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category: Private Organization
location: Princeton, New Jersey, USA
start: 1930
summary: The Institute for Advanced Studies is a prestigious academic institution
  in Princeton, New Jersey, where trustee Lewis L. Strauss arranged a two-month visiting
  fellowship for Israeli nuclear program director Ernst David Bergmann in 1966.
tags:
- Organization
- Academic
- USA
---

The Institute for Advanced Studies is a prestigious academic institution in Princeton, New Jersey. [Lewis L. Strauss](/people/lewis-l-strauss/) was a major contributor and fundraiser for the institute, and served on its board of trustees during World War II. In the fall of 1966, Strauss used his influence to get [Ernst David Bergmann](/people/ernst-david-bergmann/) a two-month appointment as a visiting fellow at the institute, despite its usual focus on physicists and mathematicians.[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 7.