ALLYN C. VINE, Physical Oceanographer , Woods Hole Oceano- 

 graphic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



Mr. Vine was born in Garrettsville, Ohio, on June 1, 1914, 

 received his B.A. from Hirann College in 1936, and his M.S. 

 from Lehigh University (physics) in 1938. Since 1940 he has been 

 an outstanding staff member of the Woods Hole Oceanographic 

 Institution, where he has specialized in geophysics, underwater 

 acoustics, and instrumentation. From 1947-50 he worked half- 

 time in the Bureau of Ships in oceanography. 



In addition he has been Chairman of the Panel on Special 

 Devices for Exploring the Oceans of the National Academy of 

 Sciences Committee on Oceanography. In this capacity he has 

 shown keen leadership in the field of oceanographic instrumenta- 

 tion. 



Some of his other activities are: Trustee, Ocean Resources 

 Institute, Trustee, International Oceanographic Foundation, mem- 

 bership in the American Geophysical Union, the American Assoc- 

 iation for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical 

 Society, American Acoustical Society, Association of Applied 

 Solar Energy, and the Arctic Institute of North America. 



DR. JAMES H. WAKEEIN, JR. , Assistant Secretary of the Navy 

 (Research and Development), Department of the Navy, Washington 

 25, D. C. 



Dr. Wakelin was born in Hoiyoke, Massachusetts, May 6, 1911. 

 He received an A. B. (physics) from Dartmouth College in 193Z. 

 During 1932-34 he attended Cambridge University, Cambridge, 

 England, where he was granted a B.A. (natural sciences) in 1934 

 and an M. A. in 1939. Dr. Wakelin received his Ph. D. (physics) 

 from Yale University in 1940 where he specialized in the field of 

 ferro-magnetism. 



During 1939-43 Dr. Wakelin was a senior physicist in the 

 Physical Research Department of the B. F. Goodrich Company, 

 Akron, Ohio, where he was concerned with the structure and 

 physical properties of natural and synthetic rubber, and with 

 x-ray diffraction and electron microscope studies of high polymers. 



From 1943-45 he was Ordnance Staff Officer to the Coordina- 

 tor of Research and Development, Navy Department. During 1945- 

 46 as a Lieutenant Commander, USNR, he was Head of the Chemis- 

 try, Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Sections of the Plan- 

 ning Division, Office of Research and Inventions, and was active 

 in the planning and organization of the Navy's program to sponsor 

 basic scientific research, now under the direction of the Office of 



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