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biomedical models. At the same time, to complement modern molecular 

 approaches, we will need an updated and modernized facility for the warm- 

 blooded animals required for the preparation of monoclonal antibodies. 



This merging of basic research, biomedicine, and marine biology 

 builds upon the traditions celebrated in Jane Maienschein's text and the 

 photographs selected by Ruth Davis. Readers of 100 Years E^loring Life will 

 note that our plan for the next few decades is not a new venture, but a 

 reaffirmation of the MBL's mission and a focusing of its resources. 



Of course, while we are expanding programs and modernizing re- 

 search facilities, we vvdll continue to nourish our traditional programs and 

 resources. We will maintain our relationship with the Boston University 

 Marine Program, a remarkably symbiotic arrangement that for nearly two 

 decades has added to traditional MBL strengths in cell biology and neuro- 

 biology, provided us wdth another window on environmental science, and 

 given us a continuous tie to academia. 



Professor Maienschein's text devotes an entire chapter to the MBL 

 Library, a facility beloved by several generations of scientists and historians. 

 We wall continue to operate this unparalleled marine and biological science 

 library, which is jointly supported by the several institutions within the 

 Woods Hole scientific community. Maintaining an up-to-date library is a 

 major challenge. Much as biological research has been profoundly affected 

 by the techniques of molecular biology, library and information science has 

 been changed in our era by the burgeoning mass of published data and by 

 computerized information storage and retrieval techniques. Several private 

 foundations are working with us to update our library facilities and to 

 network our library with major libraries across the country. 



In our centennial year, we have paused in our work to acknow^ledge the 

 contributions made by generations of MBL students, faculty, and investiga- 

 tors. But while we have honored our past, we have kept a focus on the 

 future — looking forward and backward at the same time. This dual process 

 of remembering whence we came and deciding where we are bound will 

 continue beyond the centennial year, as it should in an institution as 

 venerable and vibrant as the MBL. 



Harlyn O. Halvorson 

 Woods Hole 

 July 29, 1988 



