PREFACE 



ranking scientific organization, and the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, as the nation's one large and 

 widely representative scientific organization, were approached; 

 and both enthusiastically agreed to join the Sloan Foundation 

 in the sponsorship of the meeting. The financial support was 

 furnished by the Sloan Foundation. 



The planning of the Symposium thus proceeded under the 

 general chairmanship of Dr. Detlev W. Bronk, President of the 

 National Academy of Sciences; Dr. Paul E. Klopsteg, President 

 of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; 

 and Mr. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., President of the Sloan Founda- 

 tion. The Arrangements Committee consisted of Dr. S. D. 

 Cornell from the National Academy staff, Dr. Dael Wolfle from 

 the AAAS, Dr. Richard T. Arnold of the Sloan Foundation, 

 and Dr. Warren Weaver of The Rockefeller Foundation* as 

 Chairman of the Arrangements Committee and Program Co- 

 ordinator. 



The meetings were held at The Rockefeller Institute in 

 New York City, where the participants had the privilege of 

 utilizing the extraordinarily attractive and effective facilities of 

 the Caspary Auditorium, the various dining and lounging 

 rooms, ample space for service staff, a news room, etc. 



In inviting the participants, the following statement was 

 included: 



Experience during and since World War II has emphasized the 

 importance that science, viewed as a whole, be energetically developed 

 in our country. As a response, there has occurred a vast expansion of 

 our total activity in research and development. 



Much of the technical advance during and directlv after the war 

 was based, as is now generallv recognized, on fundamental scientific 

 knowledge that had been produced not in our own country or by in- 



* Dr. Weaver retired as Vice President for the Natural and Medical 

 Sciences in The Rockefeller Foundation on July 31, 1959, and on August 

 1 became Vice President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 



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