145. Dates of construction were confirmed by Mary Nell Wrenn and Ralph L. Rector. 



146. From conversations with Louis Spencer and Adrian Wrenn, and from information 

 contained in U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Beacli Erosion Board, TM-9, "Proof Test 

 of Water Transparency Metliod of Depth Determination," by JAY V. HALL, Jr., July 

 1948. 



147. From interview with Clyde Shepherd on Dec. 8, 1972. 



148. From discussion with Adrian Wreiui on Dec. 20, 1972. 



149. From conversations with Adrian Wrenn and Clyde Shepherd. 



150. From interview with Clyde Shepherd on Dec. 8, 1972. 



151. From interview with Adrian Wrenn on Dec. 20, 1972. 



152. Richard Eaton, then of the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Soutli Pacific, in San 

 Francisco, was strongly in favor of tlie BEB's beginning a contract program witii the 

 Nation's various educational institutions. He expressed his thoughts on the matter in a 

 memorandum dated Aug. 29, 1947, to Col. C. L. Hall, who was tlien Senior Member of 

 the seven-man BEB, and Resident Member of the Board's staff. Board members and 

 staff were also anxious to establish such a program, but realized that it could not be 

 done until adequate funding became available. 



153. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, 1949, p. 2655. 



154. BRIG. GEN. DABNEY O. ELLIOTT, retired, U.S. Army, and former President, BEB, 

 "The Beach Erosion Board," Proceedings of First Conference on Coastal Engineering, 

 Long Beach, Calif., Oct. 1950, (published 1951), p. 131. 



155. The names of these institutions were secured from the Research Progress Reports 

 which appeared in issues of the Bulletin of the Beach Erosion Board. 



156. THORNDIKE SAVILLE, Jr., JOSEPH M. CALDWELL, and H. B. SIMMONS, 



"Preliminary Report: Laboratory Study of the Effect of an Uncontrolled Inlet on the 

 Adjacent Beaches," TM-94, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Beach Erosion Board, 

 Washington, D.C., May 1957. 



157. These first research topics were discussed at the 72d Meeting of the BEB and are in the 

 minutes of that meeting, dated Feb. 10, 1947. 



158. Minutes of the 85th Meeting of tlie BEB, held in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 5 and 6, 1949. 



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