Office of Scientific Research and Development

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). 

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

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. 

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. 

In the latter years of WWII, agent GE underwent acute inhalation toxicity characterization at a number of research facilities managed by the Office of Scientific Research and Development (National Defense Research Committee). These results, for which the research protocols and exposure concentrations are not available for comparison, were summarized by Gates and Renshaw (1946) and are provided in Table 6.3 as LCtfo values. 

Gates, M., Williams, J.W., Zapp, J.A. (1946). Arsenicals (Chapter 7). In NDRC (National Defense Research Committee), Chemical Warfare Agents and Related Chemical Problems, Vol. I, Parts I-VI. Summary Technical Report of Division 9, NRDC. Office of Scientific Research and Development, National Defense Research Committee. US Department of Commerce National Technical Information Service. PB158507 andPB158508. 

Soon after the formation of the National Defense Research Committee, Don was sought out to direct war research He was appointed Section Chairman under the OSRD (Office of Scientific Research and Development), directing research teams at Caltech, Northwestern, and Los Alamos (and Dugway Proving Ground). His achievements in this capacity were to bring him the Presidential Certificate of Merit. 

Dr. Wendell Latimer, dean of the university s college of chemistry announced Dr. Ruben s death. He said that Dr. Ruben was engaged on official investigations on Government contracts with the Office of Scientific Research and Development when the explosion occurred. 

Chemistry. A History of the Chemical Components of the National Defense Research Committee. Edited by WA. Noyes, Jr. An Adantic Monthly Press Book, litde, Brown and Company, Boston, 1948, 524 pages. NDRC was one branch of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). In 1997, Professor Charles Parmenter gave me his copy of this book, for which I am deeply grateful. 

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