Mr. Nicol. At the present time I am lecturing with the University of Illinois in criminal investigation, at the Chicago campus, and prior to that I had been on the staff at Michigan State University for approximately 4 years.
Mr. Eisenberg. What was your education before you went into this field?
Mr. Nicol. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Northwestern, and during the period that I was with the Chicago Crime Laboratory I got a Master's in Physics also from Northwestern.
Mr. Eisenberg. Mr. Chairman, I would like permission to take Mr. Nicol's testimony as an expert witness in the field of firearms identification.
Mr. Dulles. You may proceed.
Mr. Eisenberg. Now, Mr. Nicol, I will hand you 3 exhibits, 3 items, Commission Exhibits 399, 567, and 569, which I will describe for the record as being a bullet and 2 bullet fragments, and I ask you whether you are familiar with those 3 Commission Exhibits?
Mr. Nicol. May I examine them?
Mr. Nicol. Yes, this was the exhibit that was given to me as Q-1 in the original transmission.
Mr. Eisenberg. This being which Commission exhibit?