NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
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NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 
JOINT MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE, MILITARY, AND ENGINEERING 
COMMITTEES 
This meeting was held in Washington, on May 3, 1917, at 10 a.m. 
There were present: Messrs. John A. Brashear, John J. Carty, Russell H. 
Chittenden, Gano Dunn, William F. Durand, John R. Freeman, Mollis God- 
frey, William C. Gorgas, Robert S. Griffin, George E. Hale, Frank B. Jewett, 
Van H. Manning, Edgar Marburg, Charles F. Marvin, C. E. Mendenhall, 
Robert A. Millikan, F. H. Newell, Arthur A. Noyes, Michael 1. Pupin, Albert 
Sauveur, Clayton H. Sharp, C. E. Skinner, George O. Smith, George O. Squier, 
Lewis B. Stillwell, S. W. Stratton, Ambrose Swasey, David W. Taylor, Chas. 
D. Young, Charles D. Walcott, and Pope Yeatman. Dr. C. D. Walcott 
presided. 
The meeting was devoted to an extended discussion of the functions to 
be fulfilled and the work to be undertaken by the Engineering Committee. 
FIRST MEETING OF THE ENGINEERING COMMITTEE 
This meeting was held in Washington, on May 3, 1917, at 2.10 p.m. 
Present: Messrs. Gano Dunn (Chairman), John A. Brashear, John J. Carty, 
William F. Durand, John R. Freeman, HoUis Godfrey, Frank B. Jewett, 
Edgar Marburg, F. H. Newell, Michael I. Pupon, Albert Sauveur, Clayton H. 
Sharp, C. E. Skinner, Lewis B. Stillwell, George F. Swain, Ambrose Swasey, 
Pope Yeatman, and Charles D. Young, members of the Committee; also G. 
E. Hale, A. A. Noyes, and R. E. Millikan of the Council. 
The chairman introduced the question of the organization of the Engineer- 
ing Committee. Mr. J. R. Freeman moved that one man be appointed to 
act as director of the work of the Engineering Committee, who should live in 
Washington. This motion was carried. 
Mr. Swain moved that W. F. Durand be the Washington head of the En- 
gineering Committee, to be known as Vice-Chairman of the Committee, with 
Gano Dunn remaining as Chairman. This motion was carried, and Mr. 
Durand accepted the appointment. 
It was voted that the Secretary of the National Research Council be ap- 
pointed Secretary of the Engineering Committee. 
The matter of rules and procedure of the Engineering Committee was then 
brought up, and it was voted that a Committee on Procedure be appointed, 
with power to adopt rules. The Chairman appointed Messrs. Durand, 
Young, and Stillwell to be such a committee. 
A discussion of various phases of the work of the Committee, participated 
in by many of the members present, took place. 
Cary T. Hutchinson, Secretary. 
