Nuclear Society, American Philosophical Society, Royal Society of Arts (England), Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Argentine National Academy of Sciences, Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, honorary fellow of the Chemical Society of London, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Dr. Seaborg is married to the former Helen L. Griggs; they have six children. He is an ardent sports fan. His favorite spectator sports are football and baseball. His recreational interests include hiking and golf. From 1953 to 1958 he served as Faculty Athletic_Representative of the University of California, Berkeley, to the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

DR. ROBERT CHANNING SEAMANS, JR.

Dr. Robert Channing Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force since February 15, 1969. Born in Salem, Massachusetts on October 30, 1918. Harvard University, B.S. 1939; Mass. Inst. Tech., M.S. 1942. Sc. D. 1951. Honorary Doctor of Science, Rollins College and New York University.

Professorial and laboratory-staff positions at M.I.T., 1941-1955. Engineering and managerial duties in the Airborne Systems Department of the Radio Corporation of America, 1955-1958. Chief Engineer of Missile Electronics and Controls Division at RCA, 1958-1960. Joined NASA as Associate Administrator, 1960; Deputy Administrator, Dec 1965-Jan 1968. Appointed visiting professor at M.I.T., Mar 1968; became Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Professor, July 1968.

Served on technical committees of NASA's predecessor organization, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1948-1958. Served as consultant to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Air Force, 1957-1959; as member of the board, 1959-1962; and as associate advisor, 1962-1967. He is a National Delegate Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (NATO).

Member of Sigma Xi; the American Association for the Advancement of Science; American Astronautical Society; American Society for Public Administration; American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston); National Space Club; Foreign Policy Association; National Academy of Engineering; and International Academy of Astronautics. Married to the former Eugenia A. Merrill; five children.

DR. JAMES A. SHANNON

Dr. James A. Shannon, widely recognized for his contributions to medical research, teaching, and public service, is serving as Special Advisor to the President of the National Academy of Sciences. As "scholar in residence" at the Academy, Dr. Shannon is engaged in evaluating the present state of medical research, education, and service in the light of his long and intimate involvement with all three aspects of medicine. He is developing projections of future needs and innovative methods of answering them.

As Director of the National Institutes of Health for 13 years, Dr. Shannon was responsible for the direction and development of eight Institutes, seven Divisions, the Clinical Center, the Bureau of Health Manpower, and the National Library of Medicine. In addition to its direct laboratory and clinical research at Bethesda, Maryland, the NIH supported research projects, research training and medical education as well as construction at non-Federal institutions. In the last years of Dr. Shannon's directorship the NIH operated with a budget of over one million dollars.

Before becoming Director, Dr. Shannon held the post of Associate Director and was responsible for the Institutes' direct research program. Prior to 1952, he was Associate Director in charge of research at the National Heart Institute of NIH.

A graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, Dr. Shannon received his medical degree from New York University in 1929 and his Ph. D. in Physiology from the same university in 1935. Following his internship at Bellevue Hospital in New York, he taught in the Department of Physiology at New York University College of Medicine (1931-1941) and directed research at the University's Goldwater Memorial Hospital (1940–1941). During periods of

leave, he served as guest investigator at the physiological laboratory, University of Cambridge, England, and as a member of the staff of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass. From 1946 to 1949, he was Director of the Squibb Institute for Medical Research and a special consultant to the Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. He entered the Public Health Service as a commissioned officer in 1949.

During World War II, Dr. Shannon played a prominent part in malaria research activities of the National Research Council and was a consultant on tropical diseases to the Secretary of War. In recognition of this work, he received the Presidential Medal for Merit, at that time the highest award for civilian service to government.

Dr. Shannon received the Presidential Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Award in 1966. It is the highest honor the government can give career employees and is granted each year to generally not more than five individuals of the career service whose achievements exemplify to an exceptional degree imagination, courage, and high ability in carrying out the mission of the government.

He received the Rockefeller Public Service Award (science) in 1964. The "sustained excellence of his service to the Nation's scientific effort" was cited. In 1962, Dr. Shannon received the Public Welfare Medal of the National Academy of Sciences. Established in 1913, this medal is considered to be the Academy's most distinguished honor. It is awarded for "eminence in the application of science to the public welfare."

Other awards have included the John Phillips Memorial Award from the American College of Physicians (1969), the Homer W. Smith Award in Renal Physiology from the New York Heart Association (1969), the Jesse L. Rosenberger Medal, University of Chicago (1968), the Abraham Flexner Award of the Association of American Medical Colleges (1966), the Public Health Service Distinguished Service Medal (1966), the Modern Medicine Award for Distinguished Achievement in Medicine (1966), and the Mendel Medal Award from Villanova University (1961). Dr. Shannon is the author of numerous scientific articles relating to physiology and medicine.

He has received the following honorary degrees: D.Sc. from the College of the Holy Cross, 1952; LL.D. from the University of Notre Dame, 1957; D.Sc. from Duke University, 1958; D.Sc from Providence College (Rhode Island), 1958; D.Sc. from Loyola University (Chicago), 1959; D.Sc. from Catholic University of America, 1960; D.Sc. from West Virginia University, 1960; Doctor of Humane Letters from Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York), 1962; M.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 1964; M.D. from the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm), 1964; D.Sc. from the University of Maryland, 1965; D.Sc. from New York University, 1965; D.Sc., Jefferson Medical College (Philadelphia), 1965; D.Sc., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1967; LL.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1968; Doctor of Humane Letters, College of Mount Saint Vincent, 1968; D.Sc., University of Kentucky, 1968; LL.D., Yale University, 1968; D.Sc., La Salle College (Philadelphia), 1969; D.Sc., The University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), 1969; D.Sc., Georgetown University, 1969; D.Sc., Washington University (St. Louis), 1969; Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Colorado, 1969.

In 1965 Dr. Shannon was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of the American Physiological Society, American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Harvey Society, and other scientific organizations. He has been consultant to the President's Science Advisory Committee. At present he is a member of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science, the Selection Committee for the Rockefeller Public Service Awards; he is an honorary member of the American Association of Hospital Administrators, the American Hospital Association, and the American Dental Association, as well as the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is a member of the professional fraternities, Alpha Omega Alpha and Sigma Xi.

Dr. Shannon was born in Hollis, New York, in 1904. He is married to Alice Waterhouse Shannon, a physician. They live at 5101 River Road, Chevy Chase, Maryland, and have a daughter, Alice, and a son, James.

DR. HORTON GUYFORD STEVER

H. Guyford Stever came to Carnegie-Mellon University, formerly Carnegie Institute of Technology, in February 1965, as its fifth President. During his tenure, the Mellon Institute has been merged with Carnegie Tech to form Carnegie-Mellon.

Prior to becoming President, he served for more than twenty years on the faculty of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, during which time he achieved national prominence both as an educator and in service to the Federal Government. Among other government activities he serves as a member of the Advisory Panel to the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Astronautics. Following the 1968 elections, Dr. Stever was appointed by President-elect Nixon as chairman of an ad hoc science task force to advise on important scientific issues facing the incoming administration. He and his committee of distinguished scientists presented their report to the President Nixon just prior to the Inauguration.

He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors from various governmental agencies including the Certificate of Merit, the Exceptional Civilian Service Award and the Distinguished Public Service Medal. He holds eight honorary degrees.

Dr. Stever serves as consultant in the aerospace industry and is a Director or Trustee of several leading corporations, cultural organizations, schools, foundations, and charitable agencies. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Physical Society, the Royal Aeronautical Society, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi among other honorary fraternities. In 1966 he was among the first group elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering, served as first Chairman of its Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board, and is now a member of the Council.

Dr. Stever and his wife, the former Louise Risley, have four children, Horton Guyford, Sarah Newell, Margarette Risley, and Roy Risley.

DR. MYRON TRIBUS

Dr. Myron Tribus was born in San Francisco, California, on October 30, 1921. He attended the University of California at Berkeley where he received a B.S. Degree in Chemistry in 1942. He received a Ph. D. in Engineering in 1949 from the University of California at Los Angeles where from 1946 to 1960 he taught engineering, rising from instructor to professor. He became Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College in 1961.

In 1950 he served as a consultant in heat transfer at General Electric Company and has worked as a consulting engineer since that time.

In 1951-54 he was director, Aircraft Icing Research, at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Tribus is not a stranger to the Department of Commerce where he has been a member of the Commerce Technical Advisory Board. He also served as a consultant to the Federal Office of Saline Water for the Department of Interior. He also has served as an advisor to NATO in 1953. He has been a director of the Carpenter Technology Corporation, a major producer of specialty steels.

He has had numerous awards for outstanding achievements, including: the Thurman H. Bane Award. Institute of Aerospace Sciences, in 1945; the Wright Brothers Medal of the Society of Automotive Engineers, 1945; and the Alfred Noble Prize of the Engineering Founder Societies in 1952.

He is the author of a textbook, Thermostatics and Thermodynamics, 1961 and a new book, Rational Descriptions, Decisions and Designs, is now in press. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; and the American Society for Engineering Education.

Dr. Tribus is married to the former Sue Davis of Ezel, Kentucky, who is the author of two cookbooks. They have two daughters, Louanne, 13, and Kamala, 9. Their home is in Hanover, New Hampshire.

DR. ERIC A. WALKER

Eric A. Walker was born in Long Eaton, England, April 29, 1910, and came to this country as a young boy. He received his Bachelor's, Master's and Doctor of Science degrees from Harvard, and holds honorary doctorates from many universities.

As an engineer, he has made significant contributions in the fields of acoustic properties of liquids, high voltage insulation, and electromagnetic precipitation. During World War II, he helped develop the acoustic homing torpedo, which was instrumental in breaking the submarine blockade. For this and other war research, he won the Naval Ordnance Development Award and the Presidential Certificate of Merit.

He headed the department of electrical engineering at Tufts College, at the University of Connecticut, and at The Pennsylvania State University, where he also directed the Ordnance Research Laboratory. At Penn State he was later Dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture, and since 1956 has been President of the University. He has been a member of the Board of Visitors of both the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Military Academy. He was a founder of the National Conference on the Administration of Research, and has held leading positions in many educational associations and commissions at both state and national levels. He has been President of the American Association for Engineering Education, and of the Engineers' Joint Council.

He was a member of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel, Vice-Chairman of the President's Committee for Scientists and Engineers, and Chairman of the National Research Council's Committee on Undersea Warfare. He is currently Chairman of the Naval Research Advisory Committee, Chairman of the Board of the National Science Foundation, and a member of the Defense Science Board. He was one of the prime movers in the establishment of the National Academy of Engineering and is now its president.

Dr. Walker's accomplishments have been widely recognized by many awards and other honors. He has received the Horatio Alger Award, the Tasker E. Bliss Award of the American Society of Military Engineers, and the American Legion Distinguished Service Award. Early in 1969 he was named a Benjamin Franklin Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London. He served as board member of a number of organizations and is a consultant to various industrial companies. From: Department of Public Information, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

DR. EDWARD WENK, JR.

Edward Wenk, Jr., a research engineer with experience in marine affairs, laboratory management and public administration, was re-appointed by President Nixon in January, 1969, as Executive Secretary of the Cabinet-level National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development. The Council, chaired by Vice President Agnew, is composed of the heads of the 8 Federal agencies with programs in the marine sciences. Located in the Executive Office of the President, the Council is responsible to the President for planning policy and for coordinating the $530 million marine science programs across the Federal Government, in relation to defense, foreign policy, fishing, shipping, coastal development, weather prediction, recreation, pollution abatement, and maritime exploration.

Dr. Wenk received a Bachelor of Engineering degree, with honors, in civil engineering from The Johns Hopkins University in 1940. He studied architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; received a Master of Science degree in applied mechanics from Harvard University in 1947, and a Doctor of Engineering in civil engineering from Johns Hopkins in 1950.

From 1942 until 1956-as a research administrator and Naval Officer at the Navy's David Taylor Model Basin-Dr. Wenk was responsible for the Navy's ship structural research program. He received the Navy Civilian Meritorious Service award for developing structural modeling techniques to predict dynamic strength of ships. Subsequently, as a specialist in submarine strength, he developed criteria for hull design of nuclear and POLARIS vessels, and was in charge of the first deep dive of new submersibles, including the NAUTILUS. The research team he assembled gained wide recognition for their contributions in mathematics of thin elastic shells and for precision in experimental stress analysis.

From 1956 until 1959, Dr. Wenk served as Chairman of the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas. There he directed industrial and governmental research on liquid-fuel sloshing in missiles, low-cycle fatigue analysis of pressure vessels, flutter of hydrofoils, and low cost systems of building construction. In 1957 he originated the concepts for deep-running submarines reflected in both naval and research submersibles, and designed the deep diving research submersible ALUMINAUT. Entering the field of science policy, Dr. Wenk was appointed in 1959 the U.S. Congress' first advisor on science and technology in the Library of Congress' Legislative Reference Service, and authored policy studies on space telecommunications that underlie legislation establishing COMSAT; on management of scientific information; and on oceanography.

In 1961 he was appointed to the White House staff as Assistant to the President's Science Advisor (the staff became, the following year, the Office of Science and Technology). There he served as executive secretary of the Federal Council for Science and Technology—a "science cabinet” dealing with Presidential questions of science programs involving 23 Federal agencies, patent policy, laboratory administration, and university grants. He also served as staff specialist on Federal organization for science, on science legislation, long-range planning, and on oceanography; and as staff director for a Presidential study on engineering and scientific manpower.

Dr. Wenk returned in 1964 to the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, to head a new Science Policy Research Division, in response to Congressional recommendations for strengthening its own advisory staff. Studies were undertaken for committees in both House and Senate, and members of Congress of both parties on legislative issues concerning weather modification, space exploration, environmental pollution, aeronautical reseach, technical aids to small business, ADP for the Congress, and science policy planning. He authored an analysis of Presidential advisory machinery and policy studies underlying the National Science Foundation Act of 1968 and the Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act. He served concurrently as science advisor to the Librarian of Congress.

Dr. Wenk was appointed to his present position by President Johnson in August, 1966, and served under Vice President Humphrey when the Marine Sciences Council was first established by law to advise and assist the President to advance effective use of the sea. During this time, the Council undertook new initiatives to extract marine protein to meet world hunger, to launch an International Decade of Ocean Exploration, to begin framing an international legal regime for seabed development, and to formulate contingency plans for oil tanker disasters. Three annual reports were prepared by the Council for the President and transmitted to Congress.

Dr. Wenk has been a special university lecturer; is author of numerous professional articles in applied mechanics, submarine design, ocean engineering, marine affairs and science policy. He has served as reviewing editor of journals Engineering Mechanics and Experimental Mechanics, and has been national president of the Society for Experimental Stress Analysis; Chairman of the ASCE Research Committee and a member of the executive committee of its Engineering Mechanics Division; and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is also a Registered Professional Engineer and a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessel Research Committee, and the National Society of Professional Engineers.

He was elected to honorary societies Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Chi Epsilon; has been a Sigma Xi and William M. Murray lecturer, is recipient of Dr. Sci. (Hon.) degree from the University of Rhode Island, and in April 1969 was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Mrs. Wenk is the former Miss Carolyn Lyford of Melrose, Massachusetts. They have three sons, and live in Garrett Park, Maryland.