CHAPTER IV 



NDRC OF OSRD — THE COMMITTEE 



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HE ONLY change in the membership of NDRC (of OSRD) 

 from its establishment on June 28, 1941, to the end of hostilities with Japan 

 was in the representatives of the Army and Navy. Shortly after the end of 

 hostilities there was a change in the Office of the Commissioner of Patents 

 leading to a shift in NDRC membership. Otherwise the same group of men 

 who started with the Committee remained with it until the Committee 

 adjourned its meeting on January 20, 1947 sine die. 



Even the Service membership was relatively constant during the most 

 crucial period of the Committee's activities. Captain Lybrand P. Smith for 

 the Navy joined the Committee about two months after its establishment 

 and remained until approximately two months before the surrender of 

 Germany. For the Army, the eighteen months of General Williams's mem- 

 bership were notably productive in stimulating cordial top-level relations 

 between NDRC and the Army. 



The complete list of members of the Committee, reconstituted as an 

 advisory committee of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, 

 is as follows: 



J. B, Conant, Chairman 



R. C. Tolman, Vice-Chairman 



Roger Adams 



K. T. Compton 



F. B. Jewett 



Commissioner of Patents 



Conway P. Coe June 28, 1941, to September 14, 1945 

 Casper W. Ooms September 15, 1945 — 



Army Member 



Brigadier General R. C. Moore June 28, 1941, to March 31, 1942 

 Major General C. C. Williams March 31, 1942, to September 22, 1943 

 Brigadier General Walter A. Wood, Jr. September 22, 1943 to January 7, 1944 

 Colonel Lee A. Denson, Jr. January 7, 1944, to February 10, 1945 

 Colonel P. R. Faymonville February 10, 1945, to June 28, 1945 

 Brigadier General E. A. Regnier June 28, 1945, to March 25, 1946 

 Colonel Michael M. Irvine March 25, 1946, to July 19, 1946 

 Colonel Edward A. Routheau July 19, 1946 — 



Navy Member 



Rear Admiral H. G. Bowen June 28, 1941, to August 22, 1941 

 Captain Lybrand P. Smith August 22, 1941, to March 9, 1945 



