e REF ID: A6593. 

ST. PAUL, MINN. ARLINGTON. VA. 

~~~~~~IA't!. e 507 18~ STREET SOUTH, ARLINGTON, VA. 

12 December 1951 

MEMORANDUM TO MR. FRIEDMAN: 

In connection with the proposed program of basic research, Dr. 

Tompkins has submitted the following information: 

I. Rand Corporation 

1. Experience; Computing, exceeds that o!.' any place other 

than MIT probably. 

2. Estimated willingness: Neutral to favorable. 

3. Security available: Perfect. 

4. Stan· a.va.ilable: Mathematicians. 

Electronics. 

1lilitary Scientists. 

5. Facilities now 011 hand: Large computing installation. 

Fair military library. Fair science library. 

6. Housing (temporary) availability and help in finding: Fair. 

7. Location: Santa Monica, California. 

8. Ranking on list: No. 1. 

II. National Bureau of Standards 

L EKperience: Computing good, and Director of INA is likely 

to be one of world's leading nwnerical analysts. 

2. Estimated willingness: Willing to do anything. 

3. Security available: None, except locked safes. 

4. Staff available: Good, but facilities to expand limited to 

(a) Civil Service appointments, or possibly (b) UCLA 

appointments. 

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5. Facilities now on hand: 604 & CPC. f!NAC not yet 

functioning. Good math library. Access to UCLA 

library. 

6. Housing: Excellent. 

7. Location: UCLA, Westwood Village, Los Angeles 24, 

California. 

8. Ranking on list: No. 2. (Possibly above RAND if UCLA 

cooperates fully.) 

III. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

1. EJq>erience: Excellent. 

2. Estimated willingness: Questionable. 

3. Security available: Good. 

4. Staff available: Excellent. 

5. Facilities: Large computing installation. Excellent 

libraries, except .military. 

6. Housing: Probably poor. 

7. Location: Cambridge, l{a.ssachusetts. 

8. Ranking on list: No. 3. 

IV. Princeton University 

1. Experience: Excellent. 

2. Est:llna.ted willingness: Neutral to favorable. 

3. Security available: Good at Forrestal Center. 

4. Staff available: Superb, but loaded down nmv with 

first year activities of Forrestal Center. 

5. Facilities: Good library four miles from Forrestal 

Center. No computing equipment now knovm to operate 

at Forrestal. 

6. Housing: Very poor. 

7. Location: Princeton, New Jersey. 

8. Rank:ing on list= No. 4. 
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V. AFSA Contractors 

1. Raytheon Big 

Medium 

Small 

2. ERA 

3. Reed Research 

May be able to set up separate facility at some location 

such as Newport Naval station. Reed probably willing; 

others willingness unknown. Una.ttracti ve employers; however, S~ndia Corporation seems successful. 

VI. University of Chicago 

Probably s:>me objections about climate and housing, to 

using the excellent facilities which might be available. 

VII. Bell Telephone Laboratories 

Not recommended by BTL members of SCAG. Probably unwilling. 

VIII. The Johns Hopkins University 

Probably willing, but they have not been spectacularly 

successful with either ORO or the ONR communications 

project. 

IX. George Washington University 

Willing, but probably not amdous. No security now 

available. Facilities on hand poor. 

X. Stanford Research Institute 

Probably incompetent. Probably willing. Know next to 

nothing about them. Friendly with, but not part of, 

Stanford University. 

XI. American Power Jet 

Certainly interested, but probably completely incompetent. 

Have some operations research contracts with Army and 

Navy. Montclair, New Jersey. 

XII. Ridenour Research Associates (Approximate mme) • 

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New canpany. Robertson and van Neumann knmv Ridenour 

well. Possibly a good bet. Location probably near 

Laguna Beach, California. 

wr.-~ H. T. Engstrom