PREFACE 



The David W. Taylor Lectures were conceived to honor our founder in 

 recognition of his many contributions to naval architecture and naval hydro- 

 dynamics. Admiral Taylor was a pioneer in the use of hydrodynamic theory 

 and mathematics for the solution of naval problems. He established a tra- 

 dition of applied scientific research at the "Model Basin" which has been 

 carefully nurtured through the decades and which we treasure and maintain 

 today. It is in this spirit that we have invited Prof. Louis Landweber to 

 be a David W. Taylor Lecturer. 



Prof. Landweber was born in New York in 1912. He received his Bache- 

 lor of Science degree in Physics from the City College of New York in 1932. 

 That year he came to the U.S. Experimental Model Basin at the Washington 

 Navy Yard as a junior physicist. When the David Taylor Model Basin opened 

 at Carderock in 1940, Dr. Landweber headed a small research group which 

 shortly afterwards was expanded into the Hydrodynamics, Division. During 

 his years at Carderock, he continued to head this division, and he also 

 completed work on his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. He was an advo- 

 cate of advanced training for the staff and taught courses for the 

 University at the Center. 



After twenty-two years of distinguished research at the "Model Basin," 

 Dr. Landweber left to become a professor at the University of Iowa. He 

 continued his research in ship hydrodynamics at the school's Institute for 

 Hydraulic Research. During the intervening years since leaving the Center 

 in 1954, he has maintained close ties with his colleagues here at the 

 Center and has returned frequently for meetings and panel sessions. 



