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THE Manchester Joint Research Council, which is representative of the University of Manchester and the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, has appointed Mr. A. D. Butchart to be executive officer. Mr. Butchart will commence his duties immediately and will be known as Executive Liaison Officer. As the permanent official of the Council, his duties will cover a wide field; in particular, he will be accessible for discussion and will deal with correspondence having specific reference to any problems facing industrialists where scientific information would prove valuable. It will be recalled that one of the objects of the Council is "the encouragement of activities designed to bring science and industry into closer relationship". As a practical move to give effect to this, the Council is creating an Information Service, and Mr. Butchart will be in charge of it. The service will not aim at furnishing scientific answers to problems submitted, but at placing the inquirer in touch with that scientific institution or authority best able to deal with each particular subject. In short, the essence of the service will be to introduce the industrial inquirer to the relevant scientific worker. Mr. Butchart has had a long experience in the oil industry. As a research chemist and in other capacities he has served in Burma, Iran and Iraq. From the outbreak of war to the present time, he has been employed on important Government work. Until a permanent office can be established, contact can be made with the Executive Liaison Officer, c/o The Manchester Joint Research Council, at the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Ship Canal House, King Street, Manchester, 2.
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Manchester Joint Research Council. Nature 155, 750 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155750c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155750c0