Abstract :
President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicated the Boulder (Colorado) Laboratories of the National Bureau of Standards recently. The dedication climaxed a week-long program of scientific conferences and lectures, an open house, and other activities held in connection with the opening of the new laboratories. Also participating in the program were Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks; Dr. Allen V. Astin, Director of the National Bureau of Standards; and Dr. Frederick W. Brown, Director of the Boulder Laboratories.