Advisory boards member selection

Certainly, the tremendous advances in science and technology over the past 96 years have fuelled the increase in the Handbook s contents, but the immense task of data selection, compilation, and organization has been expertly performed by a succession of Editors, Advisory Board members, and Contributors. These people have played a signihcant role in shaping the Handbook that we see today, and it is to them that 1 wish to pay tribute in this Foreword. 

Dr. Blatt also edited Collective Volume 2 of Organic Syntheses (1943), and served for many years on the Board of Directors, where his expertise and knowledge of finance were of inestimable value. At corporation meetings, his versatility was shown by the skill he demonstrated in the selection of the dinner wines. His editorial expertise was used also by Organic Reactions, Inc. where he was a member of the Editorial Board (1948-1954), and then served on the Advisory Board until 1986. 

One of the CERCLA and RCRA remedy selection factors noted earlier is community acceptance. It is, however, only a modifying factor. Community members can influence and sometimes take actions that lead to the rejection of remedial alternatives that they oppose, but they do not have the authority to veto otherwise scientifically acceptable alternatives.10 There are also additional, more formal activities associated with federal facility restoration activities, such as funding of restoration site advisory boards composed of local citizens. 

The plans for the purchase of these components were worked out in considerable detail in the various procurement district offices before being submitted to the Procurement Planning Division, OC CWS. The district office plans were not confined to the components of the mask, but they were of primary concern while chemicals were secondary. Each procurement district was headed by a civilian chief, who was chairman of an advisory board of five to ten members drawn from among the leaders of the community in the fields of science, commerce, and industry. Each district also had a military executive officer, usually of company grade, with a civilian assistant. The planning activities of the district office were facilitated by the assignment of selected CWS Reserve officers to appropria.te mobilization duties. From the ranks of these Reserve officers were to come competent officer material for World War II. ... 

Government Grant Board. He received the Davy Medal of the Royal Society in 1948. For many years, he was a member of the select Royal Society Dining Club. Following the end of the 1939-1945 war, he continued his work for the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ministry of Supply, especially with the Chemical Engineering Committee. Fora period, he was a member of the Plants and Soils Committee of the Agricultural Research Council, and was a member of the Blackman Committee which reported on research and related matters for the natural-rubber industry. His work for the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (D.S.I.R., later the Science Research Council) was of special importance here, he served on the Studentships Committee and as Chairman of the Chemistry Sub-Committee, and, during 1950-1955, he served as Chairman of the Chemistry Research Board. For several years, he acted as D.S.I.R. visitor to the Jute Industries Research Association, Dundee, and he was for a time a member of the Forest Products Research Board. 

Four industry proposals came in under round one. A selection board composed of five members from the Division of Reactor Development and assisted by a technical advisory group of engineers and physicists reviewed and evaluated them. It used five general criteria to make its determinations (1) probable contribution of the proposed project toward achieving competitive nuclear power, (2) cost to the AEC, (3) financial risk (construction delays, cost overruns from unforeseen technical problems) to be taken by the proposer, (4) competence and responsibility of the proposer, and (5) assurances given against abandonment of the project. ... 

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