NEWS and NOTES Stimulus He Has Given Through His Own Research and Special Efforts to the Advance of Scientific Oceanography Throughout the World

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processes and the geology of the sea floor, and for the NEWS AND NOTES stimulus he has given through his own research and special efforts to the advance of scientific oceanography throughout the world. The medal was presented during the Academy's 100th Annual Meeting. American Geophysical Union Presents Awards Dr. Revelle returned to academic life in February of The American Geophysical Union presented three this year after an eighteen-month leave to serve as science awards at the annual Honors Meeting, held in the Great advisor to the Secretary of the Interior. On his return, Hall, National Academy of Sciences, on 18 April 1963. in addition to his post as director of Scripps Institution The twenty-fifth award of the William Bowie Medal of Oceanography at Lajolla, he assumed new duties as was made to Merle Anthony Tuve, director of the De- University Dean of Research at the University of Cali- partment of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution. fornia. During his long association with Scripps Insti- This award is made "for unselfish cooperation in research" tution (from Ph.D. degree in 1936 to director since 1950) by a scientist who must be outstanding for his con- Dr. Revelle has seen it become the largest oceanographic tributions to fundamental geophysics and must be consid- center in the world. In recent years he has also served ered worthy of distinction in this country and abroad. as the director of the Lajolla campus of the University of Among Dr. Tuve's many distinguished contributions to California and dean of its School of Science and geophysics are his early work on particle physics for Engineering. studies of the atomic nucleus, leadership in the develop- Among his research achievements is the development, ment of the proximity fuse and the creation and direction with Sir Edward Bullard and Dr. Arthur Maxwell, of of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory during methods to measure the flow of heat from the Earth's the war years. His present activities include field meas- interior out through the floor of the ocean. This work in urements of the Earth's crust in various parts of the the early 1950's, during the oceanographic expeditions United States; studies of the geophysical properties of which he led to the Central and South Pacific, has opened the altiplano of Bolivia, Chile and Peru; development of up new paths to fundamental understanding of the origin image tubes for large telescopes; studies of the extensive of the Earth and the geological history of the ocean hydrogen gas clouds in our galaxy and in nearby extra- basins. galactic nebulae by radio astronomy techniques using The measurements by Revelle and his colleagues provide large parabolic reflectors. He is chairman of the strong supporting evidence that Earth began as a cool Geophysics Research Board. rather than a hot body, and that the heat now escaping The recipient of the John Adam Fleming Award was through land surfaces and oceans results from natural James A. Van Allen, professor of physics and head of radioactivity in the solid-rock mantle beneath the Earth's the Department of Physics and Astronomy, State Uni- crust. It is believed that, over geological intervals, this versity of Iowa. The Fleming award is given primarily heat flow has been responsible for the movements of the for "original research illuminating fundamental aspects of mantle that determine the shapes of continents and ocean geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity, aeronomy, and basins and produce the deep trenches observed on the other closely related branches of science." Dr. Van Allen ocean floor. is well known for his discovery of the high-altitude radia- tion belts which bear his name. The James B. Macelwane Award is given by the American Geophysical Union in recognition of outstanding contributions to the geophysical sciences by a young scientist. The principal purpose of the award is to inspire young scientists in the pursuit of excellence in the geophysical sciences. The second presentation of this award was made to Alexander J. Dessler, head of the Space Sciences Department, Rice University. Dr. Dessler be- came active in the field of space physics, first at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, then at the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies, before joining the staff at Rice University.

Agassiz Medal Awarded to Roger Revelle The National Academy of Sciences announced in April the award of its Agassiz Medal for outstanding achieve- ment in oceanography to Dr. Roger Revelle of the University of California. Dr. Revelle, who is the 30th Agassiz medalist since the award was established in 1911, was cited for significant contributions to the understanding of oceanic Dr. Roger Revelle. 1963 Agassiz medalist.

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Dr. Revelle's early oceanographic research involved The Agassiz Medal was established in 1911 by Sir the analysis of deep-sea cores, the measurement of bot- John Murray, eminent British oceanographer, to honor tom currents, and studies of the physical and chemical his late friend, Alexander Agassiz, a leading American processes in sea water. In 1946 he organized the ocea- deep-sea investigator, member of the Academy, and son nographic expedition associated with the atomic bomb of Louis Agassiz, who was one of the Academy's charter test at Bikini to measure the diffusion of radioactive members. Sir John specified that the gold medal should waters and their effect on marine organisms. be awarded "for original contribution in the science of Most recently he has studied the exchange of carbon oceanography to scientific men in any part of the world." dioxide between the ocean and the atmosphere, a major contributing factor along with the consumption of fossil International Research Effort in Meteorology fuel to the "greenhouse" effect through which the atmosphere traps and stores heat from the sun. Dr. Earl G. Droessler, Program Director for Atmos- Special credit has been given to Dr. Revelle for stimu- pheric Sciences of the National Science Foundation, lating recent progress toward international cooperation in visited India between the 24th and 28th of March. exploration of the seas through his work as president of The National Science Foundation has central re- the Scientific Committee on Oceanographic Research sponsibility to support the large and varied national (SCOR) of the International Council of Scientific meteorological contributions to the International Indian Unions, as president of the first International Ocea- Ocean Expedition. This is done through grants to three nographic Congress held at the United Nations in 1959, U. S. universities (Hawaii, Michigan, Washington), and and as a member of the U. S. Commission to the to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the UNESCO Office of Oceanography and of the Inter- U. S. Weather Bureau. Thus Dr. Droessler's chief governmental Oceanographic Commission. purpose was to inspect the focus of this activity, the His part in the encouragement of basic science in this International Meteorological Center, located at the Colaba country includes service on committees and panels ad- Observatory on the southern tip of the Bombay Penin- visory to the National Academy of Sciences, the National sula. At the IMC, which is operated by the Indian Science Foundation, the President's Science Advisory Meteorological Department, five U. S. scientists are co- Committee, and the Office of Naval Research. operating closely with their Indian colleagues, in col- Dr. Revelle was elected to membership in the National lecting, processing and conducting research on meteoro- Academy of Sciences in 1957. He is also a member of logical observations made over the Indian Ocean and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Amer- surrounding regions. The research, which is chiefly ican Philosophical Society, and the American Meteoro- directed toward understanding the region's large-scale logical Society. In 1954 he received the Albatross Medal atmospheric circulation and its component parts, is based of the Swedish Royal Society of Science and Letters for on kinematic analyses of surface and standard pressure- his deep-sea research, and in 1957 an honorary doctorate level synoptic charts. The IMC is also the operating from Pomona College. base for other U. S. efforts in the Indian Ocean: in

Mr. C. R. V. Raman, India Meteorological Department, is pointing out a feature of the atmospheric circulation to Dr. E. G. Droessler (right) and Dr. C. Ramage (center) at the International Meteorological Center headquarters, Colaba Observatory, Bombay.

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 05:48 AM UTC 464 BULLETIN AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY particular, the University of Michigan's ocean-atmosphere and especially to the technical report literature resulting exchange measurements and scientific reconaissances by from Government-sponsored research. Much of the the U. S. Weather Bureau's Research Flight Facility. progress made in expanding the Library's role as a Besides the IMC, Dr. Droessler also visited the national center for scientific and technical documentation Meteorological Office in Poona and India Meteorological stemmed from the liaison established with those Govern- Department headquarters in New Delhi, where he lec- ment agencies which, as administrators of vast scientific tured on meteorological research and on the role of the programs, are the greatest users and producers of all National Science Foundation, and its support for re- kinds of scientific information. search and graduate training in the atmospheric Mr. Sherrod received a B.S. in mathematics from sciences. Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., in 1947. He then attended Pennsylvania State College, where he earned his Atomic Energy Commission Appoints New B.S. and M.S. in meteorology and remained as instructor Chief of Information Services and and research meteorologist until 1952. Systems Branch In his new position with the Atomic Energy Commis- sion Mr. Sherrod is responsible for the planning and John Sherrod was appointed chief of the Information development of information services, systems and products, Services and Systems Branch, Division of Technical In- and will provide technical advice and assistance in the formation, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, in March establishment and operation of technical information 1963. centers. Before joining the AEC staff, Mr. Sherrod was head of the Science and Technology Division, Library of Canadian Meteorologists Publish Congress. His first post in the Library (1952) was as New Bulletin head of the Snow, Ice, and Permafrost (SIPRE) Bib- liography Project in the former Technical Information The Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Division. His success in developing procedures and Society began publication of a new bulletin of Canadian standards applicable to other literature surveys in the meteorology entitled ATMOSPHERE in March 1963. The sciences led to his selection in April 1956 as acting chief new bimonthly is being printed to provide better com- of the Science Division; he was appointed chief a year munication among Canadian meteorologists and is edited later. by Prof. Svenn Orvig, Department of Meteorology, Mc- Under Mr. Sherrod's direction the work of the division Gill University. Associate editors are James L. Gallo- (renamed Science and Technology in 1958) developed way, Central Analysis Office, Meteorological Branch, from a small staff function into a large operation offer- Department of Transport; Prof. Walter F. Hitchfield, ing a wide variety of reference and bibliographic services Department of Physics, McGill University; and Roy Lee, to the scientific public, to other Government agencies, and Research and Training Division, Meteorological Branch, to Members and Committees of Congress. Considerable Department of Transport. Prof. B. W. Boville of McGill attention was given to the development of the collections University is president of the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society.

New Building for Chemical Abstracts The Council and the Board of Directors of the Ameri- can Chemical Society have approved the $6,797,000 project for a new Chemical Abstracts Service Building in Colum- bus, Ohio. Scheduled for completion late in 1964, the new building will be erected on a 50-acre tract of land on the northern edge of the Ohio State University campus. It will be more than four times as large as the present housing of Chemical Abstracts on the OSU campus. The new four-story structure will contain approximately 190,000 sq ft—more than twice the size of the Society's national headquarters in Washington. The American Chemical Society states that the amount of chemical literature has doubled about every eight years. It is expected that the new home will meet the needs of Chemical Abstracts until 1970. In noting the growth of its activities, the American Chemical Society shows a total of 194 employees in its headquarters in 1958, 458 in 1962, and an estimated 1,000 by 1970, excluding John Sherrod, newly appointed chief of the Information abstractors. Services and Systems Branch, Division of Technical Information, Atomic Energy Commission. (More NEWS AND NOTES on page 481)

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(Continued from NEWS AND NOTES, page 464) Elementary school teachers in grades one through six, supervisors, and principals concerned with instruction in science and mathematics are eligible to participate. A NSF Support for Elementary School typical In-Service Institute meets once or twice a week for two or more hours—late afternoons, evenings, or Science Personnel Saturdays—during the entire school year, with some meet- The National Science Foundation's program for im- ings devoted to laboratory or field work. Special courses proving the quality of science teaching in elementary enable participants to learn about recent significant scien- schools is providing opportunities for about 1,400 ele- tific advances and to supplement their earlier training in mentary school personnel to obtain supplementary training science and mathematics. Participants receive allowances in science and mathematics during after-school hours. for travel and books, and pay no tuition fees. They are Grants totaling $300,000 were made to 46 colleges and selected by the staff of the sponsoring institution. A list universities for the conduct of In-Service Institutes dur- of these institutions may be obtained by writing to the ing the 1963-1964 school year in 26 mainland States, National Science Foundation, 1951 Constitution Ave., Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. N.W., Washington 25, D. C.

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