Rickover

[ rik-oh-ver ]

noun

1. Hyman George, 1900–86, U.S. naval officer, born in Poland: helped to develop the nuclear submarine.

Example Sentences

How is it that Rickover also had a bat in his office?

From Washington Post

Hyman Rickover, the founder of America’s nuclear navy.

From Los Angeles Times

The USS Hyman G. Rickover will be christened Saturday at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. The company has been the primary builder of submarines for the Navy for more than 100 years.

From Washington Times

Hyman Rickover, the “father of the nuclear Navy,” published “Education and Freedom,” which deplored the sad state of U.S. technical education when compared with that of other developed nations.

From Washington Post

Hyman G. Rickover, who founded the modern nuclear Navy and remains a cult hero in some conservative quarters.

From Washington Post