ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The National Science Board has had the assistance of many persons in 

 government, education, and the research community in preparing its Eighth 

 Report. Dr. James J. Zwolenik, Division of Science Resources Studies, 

 National Science Foundation, served as Executive Secretary and Staff 

 Director for the NSB Committee on this Report. Staff work was shared with 

 Dr. Donald E. Buzzelli, Office of Planning and Resources Management, 

 National Science Foundation, while Mr. Frederic W. Collins, Public 

 Information Branch, National Science Foundation, collaborated as an editor 

 and writer. Outside consultants were Prof. Carroll W. Pursell, Jr., Lehigh 

 University, on the history of science in the United States, and Prof. Albert H. 

 Teich, State University of New York at Albany, on Federal laboratories. An 

 indispensable contribution to this study was made by the more than 600 

 scientists and research administrators throughout the American research 

 community whose thoughtful letters provided most of the material for this 

 Report. Their names are listed in Appendix C. 



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