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Jima, at Okinawa, and in the Occupation of Japan. Most of his combat sea 

 duty was with the Commanders of Amphibious Group Two and the Fifth Am- 

 phibious Force. 



His interest in electronics preceded the big expansion of this field which 

 came after World War II. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate 

 School in 1942 after 2 years of electronics engineering, and followed this with 

 advanced radar work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology later in 1942. 

 Since World War II he has served as head of electronics design in the Bureau 

 of Ships and as electronics officer at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. He 

 came to NEL from a billet as repair and shipbuilding superintendent at Mare 

 Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Calif. 



Captain Phelps was born July 15, 1912, in San Francisco. He is married to 

 the former Rita Marie Dietrich of Buffalo, N.Y., and has three children, John 

 Michel III, Janice Lynn, and James Roy. They live in Quarters A at the Navy 

 Electronics Laboratory, Point Loma, San Diego. 



Lt. Don Walsh, U.S. Navy 



Lieutenant Don Walsh, USN, is assigned to the Navy Electronics Laboratory 

 as Officer in Charge of the bathyscaph Trieste. He is one of the craft's three 

 pilots. He is a 1954 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. 



After graduating from Annapolis, Lieutenant Walsh attended the Amphibious 

 Warfare School for two months. His other service has included U.S.S. Mathews 

 (AKA 96) ; CIC School, Glenview, 111.; Submarine School, New London, Conn.; 

 and the U.S.S. Rasher (SSR 269). Before reporting to the Navy Electronics 

 Laboratory in March of 1959, he was staff secretary for Comsubflot 1 for 6 

 months. 



He is a member of the U.S. Naval Institute, the American Aviation Historical 

 Society, and a life member of the National Geographic Society. He has a pilot's 

 license, and his other off-duty activities include sailing, skin diving and photog- 

 raphy. As time allows, he is working toward an advanced degree in political 

 science at San Diego State College evening school. 



Lieutenant Walsh was born November 2, 1931, at Berkeley, Calif. He is single 

 and lives at 2957 Lawrence Street in San Diego. 



Lieutenant Walsh was pilot, along with Jacques Piccard, when the Trieste 

 dove nearly 7 miles to the deepest known spot in the ocean. This was the 

 Challenger Deep near Guam in the Marianas Islands. For this operation he 

 was awarded the Legion of Merit by President Eisenhower on February 4, 1960. 

 At the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia on the 26th of April 1960 

 he was awarded the first annual Richard Hopper Day Memorial Medal for ex- 

 ploration and discovery in natural science. 



Lt. Lawrence A. Shumaker, U.S. Navy 



Lieutenant Lawrence A. Shumaker, USN, Assistant Officer in Charge of the 

 bathyscaph Trieste, is a native Californian. He was born February 13, 1932, in 

 Los Angeles. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1954. 



He has also studied at East Los Angeles Junior College, and attended subma- 

 rine school at New London, Conn. His other service has included assignment as 

 Engineer Officer, U.S.S. Mansfield (DD 728) ; Supply Officer, U.S.S. Bonita 

 (SSK 3) ; Torpedo Officer and Engineer Officer, U.S.S. Rasher (SSR 269). 



His hobbies include skin diving and pistol and rifle shooting. He won the Sec- 

 retary of the Navy Pistol Trophy in 1954. He is a member of the National 

 Rifle Association, and a life member of the National Geographic Society. In 

 February 1960, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Ribbon with metal 

 pendant for his work with the bathyscaph Trieste, by President Eisenhower. In 

 April of 1960, he received the first annual Richard Hopper Day Memorial Medal 

 for exploration and discovery in natural sciences, from the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia. Lieutenant Shumaker, his wife lone, and their two 

 children, Lawrence and Curt, live at 3514 Mt. Lawrence Drive, San Diego, Calif. 



Mr. Anfuso. We welcome all of you gentlemen, and again I con- 

 gratulate you for what you have done, but I think you best tell it to 

 the committee yourself. 



May I suggest, however, Dr. Rechnitzer, you have submitted a 17- 

 page statement. Obviously we could not hear that statement and finish 



