Writing in Research Highlights (Sum- 

 mer, 1982) she noted that because of 

 the Morrill Act of 1862, agricultural 

 production in the United States was 

 revolutionized. This helped lay the 

 foundation for the industrialization of 

 the country and "its ultimate emer- 

 gence as the world's first economic 

 superpower." She underlined the 

 "breadth of interest" of the college 

 faculty and the role played by the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station in 

 basic and applied research. 



The University of New Hampshire 

 achieved Sea-Grant College status in 

 the 1979-80 academic year, and thus 

 became a sea-grant as well as a land- 

 grant institution. 



The University of New Hampshire 

 at Durham and the University of Maine 

 at Orono now have a joint Sea-Grant 

 College Program that supports re- 

 search, teaching and service projects. 

 Funding comes from the University of 

 New Hampshire, the National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric Administration of 

 the Department of Commerce, other 

 federal units, foundations and private 

 donors. Some faculty, graduate, and 

 undergraduate research in the College 

 of Life Sciences and Agriculture is 

 sustained by these funding sources. 

 Durham's proximity to the Isles of 

 Shoals, the coastline, its tidal river and 

 the Great Bay estuarine system and 

 other marine natural resources make 

 the University of New Hampshire ide- 

 ally situated for marine research. 



Still another indicator of change 

 has been the striking increase in the 

 use of the electronic computer in re- 

 search by scientists, graduate research 

 assistants, and research technicians. It 

 is a strong force for expanding the 

 possibilities in many kinds of investi- 

 gations. J. A. Warren, Director of the 



W. H. Watson, HI [left] and 

 graduate student A. Vetrovs, Zoology 



Office of Biometrics, writing in Re- 

 search Highlights (1983] noted that 

 computers in 1960 were bulky and 

 scarce, but that in the intervening years 

 they have been transformed dramati- 

 cally. He said they require far less 

 space, their performance capabilities 

 have been increased, and because of 

 support facilities their users less fre- 

 quently need the help of a computer 

 specialist. The power and ease of use 

 of computers increased strikingly af- 

 ter this was written. 



The hallmark of research in the 

 Agricultural Experiment Station has 

 been its diversity. Each department in 

 the College has a mission and each 

 scientist is a specialist investigating 

 problems peculiar to his or her disci- 

 pline within the mission. Hence there 

 is a broad range of research projects in 

 the Station at a given time. Neverthe- 

 less , underlying trends in research have 

 become apparent. One of these has 

 been a recent shift toward investiga- 



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