NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM LEGISLATION 203 



Dr. HoLLOMON. I know the Chairman of that Committee. 



Mr. Lennon. That is whom? 



Dr. HoiiLOMON. Dr. Gordon McDonald. 



Mr. Lennon. Would you furnish it for the record, and, with the 

 permission of the reporter, if it could be included in the report f oUow- 

 mg you and Mr. Kogers. 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Right. 



Mr. Lennon. The date of its organization, its membership and 

 identification of the members, please, the number of meetings that have 

 been held since its organization. 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Lennon. It was referred to in a letter from Dr. Homig to 

 Chairman Bonner on May the 6th. 



Now one other question : Would you identify for the record, too, 

 the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography? 



Dr. HoLLOMON. The National Academy of Sciences Committee on 

 Oceanography, referred to as NASCO, is a comniittee which was set 

 up by the National Academy of Sciences, I believe at the original 

 request of the President's Science Advisory Committee, but I may be 

 mistaken, and it is a committee that reviews the overall state of ocean- 

 ography and ocean sciences for the National Academy of Sciences. 



Mr. Lennon. Now, would you establish for the record, please, sir, the 

 date of the organization of that committee, identify its members by 

 name, profession, or association with business, industry, or Govern- 

 ment, and, also, the number of meetings that it has had since its 

 composition? Because, again, in the same letter of May the 6th, Dr. 

 Homing says that this matter was also under study by this panel. 



Dr. HoLLOMON. Yes, sir. I will furnish that for the record. 



(The material requested follows :) 



National Acadetmt Of Sciences Committee On Oceanogbapht 



The present National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography 

 (NASCO) is the third Academy -Research Council's Committee on Oceanography. 

 The first was formed in 1927, the second in 1949, and the third in 1957. The 

 present NASCO Committee was organized by the NAS-ROS in response to 

 requests from the OflBce of Naval Research, the Fish and Wildlike Service, and 

 the Atomic Energy Commission. These three agencies still provide financial 

 support to the Academy for this Committee, and have subsequently been joined 

 by the Coast and Geodetic Survey and the National Science Foundation. Since 

 the first meeting, held in November 1957, there have been 43 additional meetings. 

 The 45th meeting is scheduled for August 27, 28, and 29, 1965. The list of 

 members, panel chairmen, and staff as of July 1965 is attached. There is also 

 attached a list of the panels, together with the members and their aflBliations. 

 The first chairman was Harrison Brown of the California Institute of Tech- 

 nology, the second chairman was Athelstan Spilhaus of the University of 

 Minnesota, and the present chairman is Milner B, Schaefer of Scripps Institution 

 of Oceanography. 



Committee On Oceanogbapht 



MEMBEES, panel CHAIEMEN, and staff, JULY 1965 



Karl Banse, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, 

 Wash. 



Wayne V. Burt, Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 

 Oreg. 



Paul M. Fye, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. (Re- 

 search Ships Panel Chairman). 



Fritz Koczy, Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Science. University of 

 Miami, Miami, Fla, 



