MURA Organized
DOI: 10.1063/1.3061939
ON September 27, 1954, the Midwestern Universities Research Association (MURA) became a corporation under the laws of the State of Illinois. The present members are the Universities of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, Purdue University, Indiana University, and Iowa State College. The Board of Directors of the Corporation includes one scientist and one administrative officer from each of the member universities. At the first regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors, a statement of the origin, objectives, and accomplishments of the Corporation was formulated for purposes of publication. Because of its general interest for physicists throughout the country, the statement is reproduced in full below.
