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Congressional committees eliminated the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), a program the Carter Administration supported. Eric J. Chaisson, assistant professor of Astronomy, had hoped that his $147,000 four-year proposal, "An Operational, Dedicated SETI Program," would pass as part of SETI's $2 million budget...
...designed the course to be a little more difficult this year," Eric J. Chaisson, assistant professor of Astronomy, said, "in the hopes that we could cut down a bit on the enrollment. I also made a plea the first day for the scientists to get out of the class...
Astro 8 involves a minimal amount of mathematics, attracting a substantial number of non-science majors, Eric. J. Chaisson, assistant professor of Astronomy, said yesterday, "The sections are taught with slides and movies, making the course more interesting," Chaisson said...
...able spokesman in "the Tank." That is where the thrice-weekly meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are held to decide what operational requests will be presented to the President. Though the Marine commandant has a lesser influence in "the Tank," reflecting the size of the corps. Chaisson's supporters both in and out of the corps felt that he was the best man for that difficult role in a difficult time. Had Chaisson sat in the same Joint Chiefs of Staff group with Zumwalt, the quality of military debate might well have been raised to its highest...
...Great Guy. But the President, for his own reasons, passed over Chaisson and Assistant Corps Commandant General Raymond Davis, 56, the only other plausible candidate, for Cushman. The choice was partly personal. From 1957 to 1960, Cushman served as Assistant for National Security Affairs to then Vice President Nixon. When Nixon assumed the presidency eight years later, he appointed Cushman to the CIA, where his chief responsibility was to represent the agency on the United States Intelligence Board, which is the hub of the U.S. intelligence-gathering network...