Section 2 of Public Law 172 established a new Board on coastal engineering research, the 

 membership of which was to be "constituted by the Chief of Engineers in the same manner 

 as tlie present Beach Erosion Board." (The members of the BEB as of 20 September 1963, 

 the date of tlie Board's 122d and final meeting, were: Maj. Gen. Robert G. MacDonnell, 

 President; Brig. Gen. Arthur H. Frye, Jr.; Brig. Gen. John C. Dalrymple; Brig. Gen. Peter C. 

 Hyzer; Thorndike Saville; Morrough P. O'Brien; and Lorenz G. Straub.*) This new Board 

 was to act in an advisory capacity to the CERC. The review function of the seven-member 

 BEB was transferred to the BERH. All other functions of the BEB, plus "such additional 

 functions as the Chief of Engineers may assign," were transferred to CERC. 



The Beach Erosion Board had been a useful and productive agency. It was now being 

 replaced by another agency which, organizationally, was more suited to the needs of the 

 time. The 33-year history of the BEB had ended, and the history of the CERC begun. But 

 the history of coastal engineering, so closely connected with the growth and development of 

 the BEB, was to continue. And those who had devoted so much of their lives to the work of 

 the BEB, either as members or as staff, would continue their dedicated service to the Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center. 



*Lorenz G. Straub died in October 1963. 



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