 This German immigrant described himself as the Associate Professor of Medical Psychology , Director of the Orgone Institute , President and research physician of the Wilhelm Reich Foundation and discoverer of biological or life energy . A 1940 security investigation was begun to determine the extent of Reich 's communist commitments . A board of Alien Enemy Hearing judged that Dr. Reich was not a threat to the security of the U.S. In 1947 , a security investigation concluded that neither the Orgone Project nor any of its staff were engaged in subversive activities or were in violation of any statute within the jurisdiction of the FBI . 
