LETTER OF SUBMITTAL 



Watertown, MA, December 16, 1985. 

 Hon. Don Fuqua, 



Chairman, Committee on Science and Technology, 

 House of Representatives, Washington, DC. 



Dear Mr. Chairman: In its "Agenda for a Study of Government 

 Science Policy," the Science and Technology Committee's Task 

 Force on Science Policy recommended that a history of U.S. science 

 policy be prepared. The history was to provide the Committee with 

 a concise overview of the policy issues and debates that have 

 helped to shape the current relationship between government and 

 science. After spending more than a year with the Task Force, first 

 as an American Historical Association Congressional Fellow and 

 then as an independent consultant, I am pleased to submit that 

 study, entitled "A History of Science Policy in the United States, 

 1940-1985." 



Several people provided critical comments and suggestions 

 during the course of my research and writing. Although I am 

 unable to acknowledge them all, I would like to thank the follow- 

 ing for their assistance: David Kite Allison, Harvey Brooks, Wil- 

 liam D. Carey, Daniel Cornford, A. Hunter Dupree, J. Merton Eng- 

 land, Greg Eyring, Paul Forman, Sylvia Doughty Fries, Roger L. 

 Geiger, William T. Golden, Genevieve Knezo, Marcel C. La Follette, 

 Nancy Lindas, A. Michal McMahon, Arthur P. Molella, Allan A. 

 Needell, Carroll W. Pursell, Nathan Reingold, Alex Roland, Marc 

 Rothenberg, H. Guyford Stever, Paul Theerman, and Dael Wolfle. 



The Appendix, "Chronology of Federal Executive Branch Science 

 Organization, 1787-1985," was prepared by Michael E. Davey of the 

 Science Policy Research Division of the Congressional Research 

 Service, Library of Congress. 

 Sincerely yours, 



Jeffrey K. Stine, 

 Senior Historian, History Associates, Inc. 



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