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James McCormack , Jr. -LRB- 8 November 1910 -- 3 January 1975 -RRB- was a United States Army officer who served in World War II , and was later the first Director of Military Applications of the United States Atomic Energy Commission .. United States Army. United States Army. World War II. World War II. Atomic Energy Commission. United States Atomic Energy Commission. United States Atomic Energy Commission. United States Atomic Energy Commission. A 1932 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point , McCormack also studied at Hertford College , Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar , and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -LRB- MIT -RRB- , where he earned a Master of Science degree in civil engineering .. United States Military Academy. United States Military Academy. Rhodes Scholar. Rhodes Scholar. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Master of Science. Master of Science. civil engineering. civil engineering. In 1942 , he was assigned to the War Department General Staff .. War Department. United States Department of War. On 1 July 1944 , he became the Chief of the Movements Branch of Twelfth United States Army Group , remaining in this role until 28 May 1945 .. United States Army. United States Army. Twelfth United States Army Group. Twelfth United States Army Group. He then returned to the War Department General Staff , where he served in the Operations and Plans Division .. War Department. United States Department of War. In 1947 McCormack was chosen as the Director of Military Applications of the United States Atomic Energy Commission with the rank of brigadier general .. Atomic Energy Commission. United States Atomic Energy Commission. United States Atomic Energy Commission. United States Atomic Energy Commission. brigadier general. Brigadier General ( United States ). He took a pragmatic approach to handling the issue of the proper agency to hold custody of the nuclear weapons stockpile , and encouraged and supported Edward Teller 's development of thermonuclear weapons .. Edward Teller. Edward Teller. thermonuclear weapons. Nuclear weapon design#Two-stage thermonuclear weapons. He transferred to the United States Air Force on 25 July 1950 , and was appointed Director of Nuclear Applications at the Air Research and Development Center in Baltimore , Maryland , in 1952 .. United States Air Force. United States Air Force. He was subsequently promoted to major general , and became Deputy Commander of the Air Research and Development Command .. major general. Major General ( United States ). Air Research and Development Command. Air Research and Development Command. After retiring from the Air Force in 1955 , McCormack became the first head of the Institute for Defense Analysis , a non-profit research organization created to provide advice and support to the Department of Defense 's scientific and technological research efforts formed by ten universities .. Institute for Defense Analysis. Institute for Defense Analysis. In 1958 he became vice president for industrial and governmental relations at MIT , in which capacity he originated the proposal that the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics be used as the basis for a new space agency , which eventually became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration .. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He was Chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority , and from 1965 to 1970 was chairman of the Communications Satellite Corporation .. Communications Satellite Corporation. Communications Satellite Corporation. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority