(Consists of Officers and Chairmen of Divisons) ARTHUR A. NOYES, Chairman ARTHUR A. NOYES, Chairman Section on Foreign Relations, GEORGE E. HALE, Chairman Section on Relations with Educational Institutions and State Research Councils, J. C. MERRIAM, Chairman. Section on Industrial Relations, JOHN JOHNSTON, Chairman. Research Information Committee: Military Division CHARLES D. WALCOTT, Chairman CARL L. ALSBERG ADMIRAL WILLIAM S. BENSON REAR-ADMIRAL ROBERT S. GRIFFIN MAJOR-GEN. GEORGE O. SQUIER Engineering Division HENRY M. HOWE, Chairman Division of Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, and Geophysics CHARLES E. MENDENHALL, Vice-Chairman Division of Chemistry and Chemical Technology Division of Geology and Geography J. C. MERRIAM, Chairman Division of Medicine and Related Sciences RICHARD M. PEARCE, Chairman Division of Agriculture, Botany, and Zoology RESEARCH INFORMATION COMMITTEE The chief functions of the Washington office of the Research Information Committee have been defined as follows: (a) To provide means of ready cooperation with the London and Paris offices of the Committee by: 1. Receiving, collating, and disseminating information forwarded from these offices. 2. Rendering available such evidence and documents as may be collected by the National Research Council relative to re search in the United States, so as to formulate replies to inquiries sent from abroad. 3. Communicating to foreign offices needs for additional information relating to problems originating in the United States. (b) Classification, cataloging, and filing of papers and reports received from various sources at the request of the National Research Council, and record of researches in progress concerning which detailed information may be obtained elsewhere. (c) Issue of lists of available information and preparation of digests of such information for distribution to properly accredited persons. (d) Maintenance of contact with various research agencies in the United States. |