The

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-based Research Institute for Advanced Studies (RIAS), not to be confused with the better-known

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in Princeton, New Jersey, was among the several centers for research in the mathematical and physical sciences established throughout the United States after World War II. In recognition of the critical role that fundamental scientific research played in the outcome of that war. Although not as well known as other similar institutes, such as the IAS mentioned above, or the

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, it nevertheless made significant contributions to the sciences of systems and control theory, and various branches of mathematics, during its 18-year existence. The Research Institute for Advanced Studies (sometimes referred to in the singular) was founded in 1955 by George Bunker of the

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, the ancestor of the aerospace giant

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. Its founding was the idea of George Bunker, who took over from Glenn Martin as chairman of that company in 1952. Bunker established the Institute in

, Maryland, specifically chartered to support fundamental research. The RIAS's first Director was Welcome W. Bender.William B. Harwood, ''Raise Heaven and Earth: The Story of Martin-Marietta People and Their Pioneering Achievements'', (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993), pp. 283-284. The RIAS changed its name and turned its mission away from basic research in 1973, after the merger that produced the

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Corporation.

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