ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The Chemical- Biological Coordination Center was sponsored by 

 the Department of the Army, the Office of Naval Research and the 

 Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the Department of the Navy, the 

 Atomic Energy Commission, the National Cancer Institute, and the 

 American Cancer Society. After the Center's termination in December 

 1956, the National Science Foundation made generous grants for cer- 

 tain final activities, including the preparation of the Biology Code for 

 publication. Subsequently, the National Institutes of Health gave 

 support to the final stages of the task in preparing the Biology Code, 

 which has taken far longer than originally estimated. 



It is appropriate in this publication to express special gratitude' 

 to the two last named agencies, since without the continued interest 

 and support of NSF and NIH, the present edition of the Code could not 

 have been completed as the editors wanted it. 



The general responsibility for all terminating activities of the 

 CBCC was placed on the NAS-NRC Division of Chemistry and Chemical 

 Technology of which Dr. Clem O. Miller is Executive Secretary. Com- 

 pletion of the review and amendment of the Biology Code, which have 

 been made under irregular and often trying circumstances, has fre- 

 quently depended on Dr. Miller's administrative efforts and his faith 

 in the judgments of the editors. For bearing with this undertaking and 

 its problems over the many months, the editors wish to express their 

 gratitude to Dr. Miller. 



On the following pages are listed members of those CBCC 

 committees and subcommittees which contributed particularly to the 

 early development of CBCC methods for handling biological data, 

 including the initial codes. The Biology Code also owes much to 

 various members of the CBCC staff, including the coding staff. Con- 

 sequently, in recognition of their varied contributions to the Code, 

 the members of the resident staff, including biologists, chemists, 

 and supervisors of the Screening Program, are listed, as well as the 

 non-resident coders of the final years. 



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