Lloyd Viel Berkner (February 1, 1905, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – June 4, 1967, in Washington, D.C.) was an American physicist and engineer. He was one of the inventors of the measuring device that since has become standard at ionospheric stations because it measures the height and electron density of the ionosphere. The data obtained in the worldwide net of such instruments were important for the developing theory of short wave radio propagation to which Berkner himself gave important contributions.

Later he investigated the development of the Earth's atmosphere. Since he needed data from the whole world, he proposed the International Geophysical Year in 1950. At that time, the IGY was the largest cooperative study of the Earth ever undertaken.

Berkner was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1956.[4] The IGY was carried out by the International Council of Scientific Unions while he was president in 1957-59. He was also a member of the President's Scientific Advisory Committee in 1958 while he was president of Associated Universities Inc.

In 1963, Berkner, with L.C. Marshall, advanced a theory to describe the way in which the atmospheres of the solar system's inner planets had evolved.

Beginning in 1926, as a naval officer, Berkner assisted in the development of radar and navigation systems, naval aircraft electronics engineering, and studies that led to the construction of the Distant Early Warning system, a chain of radar stations designed to give the United States advance warning in the event of a missile attack across the North Pole.

Berkner worked with Dallas community leaders to establish the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest (later renamed the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, which would eventually become The University of Texas at Dallas).

He wrote more than 100 papers and several books, including Rockets and Satellites (1958), Science in Space (1961), and The Scientific Age (1964).

In 1961, Berkner was president of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

Legacy

Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas was named for him in 1969. The lunar crater Berkner was named in his honor. An island in Antarctica was also named for Dr. Berkner (Berkner Island) for his work as a radio operator on the first Byrd expedition to Antarctica in 1927. He was married to Lillian Fulks Berkner and had two children.

Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner was an alleged member of MJ-12. Berkner was executive secretary of the Joint Research and Development Board under Dr. Vannevar Bush. He also chaired the committee whose study led to the establishment of the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group. Berkner subsequently served on the "Robertson Panel", a civilian scientific advisory panel requested by the Eisenhower White House, chaired by Cal Tech mathematician Dr. H. P. Robertson and convened and funded by the CIA. In 1950 and later, he was a member of a UFO group that was also funded by the CIA.

From the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis comes a copy Lloyd Berkner's Notice of Personnel Action dated 2-11-59. Clearly stated is the "Executive Office of the President Special Projects (M) Washington D.C." also "Appointment by the President as a Member, President's Science Advisory Committee," effective 12-1-57, was for the term ending 12-31-58. Given the history of other Majestic and MJ-12 documents, Berkner was clearly involved in something special with the Executive Office. The "M," possibly for MAJIC just adds to the circumstantial evidence.

Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner Special Studies Personnel Form

 

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Berkner
http://majesticdocuments.com/personnel/berkner.php