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I always felt that "Walter was interested in the atmosphere and the 

 oceans. TJie time he spent at Cuttyhnnk Island, also in my district, 

 made liim very conscious of the need for understanding the ocean and 

 the atmosphere. 



I am very pleased and proud to listen to liim today as he comments 

 on this momentous report, which can be so helpful to our Nation. 



Thank you. 



Mr. Hathaway. Thank you, Congressman Keith. 



Dr. Roberts, you may i^roceed. 



You have a written statement which, without objection, will be 

 printed in the record at this point. You may either read it or summarize 

 it ; whichever you prefer, 



(Biographical sketch of Dr. Roberts follows :) 



Dr. Walter Okr Roberts 



Walter Orr Roberts was graduated from Amherst College in 1938 and received 

 his A.M. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1940 and 1943 respectively. He 

 also holds honorary Doctor of Science degrees from Ripon College, Amherst Col- 

 lege, Colorado College, C. W. Post College, and Carleton College. 



Since July 1940, Dr. Roberts has been in charge of the High-Altitude Observ- 

 atory at Climax and Boulder, Colorado. During this time, the Observatory evolved 

 from a one-man operation aflBliated with the Harvard College Observatory to a 

 research division of the National 'Center for Atmospheric Research, of which Dr. 

 Roberts was the Director.* He is president of the University Corporation for 

 Atmospheric Research. 



During this time he held the following appointments : Instructor, Harvard 

 University and Radcliffe College, 1947-1948 ; Research Associate, Harvard Uni- 

 versity of Colorado; Professor of Astro-Geophysics, University of Colorado, 

 1956-60 ; Director, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1960. 



Professional societies of which Dr. Roberts is a member include Sigma Xi, 

 American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Astronomical 

 Society, International Astronomical Union, American Geophysical Union, Royal 

 Astronomical Society, American Meteorological Society, American Institute of 

 Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Acadamey of Arts and Sciences, and 

 International Academy of Astronautics of the International Astronautical 

 Federation. 



Dr. Roberts is a member of the following boards and committees: Science 

 Advisory Committee, Pacific Science Center; Advisory Committee, World Mete- 

 orological Organization ; Board c>f Directors, American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, 1963-1966: President of the x\AAS for 1968; Chairman, 

 AAAS Committee on the Public Understanding of Science ; Board of Directors, 

 Fund for Overseas Research Grants and Education, Inc. ; Geophysics Research 

 Board of the National Academy of Sciences; Pacific Science Board of the Na- 

 tional Academy of Sciences ; Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Panetary and 

 Space Science; U.S. National Commission for UNESCO; Inter-ITnion Commission 

 on Solar-Terrestrial Relationships, 1964-1966; and Panel 3 of the U.S. Japan 

 Committee on Scientific Cooperation, 1963-1966. He is a trustee of the C.F. Ket- 

 tering Foundation, Amherst College, and of the Fleischman Foundation. 



He has served on the Councils of the American Astronomical Society and the 

 American Meterorologieal 'Society. He has been Chairman of the Colorado Weather 

 Control Commission, the Solar Technical Panel Of the U.S. National Committee 

 for IGY ; Director of World Data Center A for Solar Activity. He was a mem- 

 ber of the Working Committee on Solar Activity of the Comite Special de I'Annee 

 Geophysique International at Barcelona in 1956 and at Moscow in 1958. He was 

 a member of the Ad Hoc Committee on International Programs in Atmospheric 

 Sciences and Hydrology of the National Academy of Sciences during 1962-1963. 



Birthplace : West Bridgewater, Mass., August 20, 1915. 



*1960-6S. 



