Lewis M. Branscomb - Publications

(There are over 500 entries for the years dating back to 1950. Lewis M. Branscomb is sole author unless otherwise noted.)

1990:

"Dual Use Technologies" EAJ Information, No. 9, January 10, 1990 (Tokyo: Engineering Academy of Japan); from a lecture delivered February 21, 1989 in Tokyo for NISTEP. Also in NISTEP International Comparative Study Series No. 3, Feb. 1989 (Tokyo: Science and Technology Agency, National Institute for Science and Technology Policy.)

Forward to Jean‑Claude Derian, America's Struggle for Leadership in Technology, Cambridge MA: MIT press, 1990.

"Science, Technology, and Public Policy Research and Design in a Professional School of Government," in Hiroshi Inose, Masahiro Kawasaki, and Fumio Kodama, eds., Science and Technology Policy Research: What Should be Done? What Can Be Done?, Tokyo: Mita Press, 1991, pp 21-30.

"The Case for a Dual‑Use National Technology Policy," Aspen Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 1990, pp 33-52.

"Public Uses of Information Systems: Principles for Design and Application" International Journal on Human‑Computer Interaction, vol. 2, No. 2, 1990, pp.173‑182.

"A Summary of Global Technology Trends of Possible Strategic Interest to the People's Republic of China" in From Technology Transfer to Technology Management in China, Leuenberger, Ed., Europe‑Asia‑Pacific Studies in Economy and Technology, Heidelberg: Springer‑Verlag, 1990, pp. 211 - 226. (Paper was discussed at a meeting with the Chinese leadership June 5, 1988.)

"The Re-Birth of the United States: Redirecting America's Science and Technology," in Asahi Journal, No. 1, 1990, pp. 84-88 (in Japanese).

1990 Testimony:

Committee on the Armed Services, House of Representatives, March 21, 1990: "Defense Research and Technology Strategy for a Changing International Security Environment".

1990 Invited Lectures:

"Science, Innovation, and Economic Competitiveness: New Models, New Issues" Executive Conference, Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology, Government of Canada, Ottawa, April 2 1990.

1989:

"The Defense Connection: The Pentagon's Impact on American High Technology" Asahi Journal, to appear in Japanese, summer 1989.

"Putting Knowledge to Work" The MIT Report, Volume 17, No. 5, June 1989.

"Strategies for Choice in the Federal Science and Technology Budget" in R&D in the New Administration Change and Continuity, Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy, Susan L. Sauer, ed., Washington DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989, pp 63-74.

"NBS Policy Perspective 1951‑1972," in Science and Technology in the Public Interest: The National Bureau of Standards in the Post‑War Era 1945‑1985, forthcoming.

"Policy for Science and Engineering in 1989: A Public Agenda for Economic Renewal", Business in the Contemporary World, vol. 2, No. 1, Autumn 1989. [This paper first appeared, under same title, in Bulliten of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1988, without the references and footnotes.]

1989 Testimony:

"The Adequacy, Direction and Priorities for the American Science and Technology Effort", Hearing Feb. 28 1989, before the Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee Print, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989.

"Review of Issues in Science and Technology Policy", Hearing, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Services, April 6 1989, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Record 1989.

"Defense Technology Strategy: Leveraging and Supporting the Nation's Dual‑Use Industrial Base," Senate Committee on the Armed Services, Subcommittee on Defense Industry and Technology, May 16, 1989, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Record 1989.

"Science and Technology Policy for the Nineties," Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, September 28, 1989, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Record 1989.

1989 Invited Lectures:

"Dual‑Use Technology: Optimizing Economic and Security Interests Through National Technology Policy", Distinguished Honeywell W.R. Sweatt Lecture on Technology Leadership, May 18 1989, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota, to be published, 1989. [Available as Discussion Paper STPP 89‑08.]

"The Spin‑Off Myth: America's Surrogate Industrial Policy" Francis G. Slack Lecture in Physics, Vanderbilt University, Sept. 21 1989.

"The Well‑springs of American Technology: Balancing Public and Private Interests" The Daniel Alpert Lecture, University of Illinois, October 18 1989.

1988:

"Supporting the President's Need for Technical Advice," in Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary (William Golden, ed.), New York: Pergamon Press, 1988.

"The Changing Face of Science and Engineering," in Howard L. Hartman, ed., Southern Technology: Past, Present, and Future, Proceedings, 150th Anniversary Symposium on Technology and Society, (Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama, March 3‑4, 1988) pages 5-25.

"What We Hope for Japan in the Age of World Competition—A Letter to a Japanese Scientist", Oyo Buturi (Applied Physics) Vol. 57, No. 4, April 1988 (in English and Japanese).

"Electrical Engineering: From Soldering Irons to Simulators", in Future Directions in Electrical Engineering: Societal Impacts and Future Directions, Simpson Linke, Ed., Proceedings of the Cornell Electrical Engineering Centennial Symposium, June 12 1985, Ithaca, NY: Promethean Press, 1988.

"Information Technology: Opportunities for Cooperation" in Pacific Cooperation and Information Technology (PACIT 88), edited by Peter Robinson and Vishwas P. Govitrikar, Vancouver, Canada: Asia Pacific Foundation, pp 43‑49, 1988.

"The End of Chauvinism?", Look Japan September 1988 (in English).

"Policy for Science and Engineering in 1989: A Public Agenda for Economic Renewal", The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Bulliten, Vol. 42, No. 3, Dec. 1988. (This paper appeared in 1989 with complete references as STPP discussion paper 89‑01 and was republished with footnotes in Business in the Contemporary World: see 1989 publications.)

"Motors of the Mind: New Prospects and Visions for Mankind" Earth '88: Changing Geographic Perspectives, Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1988.

1988 Testimony:

"Freedom of Information" Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and the Law, March 16, 1988, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988.

"Budget Priorities for Science and Technology", Senate Committee on the Budget, March 16, 1988, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988.

1987:

"The Next Generation: From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Personality," Leaders, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January, February, March 1987), p. 55.

"National and Corporate Technology Strategies in an Interdependent World Economy," Technology and Global Industry: Companies and Nations in the World Economy, B. Guile and H. Brooks, eds. Washington DC: National Academy Press, (1987), pp. 246‑256.

"Technological Change and Its International Diffusion", Global Structural Change, Mark Perlman, ed., Washington DC: American Enterprise Institute, 1987.

"Science and Technology: The Reagan Years," The World and I, Jan. 1987.

"The Strategic Importance of Science and Technology in National Economic Development", in Policies and Directions for Science and Research, proceedings of a joint conference held by the Department of Science (government of Australia) and the OECD, 11‑13 November 1986, Canberra, Australia: Department of Science 1987.

"Raising the Voice of Engineering in National Policy" Bridge, vol. 17 no. 4, 1987.

1987 Testimony:

"National Goals for Education" Senate Labor and Human Services Committee, Jan. 14, 1987

"Competitiveness: The National Bureau of Standards" House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Subcommittee on Science, Research and Development, April 28, 1987.

"Communications and Computers in the 21st Century" (actually a hearing on policy for technology infrastructure), House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's Technology Policy Task Force, June 25, 1987

"Education in America," Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Jan. 14, 1987, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987.

"Competitiveness and the National Bureau of Standards," Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology, House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space and Technology, April 28, 1987, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987.

"Technology Policy," Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Technology Policy Task Force, U.S. House of Representatives, June 25, 1987, Committee Print, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987.

1986:

"A Centennial Gift to Future Scientists," American Scientist, Vol. 74, No. 2 p. 116 (March‑April) 1986.

"IBM and U.S. Universities—An Evolving Partnership," IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. E‑29, No. 2, Pp. 69‑77 (May 1986).

A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century, Report of the Taskforce on Teaching as a Profession, L. M. Branscomb, chairman, New York: Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy, May 1986.

"Our Most Important Industry is Education" (guest column) USA Today, p. 12A, May 19 1986.

"Technology Promotion: What the Fed Should and Should Not Do," High Technology, May 1986.

"National and Corporate Technology Strategies in an Interdependent World Economy," The Bridge, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 8‑13, (summer) 1986.

"A Federal Department of Science and Technology: The Case for and Against," Technology in Society, Vol. 8, nos. 1,2, pp. 65‑75, 1986.

"The Scientific‑Technological Enterprise", American Scientist, September‑October 1986.

"Science in 2006", American Scientist, November‑December, 1986, pp 650‑658.

"Charting a Course for the Stormy Future of Science," MIT Report, vol. 14, No. 9, (October 1986)

"A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the Twenty‑first Century" in The Economic Development of West Virginia Through Education, New York: Academy for Educational Development, 1986.

"Information Technology Revolution Can Be Global Social and Economic Equalizer" (interview), The Woodlands Forum (Houston Area Research Center/The Woodlands Center for Growth Studies), Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter 1986), pp. 1‑5.

"Information: The Great Equalizer" (interview), Across the Board, New York: The Conference Board, Vol. 23 No. 7,8, pp. 5‑6 (July/August 1986).

"The Unity of Science," The American Scientist Vol. 74, No. 1 (January‑February 1986), p. 4.

"New Technology for Science: Where Will It Come From?", Physics Today, Vol. 29, No. 2 (February 1986), pp. 35‑39.

"Information Technology as an Economic Equalizer" (interview), Economic Impact, (U.S. Information Agency), No. 56 (1986/4), pp. 62‑66.

"The Wave of Change in the Information Industries," in The Impact of New Information Technologies on the Workplace, Montreal: The Institute for Research on Public Policy, pp 119-129, 1986.

1985:

"A Time for Rediscovery," Science and Complexity, S. Nash, ed., Middlesex, U.K.: Science Reviews Ltd., (1985), pp. 75‑89.

"Direct Tax Incentives for R&D: Time to Cut Bait or to Fish?", The Uneasy Alliance: Managing the Productivity—Technology Dilemma, K. B. Clark, R. H. Hayes and C. Lorenz, editors, Boston MA: Harvard Business School Press, pp. 409‑421.

"Better Management for American Enterprise," "I am honored to be here today..."—Commencement Speeches by Notable Personalities, D. Grunewald, ed., New York: Oceana Publications, (1985), pp. 25‑32.

"University‑Industry Partnership in Computer Science," Cohabiting with Computers, J. F. Traub, ed., Los Altos, CA: William Kaufmann, Inc., (1985), pp. 111‑124.

"Free Enterprise: Setting the Parameters," Toward the Year 2000: World Leaders Speak Out on the Future of Free Enterprise, R. Karen, ed., New York: William Morrow and Co., (1985), pp. 303‑312.

"New Directions in Computer Science and Computing," Search, (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science), Vol. 16, No. 3‑4 (April‑May 1985), pp. 97‑103.

"Technology Promotion: What the Fed Should and Should Not Do," High Technology, Vol. 5, No. 5 (May 1985), pp. 11‑14.

"Plan a Celebration/Plant a New Tradition," American Scientist, Vol. 73, No. 4 (July‑August 1985), p. 318.

"Excellence and Egalitarianism," American Scientist, Vol. 73, No. 5 (September‑October 1985), p. 410.

"Integrity in Science," American Scientist, Vol. 73, No. 5 (September‑October 1985), pp. 421‑423. Reprinted in Exploring Animal Behavior, Readings from the American Scientist, Paul W. Sherman and John Alcock, editors (Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, Inc., publishers, 1993.

"Ensuring That Fundamental Research Remains Unrestricted," Physics Today, Vol. 38, No. 11 (November 1985), p. 176.

"The California Decision on Science Textbooks," American Scientist, Vol. 73, No. 6 (November‑December 1985), p. 508.

"Technology Progress: A View From the United States," Management Topics, (IBM United Kingdom Ltd.), Issue 22 (May 1985), pp. 12‑17.

"How to Maintain America's Competitive Spirit," Perspectives, (IBM Data Systems Div.), Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1985), pp. 14‑17.

"Better Management for American Business, SPD Management, (IBM System Products Div.), Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 1985), pp. 27‑29.

"Cooperation and Competition — Opportunities in Information Science," NSD Management Review, (IBM National Service Div.), (Fourth Quarter 1985).

"Looking Beyond the Fifth Generation," Perspectives, (IBM Data Systems Div.), Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer‑Fall 1985), pp. 20‑25.

1985 Testimony:

"Goals and Objectives of National Science Policy," Task Force on Science Policy, House Committee on Science and Technology, April 4, 1985.

"Hearing on the Future Role and Mission of the National Bureau of Standards," House Committee on Science, Research, and Technology, October 1, 1985.

"The Effect of New Technologies on Economic Competitiveness," House Committee on Science, Research, and Technology, May 2, 1985.

1984:

"National Laboratories in the Nineties," Director's Special Colloquium, Argonne National Laboratory, from a talk at Argonne, October 12, 1983 (monograph), Argonne, IL: Argonne National Laboratory, 1984. (republished in the Hearing Record of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Sept. 24, 1992.)

"New Directions for the Nineties," Proceedings of SHARE 62, (March 5, 1984, Anaheim, CA), Newport Beach, CA: Dorothy N. Baer & Associates, (1984), pp. 891‑902.

"America's Rising Research Alliance," American Education, Vol. 20, No. 3 (April 1984), pp. 43‑46.

"Engineering and the National Science Foundation," Science, Vol. 224, No. 4647 (April 27, 1984), p. 343.

"Le point sur la technologie de l'information—L'informatique, au fil des annees," L'EXPO, (catalog of Technologie 84, IBM Traveling Technology Exhibition), IBM Europe, Paris (May/June 1984), pp. 17‑28.

"Sensitivity to Consequences Must Control Federal Role," Financier, Vol. 8, No. 6 (June 1984), pp. 53‑57.

"Informatica Domani," La IBM Italia nel 1983: Nuove Frontiere del l'Informatica, Milano: IBM Italy S.P.A., (June 1984), pp. 33‑34.

"IBM Chief Scientist Discusses Supercomputers" (letter), The Institute: News Supplement to IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 8, No. 7 (July 1984), p. 3.

"Respondents' Views on NSF Budgets Called 'Astonishing'" (letter), The Institute: News Supplement to IEEE Spectrum, Vol. 8, No. 8 (August 1984), p. 3.

"Report to the National Science Board," The Bridge, (National Academy of Engineering), Vol. 14, No. 3 (Fall 1984), pp. 20‑25.

"Long‑Range Strategies for Development of the Information Industry", Computer and Computer Applications Technology, (Proceedings of the Eighth Invitation Symposium, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, Melbourne, November 22‑23, 1984), Parkville, Victoria, Australia: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences, (1984), pp. 7‑15.

1984 Testimony:

"Technology Promotion as an Element of Economic Policy" Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, House Banking Committee, March 14, 1984.

"Impact of Technological Innovation on U.S. Economic Competitiveness," Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House Committee on Science and Technology, June 12, 1984.

1983:

"Passport to Productivity for the Pacific," PTC 1983 Directions, K. J. Anderson, ed., (Supplemental Papers and Reports from a Conference held January 16‑19, 1983), Honolulu, Hawaii: Pacific Telecommunications Council, (1983), pp. 13‑21.

"Future Technology and Its Applications," Proceedings of AIESEC Conference on Computer Technology, (March 4‑5, 1983, Rhode Island Chapter, International Association of Students in Economics and Business Management), Providence, RI: Brown University, (1983), pp. 1‑7.

"NSF Appointments" (letter), Science Vol. 219, No. 458 (January 14, 1983), p. 110.

"Rekindling the Flame of America's Competitiveness," IBM News (IBM Information Products Div.), Vol. 2, No. 2 (May/June 1983), pp. 6‑9.

"Computer Technology: America's Productivity Engine," Mineral and Energy Resources, (Colorado School of Mines), Vol. 26, No. 2 (March 1983), pp. 1‑9.

"Closing the Productivity Gap: Education and the Information Industry", 1983 Distinguished Lecture in Engineering, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University, March 25, 1983, (monograph) Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University, 1983.

"The Challenge to American Business," Information Processing, (IBM), Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1983), pp. 30‑32.

"Future Technology and Its Applications," Computers and People, Vol. 32, Nos. 7‑8 (July/August 1983), pp. 7‑11, 25.

"Science and the American Spirit," Progress, (Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL), Vol. 34, No. 4 (July/August 1983), pp. 13‑15.

"America's Rising Research Alliance," Enterprise, (National Association of Manufacturers), Vol. 7, No. 7 (August 1983), pp. 4‑7.

"High‑School Physics—Why Doesn't Somebody Do Something?", Physics Today, Vol. 36, No. 9 (September 1983), pp. 9, 106.

"Ease of Use: A System Design Challenge" (with J. C. Thomas), Information Processing 1983, R. E. A. Mason, ed., (Proceedings of the IFIP 9th World Computer Congress, Paris, France, September 19‑23, 1983), Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North Holland Publishing Co.,1983), pp. 431‑438. See also, an edited version in IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3 (1984), pp. 224‑235.

"IBM and the Universities — Partners in Progress: A Record to be Proud Of," Electronics Weekly, (September 28, 1983), p. 22. See also: "IBM and the Universities — Pursuing a Dual Approach to Common Technical Problems," Electronics Weekly, (U.K.) (October 5, 1983), p. 42.

"Networks for the Nineties," Keynote Address at IEEE INFOCOM 83, San Diego, CA, April 17‑22, IEEE Communications Magazine, 21, No. 7 (October 1983), pp. 38‑43. See also: "Networks for the Nineties," Tutorial: Principles of Communication and Neworking Protocols, S. S. Lam, ed., Silver Springs, MD: IEEE Computer Society Press, (1984), pp. 61‑66.

"The Computer's Debt to Science," Perspectives in Computing, (IBM Corp.), Vol. 3, No. 3 (October 1983), pp. 4‑19. See also "The Computer's Debt to Science," Library Hi Tech, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Issue 7, 1984), pp. 7‑18.

"Improving R&D Productivity: The Federal Role," Science, Vol. 222, No. 4620 (October 14, 1983), pp. 133‑135.

1983 Testimony:

"U.S. Education, Research, and Competitiveness," Senate Budget Committee, Feb. 18, 1983.

"NSF FY 1984 Budget Authorization," Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House Committee on Science and Technology, February 25, 1983.

"IBM Assistance to Science Education at All Levels," Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, March 9, 1983. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, S. Hrg.98-28 Serial 98-8. March 3 and 9 1983.

"Health of America's Research and Engineering Enterprise," Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, March 9, 1983.

""Getting the U.S. Economy Moving Again," Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House Committee on Science and Technology, June 21, 1983.

1982:

"Video Disk Technology and the Book," Books, Libraries and Electronics: Essays on the Future of Written Communication, Efram Sigel, Ed., White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, (1982), pp. 117‑133.

"Telecommunications for the Future," After the ATT Settlement: The New Telecommunications Era, H.E. Forrest, Ed., Course Handbook Series No. 155, New York: Practising Law Institute, (1982), pp. 143‑150.

"Industry Evaluation of Research Quality: Excerpts from a Seminar," Quality in Science, M. C. La Follette, ed., Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press,(1982), pp. 68‑81. See also an edited version in Science, Technology and Human Values, Vol. 7, No. 39 (Spring 1982), pp. 15‑22.

"Stimulating 'New Science,'" Corporation and Campus, (published occasionally) Boston, MA: the Committee for Corporate Support of Private Universities, Inc., (January 1982).

"How America Can Recapture Its World Leadership in Technology," Management Focus, Vol. 29, No. 1 (January/February 1982), pp. 4‑5.

"Electronics and Computers: An Overview," Science, Vol. 215, No. 4354 (February 12, 1982), pp. 755‑760. See also: "Electronica e computador: uma visao geral," Revista IBM, (IBM Brazil), Vol. 3, No. 11 (March 1982), pp. 8‑17.

"Science, Technology, and the American Spirit," Georgia Alumni Record (University of Georgia), Vol. 61, No. 2 (Spring 1982), pp. 25‑27.

"The Competitive Challenge to U.S. Industrial Technology: R&D Responsibilities of Government Agencies, Universities and Industry," Proceedings of the NBS 80th Anniversary Colloquium Series, February‑March 1981, NBS Special Publication 627, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, (May 1982), pp. 1‑15.

"Corporate Research," (comment on "The Nurturing of Corporate Research" by R. S. Rosenbloom and A. M. Kantrow), Harvard Business Review, Vol. 60, No. 3 (May/June 1982), pp. 156‑158.

"Recapturing United States Manufacturing Leadership," Proceedings of the 1982 Conference on Manufacturing Technology and Productivity, June 3‑4, 1982, Center for Manufacturing Productivity and Technology Transfer, Troy NY: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982, pp. 6‑23.

"Bringing Computing to People: The Broadening Challenge," Computer, (IEEE Computer Society), Vol. 15, No. 7 (July 1982), pp. 68‑75. See also: "Bringing Computing to People: The Broadening Challenge," Computer Literacy Outlook(Computer Literacy Interest Section, Adult Education Association/USA), (Summer 1982), pp. 5‑6.

"The Prospects for Computer Technology," Technology, (U.K.) Vol. 6, No. 35 (September 27, 1982), p. 27.

1982 Testimony:

"Economic Policy and Productivity," Task Force on Economic Policy and Productivity, House Committee on the Budget, Jan. 13, 1982.

"Authorization of the National Science Foundation Budget for FY 1983" Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House Committee on Science and Technology, Feb. 25, 1982.

"Science and Engineering Education, Research Instrumentation, and the NSF FY 1983 Budget Authorization," Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, April 15, 1982. [includes testimony on the establishment of the NSB Commission on Pre-College Math, Science, and Technology Education.]

1981:

"The Human Side of Computers," IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2 (1981), pp. 120‑121.

"Computer Communications in the Eighties — Time to Put It All Together," Computer Networks, Vol. 5, No. 1 (February 1981), pp. 3‑8.

"Challenges to College Teaching in Science," Journal of College Science Teaching, Vol. 10, No. 5 (March 1981), p. 279.

"Physics — Used and Unused," Physics Today, Vol. 34, No. 3 (March 1981), pp. 9, 76‑77. See also: "Physik — Gebraucht und Ungebraucht," Physikalische Blatter, Vol. 37, No. 12 (December 1981), pp. 370‑372.

"National Science Foundation Budgets: Fiscal Years 1981, 1982, and Beyond," Science, Vol. 212, No. 4494 (May 1, 1981), pp. 514‑516.

"Research Equipment Acquisition," Science, Vol. 212, No. 4497 (May 22, 1981), p. 877.

"Lewis Branscomb: Shaping Science Policy" (interview by Wil Lepkowski), Chemical and Engineering News, Vol. 59, No. 24 (June 15, 1981), pp. 17‑22.

"Social Research Support," (letter) Science, Vol. 213, No. 4515 (September 25, 1981), p. 1448.

"Strengthening Industry's University Connection," The Bridge, (National Academy of Engineering), Vol. 11, No. 3 (Fall 1981), pp. 35‑38.

"The Arts: Video," OMNI, Vol. 4, No. 1 (October 1981), pp. 370‑372.

"The Electronic Library," Journal of Communication, Vol. 31, No. 1 (Winter 1981), pp. 143‑150.

1981 Testimony:

"Government Roles in R&D in Relation to the Microelectronics and Computer Industries," Subcommittee on Industrial Growth and Productivity, Senate Committee on the Budget, Jan. 26, 1981.

"Engineering and Applied Science Issues," Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, House Committee on Science and Technology, March 5, 1981.

"Engineering Education for the 1980s," House Committee on Science and Technology, October 6, 1981.