SECRETARY'S REPORT 179 



Leonard Price and Dr. K. JVIitrakos in February presented a sym- 

 posium paper entitled "Photomorphogenesis and Carbohydrate 

 Changes in Etiolated Leaf Tissue," at the 1963 meeting in Memphis, 

 Tenn., of the Association of Southern Agricultural Workers. Also 

 in February, Dr. W. Shropshire attended the 7th Annual Meeting of 

 the Biophysical Society in New York City. 



In April, the division was represented at tliree scientific meetings. 

 Drs. P. J. A. L. deLint and D. L. Correll attended the annual meet- 

 ing of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. 

 J. H. Harrison attended the International Conference on Nonlinear 

 Magnetics in Washington, D.C. Dr. Shropshire was an invited par- 

 ticipant in the First American Meeting of the Royal Microscopical 

 Society held at the National Institutes of Health. 



J. J. Sigalove conferred in May with Dr. W. Broecker and the staff 

 at Lamont Geological Observatory in Palisades, N.Y. 



With the closing of the Table Mountain, Calif., Field Station, solar- 

 radiation standards and some equipment were transferred to the di- 

 vision. The standards are being used in the calibration of instru- 

 ments for measurement of solar radiation. 



New members of the staff this year are Dr. David L. Correll, bio- 

 chemist, and Joel J. Sigalove, geochemist. At the end of the year 

 there were 29 members of the staff of the Division of Radiation and 

 Organisms. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Fred L. Whipple, Director. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution 



