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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9123244
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS C
DIRECTORATE STATUS C
FROM:
LEWIS, H. W.: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 08/01/91
SUBJECT: RE: THE POPULATION PROBLEM
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED: D.A. Henderson
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
ACTION: Comments to Bromley
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:08/20/91
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
Pierre Perrolle
Nancy Maynard
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS: Bromley's copy was received in DLS on 08/15/91 requesting
comments from DAH.
OSTP RECEIVED: 08/05/91
FILE: P- SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPT RECEIVED: 08/15/91
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Mary
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
August 20, 1991
MEMORANDUM TO ALLAN BROMLEY
FROM:
D.A. HENDERSON A
SUBJECT:
COMMENT ON LEWIS LETTER DEALING WITH
POPULATION
Professor Lewis cannot be well acquainted with the population literature given his
apparent belief that the last population extrapolation was done in 1960. In fact, as I
am sure you know there are many different agencies who annually review available
data and update computer models. The World Bank, the Population Council, the
United Nations Fund for Population Activities are three such institutions.
You might wish to note to Professor Lewis that there is good news and bad news.
The good news is that rate of increase of population growth has slowed more
substantially during the past decade than during any decade in recent history. The
bad news, of course, is that the rate of growth remains unacceptably high in the
countries least able to accommodate such growth and the adverse effects are, of
course, multiplied by urbanization, failing education programs, and failing economies.
The point, as I see it, is that dramatic gains can be made but the hour is late and
the resources limited.
An interesting footnote of which you may not be aware the lowest fertility rates in
all of Europe are now recorded in Italy! Interestingly, Sweden and Ireland have
almost identical fertility rates and both are at population replacement levels only.
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9123244
ORIGINATOR: 02
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FROM:
LEWIS, H. W.: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 08/01/91
SUBJECT: RE: THE POPULATION PROBLEM
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
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Pierre Perrolle
Nancy Maynard
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CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
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REMARKS:
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FILE: SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPT RECEIVED:
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Professor H. W. Lewis
Department of Physics
00
fax: (805)893-8597
[email protected]
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
[email protected]
(805)893-2670
August 1, 1991
Dear Allan:
I know that you will either think this is nutty or that you've heard it all before, but bear
with me for just a bit.
Most thoughtful people surely realize that the character of the world through the first half
of the next century is bound to include some kind of resolution-I deliberately don't use the
word solution, because no benign solution seems possible-of the world population problem.
There was a prescient article published in Science in 1960, which extrapolated the population
trends for the last few thousand years in a slightly sophisticated way, and concluded that the
world population would become infinite on November 13, 2026, a Friday. (We are still near
the track the authors laid out in 1960. When I tell this to friends, they gravely tell me the
population can't possibly become infinite, and I just as gravely tell them I know that.) The
point is that most population dynamicists know only about compound interest, while the
growth has for many centuries been faster than exponential. The important conclusion is that
the crunch is not a hundred years away, but only one generation, and many of the parents
of those kids already exist. There is precious little that can be done, and precious little
has been done to think through the consequences. Especially without muddying the waters
with "ethical" debates about birth control for other people and other such measures. Also,
since most of the population growth is now occurring in the Third World, it is "politically
incorrect" to even mention the problem in polite society, lest one be accused of advocating
genocide. I personally think it is a disabling fantasy to assume that the Third World will
sit quietly and endure mass poverty and starvation while we live in relative luxury. Mexico
alone will not permit it, and we have shown no intention of defending our borders. (It may
even be true, as was claimed in a recent book, that some parties in Mexico now include a
toast to the reconquest of California.)
Though I can't believe it hasn't been done, I don't know of any serious recent effort to take
the world population growth as a given, extrapolate it in some reasonable non-exponential
way (as was done by the authors of the 1960 Science article), and look beyond the year
2026. That is, after all, not so far away. I am not thinking of Club-of-Rome type computer
extrapolations of the depletion of resources and the effects of pollution, nor of a search for
"solutions" that would bring out the space buffs and other utopians, but a best effort to
take what we know, assume no unreasonable miracles, and project the most probable future.
In the little reading I've done I've seen only shallow stuff, more often than not promotions
disguised as forecasts, or well ground axes.
For example, if Malthus was right we'll drift fecklessly into a planet crowded with humans,
at a population-limiting subsistence level. I have trouble believing that that is sociologically
stable, but wonder what anthropologists think when forced to extrapolate to such a large
scale what they know about the behavior of smaller groups. Can pockets of literacy, let
alone science, survive in a subsistence world? Can anything resembling democracy survive
in such an environment-faith notwithstanding, I know of no historical evidence that it can.
I think it would be enlightening to give forecasting our best shot, as a kind of big think on
a global scale, without mixing it up with with either a search for solutions or with pious
wringing of hands. As I recall, something like this was tried a few administrations ago, but
it was parochial, and not done well. We don't require conservationists telling us to conserve,
birth controllers telling us to abstain, or utopians telling us to share and share alike. All may
be slightly right, but the idea here is to try to forecast what lies ahead if (as is most likely)
these things don't happen on a scale sufficient to make any difference. I'd like to reinvent
Malthus, and forbid computer models. (I love computers, but GIGO is a tough adversary.)
I have no idea to which agency I should have pitched this, which is why I have written you.
It may also be that there are dozens of fine studies of which I haven't heard. I do think that
this is the kind of enterprise from which one would learn a lot, just by trying. Fund a study,
task the Academy, form an institute, or whatever, but try to concentrate on the projections
rather than the panaceas.
On another subject, Ivan Selin was an inspired choice for Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission-how ever was he persuaded to take the job? The next thing would be to change
it from a Commission (after all, a hangover from the AEC days) to a single Administrator,
and leave him in the job. And if only the other admiral in the energy business were to find
another outlet for his talents
I never had any kickback on my visit to you on terrorism, just about a year ago, from which
I conclude that everything is in good shape. Right? Or is it time to resume pushing the end
of that wet noodle?
Cheers,
Rel
Hal Lewis
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
August 20, 1991
MEMORANDUM TO ALLAN BROMLEY
FROM:
D.A. HENDERSON IENDERSON
SUBJECT:
COMMENT ON LEWIS LETTER DEALING WITH
POPULATION
Professor Lewis cannot be well acquainted with the population literature given his
apparent belief that the last population extrapolation was done in 1960. In fact, as I
am sure you know there are many different agencies who annually review available
data and update computer models. The World Bank, the Population Council, the
United Nations Fund for Population Activities are three such institutions.
You might wish to note to Professor Lewis that there is good news and bad news.
The good news is that rate of increase of population growth has slowed more
substantially during the past decade than during any decade in recent history. The
bad news, of course, is that the rate of growth remains unacceptably high in the
countries least able to accommodate such growth and the adverse effects are, of
course, multiplied by urbanization, failing education programs, and failing economies.
The point, as I see it, is that dramatic gains can be made but the hour is late and
the resources limited.
An interesting footnote of which you may not be aware the lowest fertility rates in
all of Europe are now recorded in Italy! Interestingly, Sweden and Ireland have
almost identical fertility rates and both are at population replacement levels only.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 20, 1991
Dear Hal:
This is a belated answer to your letter of August 1 which arrived here just as I was
about to leave on a Canadian vacation. That, followed by some travel on the west
coast, has resulted in the delay in responding to you.
Your point is well taken. I recall the 1960 Science article and, of course, the World
Bank, the Population Council, and the United Nations Fund for Population Activities
turn out annual updates on the projected world population as their particular
population models churn them out.
If one looks at all these projects, there is both good and bad news. The good news is
that the rate of increase of population growth has slowed more substantially during
the past decade than during any decade in recent history. The bad news is, of
course, that the rate of growth remains unacceptably high in the countries least able
to accommodate such growth, and the adverse effects are, of course, multiplied by
urbanization, failing education programs and failing economies. The bottom line is
that dramatic gains can be made but not only is the hour late, but the resources
available in this particular field are severely limited.
I was interested to note in some recent material that crossed my desk that the lowest
fertility rate in all of Europe is now that recorded in Italy. Sweden and Ireland have
almost identical fertility rates, both at the replacement level only.
Obviously, this is a matter of great sensitivity in the political arena and it is very
difficult to separate the whole question of abortion, which I take to be a signature for
the failure of population control from questions of population control itself. Although
science and technology still have major contributions to make, the questions of
religion, morals, and ethics take strong precedence in almost all current discussions.
I would agree with you entirely that Ivan Selin is going to make a major difference in
the NRC and he is already very much involved. I look to him to inject a whole new
element of reasonableness in our approach to the nuclear option in the United States.
Incidentally, I thought that your treatment of this whole question in your book
Technological Risk, was extremely well done.
I have not forgotten our discussion on terrorism and related issues and am happy to
tell you that we have some very good people working in the area at the present time.
Obviously, affairs in the Gulf gave a major impetus to studies in this area.
Many thanks for writing and be assured that I am always interested in hearing from
you.
With all best wishes,
Sincerely yours,
Ana
D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. H. W. Lewis
Department of Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California 93106
Loggea
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121858
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS I
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
RINDFUSS, Ronald R.: POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
Piene
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/19/91
SUBJECT: REQUEST TO CONSIDER PUSHING FORWARD ON A SERIOUS
REVIEW OF FEDERAL, NON-ECONOMIC STATISTICS AND TO
CONSIDER INCREASING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE PRESENCE IN
PCAST.
DIRECTORATE
ASSIGNED: INTERNATIONAL/POLICY
pr
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED: AS NECESSARY
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
07/13/91
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
PCAST
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS:
CLOSED
OSTP RECEIVED: 06/24/91
FILE: P- SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPT RECEIVED:
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
August 13, 1991
Dear Dr. Rindfuss:
Thank you for your letter following up on my June meeting with leaders
of the social science community. I appreciate your bringing to my
attention your concerns and suggestions on various social science
matters.
With respect to Federal statistics, we are currently working with the
Office of Management and Budget's Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs on a number of issues which range from statistics to
the dissemination of scientific and technological information. We view
social science data and information as an integral part of science
information but, frankly, our policy concerns tend not to differentiate
economic and non-economic statistics. I would be interested in your
further views as to whether those two statistical areas differ significantly
in terms of data quality, policy relevance, or collection efficiencies.
On the matter of education, I agree fully that we need to know much
more than we do at present about the educational process. In my view,
a number of disciplines, sociology among them, have much to contribute
to the subject. The OSTP staff and I would welcome your signaling to
us significant items from the research literature that could inform our
policy process. I would also be interested in your further thoughts on
relevant data collection.
Finally, on your point about the President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology, I welcome your suggestions for candidates for
possible future vacancies. Though the Council is in no sense a body
"representative" of the various scientific and engineering disciplines, we
do believe that a diversity of perspectives is essential to generating
sound advice for the President.
Thank you again for your intitiative in maintaining the dialogue between
the Population Association and OSTP.
Sincerely,
DAMan D. Allan Bromley Sumley
The Assistant to the President
for
Science and Technology
Dr. Ronald R. Rindfuss
President
Population Association of America
Department of Sociology
CB #3210
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514
9121858
POPULATION ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
RE Established 1931
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1722 N. Street, N.W.
1991
91 JUN 24 P2: 37
Washington, DC 20036-0891
(202) 429-0891
President
Ronald R. Rindfuss
OFFICE OF THE
President-Elect
June 19, 1991
DIRECTOR
Etienne Van de Walle
First Vice-President
J. Richard Udry
Second Vice-President
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Frances K. Goldscheider
Assistant to the President for
Secretary-Treasurer
Science and Technology
Barbara Foley Wilson
The White House
Directors
Washington, D.C.
John B. Casterline (1989-91)
Susan Cochrane (1991-93)
Dear Dr. Bromley:
Barbara Entwisle (1991-93)
Dennis P. Hogan (1989-91)
Mary M. Kritz (1990-92)
Thank you for inviting me to the June 4 meeting which was
Linda G. Martin (1991-93)
designed to enhance the flow of ideas between OSTP and the social
Margaret M. Marini (1990-92)
science community. I was extremely impressed with the high level of
Beth Soldo (1990-92)
Teresa A. Sullivan (1989-91)
expertise in your office, particularly in the physical sciences. I was also
Arland Thornton (1991-93)
pleased to learn of the interest your office has in the social sciences, and
Amy Ong Tsui (1989-91)
the substantial progress that has already been made to incorporate the
Robert J. Willis (1990-92)
social sciences.
Administrator
I was attending the meeting in my capacity as President of the
Jen L. Suter
Population Association of America. We are a professional society of
population scientists, and not an advocacy group. As set forth in our
Certificate of Incorporation, the purposes of our organization are: "To
promote the improvement, advancement, and progress of the human race
by means of research with respect to problems connected with human
population, in both its quantitative and qualitative aspects, and the
dissemination and publication of such research...."
While listening to the presentations by you and your staff, I was
repeatedly struck by the overlap between your interests and the
substantive expertise of members of the Population Association of
America. Topics like global change, education, human resources, AIDS,
and the environment all have a strong population component. I was also
thinking about the already strong impact of population research on a
variety of federal policies, both domestic and foreign. On behalf of the
Population Association of America, let me make it clear that I and others
stand ready to provide assistance to your office as needed. Feel free to
reach me through the association office or you can contact me directly:
Department of Sociology
CB# 3210
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514
919-966-1724
919-966-5558
919-929-7701
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
June 19, 1991
Page two
In turn, let me suggest that it is now an opportune time for you and
your office to consider pushing forward on a serious review of federal,
non-economic statistics. It is my personal view that a careful review could
point out relatively inexpensive ways that the federal statistics currently
being collected could be improved so that they became a far more
valuable tool for policy makers, as well as for academics like myself, as
we consider policy options for the next century.
For example, you mentioned education. While I feel that the
National Center for Education Statistics does an extremely good job with
their data collection and analysis program, it would appear that the
President's education goals could be more carefully monitored if we knew
more about the relationship between the educational process and other
social trends, such as the high levels of divorce, the rise in out-of-wedlock
childbearing, the increase in labor force participation of mothers of young
children, the increase in adolescent sexuality, and the increase in step and
blended families. We need to ask whether it might be possible to
improve or coordinate our data collection efforts so that such questions
could be answered in a more timely and effective manner than is
currently the case.
Finally, let me ask you to consider increasing the social science
presence on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and
Technology. Your presentation convinced me of the importance of this
group, as well as the importance of increasing its social science
component.
Again, thanks for inviting me to the June 4 meeting.
Sincerely,
Ronald Ronald R. Rindfuss R.Riefuss
President
cc: Michael Teitelbaum
Nancy McConnell
Clifford Clogg
Barbara Wilson
Jen Suter
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FROM:
KING, Kay: APSIA
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/14/91
SUBJECT: A THANK YOU LETTER FOR INCLUDING APSIA IN OSTP'S
MEETING WITH SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
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ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
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DATE COMPLETED:
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D. Allan Bromley
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS:
OSTP RECEIVED: 06/19/91
FILE: SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPT RECEIVED:
9121803
APSIA
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS
91 JUN 19 P3: 16
June 14, 1991
'OFFICE OF THE
KAY KING
DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
for Science and Technology
School of International Service
The White House
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Washington, D.C. 20500
School of International and Public Affairs
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Dear Dr. Bromley:
Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies
On behalf of Deans Stokes and Goodman and myself, I would like
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Graduate School of International Studies
to thank you for including APSIA in the Office of Science and
Technology Policy's meeting with social science research organizations.
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Edmund A. Walsh School
of Foreign Service
We appreciated the opportunity to learn more about OSTP's
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
operations and the role that the social sciences play in them. We hope
The Elliott School of International Affairs
you will continue to keep the lines of communication open with
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
organizations such as ours and look forward to sharing our ideas and
John F. Kennedy School of Government
concerns with you and your staff in the future.
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
The Paul H. Nitze School
of Advanced International Studies
Sincerely,
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Graduate School of Public
and International Affairs
Kay King
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Kay King
Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
School of International Relations
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
The Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy
YALE UNIVERSITY
Yale Center for International
and Area Studies
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs
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ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS C
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
ABLER, Ronald F.: ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/07/91
SUBJECT: A THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING OF 06/04/91 WITH THE
LEADERS OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNITY.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED:
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REQUIRED:
ACTION:
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STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
Pierre Perrolle
INTERNATIONAL/POLICY
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
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OSTP RECEIVED: 06/10/91
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DEPT RECEIVED:
9121683
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91 JUN 10 : 44 Ronald F. Abler, Executive Director
OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR
7 June 1991
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President for
Science and Technology and
Director, Office of Science and Technology
Old Executive Office Building
17th and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20506
Dear Dr. Bromley:
I was most heartened by your comments at the 4 June 1991 meeting with leaders of
the social science community. The views on the value of the social sciences expressed by
you and your deputies are most refreshing.
Thanks for taking the time to meet with us. I shall do my best to ensure that OSTP
receives timely and trenchant advice from the community of geographers.
Sincerely,
R Alile
Ronald F. Abler
Executive Director
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President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Past President
SUSAN HANSON
JOHN RUSSELL MATHER
RICHARD H. SKAGGS
STEPHEN S. BIRDSALL
SAUL B. COHEN
Graduate School of Geography
Department of Geography
Department of Geography
Department of Geography
Department of Geography
Clark University
University of Delaware
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
Hunter College
Worcester MA 01610-1477
Newark DE 19716
Minneapolis MN 55455
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3220
New York NY 10021
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
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DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121682
ORIGINATOR: 02
STATUS C
DIRECTORATE STATUS
FROM:
SILVER, Howard J.: CONSORTIUM OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS
TO:
DR. D.A. BROMLEY
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 06/06/91
SUBJECT: APPRECIATION FOR MEETING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
THE SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNITY.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
STAFF DUE DATE
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
Dr. Wong
Tom Ratchford
Pierre Perrolle
D.A. Henderson
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
PHONE:
EXT:
REMARKS:
OSTP RECEIVED: 06/10/91
FILE: SOCIAL SCIENCE
DEPT RECEIVED:
9121682
CONSORTiUM of Social SCiENCE Associations
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June 6, 1991
OFFICE Or THE
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President for Science
DIRECTOR
and Technology Policy
Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy
The White House
Washington, DC 20556
Dear Dr. Bromley:
I am writing to express our appreciation for your taking the
time out of your busy schedule to meet with the representatives
of the social science community on Tuesday.
We continue to applaud your commitment to including the
social, economic and psychological sciences as important parts of
the science policy agenda for the nation. Your speech was
delightful and informative in helping the social science groups
understand OSTP's plans and where the social sciences fit in.
The presentations by the Associate and Assistant Directors
were extremely helpful as well. I was particularly struck by Dr.
Wong's inclusion of the social consequences and implications of
the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative and
by Dr. Henderson's comments about health care economics and the
Decade of the Brain.
I also want to thank you again for Pierre, who did an
excellent job in organizing the meeting. We look forward to
working with you and him in the coming months to pursue the
points you highlighted and to provide the information you seek to
help explain science to the policy-makers and science policy to
the scientists.
Thank you again for your time and cooperation.
Sincerely,
Howard J. Silver
Executive Director
American Anthropological Association
American Economic Association
American Historical Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American Sociological Association
American Statistical Association
Association of American Geographers
Association of American Law Schools
Linguistic Society of America
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
INFORMATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121575
FROM:
KING, Kay: APSIA
TO:
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 05/29/91
SUBJECT: ACCEPTANCE OF THE INVITATION TO ATTEND THE MEETING
OF PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SOCIAL
SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS 06/04/91.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
INTERNATIONAL/POLICY
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
REMARKS:
DATE RECEIVED: 05/31/91
FILE: SOCIAL SCIENCE
9121575
RECAPSIA
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
91 MAY 31 P2: 55
OFFICE OF THE
KAY KING
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
May 29, 1991
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
School of International Service
D. Allan Bromley
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Assistant to the President
School of International and Public Affairs
for Science and Technology
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
The White House
Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies
Washington, D.C. 20500
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
Graduate School of International Studies
Dear Dr. Bromley:
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Edmund A. Walsh School
Thank you for your invitation to attend the meeting of presidents
of Foreign Service
and executive directors of social science organizations on June 4 at OSTP.
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
I will be delighted to join you and my colleagues from other social
The Elliott School of International Affairs
sciences organizations around the country to discuss mutual concerns.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
John F. Kennedy School of Government
I will contact Ms. Rosell with the information required for entry
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
The Paul H. Nitze School
into the Old Executive Office Building.
of Advanced International Studies
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Again, thank you for the invitation, and I look forward to meeting
Graduate School of Public
you next week.
and International Affairs
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Sincerely,
Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
School of International Relations
Ray King
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
Kay King
The Fletcher School
of law and Diplomacy
YALE UNIVERSITY
Yale Center for International
and Area Studies
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs
THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
2400 N STREET, NW / WASHINGTON, DC 20037 / PHONE (202) 862-7989 / FAX (202) 862-2610
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
ACTION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121556
FROM:
GOUREVITCH, Peter: ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS OF
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
TO:
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 05/29/91
SUBJECT: GOURVITCH WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING OF
SOCIAL SCIENCES ORGANIZATIONS 06/04/91, BUT KARA
KING WILL ATTEND. HE ALSO SUGGESTS THAT DONALD
STOKES AND LOUIS GOODMAN ATTEND IN HIS PLACE.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED: INTERNATIONAL/POLICY
ASSIGNED:
ACTION REQUIRED: AS NECESSARY
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
05/31/91
DATE COMPLETED: 5/31/91
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
REMARKS: No action recessary. They are cleared in
for meeting.
DATE RECEIVED: 05/30/91
FILE: SOCIAL SCIENCES
AP SIA
ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
IT MAY 30 A10: 48
OFFICE OF TORE
May 29, 1991
PETER GOUREVITCH
PRESIDENT
D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
School of International Service
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
School of International and Public Affairs
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Dear Dr. Bromley:
Graduate School of International
Relations and Pacific Studies
Thank you for your invitation to attend the meeting of presidents
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
and executive directors of social sciences organizations on June 4 at
Graduate School of International Studies
OSTP. I applaud your effort to enhance communications between your
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
office and the social sciences community in the United States.
Edmund A. Walsh School
of Foreign Service
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Please forgive my delay in responding, but I was trying to
The Elliott School of International Affairs
rearrange my schedule so that I could attend the meeting. Unfortunately,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
commitments in California will prevent me from coming East for the
John F. Kennedy School of Government
meeting, but Kay King, Executive Director of APSIA, will attend.
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
The Paul H. Nitze School
of Advanced International Studies
Also, if I may, I would like to suggest that Donald E. Stokes, Dean
of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
Graduate School of Public
Princeton University, and Louis W. Goodman, Dean of the School of
and International Affairs
International Service at American University, attend in my place. In
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
addition to chairing APSIA's Task Force on Science, Technology and
Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs
International Affairs, Dean Stokes is the immediate past President of
APSIA; Dean Goodman is the current Secretary-Treasurer and President-
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
School of International Relations
elect of APSIA. Thus, both are particularly qualified to represent APSIA
at the meeting.
TUFTS UNIVERSITY
The Fletcher School
of law and Diplomacy
Again, thank you for your invitation, and I hope to get an
YALE UNIVERSITY
opportunity to meet you in the near future.
Yale Center for International
and Area Studies
Sincerely,
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
Norman Paterson
School of International Affairs
Peter Gourevitch
THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE
2400 N STREET, NW / WASHINGTON, DC 20037 / PHONE (202) 862-7989 / FAX (202) 862-2610
"CORRESPONDENCE TRACKING"
TYPE:
INFORMATION
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 9121587
FROM:
LIEBERMAN, Ann: NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESTRUCTURING EDUCATION,
SCHOOLS AND TEACHING
TO:
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
DATE OF
CORRESPONDENCE: 05/21/91
SUBJECT: CONFIRMATION OF ATTENDANCE FOR THE 06/04/91 MEETING.
DIRECTORATE
STAFF
ASSIGNED:
ASSIGNED:
ACTION
STAFF
REQUIRED:
ACTION:
SENDER'S DUE DATE:
OSTP DUE DATE:
DATE COMPLETED:
DATE COMPLETED/DEPT:
COPIES TO: D. Allan Bromley
INTERNATIONAL/POLICY
WHITE HOUSE TRACKING #:
CONTACT PERSON:
REMARKS:
DATE RECEIVED: 06/03/91
FILE: SOCIAL SCIENCES
9121587
NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESTRUCTURING EDUCATION, SCHOOLS AND TEACHING
RECEIVED IVED
NYC CENTER FOR SCHOOL REFORM
JUNE
91 MAY 3 A10: 35
Co-DIRECTORS
LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND
ANN LIEBERMAN
'OFFICE OF THE
DIRECTOR
May 21, 1991
Dr. D. Allan Bromley
The Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology
and Director
Office of Technology
The White House
Washington, D. C.
ATT:
Ms. Virginia Rosell
Fax No.: 202 - 395 - 3719
Dear Dr. Bromley:
This will confirm my attendance at the meeting between OSTP
and the research communities on June 4th at 2:00 P. M.
My full name is:
Ann Lieberman
My birth date is:
March 26th, 1931
I am looking forward to seeing you on June 4th.
Sincerely,
Ann Lieberman
Box 110, TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY 10027
(212) 678-3432 FAX (212) 678-4048