DOCUMENT RESUME ED 049 992 SO 001 17 AUTHCE Beaton, Jchn R., Ed.; roberenz, Alexander R., Ed. TITLE Population Growth: Crisis and Challenge. INSTITUTION Wisconsin Univ., Green Bay Coll. of Human Biology. SPONS AGENCY Lilly (Eli) and Co., Indianapolis, Ind. PUB LATE 9 Jan 70 NOTE 133p.; Proceedings of the Populaticn Symposium at the Univ. of Wisconsin - Green Bay (1st, Jan 9-10, 1970) AVAILABLE PROF. College of Human Biclogy, University of Wisccnsin, Green Bay, Wisccnsin ($1.50) EDES PRICE EDRS Price MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS Contraception, Family Planning, Government Role, Majcrity Attitudes, *Overpopulation, Pollution, *Population Growth, Social Attitudes, Symposia IDENTIFIERS Populaticn Awareness Education, Social Control ABSTRACT The proceedings of this first annual symposium on population grcwth ccnsiders the ccnsequences of this growth, along with possible means of regulation. Topics of speeches include: Population Outlook in Asia (Irene Taeuber) ;Malnutrition is a Problem of Ecology (Paul Gyorgy) ;The Leisure Explosion (E.H. Storey) ; Effects of Polluticn cn Populaticn Growth (Dean Abrahamson); Fertility Reduction...(Robert McLaughlin); The Bole of the Federal Government in Population Research (Jerry Combs, Jr.); and, Pregnancy Detection and Community Outreach (Ronald Pion). Two panel discussions, involving the speakers and audience, concern: the effects of pcllution on humans, their quality of life, and the earth; levels of population capable of being sustained, and at what cost; future food supply; vcluntary vs., legally prescribed population ccntrcl, etc. A list of selected references conclude the report. The proceedings cf the second annual sympcsium are reported in SO 001 170. (JLB) Proceedings of the symposium V) POPULATION GROWTH: CRISIS AND CHALLENGE January 9 & 10,1970 COLLEGE OF HUMAN BIOLOGY The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay $1.50 US. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- Q CATION POSITION OR POLICY. W Population Growth: Crisis and Challenge 9, 10 January 1970 Green Bay, Wisconsin Sponsored by COLLEGE OF HUMAN BIOLOGY The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay 0 Edited by VI John R. Beaton Alexander R. Doberenz 2 S. 1970 Proceedings of the First Population Symposium at The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Second Printing - December, 1970 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 70-630651 Printed in the United States of America ii COVER The red triangle on the cover of these Proceedings represents the Family Planning symbol of India. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The partial support of this Symposium by Eli Lilly and Company is gratefully acknowledged. PROCEEDINGS Additional copies of these Proceedings may be purchased by writing to: COLLEGE OF HUMAN BIOLOGY The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin Checks should be made payable to The University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (CHB) 4:0 iii 4 PREFACE This Symposium on "Population Growth: Crisis and Challenge" was first conceived in the late summer of 1969 as a fitting way in which to embark upon the first year ol! operation of the College of Human Biology in the new University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, which is committed to ecology - man and his environment. The greatest single problem facing manking is the rapid popu- lation growth. This Symposium, as reproduced in this text, con- sidered the many consequences of the explosion along with possible means of regulation. It is the hope of the Planning Committee that this will not be just another Symposium where much was discussed and then was soon forgotten. Rather, we hope that an awareness has been created and will be maintained, and, most important, that positive action will be taken now - while time, albeit limited, is still available. Irene B. Taeuber Alexander R. Doberenz John R. Beaton January 1970 v 5 T A- E- L- E F C 0 N- E- N-T-S Faue 1. Contributors ix 2. Plates oil the speakers xi 3. Introduction and Welcome - Dr. John R. Beaton 3 4. Population Outlook in Asia - Dr. Irene B, Taeuber 7 5. Malnutrition is a Problem of Ecology - Dr. Paul Gyorgy 23 6. The Leisure Explosion - Dr. E. H. Storey 31 7. Effects of Pollution on Population Growth - 43 Dr. Dean E. Abrahamson 8. Panel Discussion - Dr. Alexander R. Doberenz. ,Dr. Taeuber, 51 Dr. Gyorgy, Dr. Storey, Dr. Abrahamson, David Greenwood 9. Introduction of Dinner Speaker - 81 Chancellor Edward W. Weidner p 10. Fertility Reduction: Can Voluntary Approaches Succeed 83 Robert T. McLaughlin 11. The Role of the Federal Government in Population Research 97 Dr. Jerry W. Combs, Jr. 12. Pregnancy Detection and Community Outreach - 107 Dr. Ronald J. Pion 13. Panel Discussion - Dr, William Kaufman, Dr. Combs, Dr. 113 Pion, Robert T. McLaughlin, Dr. Jeremy Green, Dr. Ruth E. Hartley, Sharon A. Estel 14. Adjournment - Dr. J. R. Beaton 137 15. Selected References 139 vii 6 CONTRIBUTORS Dr. Dean E. Abrahamson Department of Anatomy and Department of Laboratory Medicine University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Dr. John R. Beaton College of Human Biology University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Dr. Frank Byrne Secretary of the Faculty University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Dr. Jerry W. Combs, Jr. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Bethesda, Maryland Dr. Alexander R. Doberenz College of Human Biology University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Miss Sharon A. Estel Student University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Dr. Jeremy Green Webster Clinic Green Bay, Wisconsin Mr. David H. Greenwood Student University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Dr. Paul Gyorgy Department of Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Philadelphia General Hospital Dr. Ruth E. Hartley College of Human Biology University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Dr. William C. Kaufman College of Human Biology University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Mr. Robert T. McLaughlin Office of Population Ford Foundation New York, New York Dr. Ronald J. Pion Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Washington Seattle Dr. Edward H. Storey College of Creative Communication University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Dr. Irene B. Taeuber Office of Population Research Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Dr. Edward W. Weidner Chancellor University of Wisconsin - Green Bay NOTES ON THE SPEAKERS Dr. Dear E. Abrahamson received the M.A. degree in physics from the University of Nebraska, the Ph.D. degree in anatomy, and, in the same year, the M.D. degree from the University of Minnesota. He holds membership in 10 scientific societies, and, most appropriate to this Conference, is president of the board of the Minnesota Committee for Environmental Information. Dr. Jerry W. Combs, Jr. is Chief of the Behavlorai Sciencea Branch of the Center for Population Research in the National. Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Dr. Combs has a Ph.D. degree in Sociology from Columbia University. From 1951 to 1953 he was on the faculty of the Department of Sociology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he taught Population, Thc Family, and other courses in Sociology. From 1953 to 1957, he was with the Air Force Personnel and Training Research Laboratory. engaged in manpower research, and from 1957 to 1969, when he joined the Ceuter for topulation Research, was Chief of the European Branch, Foreign Demographic Analysis Division. U.S. Bureau of the Census. Dr. Paul Gyorgy holds the M.D. degree from The University of Budapest and an honorary Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Heidelberg. He holds membership in 19 scientific societies and has been recipient of a number of national and international awards in- cluding the Borden Award (twice), Modern Medicine Award of Distinction, Goldberger Award of the American Medical Association, Osborne-Mendel Award of the American Institute of Nutrition, the Mickle Fellowship of the University of Toronto, and the Howland Award of the American Pedi- atric Society. Perhaps best known for his discovery of the vitamins riboflavin, vitamin B6 and biotin, Dr. Gyorgy is author or co-author of several books and monographs and over 400 scientific and clinical publications. Robert T. McLaughlin holds the B.A. degree from Harvard College and the M.P.A. in Public and International Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University. Following extensive experience with the U.S. Peace Corps in Peru and with A.I.D., U.S. State Department, Bogota, Colombia, Mr. McLaughlin joined the Office of Population, rood Foundation. in 1968. xi 8 Dr. Ronald J. Pion holds the M.D. degree from New York Medical College with post-graduate study and specialization in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA and at the Karolina Sjukhuset Hormon Labora- toriet in Stockholm, Sweden. Recipicnt of a number of scholastic awards, Dr. Pion is a member of eight scientific societies in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology and of endocrinology. He is active in a number of community organizations concerned with family planning and sex education, and is a member of the Population Crisis Committee (Washington, D.C.) and of the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians (New York). He is author or co-author of 26 scientific publications. jir. E. H. Storey received his M.A. and. Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, where he subsequently servald in the Depart- ment of Recreation and Park Administration in addition to holding an appointment as Professor of Urban Planning. Dr. Storey has developed park and recreation plans for some 20 ci ies for which he served as consultant in planning park resources and developing leisure services. He is author of numerous professional p.blications.Among several society affiliations, Dr. Storey is past p esident of the Illinois Park and Recreation Society and served as chairman of the Research Committee, American Recreation Society, aid as director of the Society of Park and Recreation Educators.