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HANKS, NANCY, govt. ofcl.: b. Miami Beach, Fla., Dec. 31, 1927; d. Bryan Cayce and Virginia (Wooding) Hanks; student U. Colo., 1946, Oxford (Eng.) U., 1948; A.B. magna cum laude, Duke, 1949; D.F.A. (hon.), Pratt Inst., 1971; D.H.L., Princeton, 1971, Hofstra U., 1971, U. Mich., 1971; U. Mich. at Ann Arbor, 1971, U. Pa., 1972, Williams Coll., 1972, U. So. Cal., 1973, George Washington U., 1973, numerous others. Mem. staff ODM, Dept. Def., Washington, 1951-52; mem. staff Pres.'s Adv. Com., Govt. Orgn., 1953; asst. to undersec. Dept Health Edn. and Welfare, 1953-54; spl. asst. Spl. Projects Office, White House, 1955; asst. to Nelson A. Rockefeller, N.Y.C., 1956-59; asso. Laurence S. Rockefeller, 1959-69, also exec. sec. Spl. Studies Project, Rockefeller Bros. Fund, 1956-69; chmn. Nat. Endowment for Arts, Washington, 1969-. Adviser, Outdoor Recreation Resources Rev. Commn., 1961-62; vice cmn. arts and humanities com. Am. Revolution Bicentennial Commn., 1970-; mem. nat. commn. for UNESCO, 1970-; mem. Fed. Council Arts and the Humanities. Mem. adv. bd. Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for Blind, N.C. Mus. Art, 1967-69; mem. exec. com. Radcliffe Inst., 1966-68. Trustee Duke; fed. trustee Fed. City Council. Recipient 3d Ann. Cultural award Rec. Industry Assn. Am., 1970. Mem. Asso. Council Arts (pres. 1968-69). Nat. Acad. Pub. Adminstrn., Am. Assn. Museums (mem. council 1969). Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Delta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Sigma Alpha Iota. Clubs: Cosmopolitan (N.Y.C.); Capitol Hill (Washington). Home: 1236 30th St NW Washington DC 20007 Office: McPherson Bldg 1425 K St NW Washington DC 20506

LOENING, GROVER, aircraft engr., author; b. of Am. parents (father U.S. consul), Bremen, Germany Sept. 12, 1888; s. Albert and Hermine (Rubino) L.; prep. edn. Cutler Sch., N.Y.C. and Lawrenceville (N.J.) Sch.; B.S., Columbia, 1908, A.M., 1910, C.E., 1911; m. Marka Truesdale, June 28, 1930 (div. 1940); children - Michael T., Mrs. William Prickett, Jr., Mrs. John Hanford. Gen. mgr. Wright Co., Dayton, O., 1913-14; chief aero. engr. U.S. Army Air Corps, 1914-15; v.p., gen. mgr. Sturtevant Aeroplane Co., Boston, 1916-17; pres. Loening Aero. Engring. Corp., N.Y., 1917-28; dir., cons. engr. Custiss-Wright Corp., 1928-29; pres. Grover Loening Aircraft Co., aircraft mfrs., 1928-38; cons. engr. Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corp.; cons. engr. Curtiss-Wright Corp.; chmn. bd., cons. engr. N.Y. Airways Corp., now chmn. bd. emeritus. Aero. advisor U.S. Maritime Commn., 1937-38; cons. on aircraft War Prodn. Bd., 1942-45; mem. seaplane and helicopter coms. and aero. cons. NACA, 1945-49; mem. bd. Nat. Air Mus., 1946-68; cons. specialist Pres.'s Air Policy Commn., 1948. A founder, 1922, first pres. Aero. C. of C. Am.; mem. adv. com. Daniel Guggenheim Sch. Aeros., N.Y. U., 1950-60; chmn. adv. council Columbia U. Inst. of Air Flight Structures. Dir. Flight Safety Found. Inventor strut-braced monoplane and Loening amphibian airplane; holder many airplane patents. Winner Wright Trophy, 1921, Collier Trophy, 1922. Recipient Distinguished Service award for design and completion of Loening two-seater fighting plane, U.S. War Dept., 1919; awarded Medal for Merit by Pres. Truman, 1948; Wright Brother Meml. Trophy, 1950; Exceptional Civilian Service medal USAF, 1955, Guggenheim medal, 1960; mem. Aviation Hall of Fame. Fellow Am. Inst. Aeros. and Astronautics (hon.), Royal Aero. Soc.; mem. Soc. Automotive Engrs., Early Birds, Order Quiet Birdmen, Soc. Exptl. Test Pilots, Order Daedalians (hon.), Sigma Xi; hon. pres. Nat. Inter-Collegiate Flying Assn. Episcopalian. Clubs: Racquet and Tennis, Wings, New York Yacht; Aero Club of Washington; Army and Navy, Metropolitan (Washington); Committee of 100, Key Biscayne (Fla.) Yacht; OX-5, Silver Wing. Author: Monoplanes and Biplanes, 1911; Military Aeroplanes (9 editions), 1915-18; Our Wings Grow Faster, 1935; Takeoff Into Greatness, 3 edits., 1968; Conquering Wing, 1970; Amphibian, 1973. Home: Key Biscayne FL 33149

WEBB, JAMES EDWIN, lawyer; b. Granville County, N.C., Oct. 7, 1906; s. John Frederick and Sarah (Gorham) W.; A.B., U.N.C., 1928; student George Washington U. Law Sch., 1933-36; LL.D., U.N.C., 1949, Syracuse U., Colo. Coll.; Sc.D., U. Notre Dame, 1961, also other hon. degrees; m. Patsy Aiken Douglas, May 14, 1938; children - Sarah Gorham, James Edwin, Jr. Exec. asst. to under-sec. of treasury, 1946; dir. Bur. of Budget, 1946-49; undersec. of state, 1949-52; dep. gov. Internat. Bank for Reconstrn. and Devel. and IMF, 1949-52; pres., gen. mgr. Republic Supply Co., 1953-58, chmn. bd., 1959-60; asst. to pres. and dir. Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc., Oklahoma City, 1952-61, 69-; dir. McDonnell Aircraft Co., 1952-61, Fidelity Nat. Bank, 1957-59, Fed. Home Loan Bank, Topeka, 1956-58; adminstr. NASA, 1961-68; practice of law, Washington, 1968-. Dir. Kerr-McGee Corp., McGraw-Hill, Inc., Acuity Systems, Inc., Sperry Rand Corp., Gannett Co., Inc. Mem. Govt. Procurement Commn., 1972-73; mem. Comptroller Gen.'s Cons. Panel. Regent Smithsonian Instn.; trustee Inst. for Ct. Mgmt. Served to lt. col. as comdg. officer, 1st Marine Air Warning Group, 1944-45; lt. col. USMC Res. Recipient Robert J. Collier trophy, 1966; Distinguished Service medal NASA, 1968; Presdl. Medal of Freedom, 1969; Goddard Meml. trophy, 1971; N.C. Pub. Service award, 1971; Okla. State U. Bennett Service award, 1973; Gen. Accounting Office award for pub. service, 1973; named to Okla. Hall of Fame, 1967. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. (trustee), Marine Corps Res. Officers Assn., Am. Soc. Pub. Adminstrn. (pres. 1966-67), Nat. Acad. Pub. Adminstrn. (treas. 1969-), Am. Polit. Sci. Assn., Soc. Advancement Mgmt., Am., D.C. bar assns., Acad. Polit. Sci., Am. Mgmt. Assn., Nat. Planning Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi. Presbyn. Democrat. Mason. Clubs: University. The Brook (N.Y.C.); University, Chevy Chase, Metropolitan (Washington); Alfalfa. Home: 2800 36th St NW Washington DC 20007 Office: 1771 N St NW Washington DC 20036

MOYNIHAN, MARTIN H(UMPHREY), b. Chicago, Ill, Feb. 5, 28. ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. A.B, Princeton, 50, D.Phil.(zool), Oxford, 53. Vis. fel, Cornell, 53-55; res. fel. Harvard, 55-57; DIR. SMITHSONIAN TROP. RES. INST. 57- U.S.A, 46-48, Sgt. Soc. Study Evolution; Am. Ornith. Union; Am. Soc. Nat; Asn. Trop. Biol. Behavior, ecology and evaluation. Address: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Box 2072, Balboa, CZ

STEWART, THOMAS DALE, anthropologist: b. Delta, Pa., June 10, 1901; s. Thomas Dale and Susan (Price) S.; A.B., George Washington U., 1927; M.D. (Franklin P. Mall scholar anatomy), Johns Hopkins, 1931; D.Sci. (hon.), U. Cuzco, Peru, 1949; m. Julia C. Wright, Dec. 1, 1932 (dec.): 1 dau., Cornelia E. (Mrs. Michael D. Gill): m. 2d, Rita Frame Dewey, July 12, 1952. Aid div. phys. anthrop. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1927-31, asst. curator, 1931-39, asso. curator, 1939-42, curator, 1942-61, head curator dept. anthropology, 1961-62, dir. Mus. Natural History, 1962-65, sr. research scientist, office anthropology, 1966-71; anthropologist emeritus, 1971-. Vis. prof. anatomy Washington U. Sch. Medicine, St. Louis, 1943; vis. prof. phys. anthropology Escuela Nacional de Antropologia, Mexico, 1945; lectr. anatomy George Washington U. Med Sch. 1958-67. Am. del. Internat. Congress Americanists, Mexico, 1939. Gen. Assembly Pan-Am. Inst. Geography and History, Lima, Peru, 1941; Inter-Am. Conf. on Indian Life, Cuzco, Peru, 1949, La Paz Bolivia, 1954; mem. field trips under Smithsonian Instn. to Alaska, 1927, Mexico, 1939, 1945, Peru, 1941, 49, Guatemala, 1947, 49, Japan, 1954-55, Iraq, 1957, 60, 62. Trustee Sci. Mus. Va. Recipient Viking Fund medal and award, 1953. Mem. Nat. Acad. Scis., Nat. Geog. Soc. (com. research and exploration), Am. Inst. Human Paleontology (pres. 1955-62). Anthropol. Soc. Washington (pres. 1944-46), Washington Acad. Sci., Am. Orthopaedic Assn. (hon.), Am. Assn. Phys. Anthropology (sec.-treas. 1960-64, past pres.), Washington Acad. Medicine (v.p. 1966-67, pres. 1968-69), Sigma Xi, Am. Acad. Forensic Sci. (hon.), Alpha Kappa Kappa. Editor: Am. Jour. Phys. Anthropology, 1943-48; contbg. editor Handbook Latin Am. Studies, 1938-60; adv. editor Clin. Orthopaedics, 1954-69. Home: 1191 Crest Lane McLean VA 22101 Office: Nat Mus History Smithsonian Instn Washington DC 20560

WHITE, ROBERT MAYER, govt. ofcl.; b. Boston, Feb. 13, 1923; s. David and Mary (Winkeller) W.; B.A., Harvard, 1944; M.S., Mass. Inst. Tech., 1949, Sc.D., 1950; m. Mavis Seagle, Apr. 18, 1948; children-Richard Harry, Edwina Janet. Project scientist, gen. circulation project Atmospheric Analysis Lab., Air Force Cambridge Research Center, 1950-52, chief large scale processes br., 1952-58, chief meteorol. devel. lab., 1958-59; research asso. Mass. Inst. Tech., 1959; asso. dir. research dept. Travelers Ins. Co., 1959-60; pres. Travelers Research Center, Inc., 1960-64; chief U.S. Weather Bur., 1963-65; adminstr. Environmental Sci. Services Adminstrn., 1965-70, Nat. Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstrn., 1970-. Permanent U.S. rep. World Meteorol. Orgn., mem. exec. com.; U.S. commr. Internat. Whaling Commn.; chmn. Marine Fisheries Adv. Com. Vis. com. div. engring. and applied physics Harvard; vis. com. meteorology and planetary sci. Mass. Inst. Tech. Served to capt. USAAF, World War II. Recipient Jesse L. Rosenberger medal U. Chgo., 1971; Cleveland Abbe award Am. Meteorl. Soc., 1969; Godfrey L. Cabot award Aero Club Boston. Mem. Am. Meterol. Soc. (council 1965-67, chmn. planning commn.), Am. Geophys. Union (exec. com), A.A.A.S. (chmn. sect. atmospheric and hydrospheric scis.), Royal Meteorol. Soc., Nat. Acad. Engring., Research Soc. Am., U.S. Power Squadron (bd. govs.), Marine Tech. Soc., Sigma Xi. Club: Cosmos. Author articles in field. Home: 8306 Melody Ct Bethesda MD 20034 Office: Nat Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstrn Dept Commerce Washington DC 20230 

HAMMOND, EDWARD CUYLER, epidemiologist; b. Balt., June 14, 1912; s. Edward and Agnes (Cuyler) H.; student Gilman Country Day Sch., 1929-31; B.S., Yale, 1935, M.A., 1953; Sc.D., Johns Hopkins, 1938; Dr. Med. Sci. (hon.), Johannesgutenberg U., Mainz-am-Rhein, Germany, 1969; m. Marian E. Thomas, Jan. 3, 1948 (dec.); children-Thomas Cuyler, Richard Render, Jonathan Cuyler; m. 2d, Katharine S. Redmond, Sept. 23, 1972. Asso. statistician, div. indsl. hygiene NIH, USPHS, 1938-42; cons. med. research sect. Bur. Aeros., U.S. Navy, 1941-42; civilian requirements br. OQMG, 1942; dir. statis. research sect. Am. Cancer Soc., 1946-66, v.p. for epidemiology and statistics, 1966-; adj. prof. community medicine Mt. Sinai Hosp. Sch. Medicine, N.Y.C., 1966-; prof. biometry, dir. grad. studies Yale U., 1953-58, also chmn. univ. exec. com. statistics; lectr. preventive and environmental medicine Albert Einstein Coll. Medicine; cons. dept. biology Brookhaven Nat. Lab. Mem. Coal Mine Health adv. council Dept. Health, Edn., Welfare, sci. adv. panel Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. Served to maj., USAAF, 1942-46. Recipient William R. Belknap award for excellence in biol. studies, 1935; Charles Evans Hughes award Riverside Ch., 1967, Edward W. Browning award, 1971. Fellow Am. Pub. Health Assn.; mem. Am. Statis. Assn., N.Y. Acad. Scis. (pres. 1974), A.A.A.S., (hon.) Royal Soc. Medicine (London). Contbr. articles to profl. jours. Home: 164 E 72d St New York City NY 10021 Office: 219 E 42d St New York City NY 10017