ABSTRACT
The controversy over continental defense reinforced, for Berkner, the importance of institutional guaranties for the independence of university-based researchers from the operational requirements of the military. But quite apart from the role he played in national security matters, during the 1950s Berkner had become a frequent and forceful advocate of scientific control over government-funded research, as well as of increases in that funding. As President of Associated Universities, Inc., he was especially effective as an advocate of government sponsorship of large, expensive, state-of-the-art research facilities.
