# Radio Research Laboratory **Entity class:** Laboratory **Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition Harvard's Radio Research Laboratory was the OSRD electronic-countermeasures laboratory directed by Fred Terman from 1942 through the end of World War II. ## Chronological Proximity It opened while [[wiki/Operation Millennium|Operation Millennium]] and German radar adaptation demonstrated the recursive character of electronic warfare. ## Relational Proximity [[wiki/Vannevar Bush|Vannevar Bush]] recruited [[wiki/Fred Terman|Terman]] through the [[wiki/Office of Scientific Research and Development|OSRD]]; Terman later carried its people, methods, and federal relationships back to [[wiki/Stanford University|Stanford]]. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].