Plan for the Promotion of Scientific and Industrial Research by the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. Cover page
Abstract
The National Research Council of National Academy of Sciences (NRC) was established in 1916 in response to the war-time need for scientific services, "in order to facilitate cooperation between governmental, educational, industrial and other research organizations". Carnegie Corporation was a principal war-time backer of NRC via the Carnegie Institution of Washington. This memorandum, written by G .E. Hale, who was the first NRC chairman (1916-1918), as well as the founder of the CIW-funded Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, advocates the continuing relevance of NRC, and urges the Corporation to provide it with building and endowment funds.