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Division of Engineering & Industrial Research, 1948, 1951, 1964

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Wolman was very active in the various programs of the National Academy of Sciences either for the National Research Council or the National Academy of Engineering. From 1942 until 1960 Wolman was chairman of the Advisory Committee on Sanitary Engineering and the Environment for the National Research Council's Division on Medical Sciences. During WW II this committee advised the military on sanitary problems. In this series are the reports prepared for the Army. In 1947 the committee was reconstituted again with Wolman as the chair in which capacity he served until 1961. There are minutes, reports, and correspondence documenting this work.

From 1950 to 1956 Wolman served on the Medical Sciences Executive Committee. In these papers are some minutes and correspondence of other committees in the Medical Sciences Division which Wolman was to review as a member of the Executive Committee.

From 1956 until 1962 Wolman served on the NAS Committee on the Dispersal and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes. There is a transcript of the first meeting of the Study Group on Disposal of Radioactive Wastes February 24, 1956, correspondence, and reports.

With the creation of the National Academy of Engineering in 1964, most of Wolman's NAS work dealt with that branch. However, Wolman's expertise in international health planning was tapped in 1977-78 when he served on the NAS Institute of Medicine's Committee on International Health. This is documented with correspondence, minutes, and reports (1977-78). In the general NAS files (1966-89) there is material on some short-lived committees and project reviews completed by Wolman. Wolman participated in a workshop at Woods Hole in 1987 sponsored by the Committee for Infrastructure Innovation.

The National Academy of Engineering was created in 1964, and Wolman's work with the NAE dates from 1964. There are records (1967-74) on the NAE Committee on Social and Behavioral Urban Research. Wolman served for 5 years (1970-75) on the NAE's Committee on Public Engineering Policy (COPEP). Much of this correspondence, reports and minutes deals with long-range planning and studying priorities for Research Applied to National Needs (RANN). Wolman also served on the NAE Project Committee (1969-72) which was also a planning group. One of their activities was to sponsor a workshop (1973) in San Francisco on the Simulation of Earthquake Effects on Structures. The correspondence and final report of this workshop are in this series.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948, 1951, 1964

Creator

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Collection is open for use.

Extent

From the Collection: 193.17 Cubic Feet (135 record center cartons, 25 letter size document boxes, 3 letter half-size document boxes, 15 legal size document boxes, 4 legal half-size document boxes, 1 flat box (22 x 28 x 1.5), 1 flat box (20.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 inches), 3 flat boxes (21 x 17x 1.5 inches), 2 flat boxes (15.5 x 12 x 3 inches), 1 flat box (25 x 21 x 3 inches), 2 oversize boxes (19 x 13 x 6 inches), 1 map case folder)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

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