
| Institutions | United States Army Corps of Engineers Atomic Energy Commission Berkeley Radiation Laboratory |
| Thesis | Investigation of stress-strain relationships of granular soils by a new cylindrical compression apparatus (1940) |
Harold Alvin Fidler (August 2, 1910 – April 2, 2004) was the Associate Director of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory from 1958 to 1974. During World War II he served as the Manhattan Project's California Area Engineer, where he worked with Ernest O. Lawrence's Berkeley Radiation Laboratory, which was developing calutrons for electromagnetic isotope separation. As such, he was responsible for the administration of contracts between the Army and the University of California.