284 SEA GRANT COLLEGES 



Academy of Sciences could assist in tlie selection of institutions to be sea grant 

 colleges or universities. Of the two agencies seriously proposed thus far (as 

 far as I am aware) National Science Foundation seems most suitable by virtue 

 of exi>erience. I am sure that NSF can administer the progrem, if asked to do 

 so, despite its obviously applied nature. 



If I can assist further in these deliberations, please let me know. 

 Sincerely yours, 



William J. Hargis, Jr., Ph. D., 

 Institute Director and Dean, ScJwol of Marine Science, College of William 

 and Mary, and Chairman, Department of Marine Science, University 

 of Virginia. 



Prepared Statement of John H. Clotworthy, Vice Preside^ntt, Westinghouse 

 Defense and Space Center, Underseas Division 



It is a function of government to make technologies responsive to the require- 

 ments of society. This is especially true of new technologies which tend to be 

 random in their early stages of development. Ocean technology is in this position 

 today. It requires the establishment of a national program to give it direction. 



One of the ways in which government can create the responsiveness required 

 is through the support of educational programs. Because of the significance 

 of our national efforts to explore and exploit the world ocean environment, it 

 is necessary that we provide encouragement to the task of educating .scientists 

 and technologists to perform the difficult work that lies ahead and to the added 

 responsibility for educating persons in related social skills to pei'form the 

 national and industrial planning functions associated with ocean technology. 



There are two asi>ects of this educational problem : the question of organizing 

 the university community to supply the requisite skills ; and the question of de- 

 veloping quality standards of education in the face of a limited supply of teach- 

 ers who must turn out a large number of generalists and specialists. An edu- 

 cation bill for ocean sciences and technology must address itself directly to the 

 first of these problems while assuring the quality standards required. Further, 

 such Federal supports as are provided by legislation must be the product of an 

 unified concept of future requirements. The success of the purpose of educa- 

 tional legislation rests on the completeness and wisdom of this concept. 



This means that the educational activities supported by the Government for 

 ocean activities are a phase of a national oc-ean program in the broadest sense, 

 and that the definition of that program must precede the determination of 

 precise educational requirements. Handled in this way. the establishrjent of 

 sea grant programs through the reapplication of revenues received under the 

 Outer Continental Shelf Land Act would perform a major service. There is also 

 an ironic justice in the method. 



The comprehensiveness of legislation dealing with education for this develop- 

 ing technology is quite important, lest we train only for the most obvious of 

 requirements. For this reason, it is heartening to note that the authors of the 

 legislation envision the establishment of programs in economics, sociology, law, 

 and other social studies. Were this not the case, we would be developing an 

 operational capability without providing for the requisite social guidance. 



I believe S. 2439 is worthy of enactment as a part of a comprehensive national 

 ocean program. 



Prepared Statement of Gordon Gxtnter, Ph. D., Director. Gulf Coast Research 

 Laboratort, Ocean Springs. Miss. 



I do not wish to waste your time and that of your Committee with a long 

 statement upon my background and qualifications to comment on this bill, and 

 instead I am appending a short biographic statement. It does not cover the 

 consultant work I have done in the marine waters of all Gulf states, and in 

 Maryland. North Carolina, South Carolina and the State of Washington. Al- 

 though for a year each I was Senior Marine Biologist at the Scripps Institution 

 of Oceanography and Professor of Zoology at the Marine Laboratory for the 

 L'niversity of Miami in Florida, my experience has been primarily on the Gulf 

 of Mexico. I have worked in the Gulf states for a period of thirty-six years. 

 I have been the head of three marine laboratories, that of the Texas Game. 

 Fish and Oyster Commission, the Institute of Marine Science of the University 

 of Texas, and the Gulf Coast Kesearch Laboratory, which all grew from small 

 size to respectable institutions during my tenure. (I mention these facts be- 



