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tion of NDRC. A major change was made in December 1942; prior to that 

 date there were minor shifts within the four divisions among which the 

 scientific work of the Committee was divided. The organization of June 15, 

 1941, as given previously, was changed in the following respects between 

 that date and December 8, 1942: 



Division A 



Section A on "Erosion" was created with L. H. Adams (geophysicist, Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington) as Chairman. 



Section S on "Terminal Ballistics" was consolidated with Section B under 

 the new title "Structural Defense and Terminal Ballistics." This tide was 

 later changed to "Terminal Ballistics and Structural Defense and Offense." 



Section C on "Antisubmarine and Other Ordnance Developments" was 

 established with J. T. Tate as Chairman. Tate was also Chairman of the 

 section on "Antisubmarine Warfare" in Division C. 



Division B 



With Roger Adams moving up from Vice-Chairman to Chairman of 

 Division B, a new system of nomenclature was adopted together with some 

 shifting of functions among sections. The final organization was as follows: 



Section B-i Explosives, Physical 

 G. B. Kistiakowsky, Chairman 



Section B-i-a Testing and Physical Problems 



D. P. MacDougall, Chairman (chemist, Clark University) 

 Section B-i-b Theory of Detonations and Shock Waves 



E. B. Wilson, Jr., Chairman (chemist. Harvard University) 

 Section B-i-c Pyrotechnics (October 8, 1941 — August 2, 1942) 



Organic Research (August 2, 1942 — December 9, 1942) 

 G. P. Baxter, Chairman, October 8, 1941 — July 7, 1942 (chemist, Har- 

 vard University) 

 Homer Adkins, Chairman, August 3, 1942 — December 9, 1942 (chem- 

 ist. University of Wisconsin) 

 Section B-i-d Unrotated Projectile Propellants 



L. P. Hammett, Chairman (chemist, Columbia University) 

 Section B-i-e Development Problems 



R. C. Elderfield, Chairman (chemist, Columbia University) 

 Section B-2 Explosives, Organic 



F. C. Whitmore, Chairman to July 8, 1942 (chemist, Pennsylvania 

 State College) 



R. A. Connor, Chairman, September 15, 1942 — December 9, 1942 

 (chemist. University of Pennsylvania) 

 Section B-2-a Synthetic Problems 



P. C. Whitmore, Chairman, August 12, 1941 — July 8, 1942 

 R. A. Connor, Chairman, October 15, 1942 — December 9, 1942 



