The National Committee for the Development of Scientists and Engineers was establishe by the President on April 3, 1956. The name of the Committee was changed to the President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers on May 7, 1957. The President's Committee, created as the result of recommendations of an earlier Special Interdepartmental Committee, took action in all appropraite ways to promote a substantial growth in the national supply of scientific and technological manpower. The Committee Chairman was Howard L. Bevis, President-emeritus of Ohio State University, and the Vice-Chairman was Eric Walker, President of Pennsylvania State University. The Committee was made up of representatives from major national organizations concerned with the education, training, and utilization of scientific and engineering personnel. The final report of the Committee was submitted to the President on December 17, 1958, and the Committee expired on December 31, 1958.