SECRETARY'S REPORT 87 



OTHER ACTIVITIES 



The director and Drs. Gingerich, Goldberg, Jacchia, Kozai, and 

 Lassovszky attended the International Astronomical Union meeting 

 in Berkeley, Calif. Mr. Izsak addressed the Space Science Symposium 

 at Pasadena, Calif. 



In August 1961, more than 50 scientists from 9 different countries 

 attended the International Symposium on the Astronomy and Physics 

 of Meteors held at the Observatory headquarters, Cambridge, Mass. 

 The director, Dr. Hawkins, Dr. McCrosky, Dr. Southworth, and Mr. 

 Briggs presented papers at the meeting. Drs. Fireman, Hamid, 

 Jacchia, Wright, and Cook also attended. The proceedings of the 

 symposium will be published in the Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Astrophysics. 



Dr. Whipple addressed the American Eocket Society meeting in 

 New York on the concentration of dust around the earth. 



Sir Harold Jeffreys delivered a series of 24 public lectures on figures 

 of the earth and moon. He also lectured at the Institute of Geodesy 

 at the University of Ohio. 



Dr. Whipple represented the International Astronomical Union at 

 a meeting of the International Academy of Astronautics and the 

 Twelfth International Astronautical Congress in Washington, D.C. 

 He also attended the U.S. Air Force's North American Air Defense 

 Command Optical Space Science Conference in Colorado Springs, 

 Colo. 



Dr. Southworth presented a paper at a meeting on the exploration 

 of the solar system by radar and radio-astronomy at the International 

 Astronautical Congress in Washington, D.C. 



Dr. Kozai attended the USSR conference on Theoretical Astronomy 

 in Moscow. 



Dr. Tilles presented a paper "Tritium in Discoverer Satellites" at 

 the National meeting of the American Geophysical Union at Los 

 Angeles, Calif. 



Dr. Davis and Mr. Strom attended the American Astronomical 

 Society Meeting in Denver, Colo. Mr. Strom presented a paper at 

 the meeting. 



Dr. Wliipple was awarded the American Astronautical Society's 

 Space Flight Award for 1962 at the annual meeting of the Society 

 in Washington, D.C. He was elected vice president of the Society 

 for 1962. He also spoke before the Subcommittee on Patents of the 

 House of Representatives Committee on Science and Astronautics. 

 He appeared before the full committee and presented a paper urging 

 removal of military secrecy from the planned flashing-light geodetic 

 satellite "Project Anna." 



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