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could such support be given. But an outside agency can step in 

 and provide this kind of support when it is merited, and can 

 do so without diminishing the support that goes to other mem- 

 bers of the faculty. In fact, the other members will welcome the 

 distinction and assistance that has come to their colleague, for 

 such support, especially from an agency that is national or 

 international in scope, adds luster to the institution as a whole, 

 and raises the sights of the university and the community as to 

 the kind of support that is reasonable and necessary if the na- 

 tion is to have the most productive program of basic research. 



Acknowledgments 



The preparation of this summary would have been impossible with- 

 out the help of a rapporteur for each of the first four sessions and two 

 rapporteurs for the final day of discussion. Each recorded and analyzed 

 the discussion during the session for which he was responsible. Work- 

 ing together after the conclusion of the symposium, they provided a 

 full and excellent account of what had gone on — the agreements and 

 disagreements, the points of emphasis, the conclusions, the questions 

 that were answered, and the ones that went unresolved. Their records, 

 together with the formal papers, provided the basis for this summary 

 chapter. The rapporteurs were: 



Marv I. Bunting, Dean, Douglass College, Rutgers University 



Graham P. DuShane, Editor, Science 



Gerald Hoi ton, Professor of Physics, Harvard University 



Harry C. Kellv, Assistant Director for Scientific Personnel and 



Education, National Science Foundation 

 Walter A. Rosenblith, Professor of Communications Biophysics, 



Department of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute 



of Technology 

 Douglas Whitaker, Vice President for Administration, Rockefeller 



Institute 



They and members of the committee that planned the symposium 

 have generously and thoughtfullv criticized earlier drafts of this sum- 

 mary. Their criticisms have made it a clearer and more accurate account 

 of the thinking of the symposium participants. 



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