Engineers testify at senate hearings on science legislation

Appearing in October before the Senate Committee hearings on proposed science legislation (S 1285, S 1297, and related bills) a panel of five prominent engineers presented engineering viewpoints and recommendations. This panel was appointed by the Engineers Joint Council (formerly known as Joint Conference Committee) and consisted of the following: Boris A. Bakhmeteff, chairman, honorary member, American Society of Civil Engineers; Doctor Harvey S. Mudd, president, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers; Professor A. G. Christie, past president, American Society of Mechanical Engineers; F. Malcolm Farmer, Fellow and past president, American Institute of Electrical Engineers; Doctor George Grainger Brown, past president, American Institute of Chemical Engineers