ABSTRACT
A Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) member since 1946, George Valley was frequently in Washington, as was Robertson, who was technology advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and instrumental in setting up the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group for the Secretary of Defense. Valley was at the Pentagon attending technical meetings as a civilian member of the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, known in government circles as the SAB. In 1947, he put in a year as editor of the Radiation Laboratory Technical Series, which turned out to be a huge asset for postwar electronics research. And except for his ongoing SAB membership, 1949 had seemed like a good year for getting back to his family, teaching, and the good life—an ample helping of “normalcy”—after the war. “Tentative Remarks on the Task, Organization, and Program of the SAB” reiterated the ten subject areas to be investigated, and with it the SAB formed the Air Defense System Engineering Committee.
