Boris Pash

Boris Pash

Boris T. Pash (1900–1995) was a US Army officer.

He was born in San Francisco, California, on June 20 1900. His father was Rev. Theodore Pashkovsky (would become Most Reverend Metropolitan Theophilus from 1934-1950), a Russian Orthodox priest who had been sent to California by the Church in 1894. Because his father had been recalled to Russia, the entire family returned to Russia in 1912. Boris attended Seminary school and graduated in 1917. During the Russian Revolution, he served in the White Russian navy. In 1920, he married Lydia Ivanov, and chose to return to the United States when the Bolshevik consolidation of power became apparent. He was able to secure employment with the YMCA in Berlin [Germany] where his son (Edgar Constantine Boris Pashkovsky; aka Edgar C.B. Pash) was born on June 14 1921. Upon returning to the United States with his family, he attended Springfield College, in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he graduated with a B.A. in physical education. It was during this time that he changed the family name from Pashkovsky to Pash.

Before World War II, Pash taught at Hollywood High School in Los Angeles. He continued his education, and received an M.A. from the University of Southern California. A reserve officer, he was called to active duty in 1940. He was a security officer for the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, and, toward the end of the war, the military leader of the Operation Alsos. Its purpose was to determine how far the Axis had progressed toward developing nuclear weapons, and to secure atomic material and capture the scientists working on the Nazi atomic project.

After the war, Pash served in various military intelligence positions. He served under General Douglas MacArthur in Japan (1946-47). From 1948-51, he served as a military representative to the Central Intelligence Agency, and during this time, he was in charge of a controversial CIA program PB/7, also known as Operation Bloodstone which involved recruiting former German officers and diplomats who could be used in the covert war against the Soviet Union. This included former members of the Nazi Party such as Gustav Hilger and Hans von Bittenfield.

He also served in Austria (1952-53), and in Washington, D.C. (1953-57) and in 1954, he testified in the Dr. Robert Oppenheimer security investigation.

He retired from the Army in 1957. He died on May 11 1995 in Greenbrae, California. Colonel Pash is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.

Further reading

*Cite book
publisher = H. Schuman
isbn = 978-1563964152
last = Goudsmit
first = Samuel A.
title = Alsos : The failure in German science
location = New York
date = 1947

*Cite book
publisher = Da Capo Press
isbn = 978-0306801891
last = Groves
first = Leslie R.
title = Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project
location = New York
date = 1962

*Cite book
publisher = Ph.D. Dissertation, Kent State University
last = Mahoney
first = Leo J.
title = A history of the war department scientific intelligence mission (ALSOS), 1943-1945
date = 1981

*Cite book
publisher = Charter Books
isbn = 978-0441017904
last = Pash
first = Boris T.
title = The Alsos Mission
location = New York
date = 1980

External links

* [http://www.childrenofthemanhattanproject.org/MP_Misc/Bohr_Heisenberg/bohr_5.htm The Alsos Mission]
* [http://www.haigerloch.de/stadt/keller_englisch/allison.htm Portrait of Col. Boris Pash]
* [http://alsos.wlu.edu/qsearch.aspx?browse=people/Pash,+Boris Annotated bibliography for Boris Pash from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Boris Pash — (rechts) während der Alsos III Mission im April 1945 in Hechingen Boris Theodore Pash (* 20. Juni 1900 in San Francisco; † 11. März 1995 in Greenbrae, Kalifornien) war ein Offizier der United States Army. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war er zun …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pash (disambiguation) — Pash may refer to:* Pash (1950 1988), Indian poet * Pash (kiss), a passionate romantic kiss * A PowerShell open source reimplementation * Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia a proliferation of breast mesenchyme of uncertain significancePeople… …   Wikipedia

  • In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer — Daten des Dramas Titel: In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer Gattung: Szenischer Bericht[1] Originalsprache: Deutsch Autor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Manhattan Project — This article is about the atomic bomb project. For other uses, see Manhattan Project (disambiguation). Manhattan District The Manhattan Project created the first nuclear bombs. The Trinity test …   Wikipedia

  • Forschungsreaktor Haigerloch — f1 Forschungsreaktor Haigerloch Nachbau des Reaktors im Atomkeller Museum Lage …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Паш, Борис — Борис Паш Борис Паш (справа) во время миссии «Алсос» в апреле 1945 г. в Хехингене Дата рождения …   Википедия

  • Operation Alsos — (or Alsos Mission) was an effort at the end of World War II by the Allies (principally Britain and the United States), branched off from the Manhattan Project, to investigate the German nuclear energy project, seize German nuclear resources,… …   Wikipedia

  • Course à la bombe (Seconde Guerre mondiale) — Cet article de synthèse traite des évènements en Europe antérieurs à l ère de l atome concrétisée par le projet Manhattan. Attestant des échanges scientifiques entre physiciens européens, le septième et dernier Congrès Solvay avant le début des… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Opération Alsos — L Opération Alsos est une opération menée par les États Unis après la Seconde Guerre mondiale visant à collecter des informations sur les recherches sur l arme atomique menées par l Allemagne du Troisième Reich. Cette opération est liée au Projet …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Operación Alsos — El mayor Leslie R. Groves, de quien la operación recibió su nombre. Operation Alsos fue un plan enmarcado en el Proyecto Manhattan, iniciado tras el fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial por los países aliados de la Segunda Guerra Mundial… …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”