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Representative James W. Symington (Democrat of Missouri), right, with Soviet Cos- 

 monaut Alexei A. Leonov. 



The son of a Democratic U.S. Senator, grandson of a Republican 

 Senator, and great-grandson of a Secretary of State, Symington en- 

 joyed a rich variety of opportunities before coming to Congress — 

 Marine, member of the soccer and boxing teams at Yale, Columbia 

 Law School graduate, professional musician (guitar) and nightclub 

 performer, assistant city attorney in St. Louis, special assistant to an 

 ambassador (London), administrative assistant to Attorney General 

 Robert F. Kennedy, deputy director of food-for-peace program, and 

 executive secretary of President's Commission on Juvenile Delinquency 

 and Crime. 



Within the broad area of applications, Symington is best remem- 

 bered for the extremely vigorous support he gave toward faster devel- 

 opment and more user interest in Earth resources technology satellites 

 (later termed Landsat). During his second term in Congress, Symington 

 was chosen to be the Moderator of the 13th meeting of the Panel on 

 Science and Technology, January 25-27, 1972, which was devoted to 

 the subject of "Remote Sensing of Earth Resources." This proved 

 to be the last Panel meeting before the Panel was abandoned by 

 Chairman Teague. In both his opening, welcoming remarks and in 

 his summary statement at the end of the three-day meeting, Moderator 



