WATER RESOURCES T R A I N I N G PROGRAMS

The Hydrologic Engineering Center of the Corps of Engineers will offer the sem- inars and training courses listed below. Attendance is not limited to Corps of Engineers personnel. Inquiries should be directed to Mr. Leo R. Beard, Director, Hydrologic Fhgineering Center, 609 2nd Street, Davis, California 95616.

No fee or tuition is charged.

Flood PZain Hydrology, January 25 - February 5, 1971, Davis, California Water QaZity i n Rivers and Reservoirs, March 8-19, 1971, Cincinnati, Ohio Computer Uti l izat ion and Applications f o r Engineering Executives, May 10-14,

1971, Davis, California * * * The 2;t2ird International Seminar f o r HydroZoqy Professors sponsored by Unesco

will be held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, from July 18 to 30, 1971. The theme of the seminar will be "Biological Effects in the Hydrological Cycle--Terres- trial Phase.'' Participants will be selected from university faculty members active- ly engaged in teaching and research in hydrology, except for certain specialists from government planning agencies and research institutes.

Modest support for participants from the United States will be available through NSF funds, and about ten fellowships will be available from Unesco for par- ticipants from outside the United States. Recmendations from Unesco or the re- spective National Cmittee for IW will be required for participants from other countries.

Other Unesco-sponsored courses in hydrology are:

Graz, Austria - Ground water tracing techniques Prague, Czechoslovakia - Hydrological data for water resources planning Budapest, Hungary - Hydrological methods for developing water resources manage-

ment Haifa, Israel - Management of water resources with special emphasis on ground-

water exploitation Padua, Italy - Hydrology, with particular reference to hydrometeorological

measurements Delft, The Netherlands - Hydrology, both surface and ground water, directed to-

ward practical application, and international sununer school for hydrology professors

Madrid, Spain - General and applied hydrology Moscow, U.S.S.R. - Hydrological

Hydrology

Information on these courses may for the IHD, 2101 Constitution Avenue

Courses for Professors and Specialists in

be obtained from the U.S. National Comittee N.W., Washington, D.C. 20418. ***

"Graduate Studies in Water Resources" is a brochure which has been prepared by the Universities Council on Water Resources. The brochure summarizes current education- al opportunities at 65 United States universities. Information about the Council and copies of the brochure may be obtained from OCOWR's Executive Secretary, Dr. William S. Butcher, Department of Civil Engineering, Taylor Hall 212A, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712.

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A recent brochure describes an interdepartmental program in water resources engi- neering at the University of Colorado. The program has been developed by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering to provide in-depth training in water quality control and management and broad based studies in water management and engineering. Further information may be obtained from Ur. J. Ernest Flack, Direcior, Water Resources Training Program, Engi- neering Center, OT 4-34, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80302.

The Florida Institute of Technology has initiated a program leading to a Master's degree in Bioenvironmental Technology. The program is designed for students with a B. S. degree in physical sciences or engineering and mathematics. Further infonna- tion may be obtained from Roman K. C. Johns, Head, Space Technology Department, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901.

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rn0RABILIA

Dr. Dean E. Mann has been appointed Chief of the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division of the National Water Commission. He has been Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Dr. Fred S. Singer, Department of the Interior, served as chairman of an international symposium entitled 'Nan's Intervention in the Sea." The symposium, held in Tokyo in September, was organized by committees of the International Council of Scientific Unions and was supported by the United Nations through UNESCO and FAO.

Henry C. BarksdaZe of the U.S. Geological Survey in Alabama received the Distin- guished Service Award from the Department of the Interior. The award is the highest honorary award conferred upon civilian employees of the federal government.

A . F . SpiZhaus, Jr. has succeeded Waldo E. Smith as Executive Director of the Ameri- can Geophysical Union, after 26 years of service.

EZburt F . Osbom has been named Director of the U.S. Bureau of Mines. He leaves the position of vice president for research at Pennsylvania State University to assume the post.

Carl KZein resigned in October as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water Quality and Research.

BZucher A. PooZe, Technical Secretary of the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board, has retired after 39 years of public service.

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Scientific Programs,

Mr. Smith retired in August of this year