HISTORY OF THE OFFICE OF 

 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 



A summary of the activities of the entire organization in the development of 

 improved weapons of v^'arfare has been puWished as Scientists Against Time 

 by James Phinney Baxter, 3rd. Details about the different parts of the organi- 

 zation are presented in a series of volumes with the common title, Science in 

 World War 11, which has been prepared under authority from: 



Vannevar Bush, President, Carnegie Institution of Washington 

 Director, Ofl&ce of Scientific Research and Development 



James B. Conant, President, Harvard University 



Chairman, National Defense Research Committee 



Alfred N. Richards, Vice-President in charge of Medical Affairs, 

 University of Pennsylvania 



Chairman, Committee on Medical Research 



Karl T. Compton, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

 Chief, Office of Field Service 



Science in World War II 



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NEW WEAPONS FOR AIR WARFARE j 



DIVISIONS 4, 5, AND 7 OF NDRC; SECTION T, OSRD ( 



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COMBAT SCIENTISTS 



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OFFICE OF FIELD SERVICE; NALOC; DOLOC 



ADVANCES IN MILITARY MEDICINE 



COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL RESEARCH 



ROCKETS, GUNS, AND TARGETS ; 



DIVISIONS I, 2, AND 3 OF NDRC 



CHEMISTRY ! 



DIVISIONS 8, 9, 10, II, 19 AND TDAC OF NDRC 



APPLIED physics: ELECTRONICS; OPTICS; METALLURGY 



DIVISIONS 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 AND COMMITTEE ON ] 



PROPAGATION OF NDRC i 



ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR WAR I 



ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK OF OSRD ' 



