DR. JOHN TORRANCE TATE 

 (1889-1950) 



f Dean of the College of Science, 

 Literature, and the Arts, U. 

 of Minnesota 1937- 1943, and 

 Research Professor of Physics 

 1943-1950. Chief, Division 6, 

 (Subsurface Warfare) NDRC; 

 scientific advisor to the Com- 

 mander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet; 

 deputy chief of the Office of 

 Field Services of the OSRD in 

 charge of Operations Research 

 and chief and member of the 

 Rocket Ordnance Division of 

 the NDRC. 1940- 1 946. Award- 

 ed the Presidential Medal for 

 Merit in April 1947. 



DR. EDWIN H. COLPITTS 

 (1872-1949) 



Vice - President, Bell Telephone 

 Laboratories (Ret. 1937); Chair- 

 man, special subcommittee for 

 U. S. submarine defense, Nation- 

 al Academy of Sciences, 1940; Chief 

 Section 6.1, NDRC; 1941-1946. 

 Awarded the Presidential Medal 

 for Merit on April 5, 1948. 



