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HEAL T H. EDUCATION . AND W ELFARE

Dr. M. Nirenberg Becomes Member Of Acad. of Sci.

Marshall W . Nirenberg, Ph.D., noted biochemical geneticist of the National Heart Institute was one of the 45 new members elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Dr, Marshall W. Nirenberg holds port of mode l of the DNA molecule;

at its annual April meeting. Dr. Nirenberg joins 5 other NIH mem­bers of the 783-member Academy, this country's most exclusive group of research scientists.

Election to membership in the Academy is considered t o be one of the highest honors that can be ac­corded an American scientist or en­gineer. Not more than 4.5 members are elected each year.

Dr. Nirenberg, 40, Chief of the (Sec DR. N ll?ENIJEl?C. /'<10<' 7/

Dr. Carl G. Baker Is New Scientific Director For Etiology at NCI

Dr. Carl G. Baker, formerly As­sociate Dh-ector for Program, Na­tional Cancer Institute, has been appointed as the r nstitute's Scien­tific Director for Etiology. The ap­pointment was announced by Dr. Kenneth M. Endicott, t he Institute Director.

In his new position Dr. Baker succeeds Dr. Paul Kotin who re­cently assumed the post of Director of the Division of Environmental Health Sciences.

The Institute's Etiology Area is (See DR. Bil 1o;u, l'auc , )

ecor May 16, 1967

Vol. XIX, No. 10

N/CHD Gives Greater Emphasis to Its Intramural Programs in Reorganization

A reorganization of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has been announced by Dr. Gerald D. LaVeck, Director.

The reorganization, approv,cd last month by Surg. Gen. William H. Stewart, gives greate1· emphasis to t;he Institute's rapidly growing intra­mural research programs by sepa­rating responsibility for i11ti-amural and extramural scientific research under two Associate Directors.

The Associate Ui rector fo r Intra­mural Research will be responsible for overall planning and di1·ection of t he expa nded intramural clini­cal and laboratory 1·esearch pro­grnms. Studies will be conducted under seven branches:

The Developmental B i o I o g y Branch is concerned with studies of cell growLh and function, apply­ing the disciplines of anatomy, bio­chemistry, immunology, endocrinol­ogy, genetics, enzymology, nutri­t ion, metabolism and physiology.

The Social and Rehavio1·al Sci­ences Branch is conducting re­search a imed at understanding t he behavior of the child as he develops from birth to adulthood. This will include studies of the biological

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Dr. Sam T. Gibson Joins DBS as Asst. Director

The appointment of Dr. Sam T. Gibson as Assistant Director, Di­vision of Biologics Standards, has been announced by Dr. Roderick Murray, Division Director.

In his new position, Dr. Gibson will assist the Director in matters concerning the Division's licensing, inspection and control activities, particularly those having medical implications.

Dr. Gibson's ma jor interests in­clude clinical use of serum albumin and t he organization of biood t1·ansfusion services.

Since 1949, he has been on the staff of the American National Red Cross, and from 1956 t o 1966 served as National Director of the

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DYER LECTURE PRINCIPALS- Dr. Robert Alan Good (second from le ft), eminent immunobiologist who d2livered the 16 th onnual Dyer Lecture at NIH April 26, receives the certificate awarded each speaker " far outstanding achievement in research important ta medical science." Dr. G. Burroughs Mider, NIH Director af Laboratories and Clir,ics, presents the certificate to Dr. Good. Looking on ore Dr. Rolla E. Dyer (left), NIH Director until his 1950 retirement, in whose honor the lecture series was established, and Dr. Jahn R. Seal (right), NIAID Director of lntromurol Research, who was official host to Dr. Good during his NIH stay. Dr. Good is Professor af Pediatrics and Microbiology ot the University qf Minn~tQta Medical School, Minneapolis,

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

PUBLIC HEAL T H SERVI Cc.

Staff Appointed For New Cancer Research Facility

A new NCI-Baltimore Cancer Resea1·ch Center has been estab­lished through a cooperativ<! ar­rangement between the National Cancer Institute and the Public Health Service Hospital in Balti­more.

For the NCI, the facility at Bal­timore will provide m uch-needed space for clinical chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and pharmacology research- the last named in a com­pletely renovated 3-story building with 17,000 square feet of working space.

The major aim of the new pro­gram is to develop information on the use of cancer drugs. According to Dr. C. Gordon Zubrod, NCI's Scientific Director for C hemother­apy, "The clinical research being done i1t Bi1ltimore and the phm·ma­cology studies we plan there should lead to better ways of using drugs in 1nan."

Starting in July, 90 of the PHS Hospital's 350 beds will be devoted to cancer research and treatment. (Seventy beds are already engaged in the program.)

Two wards and numerous private (S,·e CANCER FACIJ".l'tl'. I'a1w .,)

Dr. Udenfriend Receives Van Slyke Award Today

Dr. Sidney Udenfriend, Chief of the National Heart Institute's Lab­oratory of Clinical Biochemistry, has been named the recipient of the 1967 Van Slyke Award by the American Association of Clinical Chemists.

The award is given each year to an individual who has made orig­inal and substantial contributions in clinical chemistry or allied bio­medical fields. It was created in honor of Dr. Donald D. Van Slyke who is considered to be the father of modern clinical chemistry.

The presentation will be made in New York City today at the Van S lyke Award Dinner spon­

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NEWS from

PERSONNEL GI LOAN BENEFITS EXPIRE

World War II veterans acquired basic eligibility for GI loan bene­fits. Their entitle ment was s~hed­ulcd to expire ten years after their date of separation, with an exten­sion of one year for each three months of active duty.

Howevel·, under the law a ll e ligi­bility (·eases on July 25, 1967. This means that the VA must receive a request for the guaranty of a loan by that date.

Veterans still eligible for bene­fits and who may want to apply for a. loan, must take steps to pro­tect their entitlement by submit­t ing the following to the VA:

1. Completed VA Form 26-1880, Request for Determination of Eli­g ibility and Available Loan Guar­anty Entitlement .

2. Discharg-e ol· separation pa­pers.

3. Application for guan111ty (VA F or m 26-1802, 1802a, 1822, or 1842, whichever is appropriate) com­pleted to t he extent possible.

For further information contact the local Veterans Renetits OITicc, 2033 M Sh eet, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20422. The telephone number is aH3-4120.

EXECUTIVE IN VENTORY

Senior members of the NTH staff arc being asked to complete Execu­tive fnventory Records for the new Government-wide Executive As­signment System.

The System which is described in Executive Order 11315 was an­nou11ced by President Johnson on Nov. 17, 1966. I t will ultimately be used in filling key Executive Branch

positions in g rades GS-16, 17 and 18.

All NII-I employes at gTades GS­]5 and above and all 208 (g)'s are being asked t o complete the Execu­tive Inventory Records which de­scribe in detail t he background of each registrant.

Any employe who has held a GS-15 position in the past, and who dc~ircs to be included in the inventory should contact his Per­sonnel Officc1· to obtain the neces­sary forms.

Although :W8(g) positions will not be filled throuii;h this system, incumbents of these positions will complete the records so that an inventory of senior personnel can be made.

Latest Participants in NIH Visiting Scientists Program Listed Here

3/30-Dr. Livio Paolillo, I taly, Section on :r.folecula1· Biophysics. Sponsor: Dr. E. Becker, N IA)l[D, Bldg. 2, Rm. SB0JA.

4/6- Dr. Peter Paul F'i,~t'l.Pk, Germany, Laboratory of Biochemis­try. Sponsor: Dr. K. A. P iez, NIDR, Bldg. 30, Rm. 404.

4/7-Dr. Takenori Tanimura, Japan, Laboratory of Cl inical Bio­chemisb·y. Sponsor: Dr. ,J. Pisano, NHT, Bldg. 10, Rm. 7D15.

NIH Visiting Scientists Offered Help in Locating Housing Here

Visiting Scientists who need a~­sistance in locating housing, 0 1:

hel p with other problems incident to moving or leaving the area, may call Mr s. Ulrich Weiss, OL 6-1509.

THE 1967 SAVINGS BOND CAMPAIGN features o new savings note-the " Freedom Share"-ovailable with new subscriptions to the Payroll Savings Plan. Representing the NIH ot the opening rally was Mory Ellen Frantzman (center), NICHD, standing behind Surg. Gen. William H. Stewart who opened the campaign. Other PHS Shore in Freedom Girls o t the opening were (I to r): Billie Ann McCully, BDPEC; Maureen Loude rmilk, OSG; Borbora Simborski, BHM, and Dione Smith , BHS.

DCRT Library, Located In Bldg. 12A, Now Open To All NIH Employes

The Division of Computer Re­search and Technolog·y's Library, located in Bldg. 12A, Rm. 2020, is now open to all NIH employes. Its facilitic~ may he used daily, Mon­day t hrough Friday from 8 :30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Library has been developed by DCRT, with the assistance and guidance of t he NIH Library, to serv<'. the r esearch needs of Divi­sion personnel in t he fields of mathematics, statistics and the computer sciences. The collection does not contain an appreciable amount of elementary or introrluc­tory material, but is oriented to­ward more advanced research ma­terials.

The DCRT Library now contains slightly over 700 volumes and maintains subscriptions to over 70 journals.

As a service to users, all books in the DCRT Library are listed in the NIFJ Librarys' cat alog. This arrangement allows the user easy access to th<' litcrntme resources of both libraries. DCRT books may be requested through the N IH Li­brary's Cir culation Unit which for­wards requests to the DCRT Li­l, rary, or they may be bl>rrowcd dir ef'tly from the DCRT Library.

NIH Library Expands Its Professional Capabilities

The Bibliogrnphical Services Section of the NIH Library has expanded its professional capabili­ty in r ecurring bibliogra1>hics and recurring demand searches with t,hc n :cent addition to its staff of Yvonne B. Scott, a Technical In­fo1·mati'.>11 Specialist.

Also, Mrs. Scott ,1ugments the

Art Show Is Scheduled May 21-June 18 at CC

Th~ Art Club will hr,ld an open show )i[ay 21-J une 18 in the Clin­ical Center auditorium.

All employes of NIH. NlMH. and PHS in the area who are R&W members and their immetliat<' fam­ilies ( except children under lG) are invited to participate.

There will be three art categor­ies: paintings, graphics and sculp­ture. An artist may enter three works in each category. Thus one person cou Id enter a total of nine works.

Awards on May 22

Cush awards for winners in all three categories will be presented in the Clinical Center lobby bay :.\fay 22 at 3 :30 p.m.

Anyone wishing to enter should bring his work to thP Clinical ('en­ter auditor ium between 5 and 6 p.m. on F ri., !\fay 19. There will be a $1 registration fee for each entry. Those wishing· to enter who are not R&W members may join t he Associ;ition at this time.

The newly-charter ed R&W Art Club, which has elected Dr. ,James Stabinau 11resident, hopes to hav<> one-man shows later this year.

Wall.er Clark is chairman of the May 21-June 18 show. Those who want to volunteer to work on the show s hould call Mr. Clark at 4!16-11<11, Ext. 404.

NTH Library MEDLARS (Medical Literature Analysis and Retriewl System) single-sear ch capacity. This service has been offered to the NIH staff ~ince Srptem ber by Virginia Algermissen, also a Tech­nical Tn[ormation Specialist at the BSS.

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Eighth of a Sl'rit>1t

By Louis Cook

Barbara Newby might well have been an a irl ine stewardess on a trnnscontinental run. She is that prett y, that personable.

I nstei,d, Barbara may be found piloting a desk on the sixth Iloor of the Westwood Building.

There, as a technical Informa­tion Specialist for t he Analysis

' -Barbara Newby keeps things moving

in the Analysis and Reports Section. -Photo by Ed Hubbard .

and Reports Section of the 1' ation­al Heart lnstitute, Barbara scmrn reports, checks stutisti('s ant! com­piles information- and enjoys ev­ery minute of it!

The Analysis and Reports Sec­tion provides data and subject analysis for the Institute's extra­mural programs. Reports made up 011 the Section include information on grants all over the world. In addition, information is supplied fol· NHI staff members and the NIH Directorate.

The unit's pace quickens in the ~pr ing, when the Senate and House Appropriations Committees meet t-0 decide how much money the NHI will receive from funds al­lotted to the NIH for the next fiscal year.

Questions Automation

Automation speeds ,inswers to inquir ies from Congress and other sources. To which Philadelphia born Barbara Newby replies "What automation?" as she answers the phone, dashes to a file cabinet, fingers briskly through stacks of paper on he1· desk, and tries t o balance herself while reaching for a heavily bound book of pi-intouts .

Miss Newby grew up in Wash­ington, D.C. She attended Western High School here, then Madison College ·in Harrisonburg, Va. After r eceiving an A.8. degree, Bat·bara applied for work at the N IH as a

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May 16, 1967

Advances in Treatment of Cryptococcosis ' Described at Nursing Care Conference

N urses of the Clinical Center's Allergy and Infectious Diseases Nursing Service described the challenge and satisfaction they have ex­perienced in helping change a fungal disease from its former "almost alway:; fat al" classification to its present "usually treatable" status a t a recent Nursing Care Confer­ence.

The disease is cryptococcosis. Jn the past 10 years, advances in treatment have reversed the form­er 70 percent mortality rate ( with­in 2 years of diagnosis) to the 11 resent 70 percent or better ap­parently cured rate.

Head Nurse Josephine Braz pTe­s ided. Staff Nurse Marian Shapiro described the disease, which in its more Sel'ious and freq uent form in­volves the central nervous system, causing meningitis.

Nursing Needs Noted Long-term drug therapy for the

patients often causes tox ic reac­t ions which, together with symp­toms of the disease, call for a lert­ness, empathy, and i ngenuity on the part of nurses.

Staff Nurses Cecilia Rodkin and J ean Morgan described the compli­cat<c>d care 1·.-quircd by one patient during several admissions to the Clinical Center between l!)lil a nd 1066.

Dr. Darryl D. Bindschadler, of NIA TD Laborntory of Clinical In­vestigations, helped answer ques­tions at the conference. The nurses expressed a ppreciation to him and to Dr. John E. Bennett, Head of the Laboratory's Infectious Dis­euses Section, for technical help in preparing the presentation.

In the audience was a pioneer m.vcolog-ist, Dr. Chrster W. Em­mons, fonnerly of NIA1D. H e was the fil'st to note that the disease is found in people who have been in areas contaminated by pigeons.

'Research Grants Index,' '66 Edition, Summarizes Projects in 2 Volumes

Dr. Philip A. Klieger Joins Staff of DRMP

Dr. Philip A. Klieger has been appointed head of t he Clinical Pro­grams Section in the Development and Assistance Branch of DRMP.

Dr. Philip A. Kliegcr

Dr. Klicgcr will direct a staff of physi<:ians and allii,d health per­sonnel who study and evaluate tu1·­rent development~ in clinical r e­search and practice as they relate to prevention, diagnos is, treatment, and rehabilitation in heart disease, cancer , s troke, and n,lated diseases.

H e will serve as liaison between the Division and relevant programs supported hy other parts of the F ederal Government, state govern­ments, profrssional organizations, and voluntary health agencies. He will a lso provide med ical consulta­tion to the individu:d Regional Medical Programs in the develop­ment of their activities.

Dr. Klieg-cr had been w ith the Vocational Rehubilitation Adminis­tration since 1958.

Dr. J<lieger received his M.D. from the University of Lausanne,

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Freise Assigned to NIH Latin American Office

The Office of the Director, Of­lice of International Research, re­cently announced the appointment of Robert E. Freise as Administra­tive Officer of the N1H Latin American Office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mr. Freise has already left NIH fo1· his new assignment.

Mr. Freise previously spent two and one half years in Dacca, East Pakis tan, as Executive Officer of the Pakistan-SEATO Cholera Re­search Laboratory.

Mr. Freise first came to NIH in 1948 at which time he was assigned to the Endocrinology Section of the NCI. He also worked in the office of Oveta Culp Hobby when she was Secretary of the DHEW, in the Office of Space Management at NIH, and as an Administrative Assistant at hospitals located on the Hopi, Apache and Papago In­dian Reservations in Colorado.

Th<> function of the over seas offices-in Par is, Tokyo, New Delhi a nd R io de Janeiro- is to help NIH carry out its mission to advance international biomed ical research and to promote the healt11 of the American people.

Switzerland. From 1942 t o 194!) he was with the U.S. Indian Service and from 1949 to 1954 with the New York State Department of Education.

In 1954 he joined the staff of the National J ewish Hospital at Denver, Colorado, as assistant medical director . He served at the hospital until 1956, when he became a fellow and later chief ,·esident at the Institute of Physi­cal Medicine and Rehabilitation in N'ew York City.

Dr. Klieger has academic ap­pointments as assistant clinical professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Howard Univer­sity, George Washington Univer­sity, and Georgetown University Schools of Medicine.

Publication of its sixth annual "Research Grants Index," 1!}66 Edition, was announced reeently by the Public Health Service.

'To Catch a Thief' Restaged at NINDB

The Index contains sci~ntific sub­ject matter summaries of research projects conducted by approximate­ly 16,500 scientists in biomed ical and health-related reseal'ch sup­ported by t he PHS durinf!: fiscal year 19fl6.

The 11ublication is pmduccd by the Resea!'ch Documentation Sec­tion, Statistics a n d Analysis Branch, D ivision of R es c ar ch Grants.

The two-volume Research Grants Index (PHS Publication No. 925) is available to the public from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Oflice, Wash­ington, D.C. 20402, at $12.75 for the set.

Three NINDB employes in the Wiscon Building helped to r etrieve a stolen ear and catch the teen­aged thief, at 8:25 Monday morn­ing, April 24. The observant em­p loye who firgt noticed ,1 crime was taking place is Marshall Dor­sey, office machine operato1· for the Perinatal Research Branch, NINDB.

While looking out h is office win­dow, Mr. Dorsey noticed a young boy wandering around t he Wiscon Build ing parking lot. When t he teenager opened the door and got into the cm' belonging to Daisy Lewis, a statistical clerk fo r t he Branch, M r. Dorsey alerted Mr s. Lewis and Claude Williams, a n­other Branch office machine oper-

ator. Returning to the window, both

men noticed exhaust fumes coming from Mrs. Lewis' car. While l\fr. Williams called the pol ice, Mr. Dol·­sey and Ronald Dean, a statisticul clerk, ran downstairs und over to the car. The youth locked the doors quickly and backed the car off the lot before he could be caught.

He stopped the car about 500 yards ahead and attempted to dash away. After a chase back and forth across Old Georgetown Road, Mr. Dorsey and JVIr. Dean finally caught up with the boy when he ran into Pumphrey's Funeral Home on Wis­consin Avenue. They held him un­til police arrived.

A hearing is set for June 6th.

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Dr. Mason Is Installed As Pres. of American Assn. of Anatomists

Dr. Karl E. Mason

Dr. Karl E . Mason of the Na­tional Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases was installed as President of the American As­sociation of Anatomists at the as­sociation's annual meeting last month in Kansas City, :\fo. Dr. Mason is Nutrition Program Direc­tor in the Institute's Extramural Programs.

A Noted Academician

Prior to joining the NIAMD Ex­tr amural Programs in m id-1965, Dr. Mason concluded a long and distinguished career as a medical educator at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, where he had ser ved as P rofessor and Cha irman of the Department of Anatomy since 1940.

Dr. Mason had also served suc­cessively as Instructor, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Anatomy at the Vanderbilt Uni­versity School of Medicine (1926-1940) .

After graduating from the Aca­dia University in Nova Scotia with a R.S. in Biology, Dr. Mason received his doctorate in Zoology from Yale University in 1925. He remained at Yale for one year as a Fellow of t he National Research Council before embarking on his teaching career.

'Eye Research' Written For the General Reader

A new publication written for the general reader, "Eye Research," was released recently by the Na­tional Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness.

The 44-page illustrated pamphlet reviews the known causes and cur­rent treatments for more t han 20 blinding disorders as well as the latest research findings.

Listed as Public Health Service Publication No. 1502, "Eye Re­sear ch" may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Pi·inting Office, Wash­ington, D.C., 20402 for 35 cents.

May 16, 1967

'Pat' Morse Crusades as a Nonpartisan For Maryland's Constitutional Convention

Anyone who thinks political crusades have gone out of style would get a refreshing jolt from a talk with George P. (Pat) Morse.

Seeking election a s a delegate to the Maryland Constitutional Con­vention from District 2, representing Montgomery County, Mr . Morse gives meaning to the definition of a cr usade as "any 1-emedial enter­prise undertaken with zeal and en­thusiasm."

Why is Mr . Morse, who is Chief of the Plant Safety Branch of NIH, expending much of his spare time and energy for the election on J une 13? This articulate attor­ney believes i t is his duty as a citi­zen to participate in the first modi­fication of the Maryland State con­stitution since 1867.

He cites the significance of the Constitution which, when adopted, will govern lives for future gen­erations dur ing a dynamic period when dramatic changes arc taking place in Maryland.

Hatch Act Provision Stressed

Mr. Morse, who plans to take leave without pay from his position at NIH if elected, stresses the fact that as a Federal employe he is specifically permitted by the Hatch Act to participate in the election for the Constitutional Convention as a nonpa1·tisltn candidate and that the Act a lso al lows Fcdei·al employes to part icipate actively in the campaign.

Mr. Morse believes strongly in the impor tance of the selection of nonpartisan delegates to represent all the people. He stresses that it is the obligation of the Constitu­tion to provide the means whereby the people can assert their right to self-goven1mcnt.

To bring this message to as many people as possible, Ml·- Morse has been speaking to schools and interested organizations wherever requested. In h is talks h e strives to make h is listener s aware of how the Convention works and how the

Loura N evius (right), Division of Bio­logics Standards, received a cash award far specio I service performance in carrying out the clerico I, secre­tarial and related responsibilities for seven professional staff members of DBS's Labaratary of Bacte rial Prod­ucts. The award was presented by Dr. Margaret Pittmon, Chief, LBP.- Phota by Ed Hubbard.

George P. (Pat) Morse seeks e lection as Canstitutianal Convention delegate.

Consti tution affects their lives. On Sept. 12, 1967, the 142 Mary­

land delegates-16 from Montgom­ery County- will assemble in ple­nary session to proceed with its work, ,md on May 14, 1968, a spe­cial election to adopt or reject the Constitution proposed wi ll be held.

Mr. Morse's campaign efforts have the ardent assistance of his fam ily-his wife and seven chil­dr en. From his oldest daughter, who teaches high school, and two sons attending the University of l\'Tuyland, to his youngsters in grade and hig h school- all are working for his election.

A member of the American Bar Association and District of Colum­bia Bar Association, Mr. Morse previously served with the Central Jntclligcncc Agency and the U.S. Civil Sen•ice Commission. Also, he formerly ser ved on the staff of Jus­tice Robert .Jackson as a member of the International Military Tri­bunal during the trial of the major Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg, Germany.

He is active in a number of professional and service organiza­tions. In line with his deep in­terest in the significance of the Ma ryland Constitution, Mr. Mo1·se lectured in 1965-66 at the George Washington University 011 protec­tion of governmental and individual rights.

Fuccillo Chairs Committee For Biology Editors Council

Dominic A. Fuccillo Jr., technical reports officer of the National In­stitute of Allergy and I nfectious Diseases, has been named chair­man of the standing committee on journal economics for the Council of Biology Editors.

'f he council sponsored t he elev-

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REORGANIZATION (Co-ntim,ed from Page 1)

basis of behavior, cognitive devel­opment, social development, per­sonality development, learning and speech development.

The Reproduction and Research Branch, to be located in Puerto Rico, w ill conduct studies in repro­ductive biology and behavior of animals and clinical studies on hu­man r eproduction.

The Gerontology Research Cen­t er in Baltimore will also serve as a national center for aging re­search, Federal and non-Federal.

The Labo1·atory of Biomedical Sciences will develop research proj­ects in biochemistry, genetics, cel­lular physiology, teratology, micro­biology, and the pathology of men­tal reta relation.

Breakdown Given

T he Behavioral Biology Branch will conduct studies in the biologi­cal, neurophysiological, behavioral, and cult u ral-environmental aspects of no11nal, abno11nal and pathologi­cal nervous system functions.

The Children's Diagnostic and Study Branch will continue re­search in t he clinical aspects of mental retardation.

The extramural programs are headed by an Associate Director for Extramural Programs. Re­search suppo1-ted by theS<) progt·ams wi ll be concentrated in five areas covering the entire lifespan of the individual: the Reproduction and Population Research Branch, the Perinatal Biology and Infant Mor­tality Branch, t he Growth and De­velopment Branch, the Adult De­velopment and Aging Branch and the Mental Reta1·dation Branch.

Further Changes Made

The reorganization also estab­lishes an Epidemiology and Biome­try Branch, reporting to the D i rec­tor, which will conduct epidemio­logical and biometric studies. The Office of Program Plaru1ing and Evaluation, responsible for pro­gram development and evaluation a11d for projecting future needs of the Institute, and the Oflice of Pub­lic Information will also be re­sponsible to the Dil-ector.

Technical, professional and ad­ministrative services related to grants and contracts will be pro­vided by an Associate Director for Program Services and his staff. Under his dit-ection wil l be the Grants and Contract Management Branch and the Prog,,am Statistics Branch. This division wi ll also have tesponsibil ity for suppo1-tive communications activity through the Scientific Conference Branch and the Scientific I nformation Centers Branch.

enth annual Conference of Biologi­cal Editors May 8-9 in New York City, during which Mr. Fuccillo conducted a working session on distributing the primary journal.

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Dr. David B. Lackman, Serology Section Head, Retires from RML

Dr. David B. Lackman, vet eran member of the PHS Commissioned Corps, has retired from the staff of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory, a unit of the National I nstitute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Recruited for the staff of the Hamilton, Mont., facility in 1941. Dr. Lackman organized a serology laboratory for resea1·ch on Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other rickettsial and viral diseases en­demic in the Northwest.

He served in the U. S. Army as a microbiologist from 1942 until 1946, returning to t he RML t o di­rect the serolog·ical technology sec­tion until his retirement.

Findings Widely Reported

Dr. Lackman's contributions to the classification of rickettsias that cause human disease t hroughout the world and to the serology of a var iety of infectious diseases have been r eported in more than 80 scientific publications.

Althoug·h retired from the PHS, Dr. Lackman will continue his career in public health as a mem­ber of the staff of the Montana State Board of Health.

Dr. Lackman b a native of Ply­mouth, Conn. He r eceived the B.S. degree from the University of Con­necticut and the Ph.D. degree in medical bacteriology from the Universi t y of Pennsylvania. Before joining the PHS, he taught at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School.

Dr. David B. Lackman, Hcod of N IAID's Sero logical Technology Sec­tion, RML, until his recent re t irement.

The American Teens Against Cancer v isited the Surgery Branch of the National Cancer Institute and t he Clinical Center r ecently.

May 16, 1967

Staff of the Cancer Facility in Baltimore

Or. W a lker Dr. Mard iney

Or, Jerome Block

Dr. Bachur Dr. Brace Or, Serpick

CANCER FACILITY ( CtJntiiiurd f ro m Pagf' I )

and semi-private rooms will be al­located to the care of adults with ca ncer. Pediatt-ic facilities will ac­commodate up to 15 children.

·when complete, the cancer re­search and treatment program will include neurosurgery and rehabi li­tation, as well as drug therapy, surgery, radiotherapy, and pharm­acologic and basic scientific studies in cancer. The clinical program will utilize existing staff and fa­cilities for X-ray diagnosis, clini­cal laboratory determinations, sur­gical procedures, diet kitchens, oc­cupational therapy, library, and social ser vice.

Dr. Jel"ome B. Block, chief of the new cent~r, plans cooperative ventures with neighboring biomed­ical instiLutions, particularly the University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, the Carnegie Institute of Washington, and the McCollum- Pratt Institute.

Formei-ly a member of the staff of the Medicine Branch, NCI, Dr. Block was named head of the de­veloping cancer center in Balti-

more in July 1966. Several chiefs have since been appointed.

Dr. Arthur A. Serpick, a BalLi­more-born physician at N'CT since 1963, responsible for a clinical chemotherapy unit at the Balti­more Hospital for two years, is Head of Medicine at the new Center.

Dr. Nicholas R. Bachur joined NCI in Octob~r 1965 and was as­signed to the Laboratory of Chem­ical Pharmacology in Baltimore in February 1966. He has been named Head of Biochemistry in the Lab­orator y of Pharmacology. About 60 scientists and technicians will staff the Pharmacology Laboratory.

Dr. Kirkland C. Brace, radio­therapist at the National Cancer Institute since 1!)53, is the new Head of Radiation Therapy.

Dr. Michael R. Mardiney Jr., who joined NCI's Immunology Branch in June 1965, will be Head of Immunology at the Center.

Dr. Michael D. Walker, a neuro­surgeon in the Laboratory of Chemical Pharmacology at NCI since August 1965, will be Head of Neurosurgery.

RECORD OBSERVES 18TH ANNIVERSARY Today the Record reviews the past with a backward glance

at its first issue, datelined May 20, 19-59. On that date, t he N IH Softball Association held its practice

on a new diamond because the Clinical Center was being con­structed on the old one.

The Federal Security Agency, not the DHEW, was t he parent o,·ganization of the NIH.

The Reco1·d included a "Science E lsewhere" column as a r egular feature.

Dt·. Margaret Pittman had just been elected president of the D.C. Society of American Bacteriologists.

The R&W established a "Discount List" for its members.

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DR. BAKER (Conti·,med from Paoe 1)

engaged in a broad program of r esearch on cancer causation, eval­uation of diagnostic and t herapeu­tic pr:icedures, and development and procurement of special biologi­cal materials for use in direct and grant- or contract-support ed can­cer investigations.

Louis M. Carrese, currently Pro­gram Planning Office1·, has been named Acting Associate Director for Program.

Dr. Ilayard FL Morris:in Ill, As­sistant Director of the Institute, will succeed Dr. Baker as Execu­tive Secretary of the Scientific Di­rectorate, a senior staff advisory body to the Institute Director. Dr. Morrison will also assume cert ain of Dr. Baker's other previous duties, including liaison and spe­cial assignments.

Dr. Ilaker joined the Institute in 1949 as a Special Fellow, and has

Dr, Carl G. Baker, NCl 's New Scien­t if ic Director for Etiology.

served in the NC£ Laboratory of Biochemistry, the NCI Research Grants Branch, and the NIH Office oI the Associate Director for Intra­mural Research. He also was As­s istant Director and Acting Scien­tific Director of the Institute before being named Associate Director for PTOgram.

He holds the A.B. and M.D. de­grees from the University of Louisville, and M.A. in Biochemis­try from the University of Cali­fornia.

Dr. Carbone Presents Trimble Fund Lecture

Dr. Paul Carbone, Head of the Solid Tumor Service, Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, presented the annual I. Ridgeway Trimble Fund Lecture at the 1967 meeting of the Medical and Chirur­gical Faculty of Maryland.

Dr. Carbone joined NCI in 1960 and was appointed Head of t he Solid Tumor Service in 1965.

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DR. GIBSON (Continued from Pa11c 1)

organization's Blood Program.

From 1957 until his present ap­pointment he was also the Senior Medical Office1· of the Red Cross. In these capacities, he was ac­tively engaged in organization and administt-ation of blood bank sys­tems.

Dr. Gibson sel'Ved for 4 years as a member of the Executive Com­mittee of the International Society of Blood Transfusion, and for 14 years was Adviser on Organization of Rlood T ransfusion Services for the League of Rcx:I Cross Societies.

Background Given

He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1936 and received his M.D. in 1U40 from Emory University School of Medi­cine.

Dr. Gibson has s~rvcd on nume 1·­ous scientific advisory committees, including the National Research Council Subcommittee on Trans­fusion Problems and the Joint Rlood Council. F rom 1 %4 to 1966 he was Chairman of the U.S. Com­mittee for Transfusion Equipment for Medical Use of the American StandaTds Association.

He presently serves as Assistant Clinical Prof essor of Medicine at

Dr. Sam T. Gibson is Assistant Di­re ctor af DBS.

the George Wash ington University Medical School.

He is a Diplomatc of the Ameri­can Board of Internal Medicine, and a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Amed ­can Medical Association, the Am111·­ican Society of Hematologists, the American Federation for Cl inical Research, a nd the International Society of Blood Transfusion.

Dr. Austrian on NIAID Board

Dr. Robert Austrian, Chairman of the Department of Research Medicine at the U niversity of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine, recently became a rnem bel' of the Board of Scientific Counselors, NIAID.

May 16, 1967

Wanda S. Chappel/ Awarded $1,645 For Ingenious Blood Separation Method

Mrs. C happell looks on as Dr. Schmid t d isplays t he plast ic bag u t ilized in her award winning process of blood separat ion.- Phata by T am Joy.

By Bowen Hosford An award of $1,64ii has liren made to Wanda S. Chappell, ChiPf Nurse

of the Clinical Cc11ter Blood Bank, for suggesting a simple and in­genious method of blood separation- see NIH R ecord, Aug. 9, J !)Gr,­that is sa,·ing 3,700 pints of donor blood a vear at the Clinical Center and ma1;y more at other hospitals t hroughout the country.

The award is to be presented by Dr. Robert M. Farrier, CC Asso­ciate Director, in the Clinical Cen­ter Blood Bank.

Method Described

l\'1rs. Chappcll's method ma kes it possible to extract platelets for transfusion to leukemia patients and othe1·s, and to use all t he rest of the hloocl for different patients.

Platelets a ,·e the blood's smallest cells. They play an important part in clottting. At the CC, p latelet tl'unsfusions number 10,000 to 12,000 a year.

Unti l 1966, the platelets we1·e transfused while still m ixed with most of the blood's plasma. The 1•ed cells that remained could be used for ailments such as anemia. However, if the p latelets could be concentrated, the saved plasma could be remixed wit h t he red cells. The result would be whole blood. The trouble was, if the platelets were separated from the plasma, they would stick together and b'-' useless.

In 1965, Dr. Richal'd Aster, for­merly at the CC Blood Bank, noted that platelets could be kept from clinging together by adding extra acid. However, this has several tlisadvantag,es.

It was then that Mrs. Chappell r emembered from her experience that plastic blood bags were manu­factured with a little more acid

than was needed for keeping blood from cloUing. Some of this could be pushed from the main blood bag th1·ough a connecting tube to a small<'!' hag that would hold t hC' platelets.

Dr. Paul J. Schmidt, Rlood Bank chief, said, "l\frs. Chappell's meth­od was used during a trial period the first six months of H!liG, and \\'as adopted fully after that. A large amount or money is being saved. However, it is more impor­tant that blood is an i rreplaceable human rnsource from which mul­tip le use must be obtained. Mrs. Chappel l~ ~ea advances us and the country as a whole toward that goal."

Reported In Tra nsfusio n

A report on t he method was pub­lished i II tht1 July-August l!J(iG issue of Transfusion, the official journal of the American Associa­tion of Hlood Banks, and t he prn­cedurc has already been adopted by other blood banks. It Tequires only the use of standard equip­ment.

An associate professo ,- at the Univernity of Michigan Medical Center wrote, "I am sure many people must have tlhought, 'Why didn't I thi nk of that?'"

A PHS official, who screened t he award recommendation before it went to the USPHS S urgeon Gen­eral for consideration, said, ''A number of investigators with ad­vanced degrees and qualifications were working on the problem. She

THE ~lH RECORD

Dr. Endicott Announces Reorganization of NCI' s Lab. of Chem. Pharm.

Dr. Kenneth M. E ndicott, Direc­t or of t he Nationa l Cancer Insti­t ute, has an nounced a r eorganiza­tion of the Institute's Laborntor y of Chemical P harmacology, under Dr. David P. Rall.

Two n ew ~ections-those of Bio­chemical P har ma cology and Mole­cular Pharmacology-have been es­tablished, while t he Biochemist ry Section has been ab:ilished. The Phar macology Section will r emain u11ch,U1ged.

The Biochemical Pharmacology Section, under Dr. Vincent T. Oli­verio, will study the act ion of an­t itumor agents within the b:idy as well as how the body uses and disposes of the agents.

The studies will take several forms: measurements of the agents and their prnducts in biological specimens, study of their fate when administered by different methods, observations of entrv in­to and passage across biolo

0

irical membranes in normal and leukemic blood cells, and study of metabo­l ism of the agents using physical, chemical and radio tracer tech­niques.

Position Described

Dr. Oliverio joinPd NCI in 1959. Before assuming his present duties he was Head of the Biochemistr y Sec·tion, Laboratory of Chemic~] Pharamacology. He received his Il.A. and M.S. degrees from Xavier Univers ity, and a Ph.D. from the University of Flor ida.

U nder standing the mechanics of antitumor drug action will he the major goal of the Molecular Phar­macology Section, headed by D r. Kurt W. Kohn. Studies wi ll be conducted to determine the effects of the agents at the molecular level on various biological systems and to observe reactions of the agents with cell DNA.

Dr. Kohn came to the NCI in 1957 as a Clinical Associate in the Clinical Pharmacology Ser vice, General Medicine Branch. Since 1963 he has been with the Labora­to ry of Chemical Pharmacology. He received ~111 A.B. degree in Chemistry and P hysics, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Har vard Uni­versity, and his M:.D. fr:im Colum­bill University.

thought of something practical that can be used by everybody. It was the application of common sense to a difficult problem."

Mrs. Chappell earned her RN a t Massachusetts General Hos­pital. She and her husband, Ash­ley, Jive with their son, Mark, 10, at 9310 Kingsley Avenue, Bethes­da. Mr. Chappell, now retired, was formerly with the NIH Property Management Branch.

THE NIH R~CORD

232 Blood Units Donated In April by NIH Personnel

The Clinical Center Blood Bank reports that 232 units of blood were received from NIH donors in April. During the same period CC patients re­ceived 1,703 units of bbod.

Seven NIH staff members joined the "gallon donor Club." They are: George Pickrell UI, Thomas J. Cook and J ohn S. Lee, DRS; Alexander Davis, CC; Robert L. Horswood, NIAJD; Dr. Phillip Nelson, NlNDB, and Tania L. Thomp­son, DRMP.

Phillip J. Webb, NCI, 1·eached the 3-gallon mark.

DR. N IRENBERG (Cunlhrncd from Paue I)

Laboratory of Biochemical Gene­tics at N HI, is being honored for his pioneering work on protein synthesis which led to the deciph­ering of the genetic code. His work has resulted in majo1· advl!nccs in the understanding , on a molecular basis, of the mechanisms by which genetic information is translated into various p,·oteins that deter­mine t he nature of all Jiving things.

Bockg round Cited

Dr. Nirenberp: holds a bachelor's and a master's degr ee from the l'niversity of Florida and a Ph.D. in biological chemistry from the University of Michigan.

He joined the N IH in 19:'i7, fi rst a~ a post-doctoral fellow of the American Cancer Society, then re­maining as a staff mernb~r of t h!' National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

In 1962 he moved to the N HJ to become head of t he Secti,rn of Rb­chemical Genetics, Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry. He became chief of the lnstitute's Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics in 1966.

Acodemy Established in 1863

The National Academy of Scien­ces, a private organization of sci­entists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfa re, was established in 1863 by a Congres­sional Act of Incorporation signed by Abraham Lincoln. It calls upon the Academy to llCt as a n oflicial advisor t o the President and the Federal Gove1·nment, when i:e­quested, in matters of science or technology.

Othe1· members from here arc NIH DirectoT Dr. James Shann0n, Dr. Bernard B. Brodie, NRl , Dr. Robert J. Huebner, National Insti­t ute of Aller gy and J nfectious Dis­eases, Dr. Kenneth S. Cole, Na­t ional Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, and Dr. ChriBtian Anftnsen, NTAMD.

May 16, 1967

Dr. Jellison Expands RML Collection Of Literature on Rickettsial Diseases

A 446-volume collection of reprints, journa Is, and other scientific papers, spanning the research careers of several experts on zoonotic diseases and parasites, is being added to the Rocky Moui1tain Laboratory l'.bl"ary by a reti red PHS scientist.

Dr. William L . Jellison, parasi-

This collection and o museum project keep Or. Jellison ottive in re tire ment.

tologist at t he Hamilton, Mont., laboratory of the National l nsti­tute of Allergy and Infectious Dis­eases until his rctil'ement in 19G0, has spent much of his time since then sorting, cataloging, and haY­ing bound pertinent materials from a multi-ton collection.

111 addition to h is own libral'y, accumulated during a 35-yeal' ca­l'eel' of rese:irch on such <liseases as tularemia, s1,otted fever, en­cephali tis, and Q fever, Dr. Jelli­son acquired the extensive reprint and journal collection of lh. Ralph R Parker, who was director of the RML from 1921 1,nti l his death in

1949. His second acquisition was the

scientific library of Dr. Gordon E. Davis, who r,itired in 1956 after a career which included distin­guished work with spirochetal re­lapsi ng fevers and tick vectol'S of vat·ious diseases.

Another libl'ary came into Dr. J ellison's possession aftel' the death in l!l57 of Dr. Edwal'd Francis at the Hygienic Laboratory (now t he NTATD) at Bethesdll.

Dr. J ellison's work to date has provided the RML libruy with 302 volumes, including 34 volumes of journal issues not p l'eviously avai l­able there and 268 volumes of re­prints on a variety of diseases. Some 50 volumes of bound material have been donated to Montana state univc1·sities, and another 70 have been given to the Pan Ameri­can Zoonoses Center in Azul, Ar­g-ent ina.

NLM Notified

NIAID officials have notified the National Library of Medicine of Dr. Jell ison's collections, which may be useful additions to t e­sources already available for re­search by medical historians.

An additional 144 bound volumes on internal parasites and the dis­eases and parasites of bi rds and mammals are now being considered by the RML for possible U[~ in that library. And there remain, ac­cording to Dr . .Jellison, about half the repr ints from the fou 1· collec­t ions to be sorted, selected, and bouncl.

Dr. Jellison has another project besides the collections to occupy his days of retirement. He is curator of a small museum in Hamilton.

Members of the Exchange Study Group from Germony on a visit Moy 2 to NINDB. Left to right, Wolfram Forster, Dr. Hons Butow (Rotarian leodc r of the Group), Horst Schulte, Egbert Fischer, Dr. John Seve r (seoted center), NINDB, who acted os host to the group ot NIH; Allred Klinker, Uwe Moller, Reiner Bortrom. The ir visit wos sponsored by the lnternotionol Service Division of the Rotary Foundation, Rotary lnternotionol.-Photo by Ro lph Fe rnandez .

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lro 0. Mille r (right), N IDR tet hniciun, receives a ca sh award from Dr. Rich­ord C. Gre ulich, NIDR Director for lntromurol Research, for h is desig n of o reconst ructe d mobile choir rock. The new ra ck speeds moving of Con­fere nce Room chairs to tem porory storage and ellminotes congest :on in corridors ond lobby of Bldg. JO.­Photo by Tom Joy.

Dr. Stanley Assumes Office as President of Oral Pathology Academy

Dr. Harold R. Stanley, Clinical Director, National l nstitute of Den­tal Research, took office as Presi­dent of the American Academy of Oral Pathology, at its 21st annual

meeting last month in Miami Be«ch.

'T' he Academy was organized to promote the~ high­est standards in education, research and practice ·or oral pathology.

The recipient of many honors, Dr.

Dr. Stanley Stanley received the first award of t he Gorgas Odontological Society for outstand­ing contributions t o dentistry. He has been a member of the s taff of NlDR since 1949 llnd is best known for his histopathologic studies of the human denta l pulp.

Serves os Consultant

Dr. Stanley serves as a consult­ant to the Council on Dental Thera­peutics of the American Dental Association, and as a member of the Subcommittee on Toxicity of Filling Materials, Federation Den­t a ire Internationale.

He is also a Fellow of the fnter ­national Academy of Oral Pathol­ogy, a Diplomat e of the Amer ican Boar d of Oi:al Pathology, and a member of several other profes­sional or ganizations.

Heart Fund dollars ha.,e made possible more than 10,000 scientific publications each containing previ­ously unknown information about the heart and its circulatory sys­tem.

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'Hamsters' Variety Show Opens Here May 25

The R& W Hamsters "Spring Feve1·"-a variety show parodying life at the NIH opens a 3-day run here on May 25.

Other perfoTmances are set fol" May 26 and 27 at 8:30 p.m. in the Clinical Center auditorium.

Tickets are $1.50 and may be purchased at the R&W office, Bldg. 31, Rm. 2A-18, or at the door.

Mike Reed, Management Trainee currently with the OD, plays Dr. Billy Reubin, a recent arrival to the campus who discovers not only how to requisition a pencil while working for the government (you can't) but, also, the only cure for spring fever.

This, of course, is Fay Angelique who gets him a pencil and tells him to "Wake Up, It's Spring."

Others in the cast include Elliot Willinsky, Jean Stein, Robert Ca­pone, Brinson Conerly, Roy Perry, Verece Silvei·man, John Adams, and Doren Vest.

The show was written by Irene Schneiderman, wife of Dr. Marvin Schneiderman, NCI. It is under t he direcLion and production of Jane Albrecht, wife of J. Merrill Al­brecht, NCI, and Delray Green, CC.

Dr. Potter Asst. Chief Of Career Development Review Branch of DRG

Dr. Potter (left) is welcomed to his new position by Dr. Willis R. Boss, Chief of the CDRB.-Photo by Ed Hubbard.

Dr. Kenneth C. Potter has been named Assistant Chief (Training Grants), Career Development Re­view Branch, Division of Research Grants.

Dr. Potter was formerly a Seni:>r Assistant Dental Surgeon with the PHS.

He came to the NIH in 1959 and has served as Chief of the Training Section, National Institute of Den­tal Research Extramural Programs, and NIDR's Training Grants Offi­cer for Ext ramural Programs.

Dr. Potter holds degrees of DDS and MPH.

May 16, 1967

Verna Flannery Is Retiring From the CC; Has a Special Rapport With Patients

Verna F lan nery, known for her sympathetic help at her post on the Clinical Center's 14th floo1· hub of patients' activities, will retire on May 20.

Mrs. Flannery's job descri-ption places her in the information and reception ca tegor y. However, friends claim the words "profes-

Ve rna Flannery ond a CC patient ta lk over o flowe r arrangement that the patient has just comp!eted.-Photo by Ralph Fe rnondez.

sional listener" should be added.

Because her desk is located where recreational activities are centered, and near the CC chapel, sun decks, an assembly hall, and a gymnasium, almost every patient gets to know Mrs. F lannery. She also guides visitors about the area.

One of her pleasures is p1·epar­i ng flower arrangements for pa­tients' rooms \v'hen generous gifts of flowers arrive at the CC from churches, garden clubs, private

DR. UDENFRIEND (Continued from PCLfl<' J J

sored by the New York-Metropol­itan Section of the Association. At this time Dr. Udenfriend will ad­dress the assembled scientists on the topic " The Biochemical and Clinical Significance of Amino Acid Hydroxylation Reactions."

Dr. Udenfriend is an internation­ally recognized authority on the metabolism of amino acids, the structural building blocks of pro­tein, and of chemical derivatives of amino acids called amines.

W ith NHI Since '50

Dr. Udenfriend joined the NHI research staff in 1950 and has headed its Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry since 1956.

parties, and store openings. Pa­t ients often help her al'I'ange and distribute these. She bel ieves this is good therapy for them.

She recalls that one woman pa­tient, who had refused to talk for 3 months, suddenly became warm and responsive when Mrs. Flan­nery presented her with a rose. Mrs. Flannery still marvels at this. " Just one rose," she says. "Little things can make people happy or change their attitudes."

She receives dozens of cards from former CC patients each Christ-mas.

Background Diversified

Mrs. Flannery is a fonner real estate broker and newspaperwom­an. She began as a reporter on her school newspaper, the University of Omaha Gateway. She later wrote real estate and women's col­umns for the Omaha News-Bee and the Chicago Herald-American, and was on general assignment report­ing for the San Francisco Chron­icle.

She may dabble in writing or in real estat~ after retirement. At present she is more intrigued at the prospect of playing golf twice a week and in learning Ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arTang­ing. She and her husband, Merton, project supcrvisor of t he Fleet Systems I nstrumentation Group, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, live in Kensington.

THE NIH RECORD

YOUNG ( Co-ntin1<ed from Page 3)

laboratory technician. Receiving no work from the NIH she accepted a position with the National Acad­emy of Sciences as a Research Ab­stractor.

Shortly thereafter an offer from NJH arrived. However, Barbara felt obligated to her new employer, and remained with the National Academy of Sciences until she saw no further opportunity for ad­vancement.

She again applied to NIH for a position. Janet Welsh, supervisor of the Analysis and Reports Sec­tion, reviewed her application and hired her immediately.

Barbara's hobbies include paint­ing on china, and taking courses on various aspects of sea naviga­tion. That's right, sea navigation!

NIAID Exhibit Reviews 80 Years of Research

Eighty years of achievement in infectious disease r esearch were highlighted in an exhibit at At­lanta, Ga., May 9-12, during the second joint meeting of the Com­missioned Officers Association and the Clinical Society of the PHS.

"A History of Microbiological Achievement in the Public Health Service"-a four-panel display pre­pared by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-­illustrates advances from the 1887 establishment of the one-roorn Hy­gienic Laboratoi·y in the Marine Hospital on Staten Island, N. Y., to the recent defeat of an epidemic of Bolivian hcmonhagic fever by scientist s of the Middle America Research Unit, Panama C. Z.

The results of studies con(.(ucted in this Laboratory have influenced the course of an appreciable seg­ment of basic and clinical research currently underway at the National Institutes of Health; and their im­pact has been felt, not only in the field of biochemistry, but in clin­ical medicine, physiology, pharma­cology, and neurology.

Four members of the NINDB Primate Research Center, Patuxent, Md., re­cently received service awards. Dr. Clarence J. Gibbs, Loborotory Chief (left), presents Quality Increase Awards to Michae l Sulima, Marian Poms, and Ed­ward Van Steinburg (at far right]. Alf red E. Bocote, fourth from left, wos presented an award for Sustained Superior Performonce. Dr. William F. Cave­ness, Inst itute Associate Director for Collaborative and Fie ld Research, is in the center.-Photo by Tom, Joy.