Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Standing Committee on the Special Laboratories

Abstract President Howard W. Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) established the Review Panel on Special Laboratories (also known as the Pounds Panel) in April 1969 to examine the relationship between MIT and two of its laboratories that carried out defense department research—the Instrumentation Laboratory and Lincoln Laboratory—and to review the appropriateness of Institute sponsorship of the laboratories’ programs. The collection contains correspondence of William F....

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The collection contains the records of Lawrence Beckley, secretary to the Standing Committee on Special Laboratories, and includes minutes, reports, project proposals, and correspondence about special laboratories at MIT, including the Instrumentation Laboratory and Lincoln Laboratory.