Prodded by the Soviet Union’sdramatic Sputnik success last year, the Eisenhower Administrationdecided to push a program of appointing top U.S. scientists to serve asscience attachés in major U.S. embassies overseas. Last week theprogram finally got into orbit. Named by the State Department as theU.S.’s first batch of science attachés were seven scientists, eacheminent in his field and each fluent in the language of the countrywhere he will serve his two-year term. The seven and their posts:
Paris. University of Minnesota’s Chemical Engineer Edgar L. Piret,Swarthmore’s retired Chemist Edward H Cox.
London. Michigan State University’s Physicist Thomas H. Osgood.
Rome. National Bureau of Standards’ Physicist Walter Ramberg.
Bonn. University of Illinois’ Chemist Ludwig F. Audrieth.
Stockholm. University of Wisconsin’s Physicist Julian E. Mack.
Tokyo. Syracuse University’s Zoologist Willis R. Boss.