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From: J. Chowning
March 22, 1974

REGARDING NSF SUPPORT:

The prelininary  proposal has been  sent to  the following people  at
NSF:

	Dr. D. Don Aufenkamp, Head, Computer Applications in Research
	Office of Computing Activities
	National Science Foundation
	800 G Street
	Washington, D.C.  Telephone: (202) 632-5743

	Dr. Howard Moraff, Director, Techniques and Systems Program
	Computer Applications in Research
	Office of Computing Activities
	National Science Foundation
	800 G Street
	Washington, D.C.  Telephone: (202) 632-5743

	Dr. Kent Curtis, Head, Computer Science and Engineering 
	Office of Computing Activities
	National Science Foundation
	800 G Street
	Washington, D.C.  Telephone: (202) 632-7346

Aufenkamp is the head of the section which seems the most appropriate
for support  of this  proposal  and Moraff  is the  program  director
within the section. Max Mathews  knows Aufenkamp and Curtis well, and
although  the section headed  by Curtis is  probably not appropriate,
Max suggested sending him a copy nonetheless with the thought that he
can provide advice.

I have an appointment to see Aufenkamp and Moraff on April 1, to talk
with them about support for  the proposal and any suggested  changes.
I will phone or write the results of the  meeting and you can contact
Andy Moorer (most  likely to be at the A.I. Lab during working hours)
who will organize re-writing the proposal.  You might then contact W.
Massey's  office  to see  if  they  can  be  involved in  the  formal
submitting to  NSF ( W. Massey will be in Washington around April 20,
I understand).

I will ask NSF to make any further contacts  through your office, and
you  can then  relay to  the appropriate  person (Leland,  Andy, John
Grey, or Loren Rush). They will provide for your file, memos of phone
converstions and copies of any correspondence.

In addition, copies of the proposal have been sent to:

	Dr. Max Mathews
	Director, Behavioral Research Laboratories
	Bell Telephone Laboratories
	600 Mountain Ave.
	Murray Hill, N.J. 07974 Telephone: (201) 464-2685

	Dr. John R. Pierce
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	California Institute of Technology
	Pasadena, Ca. 91109 Telephone (213) 795-6811

Mathews  and Pierce  are  both  familiar  with our  work,  especially
Mathews,  and can be considered  as resources.   Mathews will provide
well-considered advice and  has offered to  help in  any way that  he
can.  Pierce,  I don't know so  well, but he looks  favorably on both
the work we have done and the proposal.

Beverly Burlinson, Sponsored Projects Office (2883), has attended one
of our demos and can be of help in pursuing the proposal at  NSF once
submitted.   She can also suggest other  agencies and foundations who
are potential sources of support.

REGARDING FOUNDATION SUPPORT: It seems to me that the best  strategy,
here, is to contact foundations who may be interested and invite them
to Stanford to see what we are doing. I plan to return for a month in
the summer or fall to finish  "the piece" and if we could  coordinate
my  return with  visits  of foundation  representatives  it might  be
useful.    We will  provide a  3 or  4  page document  appropriate to
foundation support of the Center, that is, non-technical.

Helen Shepherd  (4471) is  the  principle contact  re foundation  and
private donor support.