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Mr. Lennon. The gentleman is suggesting that North Carolina is 
pretty well represented on this committee and on the staff. 
Mr. Garmatz. A little more so than Maryland. 
Mr. Lennon. Thank you, gentlemen. 
Governor Scorr. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing us to 
participate. 
Mr. Lennon. It was our great pleasure. 
Our next witness is Dr. LeVan Griffis, who is the vice provost of 
Southern Methodist University, and chairman, Panel on Research, 
Education and Information Dissemination, Committee on Ocean En- 
gineering, National Academy of Engineering. 
Doctor, if you and your associate will come forward and have a seat 
at the witness table, we will look forward to hearing from you, sir. 
IT ask unanimous consent that immediately preceding Dr. Griffis’ 
statement that there be inserted in the record at this point a bio- 
graphical sketch and résumé of his splendid activities in the field 
which he speaks to this morning. 
(The biographical sketch and résumé follows :) 
Dr. LEVAN GRIFFIS 
LeVan Griffis obtained BS (1987), MS (1988), and Ph. D. (1941) degrees in 
engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He became professor 
and chairman of engineering mechanics at the Illinois Institute of Technology 
(1945) and directed the mechanics research division, Armour Research Founda- 
tion in Chicago until 1953. After serving as director of American Machine and 
Foundry’s ‘Chicago research division, he accepted the post of manager and di- 
rector of the Borg-Warner Corporation Research Center, which post he held 
until 1959. He became the first dean of engineering at Rice University (1959- 
1963) and then accepted the position of vice-president, Southwest Research In- 
stitute, Houston. Joining the staff at Southern Methodist University in 1965, as 
professor of engineering and director of grants and contracts, he became vice 
provost in 1967, which position he now holds. 
He serves presently as a director, LTV Electrosystems, Inc. ; advisor to South- 
eastern Drilling, Inc.; chairman of the panel on Research, Education and Infor- 
mation Dissemination for the National Academy of Engineering Committee on 
Ocean Engineering; member of the Advisory Panel for Sea Grant Institutional 
Support; member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee’s Laboratory Ad- 
visory Board for Naval Ships. He was a member of OEC Mission 84 to Austria 
for R & D in 1962; advisor to the Ship Structures Committee and to the Com- 
mittee on ‘Ship Steel of NAS-NRC for preparation of monographs in “Brittle 
Fracture of Engineering Materials’; and on ‘Residual Stress”; a director of 
Reed Roller Bit Co., Houston; and a director of LTV, Ine. 
A registered professional engineer in Illinois and Texas, he is a member of 
American Society for Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and 
Society for Experimental Stress Analysis. 
STATEMENT OF DR. LEVAN GRIFFIS, VICE PROVOST OF SOUTHERN 
METHODIST UNIVERSITY, DALLAS, TEX., AND CHAIRMAN, PANEL 
ON RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, 
COMMITTEE ON OCEAN ENGINEERING, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF 
ENGINEERING; ACCOMPANIED BY DR. RUSSELL KEIM, EXECU- 
TIVE SECRETARY, COMMITTEE ON OCEAN ENGINEERING, NA- 
TIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING 
Dr. Grirris. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the Sub- 
committee on Oceanography. 
Let me take this opportunity to present Dr. Russell Keim, the Ex- 
