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...Throughout his rigorous preparation, the geologist-astronaut has maintained superb health and excelled as a trainee. He ranked second in his class of 50 at Air Force flight school, and has spent countless hours on field trips everywhere from Iceland to Hawaii teaching fellow astronauts how to spot and select geologically significant rocks. He worked closely with NASA scientists in devising scoops, shovels and other tools for the moon. Says NASA Flight Director Gene Kranz: "If anyone deserves a flight, it is Jack Schmitt...
...petition, signed by 1500 undergraduates, called for Whitlock to hold College-wide elections to pick the two student members for the ACSR. The petition claimed that Whitlock intended to select the two students himself, after conducting interviews with applicants...
...favored boycotting the elections for student members, but after the confrontational tactics failed, the minority faction prevailed and the Union decided to run a slate for the Commission. Another student-Faculty group, the Committee on Graduate Education, which had been long-dormant, was activated, and the elections would also select student members to this body. The Committee has wide-ranging responsibilities; it was charged by the Fainsod Report with preparing legislation for Faculty consideration on a variety of issues affecting graduate education...
...group proposes that each House select two members to be placed on a ballot. The student body would elect the two members to the ACSR from this group of nominees...
...group, the "Harvard-Radcliffe Lobby," proposes that each House elect two prospective committee members and that from a ballot of 28 candidates, the student body vote to select the two advisory committee members...