Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists

Abbreviation	ECAS
Formation	May 1946
Founders	Albert Einstein; Leó Szilárd;
Dissolved	October 10, 1951
Type	Nonprofit, NGO
Purpose	world peace, atomic education, peaceful use of nuclear energy, international control of nuclear bombs
Headquarters	Princeton
Location	USA;
Locations	New York; Chicago;
Chairman	Albert Einstein
Vice-Chairman	Harold C. Urey
Key people	Linus Pauling; R.F. Bacher; Hans A. Bethe; Edward U. Condon; Thorfin R. Hogness; Harold C. Urey; V.F. Weisskopf;
Funding	private contributions

The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd in May, 1946, primarily as a fundraising and policy-making agency. Its aims were to warn the public of the dangers associated with the development of nuclear weapons, promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and ultimately work towards world peace, which was seen as the only way that nuclear weapons would not be used again.

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