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Subject Inde'`
Many committees of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research
Council have been referred to informally in the text, but have been formalized in the
index citation. No attempt has been made to identify or associate committees with
divisions, nor have the sequence and evolution of certain committees been cross-
referenced.
AAAS (see American Association for the
Advancement of Science)
AASW (see American Association of Scien-
tific Workers)
ABCC (see NRC, Atomic Bomb Casualty
Commission)
A-bomb (see atom bomb)
AD-X2, 541-544
AEC (see Atomic Energy Commission)
AGU (see American Geophysical Union)
AID (see Agency for International De-
velopment)
AMS (see American Metrological Society)
AMSOC (see American Miscellaneous Soci-
ety)
ARPA (see Advanced Research Projects
Agency)
671
ASWORG (see Antisubmarine Warfare Op-
eration Research Group)
Accademia dei Lincei, Italy, 2
Accademia del Cimento, Italy, 2
Academic Royale des Sciences, France, 3,
7, 254n, 283n, 305
Prix Cuvier, 45
Transactions, 7
Academy of Engineering (see National
Academy of Engineering)
Academy of Philadelphia (see University
of Pennsylvania)
Advanced Research Projects Agency, 555
Advisory Committee on Uranium, 386,
418, 419
Agency for International Development,
581
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration,
365
Agricultural Research Institute, 529
Air Force (see U.S. Air Force)
Akron, dirigible, 354
Alaska (see also Pribilof Islands)
fur seals, 203-204
Albany Academy, N.Y., 23, 24
Albany Institute, N.Y., Transactions, 24,
24n
Allison Commission, 142, 145, 147, 147n,
148-150, 152, 161, 181, l91n
ALSOS, 426—428
amateurs of science, 34, 34n
Ambassador of Light, 520
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
45, 52, 107, 358
Memoirs, 7, 8
Origin of Species debates, 45
Rumford Medal, 358
American Academy of Sciences, On, 59
American Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, 16, 39, 40n,
41-45, 52,330,358,447, 448, 465
Committee of One Hundred on Scien-
tific Research, 213n
American Association for the Promotion
of Science (see American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Science)
American Association of-Scientific Work-
ers, 447
American Association of University Pro-
fessors, 220
American Cancer Society, 472
American Chemical Journal, 179
American Chemical Society, 116n
American Committee to Aid Russian Sci-
entists with Scientific Literature,
264n, 265, 265n
American Council of Learned Societies,
244, 264n, 486, 529
American Council on Education, 528
American Federation of Labor, 256
American Geographical Society, 293,325
American Geological Institute, Mission 66
Committee, 293n
American Geophysical Union, 267, 314,
328, 329, 329n
American Historical Association, 188n
American Indians, 299, 299n
American Institute of Nutrition, 259n
American Journal of Science and Arts, 24,35,
45, 69, 120, 157, 177n
American Metrological Society, 117n
American Miscellaneous Society, 558,
560-561
American Naturalist, 141 n, 177n, 78n
American Oriental Society, 244
American Philosophical Society, 6, 7, 11,
14, 21, 25-26, 40n, 45, 52, 66-68,
107, 286
American Relief Administration, 264
American Shore and Beach Preservation
Association, 293
American Society Held at Philadelphia
for Promoting Useful Knowledge,
6
American Society of Biological Scientists,
576
American Society of Civil Engineers, 355
American Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
384
American University (see also universities),
336
America's Resources of Specialized Tal-
ent, 530
Annual of Scientific Discovery, 35, 35n
Annual Tables of Constants and Numerical
Data, 268
Antisubmarine Warfare Operation Re-
search Group, 417
anthropological sciences, 140, 158
Anthropological Society, 116n
Anthropometric Society, 140n
Applied Physics Laboratory (see Johns
Hopkins University)
Applied Science and Technological Progress,
577-578
Arctic expedition, 111-114
Army (see U.S. Army; Department of the
Army)
Association of American Geologists and
Naturalists (see also American Asso-
ciation for the Advancement of
Science), 14, 15, 22, 24, 39
Astronomical Journal, 45
Astronomical Society of France, 305
astronomy (see physical sciences)
atom bomb (see also radiation), 404, 418-
425, 451-454, 490, 509, 516
disease, 493-495
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fission bomb, 419, 420, 423
leukemia, 494
survivor studies, 491-497
testing, 533n
atomic energy, 478, 479, 534, 535
laboratories, 451, 455
legislation, 451, 454 157, 478
loyalty issues, 478-479, 481n
Atomic Energy Commission, 435, 456,
478, 491, 504-505, 507, 532, 537,
537n, 540, 564, 584
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Bulgaria, 545
Bureau of Ethnology (see Smithsonian In-
stitution)
Bureau of Fisheries (see Department of
the Interior)
Bureau of Indian Affairs (see Department
of the Interior)
Bureau of Mines (see Department of the
Interior)
Bureau of Navigation (see Department of
the Navy)
Advisory Committee for Biology and Bureau of Ordnance (see Department of
Medicine, 519
fellowship program, 457, 481 n, 530,
531
General Advisory Committee, 456, 457
atomic wastes, ocean disposal, 53~538,
538n, 53~540
Atoms for Peace Awards, 540n, 546n
aviation research (see research)
Bache bequest (see NAS)
Bache estate (see also NAS, Bache Fund), 98,
98n, 101n
bacillus bomb (see Japan)
bacteriological agents, 544
gaily's Beads, 8
battery additives (see AD-X2)
BEAR Committees (see NAS, Committees on
Biological Effects of Atomic Radia-
tion)
Bell Telephone Company, 384
Bell Telephone Laboratories, 384
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 202
Bikini, hydrogen bomb test accident, 496
biochemistry (see physical sciences)
B~olog~calAbstracts, 268, 330, 331n, 375
Biological Century, 302
biological sciences, 186, 187
embryology, 371
BiologicalSociety, 116n
biophysics (see physical sciences)
borderlands in science (see also NRC), 322n,
323, 32~334
British-American cooperation, science in-
formation, 388
British Association for the Advancement
of Science, 4, 33, 39, 39n, 41, 143,
348
British Medical Research Council, 532
Brookhaven National Laboratory, 519
the Army)
Bureau of Public Roads (see Department
of Commerce)
Bureau of Social Hygiene, 263, 310
Bureau of Steam Engineering (see De-
partment of the Navy)
Bureau of the Budget, 443, 560
Burma Biological Station for Research,
501n
Bush report (see Science, the Endless Fron-
tier)
CIG (see ~csu, International Committee on
Geophysics)
CMR (see OSRD, Committee on Medical
Research)
CND (see Council of National Defense)
COPEP (see NAE, Committee on Public En-
gineering Policy)
COSPAR (see ~csu, Committee for Space
Research)
eosPuP (see NAS, Committee on Science
and Public Policy)
cws (see Chemical Warfare Service)
calendar reform, 305-306, 306n, 307-
308, 308n
Gregorian Calendar, 305
World Calendar, 305, 307-308
California Institute of Technology, 283,
283n, 301
Carnegie Corporation, 228, 234, 244,
248n, 252, 271, 285, 287, 288n,
407, 500
NAS building fund, 252, 272
NAS—NRC grant, 237
NRC funding, 256, 374n, 442
Physical and Chemical Constants de-
velopment support, 268
Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, 313
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Carnegie Institution of Washington, 170,
243, 283n, 293, 385, 394, 403
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 337
Case School of Applied Science, 282
Castle on the Mall (see Smithsonian In-
stitution)
Census Office, 115-116
Centennial (see U.S. Centennial)
Central High School, Pa., 22
Charter for Science, 323
chemical research (see research)
chemical warfare
chemical and biological warfare, 411,
412, 475, 509
government academics industrial co-
operation, 412
Chemical Warfare Service (see U.S. Army)
chemistry (see physical sciences)
chemists, 402
Chenango (see also NAS, Committee on Ex-
plosions of Steam Boilers), 8~89
Chr~s~n Sconce Monitor, 575
Civil Aeronautics Administration, 416
Civil Aeronautics Authority, 389
Civil Service Commission, 406
Civil War, 47, 48, 51, 85, 104, 207, 552
climate (see U.S. Weather Bureau; wea-
ther forecasting)
Coast Survey, 11, 22n, 38, 40, 45, 58, 59,
61,65,89,96, 115, 125, 171,356
reorganization, 22
Superintendent of the Survey, 11, 20,
22
Coast and Geodetic Survey (see also Coast
Survey), 129, 131, 145, 148, 149,
149n, 150
Coast Guard (see U.S. Coast Guard)
Cold War, 480, 544, 563, 564
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 8-9
Transactions, 9
Colonial Fellows (see Royal Society)
Columbia Historical Society, 116n
Columbia River Basin, development, 357
Columbian Institute for the Promotion of
Arts and Sciences, 11-13
Commission on Human Resources and
Advanced Training, 530
Committee for a National Science Foun-
dation, 458, 465
Committee for Hungarian Refugee Re-
lief, 545
Committee on Aeronautics, 461n
Committee on Atomic Energy, 461n
Committee on Discovery and Develop-
ment of Scientific Talent, 449
Committee on Electronics, 461n
Committee on Geographical Exploration,
461n
Committee on Geophysical Sciences,461n
Committee on Guided Missiles, 461n
Committee on International Exchange of
Persons, 529-530
Committee on Isthmian Canal, 97n
Committee on Postwar Research, 436
Committee on Publication of Scientific
Information, 449
Committee on Science and Public Wel-
fare, 449
Committee Supporting the Bush Report,
457
Commonwealth Fund (see also General
Education Board), 330
Communist activities (see also U.S.S.R.)
congressional investigations, 478-479
Mao Tse-tung, 480
Republic of South Korea, 40
Comptroller-General, 390, 445
computers, Bush Analyzer, 388n
Conference Board of Associated Re-
search Councils, 52~530
Congress (see U.S. Congress)
Congressional Record, 153, 246
consumer standards, establishment, 357
Continental Shelf Convention, 504
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers (see
U.S. Army)
Corps of Engineers (see U.S. Army)
Cosmos Club, 116, 558
Council of National Defense, 213, 214,
214n, 217, 222n, 223, 225, 227,
228, 235, 248n, 393, 400, 401, 409,
528
Board of Inventions, 222n
Council of the Academy (see NAS, Council)
Crater Lake National Park, 292
Crop Protection Institute, 289
cyclotron, 419, 495
Czechoslovakia, 382, 545, 581
DMS (See NRC, Division of Medical
Sciences)
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Declaration of Independence, 137-138,
138n
Department of Agriculture, 32, 115, 167
Forest Service, 161, 243, 291, 293
Meteorological Service, 148
Department of Commerce (see also U.S.
Weather Bureau), 341, 356, 543
Assistant Secretary for Science and
Technology, 543-544
Bureau of Public Roads, 259, 543
Bureau of Statistics, 115
Maritime Administration, 543
Minerals Division transfer, 356
National Bureau of Standards, 81, 171,
172, 182, 186, 336, 338, 355-356,
375, 393, 403, 478, 541-544, 564
metric system advocacy, 172
Visiting Committee, 355, 542
Office of Technical Services, 543
Patent Office, 10, 40, 48, 89, 115, 225,
543
;
Department of Commerce and Labor,
182n
Department of Defense, 461, 527, 528,
542, 549, 551, 564
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 461
Joint Committee on New Weapons and
Equipment, 461
Department of Science, 146, 146n, 147,
147n, 151, 151n, 174, 175n, 183n,
251
Department of State, 63, 510, 511, 513,
514
International Science Policy Survey
Group, 511
International Science Steering Commit-
tee, 511
science community liaison, 512
Superintendent of Patents, 10
Department of the Army, 402, 403, 438,
439, 445, 549
Bureau of Ordnance, 228
Medical Department, 115
Department of the Interior,131,146,490
Bureau of Fisheries, 501, 507
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 299, 300n
Bureau of Mines, 232, 243, 356
General Land Of rice, 11, 40, 12~129,
131
topographical maps and charts, 127-
133
U.S. Geological Survey, 11, 12~127,
131-133, 14~147, 147n, 148, 160,
160n, 167n, 168, 282, 356, 583
Department of the Navy, 40, 51, 81, 86,
364, 375, 392, 397, 402, 435, 437,
438, 440, 441, 445, 461-462, 487-
488, 490, 498, 527, 549
Bureau of Aeronautics, 510
Bureau of Navigation, 50, 81, 84-86,
115
Bureau of Steam Engineering, 115
Hydrographic Office, 50, 115, 14
147, 501
Medical Department, 115
Nautical Almanac Office, 50
Nautical Almanac, 106, 115
Naval Observatory, 40, 50, 78, 89, 90,
106, 145
Office of Naval Research, 445, 462,
464, 480, 488, 502, 504, 507, 527,
531, 558, 564
Advisory Committee, 440n
Naval Research Advisory Committee,
463, 567
Department of the Treasury, 148
Depression (see Great Depression)
Depths of the Ocean, 499
Deutsche Akademie der Wissenchaften,
3-4
dirigibles, construction studies, 231,
375
Discoverer 13 (see space exploration)
Draper's Academy, 107, 107n
drugs and narcotics, 311, 312, 585-586
Dudley Observatory, 43, 64
Dumbarton Oaks, 394
EJC (see Engineers Joint Council)
earth's crust investigation (see NRC, Project
Mohole)
Ecological Society of America, 261, 293
Economy Act of June 1932, 348
Engineering Foundation, 212, 214, 228,
266, 277, 28(}290, 338, 341, 359,
569, 572
engineering research (see research)
engineers, 402, 569, 570
Engineers Joint Council, 569-570
Entomological Society, 116n
Equitable Life Assurance Society, 525
Esperanto, 265
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Essex, British ship, 208
Ethnogeographic Board (see NRC)
Executive Orders, 235, 235n, 236, 359-
361, 376, 399, 401n, 644-647
Explorer I (see space exploration)
extraterrestrial life, 556
FB! (see Federal Bureau of Investigation)
FDA (see Food and Drug Administration)
FEA (see Foreign Economic Administra-
tion)
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 481
loyalty investigations, 531
NSF investigations, 482
Federal Civil Defense Administration,
527, 528
Federal Communications Commission,
395
Federal Council for Science and
Technology, 554, 555, 574
Federal Radiation Council, 510
Federal Security Agency, 408, 409, 413,
416
Federation of Atomic Scientists, 455, 456
fellows and fellowships (see Atomic En-
ergy Commission; NRC; Rockefeller
Foundation)
Fish and Wildlife Service, 504, 536
fission bomb (see atom bomb)
Flood bill (see science, legislation) Germany
Florentine Academy, 44
Food and Drug Administration, 484 186
Ford Foundation, 244, 528, 545, 576, 581
Foreign Economic Administration Tech-
nical Industrial Disarmament Com-
mittee, 428
Forest Service (see Department of Agricul-
ture)
forestry (see also Department of Agricul-
ture; Department of the Interior;
NAS, Committee on Forestry),
150-161, 291, 292, 298
conservation, 159, 173
legislation, 161n
preserves, 159n
Formosa, Chiang Kai-shek headquarters,
480
Fort Adams, R.I., 21
Fortunate Dragon trawler, 496
Foucault pendulum, 210, 275
Franklin Institute, 36, 68
Franklin's Society (see American Philo-
sophical Society)
Freedom 7 (see space exploration)
French Academy (see Academie Royale
des Sciences)
French Institute, 41
Friendship Fund, 401
Friendship 7 (see space exploration)
Fulbright Act (see also science, legislation),
529
GPO (see U.S. Government Printing Of-
fice)
General Education Board, 291, 303, 330
General Land Office (see Department of
the Interior)
genetics, 300-302, 330
controversy, 53~536
geological sciences (see physical sciences)
Geological Society, 116n
Geological Survey, California, 120
Geological Survey, New Jersey, 39
Geological Survey, New York State, 36
Geological Survey, U.S. (see Department
of the Interior)
geological time measurements,313,313n,
457n
George Washington Memorial Associa-
tion, 188
education, 142
engineering and research, 428
postwar science, 428, 428n
scientists, 427, 428
U-boats, 208, 217, 229, 427
uranium research, 422
V-1, V-2 rockets, 413, 426n, 427
World War I, 217, 241
Girard College, Pa., 22, 26
global plate tectonics (see physical
sciences)
Grand Canyon, Yarspai Station, 292
grants-in-aid, 366, 451, 468, 531
Great Britain (see also NAS, Committees on
Biological Effects of Atomic Radia-
tion)
information exchange, 397, 424n, 430
MAUD Committee, 422, 422n, 424n
science programs, 397-398, 398n
World War II, 382, 388, 397, 398, 403,
404,412,413,417
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Great Depression, 296, 315, 317, 335,
338, 339, 348, 349n, 358, 369,
374n, 378, 381
Great Western steamship, 22n
Gregorian Calendar (see calendar reform)
guided missiles, Bat, 246
Harvard University (see also universities),
8
Museum of Comparative Zoology, 192
Hawthorne Studies, 267
hibakusha (see also atom bomb, survivors),
496
high-energy accelerators, 585
Horological Institute, 289
human reproduction research (see re-
search)
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 544
Hungarian Revolution, 545
hydrogen bomb (see Bikini)
Hydrographic Office (see Department of
the Navy)
lA~ (see International Atomic Energy
Agency), 540n
csu (see International Council of Scien-
tific Unions)
IGY (see International Geophysical Year)
IRB (see Industrial Recovery Board)
IRC (see International Research Council)
incendiary weapons, 404 105
Indian mythology, 186
industrial chemistry, 405
industrial nuclear wastes, 539
Industrial Recovery Board, 349
industrial research (see research)
Industrial Research Institute, 345, 345n
industry-government-academic labora-
tories interrelationships, 233, 341,
464
insecticides, 411
Inter-Allied Conference on International
Scientific Organizations, 240
_ ~
interferometry, 282
International Association of Academies,
163, 178-179, 185, 195, 241, 314
International Association of Physical
Oceanography, 505n
International Atomic Energy Agency, 540
International Boundary Commission, 356
International Bureau of Weights and
Measures, 116, 172
International Chamber of Commerce,
305, 306
International Commission on Radiologi-
cal Protection, 540
International Commission on Radiologi-
cal Units and Measurements, 540
International Committee on the
Oceanography of the Pacific, 505n
International Conference on the Peaceful
Uses of Atomic Energy, 540n
International Congress of Electricians,
153
International Council for the Exploration
of the Seas, 505n
International Council of Scientific Unions
(see also International Unions),315,
316 504, 508n, 509n, 545, 546n,
547
Committee for Space Research, 556
International Committee on Geophysics,
556, 583
Special Committee for Antarctic Re-
search, 556
Special Committee for Oceanic Re-
search, 505n, 556
International Electrical Congress, 26n
International Fixed Calendar, 305, 306
International Fixed Calendar League,
307
International Geophysical Cooperation,
557
International Geophysical Year, 505n,
513, 543, 545-558, 563
Blue Glacier Project, 550
NSF funding, 547
programs and objectives, 547
satellite program, 550-552
Second Polar Year, 548-549
U.S. National Committee, 546-547,
547n, 557
U.S.S.R. participation, 550n
World Data Center, 557, 583
International Mathematical Union, 545
International Polar Years, 546, 548, 549
International Red Cross, 544
International Research Council (see also
csu; International Unions), 240,
258, 265, 268, 315
reorganization, 315
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international science policy, 314, 315n,
507-516
International Union for Cooperation in
Solar Research, 178
International Union of Astronomy, 315
International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics, 267, 315, 328, 559,
583
International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry, 315
interoceanic Canal Commission, 97n
Inter-Society Committee on Science
Foundation Legislation, 46~467
Invisible College, 2
JEW (see Department of Defense,
Joint Committee on New Weapons
and Equipment)
JRDB (see Joint Research and Development
Board)
Japan
bacillus bomb, 414
Hiroshima, 451, 490, 490n, 492, 493
Kure, 492
Nagasaki, 490, 490n, 492, 493
Sasebo, 492
science rehabilitation, 477
World War I, 485
World War II, 382, 427, 427n, 429,
486, 491
Japanese National Institute of Health,
497
Johns Hopkins University (see also univer-
sities)
Applied Physics Laboratory, 403, 463
Medical School, 202, 217-218
Operations Research Office, 463
Joint Chiefs of Staff (see Department of
Defense)
Joint Committee on New Weapons and
Equipment (see Department of De-
fense)
Joint Research and Development Board,
461, 461n
Jupiter-C rocket (see rockets and satellites;
space exploration)
Kilgore bill (see science, legislation)
Kilgore-Magnuson bill (see science, legis-
lation)
King's College (see universities)
Korean War, 496, 503, 514, 524, 525,
527, 544
LOIN (see NDRC, long-range navigation)
Lazzaroni (see Scientific Lazzaroni)
Lea bill (see science, legislation)
League of Nations, 306, 307, 485
Lend-Lease Act, 398
leukemia (see atom bomb)
Library of Congress, 162
Lick Observatory, 31~319
life sciences-exact sciences relationship,
329
Lighthouse Board, 115, 121
liquor tax laws, 357
Los Alamos atomic laboratories, 404, 424,
455
Lusitan~a, British ship, 208
McMahon bill (see science, legislation)
MAUD Committee (see Great Britain)
magnetron, invention of resonant cavity,
398, 404
Magnuson bill (see science, legislation)
Manhattan District (see also atom bomb),
414, 424, 425n, 426, 491, 516, 537,
567
Marine Biological Laboratory (see also
Woods Hole Oceanographic In-
stitution), 370, 498, 500-501
Marine Hospital Service, 137
marine sciences (see physical sciences)
Mariner 2 (see space exploration)
Maritime Administration (see Department
of Commerce)
Markle Foundation, 408
Mars studies, 319, 556, 582
Marshall Plan, 479-480
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
establishment, 56n, 64
Radiation Laboratory, 404, 407
Massachusetts Medical Society, 8
May-Johnson bill (see science legislation)
Mediator, clipper ship, 18
Medical Advisory Committee, 449
medical research (see research)
medical societies, ~9, 116n
Medical Society of Boston, 8
Medical Society of the District of Colum-
bia, 116n
medicine, 202
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Medico and Chirurgical Faculty of the
State of Maryland, 8
Merchants of Light, 4
meteorological service (see Department of
Agriculture)
metallurgy (see physical sciences; re-
search)
Metropolitan Society, 11
Micronesia, 485, 486
science research, 483, 487-489, 489n
military research (see research)
military service (see also World War I;
World War II), 22~221
Military Assistance Program, 511
Military Policy Committee, 425
Mohole (see NRC, Project Mohole)
Mohorovicic Discontinuity, 559
NACA (see National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics)
NAE (see National Academy of Engineer-
ing)
NAS (see National Academy of Sciences)
NASA (see National Aeronautics and Space
Administration)
NASCO (see NAS, Committee on Oceanog-
raphy)
NATO (see North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
zation)
NCRP (see National Committee on Radia-
tion Protection)
NDRC (see National Defense Research
Committee)
Nit (see National Industrial Recovery
Act)
NRA (see National Recovery Administra-
tion)
NRC (see National Research Council)
NRPB (see National Resources Planning
Board)
napalm development, 405
narcotics (see drugs and narcotics)
National Academy of Arts and Sciences,
61
National Academy of Engineering, 568-
573
Articles of Organization, 570, 572
Committee on Public Engineering Pol-
icy, 575n
Executive Committee, 572
National Academy of Humanistic Re-
search, proposed, 244, 244n
National Academy of Sciences
ABC Committee, 413
Act of Incorporation, 52-56, 71, 243,
271, 376, 389, 390, 408, 472, 473,
570, 592, 595, 597
Advisory Committee on Extra-Sectional
Memberships, 334
Advisory Committee on International
Science Policy, 507-516
Advisory Committee on Membership,
334
Advisory Committee on Scientific Pub-
lications, 387
Annual, 101, 101n, 105n
Annual Report, 101, 101n, 105n, 115,
117, 139, 139n, 153, 189, 192,223,
225n, 233, 236, 285, 572n, 585n
Articles of Organization, 73-74
atom bomb research (see NAS, Commit-
tee on Atomic Fission; atom bomb;
research)
Bache Fund (bequest), 101, 10 In, 103,
110, 126n
Barnard Medal, 169
BEAR Committees (see NAS, Committees
on Biological Effects of Atomic
Radiation)
BiographicalMemoirs, 56n,64n,86n,101,
101n, Hen, 136n, 139n
building, 188, 272, 394, 514, 524, 525,
587
auditorium, 587
construction, 271-276
dedication, 276-277, 277n, 278
East Wing, 587
funds, 187, 188n, 237, 272, 272n, 525
newspaper accounts, 278
space allotments, 276n, 514, 525
West Wing, 525
Business Manager, 288n
Centennial Celebration, 587, 587n,
588-591
committee, 588
Convocation, 588, 590
Medal, 590
postage stamp commemorative, 589n
President l. F. Kennedy address,
59~591
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Charter (see NAS, Act of Incorporation)
co-membership in NRC, 288
Committee Advisory to Health, Educa-
tion, and Welfare on the Food
and Drug Administration, 585,
585n, 586n
Committee Advisory to Navy Depart-
ment on Research, Subcommittee
on Submarine Detection, 397,
397n
Committee of Twenty-Five on a Na-
tional Academy of Engineering,
570
Committee on Atmospheric Sciences,
556
Committee on Atomic Fission, 419-423
Committee on Battery Additives (see
also AD-X2), 542
Committee on Calendar Reform, 306
Committee on Civil Liberties, 479n
Committee on Classification of the
Academy into Sections, 155
Committee on Coast Survey Triangula-
tion, 129n
Committee on Conduct of Scientific
Work under the U.S. Government,
182n, 193, 347
Committee on Cooperation in Solar Re-
search, 178
Committee on Disposal of Radioactive
Wastes from Nuclear-Powered
Ships, 538
Committee on Economic Importance of
Oceanography, 501
Committee on Effects of Atomic Radia-
tion on Oceanography and Fish-
eries, 498
Committee on Elective Offices, 568
Committee on Experiments on the Ex-
pansion of Steam, 88
Committee on Explosions of Steam
Boilers, 89n
U.S.S. Chenango, 88-89
Committee on Forestry (see also Com-
mittee on Inauguration of a Ra-
tional Policy for the Forested
Lands of the United States), 291-
292, 294, 298, 302
Committee on Funds for the Publica-
tion of Research, 297n
Committee on Fur Seal Herd in Pribilof
Islands, 203-204
Committee on Galvanic Action of
Zinc-Coated Iron, 104
Committee on Gauging Distilled
Spirits, 87
Committee on Government Relations,
Ad Hoc (1961- 1962), 574
Committee on Government Relations,
298, 360, 362, 372, 375-376
Committee on Government's Problems,
298
Committee on Improvement of San
Juan River, Nicaragua, 97
Committee on Inauguration of a Ra-
tional Policy for the Forested
Lands of the United States (see also
NAS, Committee on Forestry), 159,
160
Committee on Increasing Membership
of Academy, 96n
Committee on International Aspects of
Oceanography, 501
Committee on International Coopera-
tion in Research, 178
Committee on International Paleon-
tologic Correlation, 179
Committee on International Science
Policy, 507-514
Committee on Kilauea Volcano In-
vestigation, 245
Committee on Letterheads, 223n
Committee on Long-Range Weather
Forecasting, 304
Committee on Loyalty in Relation to
Government Support of Unclas-
sif~ed Research, 531-532
Committee on Magnetic Deviation, 84,
87n
Committee on Mathematical Aspects of
Reapportionment, 246
Committee on Materials for the Man-
ufacture of Cent Coins, 88
Committee on Meteor Crater, 293n
Committee on Meteorology, 556, 556n
Committee on Metric Standards, 97,
246
Committee on National Board of
Health, 137, 137n
Committee on National Research
Foundation, 294n
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Committee on Natural Resources, 579
Committee on Nominations and Elec-
tions, 301, 515, 566
Committee on Oceanography (see also
NRC. (:r~mmittee on Oceanog-
_,
Committee on Role of Department of
Commerce in Science and
Technology, 543
Committee on Saxton's Alcoholometer,
84
raphy), 302, 371, 537, 579 Committee on Science and Public Pol-
Panel on Radioactivity in the Oceans, icy, 573-578
536
Committee on Oceanography and
Fisheries, 537, 538
Committee on Organization, 71, 73
Committee on Organization of Na-
tional Surveys and Signal Service,
144-150, 347
Committee on Organization of the Sci-
entif~c Resources of the Country
for National Service, 208, 209
Committee on Organizing NRC, 209,
209n, 21~216
Committee on Panama Canal Slides,
204
Committee on Parc National Albert,
292, 292n
Committee on Plan for Surveying and
Mapping the Territories of the
United States, 130, 136
Committee on Polaris Expedition,111 n,
114n
Committee on Post-War Treatment of
German Research and Engineer-
ing, 428n
Committee on Prevention of Counter-
feiting, 87, 97
Committee on Protecting the Bottoms
of Iron Vessels, 104
Committee on Questions of Meteorolog-
ical Science, 138
Committee on Relations of the
Academy to the Government, 141,
506
Committee on Relationship between
the NAS and NRC, 285n, 287n, 522,
524, 524n
Committee on Relationship of Academy
to Philosophical, Economic, and
Philological Sciences, 177
Committee on Restoration of the De-
claration of Independence, 137-
138
Committee on Revision of the Constitu-
tion, 525n
cosPuP reports, 478, 575-578
Committee on Scientific Problems of
National Parks, 292
Committee on Scientific Surveys of
Philippine Islands, 174, 174n,
175n
Committee on Standards for Electrical
Measures, 153, 154, 154n
Committee on Submarine Detection
Systems, 397
Committee on Tests for the Purity of
Whiskey, 87, 97
Committee on Underwater Radio, 245
Committee on Weights, Measures, and
Coinage, 77, 80, 82, 87n, 115, 117,
171, 172, 246
Committee on Wind and Current
Charts and Sailing Directions, 84
Committee to Consider Establishing a
National Standardizing Bureau,
17 In
Committee to Consider Report of In-
ternational Scientific Commission
on Biological Warfare in Korea
and China, 544n
Committee to Cooperate with National
Board of Health, 137, 137n
Committee to Represent the Academy
before Congress, 141
Committee to Select Chief of Weather
Bureau, 203
Committees on Biological Effects of
Atomic Radiation, 532-536, 538,
540
congressional appropriations, 222n,
366
Constitution and Bylaws, 73, 75n, 76n,
77n, 90, 90n, 91, 109, 118, 119,
121, 156, 187, 287, 568, 606-613
corporate seal, 71
Council, 120, 142, 158n, 186, 189, 202,
207,208,211, 234, 244, 245n, 246,
334, 372, 375, 375n, 481n, 52
522, 527, 568, 570, 587
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"National Program" (see also NRC, SAB,
Recovery Program of Science
Progress), 364-367, 374
National Recovery Administration, 365
National Register of Historic Places, 387
National Register of Scientific and Tech-
nical Personnel, 482
National Research Administration, pro-
posal, 364
National Research Council
AAAS cooperation, 213n
Advisory Committee for the Atomic
Bomb Casualty Commission (see
also NRC, Atomic Bomb Casualty
Commission), 497
Advisory Committee on Behavioral Re-
search, 528
Advisory Committee on Drug Addic-
tion, 312
Advisory Committee on Quartermaster
Corps, 526
Advisory Committee on Scientific Pub-
lications, 387
Advisory Committee on Service Insti-
tute for Biological Physics, 336
Advisory Committee on Veterans Ad-
ministration, 460
AEC fellowship program (see NRC, fel-
lowship programs)
Agricultural Board, 529
AMSOC Committee (see NRC, Project
Mohole)
Annual Report, 254
antisubmarine research (see research)
Armed Forces-NRc Vision Committee,
519, 527
Articles of Organization and Bylaws,
246, 246n, 249,324,344, 345,470,
521
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission,
483, 49~493, 493n, 494-497, 536,
584
Board for Coordination of Malarial
Studies, 411 n
Building Research Advisory Board,
472n, 529
Building Research Institute, 529
Bulletin, 262n, 265, 313, 329, 340n,
522n
Carnegie Corporation funding, 256
centrifugal gun design, 231n
Chairmen, roster, 648-649
Chemical-Biological Coordination Cen-
ter, 460n, 472
CND relationship, 222-223, 247, 248n
Committee for Investigation of Waste
Disposal, 536-537
Committee for Publication of Critical
Tables of Physical and Chemical
Constants, 268
Committee for Research on Problems
of Sex,263, 371
Committee for Study of Paricutin Vol-
cano, 507n
Committee on Animal Nutrition, 259n
Committee on Application of Mathe-
matics to Chemistry, 333
Committee on Application of X-Rays to
Chemistry and Chemical Technol-
ogy, 333
Committee on Applied Mathematics,
416
Committee on Applied Psychology,
416, 418
Committee on Atomic Casualties (see
also NRC, Atomic Bomb Casualty
Commission), 472, 491, 496
Committee on Atomic Structure, 262
Committee on Biological Processes of
Aging, 302n
Committee on Biophysics, 335, 336
Committee on B`orderland Fields, 328,
332
Committee on Borderland Research,
262, 332
Committee on Borderlands in Science,
332
Committee on Chicago World's Fair,
30~310
Committee on Concilium Biblio-
graphicum, 267-268
Committee on Conservation of Natural
Resources, Joint with NAS and
AAAS, 260, 265
Committee on Continental Shelf, Ad
Hoc, 504
Committee on Disaster Studies, 527-
528
Committee on Drugs and Medical
Supplies, 411n
Committee on Drug Addiction, 31
313
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Committee on Drug Addiction and
Narcotics, 312
Committee on Ecology of the Grass-
lands, 293
Committee on Economic Survey of the
Sea, 499n
Committee on Effects of Radiation on
Living Organisms, 314, 330, 337n
Committee on Electrical Insulation,
339, 341
Committee on Food and Nutrition,
258, 261n
Committee on Food Habits, 416n
Committee on General Policy, 255
Committee on Geophysics, 267
Committee on Growth, 472n
Committee on Heat Transmission, 339,
341
Committee on Highway Research, 259,
339, 341
Committee on Industrial Lighting, 266,
339
Committee on Insect and Rodent Con-
trol, 460
Committee on International Auxiliary
Language, 265
Committee on International Critical
Tables of Numerical Data, 268
Committee on International Scientific
Unions, 512
Committee on Land Classification,
294n
Committee on Land-Use, 293
Committee on Marine Biological Labo-
ratory, 50~501
Committee on Measurement of Geolog-
ical Time by Atomic Disintegra-
tion, 313, 457n
Committee on Metals and Minerals,
414-415
Committee on Nitric Acid Supply, 211
Committee on Noxious Gases, 232
Committee on Nuclear Science, 457n,
472n, 485
Committee on Oceanography (see also
NAS, Committee on Oceanog-
raphy)? 498n, 499, 505, 506, 538,
556, 558n
Committee on Operations Research,
463
Committee on Pacific Exploration, 484,
485, 485n
Committee on Pacific Investigations,
485
Committee on Passive Protection
Against Bombing, 396
Committee on Physics, 230
Committee on Physiological Optics, 335
Committee on Pioneer Belts, 293
Committee on Polar Research, 556
Committee on Policies, 321, 326, 344,
436
Committee on Present Status of Indus-
trial Research Personnel, 266
Committee on Problems of Drug
Safety, 586
Committee on Prosthetic Devices, 411
Committee on Psychology of the High-
way, 259
Committee on Publications, 265
Committee on Quantum Theory, 262
Committee on Race Characters, 264n
Committee on Racial Problems, 264n
Committee on Radiation Biology, 494n
Committee on Radiation Cataracts,
494n
Committee on Radioactivity, 472n
Committee on Reconstruction Prob-
lems, 258
Committee on Relation between At-
mosphere and Man, 261
Committee on Relation between Physics
and the Medical Sciences, 262, 329
Committee on Research in the Earth
Sciences, 333
Committee on Research Methods and
Techniques, 262
Committee on Science Policy, 513
Committee on Scientific Aids to Learn-
ing, 333n, 385, 395
Committee on Scientific Problems of
Human Migration, 264
Committee on Selection and Training
of Aircraft Pilots, 389
Committee on Service Personnel-
Selection and Training, 418
Committee on Sewage Disposal, 261
Committee on Shore-line Investiga-
tions, 293
Committee on Spectroscopy as Applied
to Chemistry, 333
Committee on Standards of Radioactiv-
ity, 457n
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Committee on Treatment of Gas
Casualties, 412
Committee on Undersea Warfare, 460,
472n, 497, 502, 504, 526
Committee on UNESCO, 472, 509, 510
Committee on Veterans' Medical Prob-
lems, 460
Committee on Welding Research, 339
Committee on Work in Industry, 267
Committee to Consider Various Phases
of Industrial Research, 266
Conference Board of Associated Re-
search Councils, participation, 519,
529
conservation, 291-294
Constitution and Bylaws (see NRC, Ar-
ticles of Organization and Bylaws)
contracts approval, 287n
Corrosion Committee, 289
Disaster Research Group, 528
Division of Anthropology and Psychol-
ogy, 249, 252, 259, 263, 416, 418,
527
Division of Biology and Agriculture,
249, 258, 293, 499, 500, 529
Division of Chemistry and Chemical
Technology, 227, 248, 335, 477
Division of Earth Sciences, 537n, 548n,
558n, 583
Division of Educational Relations, 248,
323
Division of Engineering, 207, 248, 250,
252, 266, 289, 290, 384, 529, 569,
573
Division of Engineering and Industrial
Research, 324, 338' 341~343, 346,
415, 569, 572
Division of Federal Relations, 250, 251,
252n, 378n
Division of Foreign Relations, 248, 323,
513
Division of General Relations, 227, 248,
249, 289n
Division of Geology and Geography,
249, 329n, 333, 548n
Division of Government Relations, 248,
250
Division of Industrial Relations, 249, biology, 333
250 .. ..
Division of International Relations,
513, 514
Division of Medical Sciences, 249, 252,
261,335,408~10,41 In, 433, 477,
491, 586, 587
Division of Physical Sciences, 248, 252,
314, 326, 328, 334, 335, 358, 543,
585
Division of Research Extension, 248,
250, 28~290, 338
Division of States Relations, 248, 249,
289, 323
Divisions of Science and Technology,
248, 249, 289
Drug Efficacy Study' 587
Drug Research Board, 58~587
Earth Sciences, 329, 333, 334
Ethnogeographic Board, 486-487
Executive Board, 227, 251n, 255, 265,
287, 288, 324, 358, 470, 520, 521
Executive Committee, 223
Executive Orders, 235, 235n, 237-239,
247, 251, 351 n, 272, 453, 464n,
490, 522n, 644-647
Executive Secretaries and Executive
Offices, roster, 65~651
federal government relationship, 235n,
347-349
fellowship programs, 238-239, 239n,
257, 258n, 293, 425n, 466, 472n,
481n, 518, 530, 541
AEC programs, 457, 466, 481n, 530
Food and Nutrition Board, 528
Food Protection Committee, 52~529
formation, 20~210, 214, 215
functions, 51~515
funding needs (see also HAS, finances),
320, 322, 326
Governing Board, 521
grants-in-aid distribution, 366
Highway Advisory Board, 259
Highway Research Board, 259, 341,
584, 584n
national road test program, 584,
584n
Industrial Research Section, 227, 228,
228n
information exchange, 226
Interdivisional Committee on Aero-
Interdivisional Committee on Border-
land Problems in the Life Sciences,
333
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Interim Committee, 227, 269, 269n,
270
International Committee on the
Oceanography of the Pacific, 505n
International Scientific Exchanges, 229
International Science Policy Survey for
State Department, 511, 512
mobilization of science in World War I,
396
national research fellowships (see NRC,
fellowships)
Navy submarine studies, 230
Office of Critical Tables, 268n
Office of International Relations, 514,
581
Office of Scientific Personnel (see also
NRC, fellowships), 406, 457, 530
operation, 255-256, 269, 269n
organization, 211n, 212, 215, 215n,
225-227, 233-236, 252, 253n, 258
Pacific Science Board, 472n, 483-490,
498, 581
Coordinated Investigation of Mi-
cronesian Anthropology, 488
Invertebrate Consultants Committee
for the Pacific, 488
Scientific Investigations in Micro-
nesia, 488-489
Scientific Investigations in the Ry-
ukyu Islands, 489
patent policy, 255n
Project Committee, 255, 270
Project Mohole, 558-563, 584
Advisory Committee on Scientific
Objectives for the Mohole Project,
561, 562
Advisory Committee on Site Selec-
tion, 561, 562
AMSOC Committee, 56(}562
NSF funding, 55~560
psychological studies, 232-233
publications, 314, 329, 329n, 340, 340n,
355n
purpose, 254
Reference Committee, 387
relationship to NAS (see NAS)
reorganization, 225, 227, 228, 247n,
24~249, 32(~324, 340, 344-345,
470
Repent and Circular Series, 265, 522n
Research Fellowship Board, 239
Research Information Service, 226,
227, 229n, 24(}241, 24~250,
250n, 324
Rockefeller Foundation funding, 256-
257
Science Advisory Board, 203n, 246,
300, 304, 326, 330-332, 340, 341,
341n, 347-351, 351n, 352-353,
353n, 354-378, 378n, 37~381,
383, 389
appointments, 352, 354, 356
Committee on Cooperation with So-
cial Science Groups, 352
Committee on Design and Construc-
tion of Dirigibles, 375
Committee on Geological Survey and
Bureau of Mines, 352
Committee on National Bureau of
Standards, 352
Committee on Policy of the Govern-
ment in Relation to Scientific Re-
search, 352
Committee on Problems of Ar-
chaeology, Land Classification, and
Homesteading, in the TVA, 352
Committee on War and Navy De-
partments, 352
Committee on Weather Bureau, 352
conflict, 363, 372
creation, 351, 353n.
Executive Orders, 340351, 351 n,
352, 35~361, 652-655
expiration, 372, 374n
extension, 373
funding, 354, 435
organization and activities, 352-357
publications, 522n
Recovery Program of Science Prog-
ress (see also "National Program"),
352, 357-359, 362, 367
NAS relationships, 351, 363-365,
372-375
termination, 368, 372-374, 374n,
375-381
science research promotion, 254-255,
255n
scientific literary aid to Russians, 264-
265
staff (see NAS, staff)
volcano Par~cutin study, 507n
War Metallurgy Committee, 415
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White House approval, 211-212, 235
National Research Endowment (see NAS)
National Research Foundation, 294n,
441,44~)-150
National Resources Board, 351, 356,361,
364, 365
Committee on Science, 365, 375, 380
National Resources Committee, 361, 362,
375, 380
National Resources Planning Board, 362,
405, 406, 529
National Roster of Scientific and Spe-
cialized Personnel, 405-406, 458,
482, 530
National Science Board, 482, 560
National Science Foundation, 434, 435,
446, 448, 449, 451, 464-466, 478,
480-483, 507, 530-531, 547, 560,
564, 581, 585
creation, 297, 449 150
Earth Science Panel, 558
fellowships, 531
FB] investigation of members, 482
funding, 482
IGY funding, 547
legislation, 448, 450
patents, 451, 482
national security (see NAS, RBNS)
National University, 10, 11, 18
natural history and science, 36-39, 45,
76, 76n of the Navy)
natural resources conservation, 292, 293
Nature, 385
Nautical Almanac (see Department of the
Navy)
Nautical Almanac Office (see Department
of the Navy)
Naval Affairs Committee, 450
Naval Consulting Board, 214n, 222n
Naval Observatory (see Department of the
Navy)
Navy (see Department of the Navy; U.S.
Navy)
New Atlantis, 4, 33
New Deal, 237-381, 389, 529
New Jersey Medical Society, 8
Nobel Prize, 282, 282n, 301
North American Conservation Confer-
ence, 184
North American Review, 124
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 480,
511
North Pole expedition (see Arctic expedi-
tion)
nuclear fission, 385-388, 393, 418, 423
nuclear physicists, 402
nutrition studies, 528
OEM (see Office for Emergency Manage-
ment)
OFS (see OSRD, Office of Field Service)
ONR (see Department of the Navy, Office
of Naval Research)
ORO (see Johns Hopkins University, Oper-
ations Research Office)
osP (see NRC, Office of Scientific Person-
nel)
OSRD (see Office of Scientific Research and
Development)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 424, 455,
567
Oceania (see Micronesia)
Oceanography, 483, 497-507
oceanography research (see research)
Office for Emergency Management, 400,
527
Office of Defense Mobilization, 464n,
526, 527, 552
Science Advisory Committee, 464n, 552
Office of Naval Research (see Department
Office of Science and Technology, 574-
575
Office of Scientific Research and De-
veiopment (see also research), 390,
39~} 100, 402, 402n, 405
atomic bomb liaison, 425
Committee on Medical Research, 394,
401-402, 408, 410, 416, 433, 460,
471, 476, 477
contracts, 415, 429n, 434
demobilization, 433
Division of Absorbants and Aerosols,
411
Division of Chemical Engineering, 411
Division of Chemistry, 411
Division of Explosives, 411
established 399-408, 430-431
metallurgical studies, 415
NAS~NRC cooperation, 405
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Office of Field Service, 425-426, 426n,
427-432
reorganization, 402
termination, 429, 434, 435
toxic warfare projects, 411
Office of Weights and Measures, 22, 84,
115, 147, 148
operations research, 417, 464n
Optical Society of America
Section on Physiological Optics, 335
Ordnance Department, 115, 211
07ig2n of Species, 45
PSAC (see President's Science Advisory
Committee)
PWA (see Public Works Administration)
Pacific Science Association, 486, 489-490
Pacific Science Board (see NRC)
Pacific Science Conference, 487
Pacific Science Congress, 484, 486
Panama Canal, 97n, 18,0, 206
Culebra Cut, 205-206
landslides, 204-206
Pan-Pacific Scientific Conference, 484,
485
Passamaquoddy Bay, tidal power, 357
Patent Office (see Department of Com-
merce)
Patman bill (see science, legislation)
penicillin, 411
Penikese Island, Mass., seaside labora-
tory, 37, 498
Permanent Commission, 5(~52, 84, 89,
92, 92n
Personnel Research Federation, 266
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associa-
tion, 586
Philippines (see also NAS committees)
Commission, 174, 175n
scientific exploration, 173, 174, 191 n,
192
Philosophical College (see also Invisible
College), 2
Philosophical Society of Washington,
115-116, 116n
phonograph, demonstration by Edison,
283-284
physical sciences
astronomy, 318-319
solar eclipse, 8
transit of Mercury, 127
transit of Venus, 6
atomic physics, 313, 420
atomic weights, 282n
gaily's Beads, 8
biochemistry, 476
biophysics, 326, 326n, 333, 335
chemistry, 326, 326n, 331, 333, 336
electricity, 35, 153n, 282
electromagnetics, 24-27, 35
geology, 36
geomagnetics, 21
geophysics, 328, 329n, 333, 547-548,
548n
global plate tectonics, 584
marine sciences, 85-86
metallurgy, 414
meteorology, 21, 32, 42, 147, 547
nuclear physics, 385, 457n
oceanography, 487, 498-499, 501, 502,
504, 505n, 507
physics breakthrough, 180~181
physiology, 476
plutonium studies, 422, 423
publications, 329n
quantum physics, 302, 326, 329
radiation research, 169, 313, 314, 329,
330, 337
rheology, 334
solar sciences, 178
spectroscopy, 282
tectonics, 584n
visual science, 335
X rays, 169, 313, 329, 330
physicians (see medicine; medical soci-
eties)
Pilot Charts, 87
plant sciences, diseases, 289, 578
Poland, 545, 581
Polaris, steamship, 112-113
Popular Science Monthly, 177n, 178n
Post Office Department, 81
President's science advisor (see Special As-
sistant to the President for Science
and Technology)
President's Science Advisory Committee,
522, 553n, 555, 567n
President's Scientif~c Research Board, 464
Pribilof Islands, 203, 204
Priest bill (see science, legislation)
Project Mohole (see NRC)
Project Vanguard (see space exploration)
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proximity fuze (see also NDRC), 398, 402-
403, 426, 463, 541
Public Health Service, 460
Public Welfare Medal (see NAS)
Public Works Administration, 359, 361,
365, 379
Pure Food and Drug Act, 182
Quartermaster Corps (see U.S. Army)
RBNS (see NAS, Research Board for Na-
tional Security)
radar, 398, 399, 403, 404, 417, 425
. .
rat .latlon
biological effects of atomic radiation,
UN survey, 532-536
earth, 583
hazards, 533-534, 536
Van Allen belts, 549n, 582-583
X-ray studies, 313
Radiation Laboratory (see MIT)
radio buoy, 502
radioactive wastes, 537-540
Radio Detection and Ranging (see radar)
radiosonde, 304, 541
RAND Corporation, 463
Reclamation Service, 243
Recommended Dietary Allowances, report
series, 528
refugee scientists, 545
research (see also OSRD; Rockefeller Foun-
dation)
antisubmarine, 230, 387, 417
applied, 337, 342
atomic bomb, 420-424
aviation, 388, 416
basic, 145, 294-298,358,434,451,464,
483, 503, 542
borderlands, 332, 333
chemical, 407
classified and unclassified, 531
contracts, 394, 399, 406, 415, 416,
444-445, 460
engineering, 207, 338, 343
expenditures, federal, 348-349, 355-
356, 364
facilities, federal, 356, 395, 401
federal support, 434, 435, 458, 468,
531, 576, 589
fellows and fellowships (see AEC;.NRC;
Rockefeller Foundation)
fields, 367
fundamental, 342, 358, 362, 421, 462,
480, 534
funds (see also finances), 167, 359, 435,
458, 480
Germany, 385, 427-429
human reproduction, 575
industrial, 229, 28~291, 333,339, 340,
340n, 341, 342, 342n
medical, 202, 301, 312, 585
metallurgy, 411 415, 433
military, 229, 387, 398, 436, 451
NAS expenditures, 348
nuclear, 419
oceanography, 303, 371, 487, 505,
505n, 506
organization in NRC, 396
physical science, 337
postwar, 435, 443, 460
radiation, 330, 457n, 492-497, 532-535
science, 327, 337, 342, 359, 366, 393,
402, 451, 458, 464, 576
space, 549, 549n, 582
underwater, 460
university-federal government proj-
ects, 462
uranium, 386-387, 398, 420-424
warfare projects, 230-231, 402, 411,
418, 425
Research and Development Board, 461-
462, 480, 527
Research Board for National Security (see
NAS)
Research Corporation, 395
Rockefeller Foundation, 228, 244, 263,
285, 303, 312, 330, 336, 354, 500,
532, 545
Concilium Bibliographicum grant, 268
General Education Board, 257
National Research Council, funding,
25~257, 354, 374n
oceanography projects, 501n, 502
research fellowships, 238-239, 256,
256n, 257, 257n
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search, 170, 238, 239
rockets and satellites, 413, 54~551, 554
Aerobee rocket, 549
Explorer I, 552, 553
Jupiter-C rocket, 552
NIKE—ASP rockets, 551
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Redstone rocket, 552
Viking rocket, 551, 552, 553
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh,
18
Royal College of Physicians of London, 8
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, 8
Royal Institute, 210n
Royal Prussian Academy, 163
Royal Society, England, 2, 4, 6, 19, 27,
35n, 39n, 41, 46, 53, 67, 109, 163,
177n, 210n, 265, 314, 361, 589,
590n
colonial Fellows, 5
Copley Medal, 46, 46n
Transactions, 77n
Royal Society of Canada, 305
Russia (see U.S.S.R.)
Russian Academy of Sciences, 545
Russian scientists aid, 264, 265
SAC (see Science Advisory Committee)
SCAR (see Use, Special Committee for Ant-
arctic Research)
Sailing Directions, 84, 85, 87
San Juan River, Nicaragua (see NAS com-
mittees)
satellites (see rockets and satellites)
Saturday Club, 115
schooner Cramp'=, 500
science (see also research), 231, 362, 379,
435, 531, 563, 564, 573, 584-587,
589, 593
applied, 207, 463n
evolvement, 33-36
legislation, 44~441, 443-446, 451-
459, 463, 465-468,47~181, 555n,
584-587
Flood bill, 481
Fulbright bill, 452
Kilgore bill, 446~452
Kilgore-Magnuson bill, 458-459
Lea bill, 380
McMahon bill, 456
Magnuson bill, 450-452, 454-455,
457, 458, 467
May bill, 452
May-lohnson bill, 454-455
Mills bill, 466
Patman bill, 447-448
Priest bill, 48~481
Smith bill, 465, 46~468
Wolverton bill, 467, 468
mobilization, 389, 392-394, 400, 406
national resource, 358
postwar planning, 429 132
public policy, 463~68, 50~510, 564
space, 582
science academies, 4
France, 3, 7, 53, 225
Germany, 3
Great Britain, 1, 225
Italy, 2, 44, 225
U.S.S.R., 255
Science Advisory Board (see NRC)
Science Advisory Committee, 464n, 508,
526, 532
Science and Foreign Relations, 512-513
Science and Public Policy, 463-465, 50
510
Science magazine, 142, 142n, 143, 143n,
149, 150, 177n, 195, 330
Science News Service, 260
science objectivity, 36~369, 435, 469
Science, the Endless Frontier, 392n, 431
441, 44~451, 483, 564
SaentificAmerzcan, 68, 170, 177n
Saentzfic Endeavor, 591n, 593
scientific information exchange, 388,
397-398, 482, 509, 545
scientific institutions establishment, 243
Scientific Investigations in Micronesia,
48~489
Scientific Investigations in the Ryukyu Is-
lands, 489
Scientific Lazzaroni, 44, 46, 47, 52, 63,
85~6, 157, 194n
scientific manpower, 405, 530
Scientific Monthly, 178n
scientific personnel roster, 405
scientific publications, 177n, 178n, 260,
505n, 506n, 509, 539, 580
scientific services, government, 354
scientists-engineers relationships, 569
security clearance, 531
Selective Service System, OSRD coopera-
tion (see also military service), 405
Signal Corps (see U.S. Army)
Silliman's Journal (see American Journal of
Science and Arts)
Silliman-Whitney controversy, 120
Smith bill (see science, legislation)
Smith-Mundt Act, 529
1.
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Smithson bequest, 13-16, 18, 19, 22
Smithsonian Fund, 18
Smithsonian Institution,11,16-20,26,28,
30-32, 32n, 33, 38, 40, 45, 47,
49n, 51, 69, 86, 89, 109, 116, 486
archives, 27n
Astrophysical Observatory, 148, 149n
Board of Ethnology, 145
Board of Regents, 19,22, 27, 29-32, 52,
109
building, 30-31
Bureau of American Ethnology, 174
funding, 18-19
laboratory facilities, 81
library, 32, 32n
National Museum, 111, 193
publications, 32, 35
Social Science Academy, 245n
Social Science Research Council, 264,
264n, 268, 269n, 293, 379, 380,
486, 529
Societas Regia Scientiarum (see Deutsche
Akademie der Wissenschaften)
Soil Erosion Service, 356
solar sciences (see physical sciences)
sonar, 425, 502
South Pacific Commission, 489
space exploration, 554, 582-584
Cape Canaveral (Kennedy) launches,
550
Discoverer 13, 583
Explorer I, 552, 582
Freedom 7, 583
Friendship 7, 583
manned flights, 582
Mariner 2, 583
planets, 556, 583
Project Vanguard, 552
Sputnik, 543, 552, 554n, 573
Spanish-American War, 142
Spanish Civil War, 343, 382
Special Assistant to the President for
Science and Technology, 552, 553,
573, 574
Sputnik (see space exploration)
standards, weights, and measures, 42,
153-154
steam engine~experiments, 88
steel production, 414
Steelman report (see Science and Public
Policy)
strontium-90, 533
Supreme Commander for the Allied
Powers, 492
Supreme Court, abolishes NRA, 365
Surgeon-General (see U.S. Army)
Sussex, British ship, 208
Tanner's Council, 289
telegraph, 25, 27, 28, 38
Tennessee Valley, archaeological surveys,
357
topographical surveys (see Department of
the Interior, U.S. Geological Sur-
vey)
thalidomide, 586
Truman Doctrine, 479
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 484
UNESCO (see United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organiza-
tion)
UNSCEAR (see United Nations)
United Nations, 490, 510, 525
Law of the Sea Conference, 504
Scientific Committee on the Effects of
Atomic Radiation, 540, 540n
United Nations Education, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization, 315n,
508-509
international health studies, 508n
science and peace promotions, 509
science for underdeveloped countries,
510
U.S. Air Force, 549
U.S. Army
Chemical Warfare Service, 231, 323,
323n, 401 105, 412-414
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, 11
Corps of Engineers, 11, 20, 89, 128,
131, 396, 397, 424
G-2 Intelligence, 412
Medical Department, 232
meteorology, 138, 148
Quartermaster Corps, 415-416
Signal Corps, 115, 206, 22 In, 225, 228
Meteorology Division, 230
Signal Service, 138, 145-147
Surgeon-General, 409, 411, 412, 460,
491
U.S. Centennial, 124, 124n, 125
U.S. Coast Guard, 501
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U.S. Congress (see also science, legislation)
House
Armed Services Committee, 462
Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures, 172
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 307
Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, 466
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries
Committee on Naval Affairs, 450
Committee on Science and Astronau-
tics, 577
Committee on Smithson Bequest, 18
Special Committee on Post-War Mili-
tary Policy, 450
Special Subcommittee on Oceanog-
raphy, 507
Subcommittee on National Security,
478, 479
Subcommittee on Public Health
Science and Commerce, 480
Joint Commission to Study Science-
Government Relationships, 144
NSF debates, 451 - 452, 467
Senate
Committee on Forest Reservations,
173
Small Business Committee, 541
Smithsonian Institution funding, 119
Thirty-Seventh (1861-1863), legisla-
tion, 56n, 59
U.S. Forest Service (see Department of
Agriculture)
U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey
of the Territories, 128- 129
U.S. Geological Survey (see Department of
the Interior)
U.S. Government Printing Office, 139
United States Lake Survey, 356
U.S. Military Academy, 11
U.S. Mint, establishment, 10
U.S. National Commission for UNESCO,
508
U.S. National Committee for Interna-
tional Geophysical Year, 555, 557 volcanoes
U.S. Naval Academy, 11, 2~21, 281
U.S. Post Office, 48
U.S. Public Health Service, 310, 336
U.S. Weather Bureau, 145-146, 203, 206,
350, 354, 355, 375, 543
U.S.-U.S.S.R. scientists exchange, 545,
581
U.S.S.R., 452, 479 180, 543, 544, 545,
552, 582
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universities
California Institute of Technology, 383
Clark, 142, 370
Columbia, 65, 162
George Washington, 407
Harvard, 8, 29, 38, 47, 313, 407
Indiana, 263
Johns Hopkins, 142, 403, 407, 519
King's College, 27
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
136, 313, 407
New York, 62, 63
Northwestern, 407
Princeton, 21, 23, 25, 26, 26n, 27, 29
Rutgers, 65
Stanford, 142, 259
Throop Institute, 383
Tulane, 142
University of California, 318, 319
University of Chicago, 142, 281, 370,
384
University of Colorado, 318
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 45
University of Illinois, 407
University of London, England, 518
University of Michigan, 312, 318, 332
University of Pennsylvania, 9, 21, 22,
26, 64, 517
University of Virginia, 26, 312
University of Washington
Oceanographic Laboratories, 501 n
Vanderbilt, 142
Yale, 11, 34, 36, 62, 64
Upper Mantle Project, 583, 584n
uranium research (see research)
Van Allen radiation belts (see radiation)
Venus studies, 556, 583
Veterans Administration, 411, 460, 584
Viking Fund (see Wenner-Gren Founda-
tion for Anthropological Research)
Kilauea, Hawaii, 245
Paricutin, Mexico, 507n
WB! (see Washington Biophysical Institute)
WPA (see Works Projects Administration)
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WRS (see War Research Service)
War Committee of Technical Societies,
214
War Department, 40, 51, 211, 228, 364,
375,392, 412, 428n, 435, 437,439,
445, 455, 463
Research and Development Division,
463
War Food Administration, 416n
War Manpower Commission, 406, 447
War Production Board, 415, 416
War Research Service, 413
warfare research projects (see research)
Washington Academy of Sciences, 116n,
187-188, 188n, 243
Washington Biophysical Institute, 262,
336, 337
Washington Biophysical Laboratory, 334,
336
Watson Fund (see NAS)
Weather Bureau (see U.S. Weather
Bureau)
weather forecasting, 303-304
airmass-analysis method, 355
climate, 304
Weed report, 46~470
Weekly Society of Gentlemen, New York,
Wenner~ren Foundation for An-
thropological Research, 488
West Point (see U.S. Military Academy)
Western Electric Company, 266, 384
White House Committee on Organization
of Government Scientific Work,
181
Wind and Current Charts, 84, 85, 87
Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology,
140n, 141n
Wolverton bill (see science, legislation)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,
303, 371, 498-500, 502, 536, 537
Works Projects Administration, 367, 379
allocations for science, 367-368
World Calendar (see calendar reform)
World Calendar Association, 307
World Conservation Conference, 184
World's Fair, Chicago, 308-310
World Data Center (see NAS)
World War I, 178, 208, 217, 220-221,
224, 241, 387, 524
gas warfare, 232
warfare studies, 231
World War II, 259, 268, 381, 382, 392,
417, 426n, 509, 510, 524
Pearl Harbor, 399, 486
Yellowstone National Park, 114, 159
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