Office of Scientific Research and

R. C. Elderfteld, Study of the British Continuous Tety/Process, Rpt. 661, Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), Washington, D.C., 1942. 

E. S. Barghoom, Office of Scientific Research and Development Report No. 4807, 1945. 

This work wa9 done in whole under the Contracts Nos. ND-Crc-38, NDCrc-200, OEMsr-326, and OEMsr-584 between the California Institute of Technology and the Office of Scientific Research and Development, which assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the statements contained herein. A brief description of this instrument has been published in Science, 103, 2072 (1046). 

Our research in organoboron chemistry has been generously supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Akzo Corporate Research America. 

Acknowledgement I acknowledge, with thanks, the research of my capable coworkers at MIT T.G. Wood, G.H. Wiseman, H.J. Tracy, C.A. Sobon, J.L. Robison, P.A. Czubarow, N. Bryson, and J. Borm, and the financial support by the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Akzo Corporate Research America, Inc. 

On June 28, 1941, President Roosevelt established the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Vannevar Bush was named its director and reported... 

We are grateful to Prof. John Endicott for sending us a copy of ref. 28 prior to publication. This work is supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the Office of Naval Research. 

In 1950, the National Science Foundation was established to chatmel federal support into basic research. The model for the National Science Foundation grew out of the success of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD. Appropriations for the Foundation rose sharply from 225,000 in fiscal year 1951 to 14 million in fiscal year 1955 and to 153 million in fiscal year 1960. In the period 1953-1960, U.S. spending on R D grew from 5.13 billion to 13.55 billion and the federal share of the total climbed from 54 to 65% (Skolnik Reese, 1976). 

War broke out in Europe and it was obvious that America would become part of the conflict. The Office of Scientific Research and Development and the National Research and Development Committee were established in late 1941. Various universities furnished the people for these agencies and most university laboratories accepted contracts related to studying problems of interest to the Department of Defense. Adams was important in this effort and so included Speed as a participant. 

Hughes, W.F. Importance of mustard burns of the eye as judged by WW I statistics and recent accidents. IN National Research Council, Division of Medical Sciences, Committee on Treatment of Gas Casualties. Fasciculus on Chemical Warfare Medicine, Volume I Eye. Prepared for the Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. 

Avery, W.H., Hunt, R.E., and Down, M.N. (1946) Burning Rate Studies in DB Powders, Office of Scientific Research and Development, OSRD 5827 ABL/P/1. 

Ref W. A.Noyes, Jr edit, "Science in World War II, Office of Scientific Research and Development, Chemistry, Little, Brown Co, Bostonf 1948), 395-6... 

Dr. Blatt was bom in Cincinnati, Ohio and received B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University in 1923-1926. He held postdoctoral positions at the College de France in Paris, Harvard University, and the University of Buffalo before he joined the faculty at Howard University as an associate professor in 1932. He became a member of the newly-formed Queens College in 1939, where he was a professor, and stayed for 32 years. His academic pursuits were interrupted during World War II when he was a Science Liaison Officer, the London Mission, in the Office of Scientific Research and Development (1944-1945), and a Technical Aide to Division 8 during the latter year. 

The author is grateful to his colleagues, M. C. Drake, C. M. Penney, and S. Warshaw, with whom he has collaborated in all phases of this work, and to B. Gerhold and R. M. C. So for valuable discussions on analyses of flames. He also acknowledges the generous support of the Office of Naval Research (Project SQUID), the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the U. S. Department of Energy for portions of this research effort. 

Geiling, E.M.K., and F.C.McLean. 1941. Progress Report on Toxicity of Chlorine Gas for Mice to Nov. 6, 1941. Office of Scientific Research and Development Report 286. U.S. National Defense Research Committee. 21 pp. 

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