5^ ORGANIZING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FOR WAR 



Section B-8 (Untitled) 



W. K. Lewis, Chairman, October 9, 1941 — June 30, 1942 



T. K. Sherwood, Chairman, July i, 1942 — December 9, 1942 



Section B-8-a Canister Development in Co-operation with CWS Devel- j 



opment Laboratory) j 



W. K. Lewis, Chairman ' I 



Section B-8-b Protective Coatings 1 



W. K. Lewis, Chairman, October 9, 1941 — November 19, 1941 i 



G. O. Curme, Jr., Chairman, November 19, 1941 — May 28, 1942 ] 



A. J. Weith, Chairman, May 28, 1942 — December 9, 1942 (chemist, { 



Bakelite Corp.) ! 



Section B-8-c Metallurgy (discontinued February 15, 1942) ! 



A. E. White, Chairman - j 



Section B-8-c Hydraulic Fluids i 



G. H. B. Davis, Chairman 



Section B-8-d Vesicant Spray j 



W. K. Lewis, Chairman i 



Section B-8-e Aviation Breathing Equipment ^ 



C. K. Drinker, Chairman (physiologist. Harvard University) 



Section B-8-f Miscellaneous Problems , 



W. K. Lewis, Chairman, April 24, 1942 — June 30, 1942 ■ 



T. K. Sherwood, Chairman, July i, 1942 — December 9, 1942 ; 



Section B-9 (Untitled) ' 



Roger Adams, Chairman i 



Section B-9-a Automotive Fuels, Special Problems i 



T. Midgely, Chairman ■ 



Section B-9-b Special Navy Problems ! 



G. A. Richter, Chairman i 



Section B-9-c Special Problems j 



Roger Adams, Chairman \ 



Section B-9-d Quartermaster Corps Problems \ 



Roger Adams, Chairman I 



Section B-io Petroleum Warfare \ 



R. P. Russell, Chairman (chemist. Standard Oil Development Co.) ,! 



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Division C | 



The following new sections were organized in Division C between July i 



1 94 1 and December 1942: 



Section C-4-a Oceanographic Studies I 

 C. O'D. Iselin, Chairman (oceanographer. Woods Hole Oceanographic 



Institution) I 



Section C-6 Illumination 1 

 H. E. Ives, Chairman (physicist. Bell Telephone Laboratories) 



