Re: Ominous Sign -- the demise of a great program that has helped

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Posted-Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 18:39:53 -0500
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Date: Wed, 8 Feb 1995 15:41:09 +0800
To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
From: jwarren@well.sf.ca.us (Jim Warren)
Subject: Re: Ominous Sign -- the demise of a great program
that has helped       computer
 science develop. WHY!!!


>We  received a letter From ONR today that begins:
>
>"It is with strong and mixed feelings that I tell you that the Office
>of Naval Research (ONR) Graduate Fellowship Program is suspended,
>effective with the class of Fellows that would've been selected in 1995."




I hope the letter also explained how much the national defense was being
harmed by the suspension of these Fellows - and stated how much money was
thus made available for balancing the budget and paying down the national
debt.


--jim
Jim Warren, GovAccess moderator; columnist, MicroTimes/Govt.Tech/BoardWatch