IHE BATTALION
Wednesday, July 23, 1969 College Station, Texas
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BOUND FOR IRELAND
Mrs. Donna Donovan and son Brian, 3, of 1100 Goode St.,
College Station, are shown at Oakland International Air
port waiting to board a plane for Shannon, Ireland. They
will meet husband, Gerald, Texas A&M instructor there.
Prof May Detect
Water Pollution
A quickly-applied method for
detecting water pollution and its
toxicity may be developed by a
Texas A&M biology professor.
Dr. Herman Kleerekoper • will
direct study of the technique
through a $200,269 grant from
the Federal Water Pollution Con
trol Administration. The project
title is “Use of Avoidance Be
havior to Detect and Quantify
Sub-lethal Pollution Effects.”
The Canadian zoologist who
joined A&M’s Institute of Life
Sciences last year also has been
awarded a $7,400 pilot experiment
grant for similar work in the
area of pesticides. The latter
award was by the National Insti
tute of Environmental Health
Sciences of the U. S. Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare.
In both cases a previously es
tablished $84,000 “fishing hole”—
technically called a computerized
monitoring unit — and data on
fishes normal behavior patterns
will be employed.
“Our procedure will be to de
termine concentrations of pollu
tants at which fish show distress
and die,” the scientist explained.
“We have good reason to be
lieve that we can find a level
short of lethal concentration at
which fish begin to behave ab
normally, long before they actual
ly die,” Kleerekoper added.
He noted a great deal of re
search has been done in recent
years on resistance and tolerance
of fish to pollutants, including
heavy metal pollutants produced
in mining. Such substances for
eign to the marine habitat cause
damage before they reach lethal
concentration.
Kleerekoper said the project
will concentrate on zinc and cop
per “which are very serious con
taminants.”
Studies will be conducted in
the computerized monitoring unit,
a 4000 - gallon, 256 - square - foot
tank with 2,000 photoelectric cells
built into the floor by which fish
movements are studied. Lights
above the tank cast the fish shad-
Something German
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ow on the cells which form part
of an electrical current connected
to a small computer.
Computer-generated data shows
direction and speed of movement
of the fish under given circum
stances, as well as angle of turns.
“We are extremely well equip
ped to study fish movement and
investigate locomotive behavior
produced by various concentra
tions of pollutants,” the former
McMaster University professor
explained.
LOANS
Earle s Book
Is Widely Used
“Engineering Design Graphics”
by Dr. James H. Earle of Texas
A&M is now being used in 40
universities, according to the
Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
of Reading, Mass.
It is Prof. Earle’s first text
book. “The book is an attempt to
break away from problems for
the sake of problems themselves,”
he said.
Earle heads A&M’s Engineer
ing Graphics Department and
has co-authored 10 problem work
books, illustrated many publica
tions and is creator of A&M’s
“Cadet Slouch” cartoon.
On July 1, Earle started a one-
year term as vice chairman of
the Graphics Section, American
Society of Engineering Educa
tion. He will become chairman
of the national division in
1970-71.
Earle said he worked 18 months
on “Engineering Design Graph
ics,” including most weekends
and evenings. He explained the
purpose of the book is to develop
a student’s ability to design and
create.
A native of Jacksonville, Tex
as, Earle received a bachelor’s
degree in architecture in 1955, a
master of education in 1962 and
a doctor of education in 1964. All
degrees were earned at A&M.
He joined A&M’s faculty in
1959, after a tour in the U. S.
Air Force’s Strategic Air Com
mand.
He was promoted to assistant
professor in 1961, to associate
professor in 1964 and to full
professor this spring.
His new book, released this
spring, will be used in both
freshman semesters of engineer
ing graphics and engineering de
sign graphics. The course is re
quired for all engineering stu
dents.
Donaldson Heads
CS United Chest
Wesley Donaldson, purchasing
director of Texas A&M, is the
new president of the College Sta
tion United Chest board of di
rectors.
Other new officers elected by
the board are Dr. R. L. Skraba-
nek, professor in A&M’s Agricul
tural Economics and Sociology
Department, first vice president;
Howard Vestal, director of man
agement services for the univer
sity, second vice president; Clark
Diebel, A&M controller, treasur
er; and Daniel Whitt, assistant
director of A&M’s Physical Plant
Department, secretary.
Dr. Skrabanek also was named
chairman of the United Chest’s
Budget and Admissions Commit
tee.
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