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NSF/INT AWARDS UNDER THE U.S.-MEXCIO PROGRAM

FISCAL YEAR 1976 AND TRANSITION QUARTER

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*R = Renewal award, no specified start date

**U.S. co-organizer of conference. Travel by four U.S. participants was supported

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INT 7701114

$5,300

7/15/77 -11/30/79 "Study of Nuclear Reactions Using 24 mos. Beams of Polarized Particles"

S.E. Darden G. Murillo

Univ. of Notre Dame Inst. Nacional de Energia Nuclear

Physics

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Mr. BROWN. I would now like to call next on Dr. Johnson to come up and present the picture on atmospheric conditions, which will lead us into the areas and we will spend more time on ocean drilling process.

Dr. JOHNSON. Mr. Brown, I am very glad to be here this morning to talk about the programs of the AAEO, and I have a written statement which I will give you, but I will speak briefly on that.

Mr. BROWN. Without objection the full statement will be copied into the record.

[The biographical sketch of Dr. Johnson follows:]

DR. FRANCIS S. JOHNSON

Dr. Francis S. Johnson became the Assistant Director for Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences (AAEO) in November 1979. In this position he is responsible for the development, coordination, direction, and evaluation of programs under the Divisions that constitute AAEO: Astronomical Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Sciences, Ocean Sciences, and Polar Programs. Prior to his NSF appointment, Dr. Johnson was the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Honors Professor of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas, and also served as Executive Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. Dr. Johnson joined the predecessor institution to the University of Texas in 1961 and served as Acting President from 1969 until 1981 and as the Director of the Center for Advanced Studies there from 1971 until 1974. Earlier he served as Manager of Space Physics Research at Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Palo Alto, California and as Head of the Upper Atmosphere Research Section of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. During World War II, he served as a meteorologist in the Army Air Force.

Dr. Johnson was born in 1918 in Omak, Washington; received a B.S. in physics from the University of Alberta (Canada) in 1940, and an M.A. in 1942 and a Ph. D. in meteorology in 1958 from the University of California at Los Angeles. His main research interests are in the fields of upper atmosphere and space physics, planetary science, and solar radiation and he has authored and co-authored numerous publications in these areas.

Included among his awards, Dr. Johnson has received the Space Science Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Henryk Arctowski Medal from the National Academy of Sciences, the Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the John A. Fleming Award from the American Geophysical Union, and the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Air Force.

Dr. Johnson is active in many professional societies, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the American Meteorological Society, the American Physical Society, the Committee on Space Research (U.S. Representative and Vice President, 1975-81), the Special Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics, the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and Sigma Xi. Over the years he has served in an advisory capacity to many government agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, the National Bureau of Standards, the U.S. Air Force and the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. and Mrs. Johnson reside in Arlington, Virginia.

STATEMENT BY DR. FRANCIS S. JOHNSON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR ASTRONOMICAL, ATMOSPHERIC, EARTH, AND OCEAN SCIENCES, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Dr. JOHNSON. First of all, I will emphasize special aspects of the programs of this directorate which are different from most other sciences. We are concerned with observational science; we can't perform controlled laboratory experiments. For example, we have to observe

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