NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM— 1969 



WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1969 



House of Representatives, 

 Subcommittee on Oceanography of the 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 



Washington^ D.G. 

 The subcommittee met at 10:10 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 

 1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chair- 

 man of the subcommittee) presiding. 



Mr. Lennon. Gentlemen, the meeting will come to order. 

 The witness today whose name and identification were mientioned 

 yesterday is Mr. Roger J. Pierce of the Hydro-Space Systems Corp., 

 and he is accompanied by the distinguished Representative from Iowa, 

 Mr. John C. Culver, who will present him at this time. 



STATEMENT Or HON. JOHN C. CULVER, A KEPRESENTATIVE IN 

 CONGRESS EROM THE STATE OE IOWA 



Mr. Culver. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and distin- 

 guished memlbers of the subcommittee. 



It is a pleasure for me to be able to introduce to you this morning 

 Mr. Roger J. Pierce, the president of Hydro-Space Systems Corp. of 

 Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



Mr. Pierce founded Hydro-Space in 1964, after more than 30 years' 

 •experience in engineering and advanced electronic systems. 



He came to Hydro-Space, having played a leading role at Collins 

 Radio Co. in Cedar Rapids in the development of sophisticated com- 

 munications equipment and systems which have made possible the 

 radio and television transmissions which have impressed all of us in 

 the Apollo space efforts. 



He has been one of the earliest and most articulate exponents of a 

 national effort to exploit ocean and marine resources, similar to the 

 commitment which was made to the exploration of outer space with 

 such successful results. 



During the first 5 years of its operation, Hydro-Space has made 

 pioneering contributions to the vast and still largely untapped field of 

 oceanography. 



As president and architect of that company, Mr. Pierce is well 

 qualified to address this subcommittee on the formation and funding 

 of a National Ocean and Atmospheric Agency, and I am pleased to 

 introduce him to you. 



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