NO. 9 MARINE INVERTEBRATES, ALASKA — MacGINITIE I93 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



No project of this scope could be accomplished without the as- 

 sistance and cooperation of various people. Under the discussion of 

 the various phyla, acknowledgment has been made for the identifica- 

 tions of animals, without which a work of this kind is meaningless. 



I am indebted to the administrative officers of the California Insti- 

 tute of Technology and the Johns Hopkins University : Dr. DuBridge 

 and Dr. Beadle for granting leave of absence and assisting with the 

 contract for 1948 ; Dr. Bronk and Mr. McCauley for assistance and 

 direction in the contract with the Office of Naval Research for 

 1949-50; and to Dr. Burford and Mr. Spence of the Institute for 

 Cooperative Research for technical and business assistance. 



Various officials of the Pasadena and Washington offices of the 

 Office of Naval Research were helpful and cooperative beyond the 

 call of duty: Captain Thomas, Captain Rice, Dr. McQosky, and 

 Commander Bolay; Dr. Shelesnyak, Dr. Field, Dr. Caller, and Dr. 

 Quam. Mrs. Yvonne Reamy at the Washington office, and Miss Ruth 

 McKee and Mrs. Frances Schillinger, administrative aides for the 

 Arctic Research Laboratory at the Institute for Cooperative Research, 

 gave invaluable assistance in overcoming the disadvantages of distance 

 between Point Barrow and Washington and Baltimore, especially in 

 connection with my duties as Scientific Director of the Arctic Research 

 Laboratory. 



I wish to express deep gratitude to certain members of the staff of 

 the U. S. National Museum : Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, Dr. Paul Illg, 

 Clarence R. Shoemaker, the late Austin H. Clark, Dr. Harald A. 

 Rehder, R. Tucker Abbott, and especially Dr. Fenner A. Chace, Jr., 

 who was untiring in his efforts to obtain identifications of animals. 

 I am also indebted to Navy personnel both at Fairbanks and at 

 Point Barrow, for their assistance in carrying out this project and 

 their cooperation with the Scientific Director of the Arctic Research 

 Laboratory: Commander Fisher, Commander Aubey, Lieutenant- 

 Commander Gill, Lieutenant Jackson, and M. E. Cunningham. With- 

 out the support of Commanders Fisher, Aubey, and Gill, the addi- 

 tion of Building 251 to the Arctic Research Laboratory could never 

 have been accomplished. 



Thanks are also due many of the officials of the Arctic Contractors 

 both at the Fairbanks office and at Point Barrow : Mr. Davis, Mr. 

 Mathews, Mr. Spaulding, Mr. Adams, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Shurlock, 

 and many foremen and their crews who never hesitated to lend a 

 helping hand. 



I also wish to express appreciation to the crew at the Arctic Re- 



