To W.B. McCool, Secretary to the Commission, a dedicated public official whose imaginative leadership and foresight in administering the Office of the Secretary: whose initiative in establishing and supporting within his staff a history program for the preparation of an official history of the Commission; and whose skill in developing a highly sucessful management program for bringing outstanding young men and womeninto the federal service, all contributed to making the Executive Secretariat a model for administering complex and technical programs.