Research: Associated Universities, Inc. forms atomic research center

The former Army camp at Camp Upton, N. Y., is being transformed into an atomic research center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, under the sponsorship of an organization of nine universities, Associated Universities Inc., Doctor Philip M. Morse, director of research for the new institution, has announced. Peacetime applications of atomic energy will be the primary purpose of the project. Funds for the center are being supplied by the United States War Department, which is making an initial appropriation of $5,000,000.