The staff of the Navy's Coordinator of Research and Development at the close of World War II. Included in the photograph are the: "Bird Dogs" who were instrumental in establishing ONR in 1946. The names of the "Bird Dogs" appear in all caps. Standing left to right: LT A. C. Body, LCDR N. S. Bartow, LT JAMES WAKELIN, ENS Betty Cowie, LT James Parker, LT BRUCE OLD, LCDR JOHN BURWELL. Seated: LCDR RALPH KRAUSE, CAPT Lybrand Smith, RADM J. A. Furer, CAPT S. F. Smith, CDR R. D. Conrad, LCDR H. GORDON DUKE.