February 12, 1965 (vol. 75, iss. 117) • Page Image 1
…IST: The Search for Identity 11 the by ROBERT JOHNSTON The University's Institute of Science and Technology has been tossed and buffeted in many directions throughout its brief history by prevailing winds and waves. The Institute was first proposed as a response to the education and research challenge posed by Sputnik I, which was orbited on October 4, 1957, by the Soviet Union. As IST got under way in 1959 the emphasis was very much on...…