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- 15 July 1962-February 1973 (Creation)
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1 file
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Contains correspondence on Bronowski becoming a fellow of the Academy (1962), Bronowski supporting a proposal to award the first honorary membership to King Gustaf VI of Sweden, planning for a World University, the 3rd plenary meeting in Rome (1965), the death of Dr Hugo Boyko (was president) and Harold D Lasswell taking over as president.
Includes: circular letters sent to members on the activities of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS); membership lists and lists of proposed and newly elected members; a financial report (1963-64); a notice about members who had died (G J P Domagk, W C Leeuw and Leo Szilard); a timetable of the 3rd plenary meeting in Rome; a programme, list of lectures, report and copy of a notice in 'Nature and Resources' UNESCO newsletter about the associated symposium on "Highly Saline and Seawater Irrigation without or in combination with Desalination".
Also includes booklets containing: the Manifesto and statutes of the Academy, 'Environment and Society in Transition: World Priorities' and a 'WAAS-Newsletter' (Jan 1966).
Additionally contains a National Coal Board memo about sick leave, 1963.
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This file was added to the series, it was originally out of sequence as it was contained in a larger folder.