INTRODUCTION 



This Directory is the product of a collaborative effort between 



The Office of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army 

 Corps ol Engineers (OCE) 



The Institute of Ecology (TIE) 



The Environmental Information Systems Office 

 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (EISO) 



It is based upon a survey of environmental life scientists, primarily 

 located in universities, which was conducted in the winter of 1972-73. The 

 survey was specifically undertaken to identify scientists interested in 

 providing consultation to U. S. Army Corps of Engineers offices in need 

 of ecological advice. 



PURPOSE OF THE DIRECTORY 



The purpose in publishing this directory is to help link environmental 

 scientists to Corps of Engineers personnel. By providing the Corps of 

 Engineers with information about skills and interests of scientists, 

 it will increase the applications of scientific knowledge. The 10,000 

 scientists who responded to the survey understood this purpose. They have 

 provided information about themselves and their work to assist user groups 

 in contacting them. 



THE DATA BASE 



This Directory, which is a product of a contract between the Office 

 of the Chief of Engineers and The Institute of Ecology, represents a part 

 of a very large data base concerning 10,000 life scientists. These data 

 were collected by a survey questionaire (shown in Section IV, at the back of 

 the Directory) early in 1973. In order to use this Directory, it is helpful 

 to know several facts concerning the relation of this directory to the data 

 base and the survey: 



1) About 40,000 survey forms were distributed to the mailing lists 

 of scientific societies and about 10,000 were returned. 



2) Forty percent of the respondents indicated their interest in working 

 with the Corps of Engineers or all U. S. Federal Agencies, and only these 

 individuals have been included in this directory. 



3) All survey information received has been placed on computer tape, 

 in the respondent's own words. Only 50% of the survey data, considered 

 most useful to the Corps of Engineers in identifying and acquiring 

 environmental expertise, has been included in this directory. 



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