10 SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



In discussing this bill we should explore all possible means for its 

 implementation. I urge the use of the talents, staff, and organiza- 

 tional structures of an existing Federal agency. Also, all agencies 

 whose ongoing programs have any bearing on sea grant college pro- 

 grams should participate in a group advisory basis. 



Perhaps a coordinating committee should be established by the 

 agency having primary responsibility to expedite interagency com- 

 munication and cooperation. 



Also to be discussed is the question of where this new program might 

 probably be established. I believe there is merit in starting out this 

 program under the aegis of the Smithsonian Institution, with its tra- 

 dition of giving temporary haven to various programs and then spin- 

 ning them off to more permanent sponsors. The important issue here 

 is how best the considerable knowledge we already have may be profit- 

 ably exploited as opposed to the development of basic research. 



Now, we come to the actual hearing and to the witnesses. Those 

 of you in the back room, if you can't hear the witness, I wish you would 

 wave your hand to indicate that you can't hear. I can notice it and 

 I will ask them to talk more directly into the microphone. If you 

 can't hear me, you do the same thing. 



Now, for our leadoff witness I will call Dr. Francis H. Horn, presi- 

 dent of the University of Rhode Island, where this hearing is being 

 held. Before having hirn testify, I would like to pay particular tribute 

 to him because of the long connection that the University of Rhode Is- 

 land and he have had with the field of oceanology. The University of 

 Rhode Island had this long involvement going back to 1937 when a 

 small marine laboratory was established at the mouth of Narragansett 

 Bay. And then. 20 years later, in 1958, Dr. Horn came to the Uni- 

 versity of Rhode Island and issued a report at that time which shortly 

 proved perfect. He told the board of trustees that some day inner 

 space will become as important as outer space, and in 1961 Dr. Horn 

 was responsible for establishing the graduate school of oceanography 

 presently on the campus. In 1963 Dr. Horn became interested in the 

 sea grant idea and proposed a conference on that. The National Sea 

 Grant Conference was held last year in Newport under the sponsor- 

 ship of Dr. Horn and the Southern New England Marine Sciences 

 Association. 



So, it is with particular pleasure that we welcome Dr. Horn here 

 today because of all that he has done for oceanology and our State. 

 Also,, the very fact that this hearing is being held at the university, 

 and not at or in some Federal building is a tribute, as well, to Dr. Horn 

 and to the University of Rhode Island. From my own recollection in 

 the committee this is the first time we have had a hearing not in a Fed- 

 eral building since I have served on it. Will you come forward. Dr. 

 Horn, and present your testimony ? 



STATEMENT OF DR. FRANCIS H. HORN, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY 



OF RHODE ISLAND 



Dr. Horn. Thank you for those kind remarks, Mr. Chairman. As 

 you already know, but I will put it on the record, I am Francis H. 

 Horn, president of the University of Rhode Island, which is one of 

 the three State supported institutions of higher learning in this State. 



As you noted previously, this I believe, is the first time a senatorial 



