Air Pollution Foundation President's Report 1955
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Research Committee - Raymond B. ALlen (UCLA), J. L. Atwood (North American Aviation), F.M. Banks (SOCAL Gas), Arnold O. Beckman (Beckman Instrutments), Leonard K. Firestone (Firestone Tires), Lee A. DuBridge (Caltech)
Research Committee - Raymond B. ALlen (UCLA), J. L. Atwood (North American Aviation), F.M. Banks (SOCAL Gas), Arnold O. Beckman (Beckman Instrutments), Leonard K. Firestone (Firestone Tires), Lee A. DuBridge (Caltech)
Public Information Committee: F.M. Banks, Chairman (SOCAL Gas), Walter Braunschweiger, J. Howard Edgerton, Kenneth T. Norris, Fred. B. Ortman
Public Information Committee: F.M. Banks, Chairman (SOCAL Gas), Walter Braunschweiger, J. Howard Edgerton, Kenneth T. Norris, Fred. B. Ortman
Executive Committee including F. M. Banks (SOCAL Gas), Reese H. Taylor (Union Oil)
Executive Committee including F. M. Banks (SOCAL Gas), Reese H. Taylor (Union Oil)
Technical Advisory Committee: William G. Young Acting Chairman (UCLA), William H. Claussen (Std Oil CA and Executive Secretary, Smoke and Fumes Committee, American Petroleum Institute), Arie J. Haagen-Smit (Caltech), Charles M. Heinen (Automobile Manufacturers Association + Chrysler), peter Kyropoulos (Caltech), John T. Middleton (UC Riverside), Lawrence M. Richards (Richfield Oil)
Technical Advisory Committee: William G. Young Acting Chairman (UCLA), William H. Claussen (Std Oil CA and Executive Secretary, Smoke and Fumes Committee, American Petroleum Institute), Arie J. Haagen-Smit (Caltech), Charles M. Heinen (Automobile Manufacturers Association + Chrysler), peter Kyropoulos (Caltech), John T. Middleton (UC Riverside), Lawrence M. Richards (Richfield Oil)
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President's Report, 1955, Delivered to the Trustees and Supporters of the Foundatino at the Second Annual Meeting, Hotel Ambassador, November 10, 1955 by Lauren B. Hitchcock.
President's Report, 1955, Delivered to the Trustees and Supporters of the Foundatino at the Second Annual Meeting, Hotel Ambassador, November 10, 1955 by Lauren B. Hitchcock.
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Copies of all reports have been furnished not only to you, our trustees and contributors, but to all leading air pollution workers in this country and abroad, to scientific societies, and to principal libraries in this country. These reports have been favorably reviewed in national magazines. Requests for them are being received not only from people in Los Angeles County but from municipal and state officials in California and from others over the country.
Copies of all reports have been furnished not only to you, our trustees and contributors, but to all leading air pollution workers in this country and abroad, to scientific societies, and to principal libraries in this country. These reports have been favorably reviewed in national magazines. Requests for them are being received not only from people in Los Angeles County but from municipal and state officials in California and from others over the country.
Another important objective is "to publish current information by the most appropriate means on all phases of air pollution and its abatement."
Another important objective is "to publish current information by the most appropriate means on all phases of air pollution and its abatement."
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so that they and their colleagues in like enterprises can continue to devote their best efforts toward the abatement of air pollution.
so that they and their colleagues in like enterprises can continue to devote their best efforts toward the abatement of air pollution.
Purpose of the Foundation
Purpose of the Foundation
3. To inform the public periodically concerning the nature and extent of air pollution, progress made in its elimination, and obstacles to such elimination.
3. To inform the public periodically concerning the nature and extent of air pollution, progress made in its elimination, and obstacles to such elimination.
An independent, nonprofit corporation has been established for the following purposes:
An independent, nonprofit corporation has been established for the following purposes:
1. To cooperate with and to assist in coordinating the efforts of governmental agencies, educational institutions, specialized research groups, and medical, legal, and other technologists, so that every phase of air pollution shall be the object of careful study and constructive, remedial action.
1. To cooperate with and to assist in coordinating the efforts of governmental agencies, educational institutions, specialized research groups, and medical, legal, and other technologists, so that every phase of air pollution shall be the object of careful study and constructive, remedial action.
2. To provide for research on those phases of the problem not already undertaken or completed by other agencies.
2. To provide for research on those phases of the problem not already undertaken or completed by other agencies.
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation is composed of business, professional, and industrial leaders with records of conspicuous public service. About one-third are representatives of industrial enterprises which are or may be contributors in some degree to air pollution. The principal reason for their membership on the Board, in addition to their recognized standing in the community, is to make certain that they will be parties to all facts and evidence brought to light on the problem ...
The Board of Trustees of the Foundation is composed of business, professional, and industrial leaders with records of conspicuous public service. About one-third are representatives of industrial enterprises which are or may be contributors in some degree to air pollution. The principal reason for their membership on the Board, in addition to their recognized standing in the community, is to make certain that they will be parties to all facts and evidence brought to light on the problem ...
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