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Page 4 College Station, Texas Thursday July 9, 1964 THE BATTALION Argentine Professor To Study Plankton, Begins Residence Vital Organisms Argentine Professor Enrique Balech (pronounced Baylik) who has studied plankton, small and vital organisms, found in the world’s seas, is at A&M University for a year to examine specimens from the Gulf of Mexico. In almost a quarter of a century of studies on four continents he has gained an international reputation. Professor Balech is a visiting scientist for a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and headed by Dr. Z. S. El-Sayed of the A&M Department of Ocean ography and Meteorology. The study is aimed at filling big gaps in knowledge of life in Gulf waters. “The plankton of the Gulf, as far as I know, is little known,” Balech said. He cited a description of the Gulf as being “almost a terra incognita” in respect to plankton. Biological oceanographers such as Balech and El-Sayed know that the microscopic phytoplankton and zooplankton form the basic link in the sea's “food chain.” The plank ton fills a role comparable to that of grass on cattle ranges. The scientists also know that tempera ture and salinity are controlling factors in the distribution of the small organisms, which vary widely in numbers and species. A&M scientists and others are attempting to learn more of the interrelationships between plank ton and their physical environment, as well as other facts. “When I was a student I first became interested in these little organisms, Balech said of plankton. This was during his undergraduate studies in Argentina in the 1930’s, and at first he studied freshwater plankton. He has studied plankton from the Mediterranean Sea, English Chan nel, Baltic Sea, Arctic Ocean, Ant arctica, the Drake Passage, a large area of the Pacific and off the southeastern coast of South America. Professor Balech held a Guggen heim Fellowship at Scripps Insti tute of Oceanography and Hopkins Marine Station on the California coast in 1957-59. Earlier he did research in laboratories in France and Algeria. Currently he serves as director of the Hydrobiological Station at Puerto Quequen, Argentina, as a staff member of the Latin Ameri can Oceanographic Council and scientists for the Argentine Scien tific and Technological Council. A&M' and Argentine oceanogra phers are cooperating in studies of waters off of Argentina and south ward into Antarctica with grants from the National Science Founda- Argentine Hydrographic Service headed by Capt. L. R. Capurro. Balech is author of many publi cations including writings in Eng lish, French and Spanish. Mrs. Balech is expected to join tion and Godfrey’s Restaurant ‘Good Food *For Aggies—that’s all!” * Including Coffee • MEAL CARDS AVAILABLE Jean & Bob Godfrey ’55 North Gate VI 6-5612 ARGENTINE SCIENTIST AT A&M Professor Enrique Balech begins year residence NSF Sponsors Students High ability students from high schools in Texas and 15 other states Monday will begin special programs at A&M University un der National Science Foundation sponsorship. Another 34 students Friday (July 10) will complete a six-week program in biology. Thirty-seven students are to study in a geology program direct ed by Professor Fred E. Smith. The students will visit several lo cations in Texas and Oklahoma after completing a classroom and laboratory survey of geology. Thirty-two students are expect ed for the mathematics program directed by Dr. William S. McCul- ley. Both programs end Aug. 21. AMONG THE Government Prof Publishes Article Politic ceived tl |ns in 1 Dr. Michael J. Francis of the A&M University government fac ulty is author of a newly-published article entitled “Military Aid to Latin America in the U. S. Con gress.” The article appears in the July issue of “Journal of Inter- American Studies.” Francis has taught the first term at A&M and now plans to spend the remainder of the sum mer researching the interrelation ships between the treatment of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revo lution in the United States press and the reaction of the U. S. De partment of State to the Cuban situation. The research is sponsored by an allocation from the University’s Fund for Organized Research. ★★★ Dr. J. R. Couch of the A&M University Poultry Science Depart ment will be in Springfield, Mo. in late July to confer with Hoffman- Taff, Inc. officials on research at the university. The research is being done through agreement between Hoff- man-Taff and the Texas Agricul tural Experiment Station. ★★★ Dr. Carl M. Lyman, head of the A&M University Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, will par ticipate in the Conference on Basic Biochemistry of Cotton July 13-16 at Asheville, N. C. Enroute to the meeting, he will collect plant material for analyses at Caddo Lake on the Texas-Louis- iana border. On his way home, Dr. Lyman will stop at Memphis, Tenn., to consult with National Cottonseed Products Association officials on grants-in-aid to A&M University. ★★★ Associate Professor A. H. Thompson of the A&M University meteorology faculty is attending a six-week seminar at the National Hurricane Research Center in Mi ami, Fla. ★★★ Dr. A. V. Moore, professor in the A&M University Dairy Science Department, has been presented a certificate of award for leadership in Student Affiliate Affairs of the American Dairy Science Associa tion. The award was given to the pro fessor during the ADSA’s annual meeting just ended at Tucson, Ari zona. ★★★ The resignation of William J. Harlan from the staff of the In dustrial Economics Research Divi- ; e nam sion, Texas Engineering Experi- from a ment Station, to become assistant rees ’ director of development at Baylor lear University was announced by ac ^ s ; James R. Bradley, division head, I ^ ll ’ s ’ Harlan assumes his new post July Ui 16. John Q. 'k'k'k Stream Dr. W. P. J. Lignac, a physics fjatest v teacher from the Netherlands, will ffexas I address National Science Founda- Btle “A tion summer institute participants PTune.” at A&M University Tuesday. 1 Sam ★★★ Pe nan A&M University doctoral stu- Bfet Tex dent George Blanton will present Inent ir a technical paper July 15 to a West Streams Coast Water-Flood Association giamed I symposium in Long Beach, Calif, Oceanography Ship Sails For Atlantic The Research Vessel Alaminos sails from Galveston Tuesday for Atlantic waters off South America and something of a “coming out cruise.” A&M University oceanographers have sailed the Alaminos into all parts of the Gulf of Mexico since she was put into operation late in 1963. Now she leaves the Gulf behind and will not return to her berth in Galveston until early October. The 180-foot research vessel whose replacement value is $3,000,- 000 was planned for long cruises, as well as her work in the Gulf. 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The Office of Naval Research and the National Science Founda tion are among the major spon sors of A&M’s internationally- known oceanographic program and are closely involved in support of the “coming out cruise.” A&M oceanographers plan the July-October cruise as a two-phase affair. The July 7-Sept. 9 portion will be devoted to learning more about the currents off the north eastern coast of South America. Associate Professor John D. Cochrane heads the scientific party for this 10,000-mile cruise, In September, a group headed by Associate Professor Guy A. Franceschini will board the Ala minos at a South American port for a cruise northward to Bermuda and then Galveston. Air-sea inter action, a vital but only partially understood phenomenon, will be studied. The first portion has been dubbed X “Operation Equacheque” for equatorial currents check. The xx study is a followup to EQUAL- ANT, an international study in which A&M oceanographers par ticipated. The A&M scientists this time will be studying the currents in an area westward from the area covered in 1963. “The objective is to survey rapidly, but in detail, certain cur rents by means of observations of characteristics and some current measurements in a few crucial locations,” Cochrane said. The A&M vessel will spend almost 50 days in the area off northeastern South American and researchers will take observations at more than 140 stations, pin points on the map. Other instru ments will record continually cer tain data. Equ Set ] A ne the hig ment o announc Enginec Dates 20, Aug Nov. 1 structoi In th< learn tc tractors machim industri One of the largest plywood factories in the world is located in Gabon; the principal customer is the United States. 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