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Four years of Congressional Science Fellows

AUG 01, 1977
At the end of this year, 50 science and engineering Fellows will have participated in the program, which is leaving its mark on the Congress, the sponsors and the individuals involved—many of whom are physicists.
Richard A. Scribner
Mary L. Shoaf

Five years ago this spring, The American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science selected their first Congressional Science Fellows. At the same time, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers had its first Fellow already working with the Congress, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers was selecting its first Fellow.

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Richard A. Scribner, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Mary L. Shoaf, American Physical Society.

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