at New London, Connecticut, and that its director be some one 

 with long industrial experience . It was proposed that the 

 Pacific coast laboratory be located at San Diego, California, 

 its director to be some one with wide experience in fundamental 

 research In the fields involved,, 



Program Approv ed . 



The program thus outlined was approved by NDRC 18 April 

 1941 and on the same date was submitted to and approved by 

 Admiral Robinson on behalf of the Navy. Dr. Bush immediately 

 asked Dr, Jewett to get the program under way Dr. Tate, who 

 was still in England,, was appointed Vice -Chairman of Division 

 C and Chairman of Section C-4, which was the designation of 

 the group that was to be concerned with anti-submarine warfare. 

 Mr. T. Eo Shea, vice president and chief engineer of Electrical 

 Research Products , Inc „ , was asked to assume the directorship 

 of the New London Laboratory , Dr. Knudsen, Dean of the Grad- 

 uate Division, Southern Section, University of California, was 

 asked to head the San Diego laboratory. Subsequently, Dr„ 

 Khudsen was succeeded by Dr. G. P. Harnwell of the University 

 of Pennsylvania^, and the New London Laboratory was directed, 

 under Mr. Shea's general supervision, by Mr. To Keith Glennan, 

 formerly studio engineer for Samuel Goldwyn Studios. 



On 29 April 1941 Dr. Jewett called a conference with Drs. 

 Colpitts and Shea and G, B. Pegram, Dean of Columbia University's 

 Graduate School, at which Dean Pegram was asked If Columbia Uni- 

 versity would enter into a contract to staff the East Coast Lab- 

 oratory. Dr, Knudsen was requested to determine whether the 

 University of California would- agree to be the contracting 

 agency for the San Diego laboratory. Dr. Colpitts and Dean 

 Pegram were asked in the absence of Dr. Tate to take the pre- 

 liminary steps to establish an organization. 



The question of the Navy's part in providing facilities 

 for the two laboratories was taken up at a conference held on 

 1 May at the National Academy of Sciences building in Washing- 

 ton,' at which Admiral Robinson and Lt . Comdr. M. K. Kirkpatrick 

 represented the Navy. Comdr D Kirkpatrick was named Liaison 

 Officer to work with Mr. Shea In providing necessary facilities 

 for the proposed New London laboratory. 



On 19 May, Drs. Tate and Slichter returned from England, 

 and on 5 June the following were officially appointed as members 



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