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DR. PHILIP HANDLER President, National Academy of Sciences AIATIvE OF New York City, Dr. Handler received his B.S. degree at ige 18 from City College of New York (1936), and his doctorate from the University of Illinois three years later. Upon completion of his graduate training he immediately joined the faculty of Duke University School of Medicine where he became Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry (1939-1969) and was later (1961) appointed James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry. In 1969 Dr. Handler was elected the 18th president of the National Academy of Sciences, and reelected for a second six-year term in 1975. He was elected to membership in the Academy in 1964. During his 30 years of research at Duke, Dr. Handler made notable contributions to such fields as niacin and choline deficiency, intermediary metabolism, renal mechanisms and hypertension, enzymes for biological oxidations, and biochemical evolution. He is the author of over 200 articles, and co-author of the widely used textbook Principles of Biochemistry. Dr. Handler's work in the field of biochemistry has been recognized in the form of numerous honors, awards, decorations, and lectureships: he holds honorary degrees from 23 universities. Dr. Handler has been active in science and public policy since 1951 when he accepted the first in a series of government advisory appointments. He served for twelve years on the National Science Board, four of these as Chairman, and was a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee under two Presidents. Most recently (October 1979), President Carter appointed Dr. Handler to membership on the "Commission for a National Agenda for the 80's." 29
REAR ADMIRAL ALBERT J. BACIOCCO, JR., USN Chief of Naval Research RAR ADMIRAL BACIOCCO, as Chief ofNaval Research, Department of the Navy, reports directly to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Engineering and Systems). He is responsible for the planning and execution of the Navy's basic research programs and for direction of all Navy activities involving patents and inventions. He exercises both direct command authority and technical direction over more than four thousand military and civilian personnel, distributed among ten subordinate commands and activities which include ONR Headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., and the Naval Ocean Research and Development Activity in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Admiral Baciocco was born on March 4, 1931, in San Francisco, California, and graduated from Lowell High School in 1948. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1949 and graduated in June 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Engineering. His early career assignments included duty in the heavy cruiser uss SAINT PAUL (CA 73), followed by instruction at Submarine School, New London, Connecticut, and duty in the diesel attack submarine uss WAHOO (ss 565). He was selected for the nuclear power program in early 1957 and, after nuclear training, served as a Division Director in the Submarine School Nuclear Department followed by tours in the nuclear attack submarines uss SCORPION (SSN 589) and uss BARB (SSN 596). He commanded uss GATO (SSN 615) from 1965 through 1969, and subsequently commanded Submarine Division FORTY-TWO, and Submarine Squadron Four. Washington assignments have included Head of the Attack Submarine Branch under the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Submarine Warfare), Executive Assistant and Naval Aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management) and Deputy Director, Attack Submarine Division and SSN Program Coordinator in the Office of the Chief of Naval 30
Operations. Admiral Baciocco was selected for Hag Rank in 1977. He was assigned as Director, Attack Submarine Division and SSN Program Coordinator and Director, Deep Submergence Systems Division and Deep Submergence Program Coordinator, where he served until appointment to his present assignment as Chief of Naval Research in July 1978. Admiral Baciocco's awards include the Legion of Merit and two Gold Stars (in lieu of second and third award), the Meritorious Service Medal and the Naval Commendation Medal. In addition, he is authorized to wear the Navy Expeditionary Medal, China Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal with star, Korean Service Medal with star, United Nations Medal, and Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Admiral Baciocco is married to the former Mary Jane Rivera of Coronado, California. They have four children, David Anthony, Debra Ann, Andrew Joseph, and Mary Susan. 31
