Proxmire, William. Golden Fleece Awards, 1975-1987

              Year      Month Recipient
1975      3 National Science Foundation
1975      4 National Science Foundation,
NASA, and the Office of Naval
1975       5
1975      5 Army Corps of Engineers
1975       6
Reason
For squandering $84,000 to try to find out why people fall in love.
For spending over $500,000 to determine under what conditions rats,
monkeys, and humans bite and clench their jaws.
For a $98,029 contract given to study the all-volunteer army concept
in foreign countries two years after an all-volunteer army was adopted by the U.S.
For an attempt to commit billions of dollars to build a series of new locks and
dams on the Mississippi River under a 1909 law designed only for the maintenance,
repair, or replacement of existing structures.
For living high off the bog while much of the rest of the country is suffering
economic disaster.
1975       7 Bureau of Land
1975      8 Federal Aviation Administration
1975      8 National Institute on Drug Abuse
1975
Department of the Navy
For requiring useless paperwork on a contract that resulted in a $4000 piece of
equipment costing over $15,000.
For a $57,800 study of the body measurements of airline stewardess trainees for
the purpose of safety equipment.
For spending more than $1 million to probe marijuana effects on sexual arousal,
hypnosis, facial expressions of Americans, marijuana use among the Zulus and the
use of Qat by the people in the Arabian Peninsula.
For using 64 aircraft to fly 1334 officers to the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas for a
reunion of a private organization during the height of the energy crisis.
1975     10 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism
1975     11  Frank Zarb, Administrator of the
Federal Energy Administration
For spending millions of dollars to find out if drunk fish are more aggressive than
sober fish, if young rats are more likely than adult rats to drink booze in order to
reduce anxiety, and of rats can be systematically turned unto alcoholics.
For spending $25,000 and using almost 19,000 gallons of fuel in ten months jetting
about the country in chartered aircraft urging businessmen and civic groups to economize
on energy resources.