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SEVEN SCIENTISTS ADVISE

IAEA's newly appointed Scientific Advisory Committee meet at UN headquarters New York

Isidor I. RABI The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Inter­ Chairman, General Advisory Committee, U.S. national Atomic Energy Agency met for the first Atomic Energy Commission. Rabi was born in time at the headquarters of the United Nations on the Austria 1898 and studied at Cornell and Columbia 14th and 15th of November. University. He is Professor of at Columbia and received the for Physics in 1944. The Committee was appointed the 4th of November The function of the Committee is to provide the by the IAEA Board of Governors which approved the Director General and through him the Board of Gov­ nominations submitted by the Director General. The ernors with scientific and technical advice on members of the Committee are: questions relating to the Agency's activities. Items for consideration by the Committee can be submitted Homi Jehangir BHABHA by the Director General either on his own behalf or See biographical note under Board of Governors, on behalf of the Board. p. 18 The membership of the IAEA Committee is iden­ Sir John COCKCROFT tical with that of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Secretary General of the United Nations. Member of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority. The Director General, Mr. Sterling Cole, is Sir John was born in 1897 and educated at Manchester Chairman of the Committee, but technical dis­ and University, where he became Pro­ cussions are presided over by the Vice Chairman. fessor of Natural Philosophy in 1939. Together with At its first meetingthe Committee elected Mr. W.B. Dr. E.T.S. Walton, Sir John was the first to split Lewis (Canada) to this post. Mr. Robert Spence, the atom by artificial means (1932). They received Chief Chemist of Harwell, represented Sir John the Nobel Physics Prize in 1955. Cockcroft who was unable to attend. Vasilij S. EMELYANOV Dr. Henry Seligman, Deputy Director General in See biographical note under Board of Governors, charge of the Department of and Research, is the Committee Secretary. p.19 The Committee recommended two major and three minor scientific meetings for 1959. The major con­ See biographical note under Board of Governors, ferences would deal with (i) the application of big p. 18 radioactive sources in industry and particularly in Bernhard GROSS chemistry, and (ii) the handling and disposal of radioactive wastes. The three minor events were Born and educated at Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. of recommended to be: (i) a seminar on medical radio­ Germany, where he became Doctor of Engineering. scanning techniques (together with WHO; He came to Brazil inl934 and is now a Brazilian citi­ late February 1959); (ii) radioactive metrology zen. Gross is Head of the Department of Electrical (together withlCRUand ISO; October 1959) and (iii) Measurements at the Brazilian National Institute of training of specialists (together with UNESCO). Technology and is well known for his work in the fields of cosmic rays, dielectrics, rheology and The Committee asked that the proposal for an fallout in the atmosphere. estimation of the world-wide distribution of hydro­ gen and isotopes in water should be re-sub­ Wilfrid Bennet LEWIS mitted to the next session with more detailed indi­ Vice President for Research and Development of cations of its connection with the Agency's other Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Lewis was born in activities. 1908 and educated at Cambridge University where he The plans for the Agency's functional laboratories did research work at the were approved and the long-term needs for technical 1930-39. During the war he was engaged in devel­ facilities were mentioned. Members of the Commit­ oping and from 1946-52 was Director of the tee put forward some suggestions concerning fur­ Atomic Energy Division of the Canadian National ther research activities that might usefully be Research Council. undertaken by the Agency.

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