SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1966 



U.S. Senate, 

 Special Sltbcommittee on Sea Grant Colleges 



OF THE Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 



Washington, D.C. 

 The special subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, in room 42f32, New 

 Senate Office Building, at 10 a.m., Senator Claiborne Pell presiding. 

 Present : Senator Pell. 



Also present: Fitzhugh Green, special assistant to Senator Pell; 

 Stewart E. McClure, chief clerk; Eoy H. Millenson, minority clerk. 



Senator Pell. The fourth and final day of hearings on the sea grant 

 college bill, the special subcommittee set up by Senator Hill, will re- 

 sume today. 



Our first witness is Dr. James Wakelin, Jr., president of the Scien- 

 tific Engineering Institute of Waltham, Mass., and a gentleman with 

 a great deal of experience in this field in and out of government. Dr. 

 Wakelin. 



STATEMENT OF DR. JAMES H. WAKELIN, JR., PRESIDENT, SCIEN- 

 TIFIC ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF WALTHAM, MASS. 



Senator Pell. I see you have a nice short statement here which is 

 always indeed a delight, and then we will exchange some ideas back 

 and forth. Do you want to read your statement ? 



Mr. Waki<xin. Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



My name is James H. Wakelin, Jr. I am president of the Scien- 

 tific Engineering Institute of Waltham, Mass. 



If I may, I would like to read just this one page, Mr. Chairman and 

 expose myself to your questions or discussion. 



Since the idea of a sea grant college was advanced by Dean Athel- 

 stan Spilhaus 2 years ago, there has been a ground swell of interest to 

 find the proper method to implement this most important concept. 

 S. 2439 clearly states the problem we face in our national oceano- 

 graphic effort witli regard to the training and education of scientists, 

 engmeers, and technicians in order that we can man our expanding 

 program in the oceans and Great Lakes. The need for training in this 

 field of many disciplines is critical to our ability to learn more about 

 the oceans, to explore the Continental Shelf and the deep ocean and 

 to make more economical use of the abundant resources of the world 

 ocean. It is significant that S. 2439 provides as well for support of 

 research in the marine sciences and scientific endeavors in technology, 

 engineering, and resource conservation and recovery. 



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