Organization and by-Laws of the Council of Participating Institutions of Argonne National Laboratory

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0 F BART IC IPAT ING INST IT UT IONS The purposes of the Council of Participating Institutions of Argonne (1) t o facilitate and extend cooperation between the Argonne National Laboratory and educational and research institutions which become members of the Council of Participating Institutions and (2) t o provitde a mechanism €orthe maximum participationby member institutions in the Argonne National Laboratory program. The need and desirability of a vigorous program of participation h a s been recognized by the United States Atomic Energy Commission which sponsors the work of the Argonne National Laboratory. This program of participation has been generally endorsed, and the Council has been recognized, in a statemtent on the “Operating Policy of the Argonne National Laboratory”2 which has been approved by the Commission and the Labora- ‘The Participating Institutions comprise the educational and research institutions listed .in Appendix I and such other institutions which may become members in accordance with the by-laws. The Argonne National Laboratory is a Government owned installation for atomic energy research and development which is operated by the University of Chicago under a contract with the United States Atomic Energy

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The opportunities f o r cooperation between the Argonne National Laboratory and the Participating Institutions a r e extensive and, by way of illustration, include the following: (1) Joint experimental programs in which personnel and facilities of both the Participating Institutions and the Laboratory a r e (2) Interchange of research personnel between the Participating Institutions and the Laboratory. Promotion of student exchange and training programs, including the training of students f r o m Participating Institutiohs at the Laboratlory and the training of Laboratory personnel at the Participating Institutions. Arrangements may b e made t o enable graduate students t o work in the Laboratory on research pro - grams leading to dissertations for presentation to their instiThe use of special Laboratory facilities in the form of equipment such as reactors,particle accelerators, etc. (6) Consideration of educational problems of mutual interest. It is recognized that this participating program will be carried out in a manner consistent with the Operating Policy and with the contractual commitments of the Laboratory, and’ designed to meet as far a s possible t h e needs of the Participating Institutions. The “Operating Policy of the Argonne National Laboratory” a l s o provides for the establishment of a n ARGONNE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.3 Two m e m b e r s of the executive board of the Council of Participating Institutions (Council Exlecutive Board o r CEB) are to be nominated by the Board for appointment t o the Argonne Advisory Committee. 3This committee will serve in an advisory capacity t o the Laboratory

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The Council of the F’articipating Institutions Each Part ic tpating Institution will have one representative i n the Council appointed by the president o r executive officer of the institution. All members of the Council are subject t o AEC clearance. The regular meeting of the Council will normally b e held on the day following the M a r c h meeting of the Council Executive Board. Special meetings may b e called by the chairman of the Council o r by petition of at least five members of the Council presented t o the secretary of the Council. The secretai-y of t h e Council will b e appointed by the Council Executive Board. He will also serve as secretary of the CEB. Each member of the Council will have one vote in the Council. It is desirable that the Council representative so appointed by the executive officer of the institution (1) have such responsibility delegated tohim by his member institution that he c a n make appropriate commitments on behalf of represent all of the scientific interests of his institution concern ed with the cooperative activities of the Laboratory, and serve as the official channel between his institution and the Laboratory on all matters relating to the cooperative research Attendance of Council members at meetings of the Council shall b e without expense t o the government. Any designated member of the Council may b e represented at a Council meeting by an alternate, providing the alternate has AEC clearance and presents credentials from the executive officer of the institution he If any institution fails t o send a representative t o two successive regular meetings of t h e Council, the institution shall be considered t o have terminated its membership in the Council. An institution, not a member of the Participating Institutions, upon application may b e elected to membership by approval of two-thirds of the members of the Council.

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The Council Executive Board The Council Executive Board shall consist of eight members normally serving for four years each. The members of the present Board of Governors will continue to serve as members of the CEB in completion of the terms for which they were elected t o the Board of Governors. In even numbered years the Council shall elect at its March meeting two new mem - bers of the CEB. In March of odd numbered years the Council shall elect one new member of the CEB, and the retiring CEB after this election shall appoint one new member.Members thus elected o r appointed t o the CEB will take office a t the succeeding June meeting. In the transition y e a r s the CEB shall make suc:h additional appointments for such terms as are necessary to maintain the total membership in the CEB at eight. The members of the CEBneed not be selected from the membership of the Council but shall be subject t o AEC clearance. Election o r appointment t o the CEB shall automatically make an individual a member of the Council. Membership in the CEB should b e distributed among t h e fields of the physical sciences, the biological sciences, medicine and engineering. The Council. Executive Board a t i t s June meeting will elect its own chairman and vice-chairman from its membership, each to serve for a term of one year.These officers will also serve as chairman and vicechairman respectively of the Council. It is expected that normally the vice-chairman of the CEB will succeed t o the chairmanship. The retiring chairman shall b e the presidingofficer of the new board for the purpose of effecting its organization. The secretary of the CEB will b e appointed by the CEB. He will also serve as secr'etary of the Council and may b e either a member of the Council or a member of the staff of the Laboratory. Two m e m b e r s of the CEB shall be nominated by the CEB at its October meeting f a r appointment t o the Argonne Advisoi-y Committee (AAC) each for aterm of one year. The regular meetings of the CEB shall be held the first Monday of October, March and June. Special meetings may be called by the chairman o r by request of three members of the CEB. In order to have a quorum,

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five members of the Board must be present at a meeting. In the case of a vacancy in a n elective membership occurring on the CEB, the remaining members of the Board shall appoint a properly qualified individual to serve until the next March meeting of the Council, at which time a member shall be elected t o the Board to serve the unexpired term. A nominating committee for members of the CEB shall b e appointed each January by the chairman of the Council from the membership of the This statement of organization and by-laws may b e amended a t any regular o r special meeting of the Council by a vote representing a twothirds majority of the Participating Institutions, provided that notice of the proposed amendment shall have been given in writing t o all members of said Council at l e a s t two weeks before the date of the meeting, and provided such amendments a r e approved by the operating contractor and by the AEC. F o r Council of Participating Institutions Warren C. Johnyon, Chairman F o r Argonne National Laboratory Approved for Contractor The University of Chicago Chic ago Operations Office

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Batt elle Memorial In st itut e Carnegie Institute of Technology Case Institute of’ Technology The University o f Chicago Michigan State College University of Michigan University of Minnesota University of Missouri University of Cincinnati Illinois Institute of Technology University of Illinois Iowa State College The State University of Iowa Kansas State College The University of Kansas Michigan College of The University of Nebraska University of Notre Dame The Ohio State University Oklahoma Agricultural and The University of Pittsburgh Western Reserve University T h e University of Wisconsin

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The following excerpt f r o m the “Operating Policy of ANL” (June 1 , 1950) deals with the Participating Institution program : “ A mechanism to assure greater interaction between ANL and neighboring universities and research institutions will b e established. It is recognized that the Council of Participating Institutions is studying mechanisms €or providing greater interaction between neighboring universities and research institutions and the Argonne Laboratory, Such interaction might consist of provision f o r interchange of personnel, for graduate students completing work at Argonne, for graduate study on the p a r t of Argonne personnel, for mutual stimulation in basic research programs, and for assistance on the part of university engineering departments t o the Argonne development program. The AE:C endorses the emphasis being given to this type of interaction by Argconne in i t s plans for an ‘Associate Director in Charge of Educational Programs and University Relations. ’ Such a Laboratory official would require the assistance of a representative group chosen from among the neighboring universities in much the same way a s is the present Board of Governors in order to make these various modes of interaction really effective. Since the activities of the basic research groups of the Laboratory closely parallel those of neighboring university faculties, it is expected that the interchange of ideas and talent with adjacent university groups would stimulate both. It is accepted that the Laboratory will have unique facilities. Moreover, the Laboratory Director, in establishing the personnel ceilings for the Laboratory will m a k e provision for the accommodation of qualified research personnel as temporary staff members. This,in addition to assuring participation in the Laboratory ’ s program by members of neighboring research organizations, would also provide space for any emergency expansion of the Laboratory program. ”