Saturday, January 10, 2004

9:30–11:30 a.m.

OFF-SITE SESSION
Armed Forces Interactions with American Science and Technology: From the Revolution to the Twenty-first Century

95. Military Influences on Science
National Museum of American History, Carmichael Auditorium
13th and Constitution N.W., on the National Mall

Chair: Jeffrey K. Stine, National Museum of American History
Papers:

How the U.S. Military Supported and Distorted Meteorological Research and Development: Three Case Studies
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College

Winning Hearts and Minds: The Defense Complex, Satellite Technology, and the Globalizing of Weather
Erik M. Conway, Langley Research Center

The Clandestine Origins of Geographic Information System
John Cloud, Cornell University

From Warfare to Welfare: The Science and Technology of Urban Reform
Jennifer S. Light, Northwestern University

Comment: The Audience
Directions: Take Metro Red Line from Woodley Park Station to Metro Center (4 stops). Go to lower platform and take Blue or Orange Line (toward Addison Road or New Carrollton) one stop to Federal Triangle. Exit station. At top of escalator, turn 180 degrees and walk to 12th Street. Turn right on 12th and walk half a block to Constitution. You will see the National Museum of American History across the street to your right. Cross Constitution, turn right, and walk one-half block to entrance. Carmichael Auditorium is immediately to your left after you pass through visitor screening. The guard can direct you.