2126                            JOINT RESOLUTIONS

Whereas, there exists in the United States at present no acceptable
standard of such degradability for detergent materials; now there-
fore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the Governor
be requested to appoint a Committee on Detergent Degradability to
review the need for a standard of degradability in waste treatment
systems for detergent materials and to recommend a standard of such
degradability and a method for determining such degradability, so as
to guide the soap and detergent manufacturers in their research
efforts for more suitable detergent materials, and so as to assist the
pertinent regulatory agencies of Maryland in their detergent control
efforts; and be it further

Resolved, That the Committee is requested to report the results of
its study and its recommendations to the Governor and to the members
of the General Assembly at the beginning of the 1964 Session of the
General Assembly.

Approved March 14, 1963.

No. 12
(House Joint Resolution 21)

House Joint Resolution paying tribute to Dr. Paul E. Nystrom of the
University of Maryland as an educational leader who has served
the state and the nation with distinction.

The members of the General Assembly are pleased and proud to
express their gratitude and praise to Dr. Paul E. Nystrom on the
occasion of his retirement from active service with the University of
Maryland.

Born in San Jose, California, Dr. Nystrom spent his boyhood days
on a truck farm where he acquired farm experience, a fondness for
farm animals and a love of rural life.

Graduating with honors from the University of California at
Berkeley, with a B. S. degree in Agriculture Economics, he pursued
graduate study at the University of Maryland where he received his
M. A. degree in 1931. His doctorate in Public Administration was
obtained at Harvard University in 1951. He began his career at the
University of Maryland as Farm Management Specialist and his
unusual talent and ability led to his appointment in 1951 as Head of
the Department of Agriculture Economics in which capacity he
served until assuming the position of Director of Extension in 1955.
During these years of leadership and responsibility he distinguished
himself as an ardent proponent of the cause of agriculture as well
as an ambassador for the University of Maryland.

His counsel and judgment has been sought by government officials
and leaders in the State and Nation. He has served with distinction
on various Governor's Commissions and in various regional and
national positions in the Land Grant College Association's work.
He is a member of numerous professional societies and various