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FRED MANGE LSDORF, Administrative Aide, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- 

 tution 



It seemed fairly obvious to me that the sea- grant college would indeed be 

 oriented to the applied science, or ocean technology. It should be a school that 

 would tell people how to do things in the oceans, but not necessarily what should 

 be done or what questions should be asked; a school that operated long-range 

 experimental programs in the oceans that consistently produced the biggest 

 tuna ever caught, the most abundant yield of nutrients produced, etc. 



The old schools known as land-grant colleges are also known as agricul- 

 tural and mechanical colleges. I think that what we now need is not really the 

 land- grant concept as much as it is the agricultural and mechanical concept. 

 If we substitute "oceans" for "agriculture", and substitute "technology" for 

 "mechanical" (to include electronics, et al) you have ocean technology instead 

 of agricultural and mechanical. I thus see the emphasis shifting from "sea- 

 grant" colleges to "ocean technology" colleges. I think this is really a much 

 more meaningful nanne for the type of school that I personally had in mind. 



WILLIS E. PEQUEGNAT, Acting Head of Department, Texas A&M University 



It can be said that a substantial number of persons representing a wide 

 variety of academic pursuits at Texas A&M University subscribe to and are 

 willing to lend support to the development of the concepts embodied in the pro- 

 posed Sea-Grant College and Program Act of 1965. 



It is understandable that we should have an interest in the provisions of 

 this bill and that we can appreciate the many needs that it will satisfy. Being 

 the land-grant college of the State of Texas, Texas A&M has a long tradition of 

 translating the results of research in agriculture and engineering into applica- 

 tions that will benefit public pursuits. The University established a Department 

 of Oceanography in 1950 in response to the needs expressed by persons who de- 

 rived their livelihood from the Gulf of Mexico. Since that time we have gradu- 

 ated a total of 60 students at the M.S. level and 36 at the Ph.D. level. Many of 

 these former students now occupy positions of leadership in academic, govern- 

 mental, or corporate institutions. In addition, our regular staff members are 

 called upon to conduct a wide variety of research for both industrial and govern- 

 mental agencies. Furthermore, we have for some years given special courses 

 in advanced topics to personnel in several agencies of government. Since we 

 are the only department of oceanography situated near the western Gulf of 

 Mexico, it is natural that our staff would be called upon for a wide variety of 

 consultative functions in cooperation with industrial needs. 



In order to meet some of the needs of the industrial and technological 

 community, Texas A&M has recently established a cooperative program in 

 Ocean Engineering that is administered by the Department of Civil Engineering 

 and in which selected members of the oceanography staff participate. In short, 

 we are called upon with increasing tempo by a broad spectrum of nonacademic 

 activities to aid them in orienting themselves toward the ocean for economic 

 purposes. 



These are only a few of the reasons why we are interested in the sea-grant 

 college bill. In addition, we see in this proposed act an excellent mechanism for 

 redirecting some of the funds derived by the federal government from provisions 

 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act back into those academic and related 

 channels that will increase our effective and more productive use of submerged 



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