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Mr. Snopcrass. I don’t know, but these photographs given me are 
for the committee. They are the Lamont Laboratory, showing simi- 
lar problems. i 
The Cuarrman. We will keep them in the committee files for the 
committee. 
Mr. Snoperass. Thank you. 
(Biographical sketch follows :) 
JAMES MaRIon SNODGRASS 
Address: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La 
Jolla, Calif. 
Born: Marysville, Ohio, May 3, 1908 ; married 1936 ; two children. 
Major field of interest : Oceanographic instrumentation. 
Education: Oberlin College, A.B., 1981; University of Pennsylvania, 1935-36 ; 
Harvard, 1937-38. 
Professional career: Assistant psychologist, Oberlin College, 1932-84; 1936— 
87; research associate, Fertility Clinic, Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, 
Mass., 1939-40; research instructor, psychology, Oberlin College, 1940-42; field 
engineer, technical staff Columbia University Division of War Research, 1942— 
43; research associate and field representative, University of California Division 
of War Research, 1943-46; chief engineer, Motion Picture and Sound Division, 
Dayton Acme Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1946-48; biologist, research engineer, and 
head, special developments, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of 
California, La Jolla, Calif., 1948— . 
Member: Acoustical Society of America; Physiological Society of Philadel- 
phia; Instrument Society of America; Sigma Xi; Journal of Marine Research, 
member of Editorial Board; associate director, Division of Marine Sciences, 
ISA; special consultant, American Institute of Biological Sciences; member of 
panel on new devices, and Air-Sea Interaction Panel, Committee on Oceanog- 
raphy, National Academy of Sciences; member, Eastern Pacific Oceanographic 
Conference Committee on Radio Transmission of Oceanographic Data; chair- 
man, session on Recent Wave Measurements for Ocean Wave Spectra Confer- 
ence, National Academy of Sciences. 
Scientific contributions: Extensive research in field of deep sea instrumenta- 
tion. Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on electronic components. Develop- 
ment of techniques for operating transistors, etc., at high pressures. Develop- 
ment of practical deep sea oceanographic telemetering cables and techniques, in- 
cluding precision telemetering current meters, photometers, oxygen meters, 
bathythermometers, ete. Publications in the field of biological and physiologi- 
eal sciences on electromyographic studies and biothermal electric potentials and 
oceanographic instruments. Patents on oceanographic instruments. 
The Cuatrman. Mr. Reid, I understand that you want to file your 
statement ? 
Mr. Rem. Yes, sir. I have made a distribution of copies. Con- 
sidering the short time available, and the fact that I must leave to- 
morrow morning, I would be very happy it you would allow me to 
file my statement as read. 
The Cuarrman. Thank you. We appreciate your cooperating with 
us. We will put the statement in the record in full, as if read. 
STATEMENT OF J. L. REID, PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHER AT THE 
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, COLLEGE 
STATION, TEX. 
Mr. Rem. Senator Magnuson and members of the committee, my 
name is J. L. Reid. I am a physical oceanographer engaged in re- 
search at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. My ap- 
pointment there is only temporary, as I am on leave from the Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, to which 
J shall return about April 1, 1961. 
