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B. Some of these institutions already have excellent facilities for research, 

 training, and educational programs in the marine sciences, which, with addition- 

 al financial support could serve the purpose for which this bill is intended. 



Thomas G. Scott, Ph. D., head, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife ; 

 Oarl E. Bond, Ph. D., professor, Department of Fisheries and 

 Wildlife ; Peter Dondoroff, Ph. D., professor. Department of Fish- 

 eries and Wildlife; Howard Horton, Ph. D., associate professor, 

 Department of Fisheries and Wildlife ; Raymond E. Millemann, 

 Ph. D., associate professor. Department of Fisheries and Wild- 

 life; Harry Phinney, Ph. D., professor. Department of Botany; 

 and Charles E. Warren, Ph. D., professor. Department of Fish- 

 eries and Wildlife. 



Raytheon Co., 

 Submarine Signal Division, 



Newport, R.I., May 3, 1966. 

 Hon. Claiborne Pell, 

 U.S. Senate, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator : I would like to offer my full support for early passage of the 

 national sea grant college and program bill (S. 2439) which you have sponsored 

 and is now under consideration by your subcommittee. 



There is no field for scientific progress and engineering development more criti- 

 cal than oceanology to the future of industry represented in this division of 

 Raytheon Co. Vastly greater knowledge of ocean phenomena and more reliable 

 means for their exploitation are requirements which daily command our atten- 

 tion in efforts to meet the needs of defense and commerce as well as those for 

 scientific exporation itself. It is equally apparent that progress commensurate 

 with the need and the intellectual potential of this country is not being made. 



It is continually more difficult to obtain scientific and engineering personnel 

 with skills disciplined to handle problems peculiar to the ocean environment. 

 More importantly, the fund of knowledge available to them in the scientific and 

 technical community at large is not adequate to the size or complexity of their 

 tasks. Government and private investment in the material means to achieve 

 progress will become increasingly restricted in proper application, if the sources 

 of trained manpower are not expanded. 



I believe that the proposed legislation for sea grant colleges is the most 

 rational approach to give early and continuing relief to the problem. It will 

 build upon a well-established educational foundation to preserve the inter- 

 relationships which should exist among the many disciplines needed for ocean 

 science and engineering and to expand exi>erimental facilities for timely ap- 

 plication of research findings. Not only will the products of these institu- 

 tions add to the vitality of our industry, but, as has been the experience of 

 this division, industry can bring to their facilities new concepts for instru- 

 ments and processes which require experimental verification and adaptation. 

 Sincerely yours, 



W. Rogers Hamel, 

 Vice President and General Manager, Submarine Signal Division. 



New York, N.Y., May 2, 1966. 

 Hon. Claiborne Pell, 

 U.S. Senate, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Dear Senator Pell : Thank you for extending me the opportunity to com- 

 ment on S. 2439, the National Sea Grant College and Program Act of 19().5. 



While I am not well informed enough in this field to make a constructive 

 contribution by commenting in depth, I do applaud the general purposes of 

 this legislation. It is clear we need to know much more about the sea around 

 us, and I welcome your efforts to extend Federal participation in this field. 

 With all best wishes, 

 Sincerely, 



Laurance S. Rockefeller. 



