David John Bradley (February 22, 1915 – January 7, 2008) was an American writer, surgeon, politician and champion

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. His best-selling 1948 book '' No Place to Hide'', a memoir of the Bikini atomic bomb tests, alerted the world to the dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear weapon explosions. Bradley was elected as a

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to the

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, serving 1955–59 and 1973–75.

Education

Dr. Bradley was a 1938 graduate of

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and a graduate of

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. He also attended Cambridge University to study English and history, but did not receive a degree. His papers are housed at Dartmouth's Rauner Library.

Ski career

In 1938 Dr. Bradley won the United States Nordic combined event. Prior to its cancelation, Dr. Bradley was also a member of the

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ski team. He went on to manage the United States Nordic ski team for the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

. In 1985 Dr. Bradley was inducted into the United States National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.

References

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