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ecor U. 5. DEPARTMENT OF

HEALTH. EDUCATION, AND WELFARE

Whedon Is Named NIAMD Director, Succeeding Daft

The appointment of Dr. G. Don­ald Whedon as Director of the Na­tional Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases has been an­nounced by Dr . Luther L. Terry,

Surgeon General of t he Public Health Service.

Dr. Whedon has been Acting Direc­tor of the Tnstitute pending appoint­ment of a successor to Dr. F loyd S. Da ft, who retired May 1.

Or. Whedon Assistant Direc-tor of the Institute since 1956, Dr. Wherlon is also Chief of the Meta­bolic Diseases Branch, which he has headed since 1952 when he joined the NIAMD staff.

Active in Plonning

Dr. Whedon was among t hose who assisted in the initial planning of program and research facilitie~ for NIAl\1D's clinical investigations at the NIH Clinical Center. I n this connection, he directed construction of NIA~iD's Metabolic Chamber for •nrlirect calo1·imetry of human total energy metabolism, which u.ses con­tinuous-flow analyzers in studies of obesity and of environmental and exercise physiology.

(S,, DR. WlfEDON, Page 6)

December 5, 1962 Vol. XIV, No. 24

Noted Scientists Participate In 75th Anniversary Program

The 75th Anniversary of infectious di~easc research in the U. S. Pub­lic Health Service was observed here last Thursday v.-ith an all-day program in the Clinical Center auditorium, featuring brief talks by

leading medical researchers.

Dr. Kidd Appointed Associate Director For Training at NIH

as

Surgeon General Luther L. Terry has announced t he appointment of Dr. Charles V. Kidd to the newly establ ished position of Associate Director for Training aL NIH.

Prior to his ap­pointment, Dr. Kidd was Associate Di­rector for lnstitu­t i on a I Relations here. In his new position he will be responsible for co­o r d i n a ti n g the training grant, fel­low~hi p, and re-

Or. Kidd search career award programi; of NIH.

These programs curt'ently total approximately $190 million. The new position was established to meet a long-standing need for top­level assistance in policy aspects of the NIH training activities.

Dr. Kidu will be responsible for insuring that effective policies and

(Ser DR. T<I DD. Page 7)

Among the participants were a Nobel Prize winner and others whose names a re synonymous with

PIii J3 ,I

, '

I °' Or. Armstrong Or. Andrews

th e development of this Public H ealth research renter to its pres­ent position of world preeminence.

The speakers d iscnssed research acc'lmplishments in microbiology both in retrospect and in prospect. Ho:-t for the celebration was the National Institute of Allergy and h,fectious Diseases.

Ir. the announcement of the an-1,ivPrsary observance, Dr. Justin :1'1. Andrews, Director of NIAID,

(Sec ANNTVEl!SAlll'. Pane 4)

OSB Asks Cooperation In Christmas Mailing

Russian Scientists Here to Participate

A memorandum from the office of D. R. Cushing, Chief of the Office Services Branch, OD, has requested th e cooperation of a ll NIH employ­ees in avoiding delays in the deli v­ery and uispatch of official mail during the coming holiday season.

In 3-Day Rheumatic Disease Symposium A delegation of three top-ranking arthritis speciali~ts from the

Soviet Union was scheduled to arrive in Washington last Saturday to participate in a 3-day symposium here at NIH, beginning Monday and concluding today.

Dr. Joseph J . Bunim, Clinical Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic D is­eases, is thE' NIH host. He made ~1 ave! arrangements and set up the extensive symposium on rheumatic disr,ases for the Russian team's participation in the scientific ex­change.

The Russian delegation is headed by Prof. A. I. Nesterov, Head of

the 2nd Moscow Institute, who is a full member of the U. S. S. R. Acndemy of Medical Sciences and Vice President of the International League Against Rheumatism.

The others are Prof. A. Strukov, Head of Pathologic Anatomy of the 1st Moscow Medical Institute and an associate member of the U. S. S. R. Academy of Medical Sci-

(See SYMPOSIUM, T'age 6)

"National Ins titutes of Health personnel can help ... by mailing all greeting cards, packages, and other personal mail through regular Post Office facilities," J\.lr. Cushing said. He also noted that the Wash­ington, D. C., Postmaster has asked that "we withhold from the mai ls from December 1 to 26, all bulk mailings of pamphlets, book.s, fo11ns and other printed matter and sup­plies which add to the burden im­posed upon the Post Office Depart­ment during the holiday season."

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Smadel to Deliver The NIH Lecture Next Wednesday

Dr. J o.seph E. Smadel, Chief of the Laboratory of Virology and Rickettsiology, Division of Bio­logics Standards, will deliver the next in the series of Nat ional Insti­t utes of Health L ectu re s next Wednesday, De­cember 12, at 8:15 p.m. in the Clinical Center auditorium.

Dr. Smadcl's s ub­ject will be "Intra­cellular Infection and the Canier." He will discuss the m e ch an i s m by Or. Smadel

which the causal agents of epidemic typhus and typhoid fever may sur­vive for years in persons who have recovered f r om these diseases, and the chemotherapeutic approaches to the elimination of this can:ier state.

Additional Subjects

In addition, he will discuss the inhibition of intracellular S. typhosa by antibiotics and present the basic data for immunization procedure against scrub typhus. The possibility th at patterns en­countered in typhus and typhoid may be applicable to other infec­tions will also be considered.

Dr. Smadcl uses the term "intra­cellular infections" to describe typhus and typhoid because, he

(See DR. SM,1DEL. Paoe !)

'Christmas Carol' Next In R&W Movie Series

The British version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." starring Alistair Sims, will be the next in the series of free mov:es sponso1·ed here by the Recreation and Welfare Association of N TH.

Screening,s are scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, December 8 and 9, at 8 p.m. in the Clinical Center auditorium.

NIH employees, their guests, and CC patients axe invited to attend.

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"1~IlIHlRecord

Published bi-weekly at Bethesda, Md., by the P ublic Information Section, Office of Research Information, for the information of employees of the National Institutes of Health, principal research center of the Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

NTH ~ Office ................................ Bldg. 31, Rm. 5B41. Phone: 496-2125

Edit or ............................................. .............. ............ ....................... E. K. Stabler Stoff Corresponde nts

Elizabeth Clare, NCI; Tony Anastasi, NHI; Kathtyn Mains, NIA ID; Mary H enley, NIAMD; ~arie Norris, NIDR; Lillie ~ailey, NU~H; Pat l\lacPherson, NINDB; Elsie Fahrenthold, CC; Faye Heil, DBS; Mike Can­ning, DGMS; Helene Doying, DRFR; Dick Turlington, DRG; Robert Handy, DRS; Marianne Sco\'ille, OAM.

NEWS from PERSONNEL

sm.IMER EMPLOY~I J,:NT

Although the summer season is officially six months away, stu­dents from area schools are look­ing ahead to opportunities for sum­mer employment.

Recruitment and Placement Sec­tion, PMB, reports that many in­quiries and applications for the NIH Summer Employment Prn­grl.'m have been received, and more are expected between now and Jan­uary 1.

Prospective applicants may be interested to know that they do not have to submit their applica­tio,1s in person, but can mail in the completed Standard Form G7 to the Recruitment and Placement Seclion, PMB, Rm. 6, Bldg. 1. Further information on the sum­mer pro1;1·am may be obtained by caJltng Ext. 2403.

Applications for summer em­ployment should be referred di­rec-Uy to the Institute or Division l'ers~n11el Officer or to the Recruit­ment and Place ment Section, PMB.

These offices will refer qualified applicants to the program areas as needs develop, and will assist pro­gram heads and supervisors in re· viewing the qualifications of all available candidates before making final selections for the 1963 sum­mer season.

CONPERf:NCE ON PERSONNEL

A special advisory group, com­posed of members of the Panel 011

Scientific Personnel end represent­atives f:rom colleges and industry, is scheduled to meet with top offi­cials of the Civil Service Commis­sion early in 1963. Dr. Charles V. Ki<ld, Associate Director for Train­ing, will represent NIH. · The purpose of the meeting is to 1eview and discuss current per­sonnel management problems and actions which have a direct impact on the ·Government's ability to at­tract and retain quality scientists

List of Latest Arrivals Of Visiting Scientists

10/31-Dr . Zeljko Fuks, Yugo­slavia, Physical Chemistry and Amine Transport. Sponsor, Dr. Bernard Brodie, NHI, Bldg. 10, Rm. 7Nll7.

11/7-Dr. Gaetano Salvatore, I taly, Thyroid Hormone Studies. Sponsor, Dr. J . E . Rall, NIAMD, Bldg. 10, Rm. 8N315.

11/19- Dr. Masami Kimura, Ja­pan, Basic Protein Structw·e. Spon­sor , Dr. Wayne Kielley, NHI, Bldg. 10, Rm. 7D13.

11/20--Dr. Haruo Sato, Japan, Tumor Metastases. Sponsor, Dr. Al­fred Ketcham, NCI, Bldg. 10, Rm. 10N230.

Special Job Opportunities Income Ta.x Assistant, GS-5

or 7, needed to assist NIH em­ployees in the preparation of their Income Tax Forms from J anuary 15 to April 15, 1963. Preferably with some tax or accounting background.

Digital Computer Program­mers, GS-7 and 9.

Mathematicians, GS-5 to 12, to work with scientists in pro­gramming scientific data.

Pharmacologists (Adminis­trative), GS-11 to 14, with status or eligibility on register.

Clerk-typists, GS-2 and 3, part-time or full-time, with slatus or eligibility on register.

Further information is avail­able from Lhe Recruitment and Placement Section, Bldg. 1, Rm. 7. Phone, 496-6056.

and en~ineers. ln addition to scheduled special

bri~fings by Dr. Jerome B. Wies­ner, Special Assistant to the Presi­dent for Science and Technology, and John W. Macy, Chairman of t he Civil Service Commission, there will be an open discussion of the policies, objectives, priorities, and programs needed to improv<J the quality of scientific and technical staffing, scientific manpower utiliza­tion, a!ld personnel management.

NIH Reaches 91.5°!o of Its UGF Quota As Campaign Ends With $80,155 Total

The 1962 UGF Campaign offi­cially ended here on Monday, No­vember 19, with a total of $80,-155.13 collected, representing 91.5 percent of the NIH quota. This is an increase of more than 4 percent over last year's total, when NIH achieved 87 percent of its ryuota.

Commenting on the returns, Dr. Clinton C. Powell, NJH Campaign Chairman, said, "This is one of the best showings that NIH has made ,11 UGF Campaigns. I am sure the outcome is gratifying to those who have contdbuted their time and ef­fort to make this campaign a suc­cess.0

Late Re turns Due

H e noted that some Institutes and Divisions wi!J have la te re­turns which may push the total over 92 percent..

Dr. Powell expressed apprecia­tion to his co-wo:·kers OP the vari­ous committees 3110 to the many NIH employees who gave so gen­erously and willingly, enabling the

DR. SMADEL (Contl'nut>d from Pant 1)

says, "the most reasonable explana­tion that I can give for the contin­ued existence of surh pathogens a.s Salmonella typlwsa and Rickettl!U.l vrow£izeki in the immune person possessing potent sernlogic and phagocytic cell defe>nse mechanis1ns is to assume that the offending or­ganisms have taken sanctuary in­side tissue cells where the host's attacking forces cannot reach them."

Dr. Smadel's subject is one of public health impo1·t.ancc, since both the typhoid carrier and the recov­ered typhus patient who continues to harbor the agent of epidemic typhus are potentia I source.s of epi­demic disease in the community.

Shows Antibiot ic's Uses

Dr. Smadel was the first to dem­onstrate that typhoid fever can be successfully treated, and that the rickettsial diseases - including scrub typhus, epiclemic typhus fever, and Rocky :\fountain spotted fever-can be cured bv the anti­biotic, ch loramphenicol. ·

lt was in recognition of this work that Dr. Smadel recently received the 1962 Albert La;;ke;· Clinical Research Award, which honors sig­nificant contributions to clinical in­vestigation and the application of basic research finding to eliminate the major causes of death and rlis­ability.

Before his discovery in 1948 of the use of chloramphenicol for the treatment of typhoid fever, 12 per­cent of all those who contractecl the disease died of it. Now such fatali­ties have been cut to about 2 per­cent.

143 agencies supported by UGF to carry on their important ,vork for an<'ther year.

A breakdown of contributions reported at the end of the final week of the camp'.tign follows:

Pe1·cent Total of Quot<i Collected

DRFR ............ 120.8........ .. $845.90 DRG .............. .. 115.0.......... 5,520.45 OD .................. 113.G.......... 2,203.50 DRS ....... ..... .. .. 107.7 .......... l 0,794.79 DGM:S ........ .... 107.5.......... 1,441.00 NIDR ............ 106.7......... . 2,800.50 NIAMD .......... 104.7.......... G,755.60 DRS .............. .. 100.0.......... 1,99u.0l NIMli ............ 98.3.......... 9,040.a0 ~IAID ............ 97.0....... ... 4,041.00 NHI ................ 95.0.......... 5,121.45 NCI ................ 80.0 ..... ... .. 10,273.39 NINDB .......... 85.8......... . 4,648.55 cc ···················· 67 .0.......... 8,596.29 OAM ................ 65.3.......... 6,077.40

Tctals ........ 91.5 $80,155.13 The Public Health Servi<!<! also

officially closed Ll1e 1962 campaign with 91 percent of its quota. Con­tributions from 12,147 PHS em­ployees tot::iled $128,1.52.71. The PHS quota was $140,000.

The PHS breakdown: Pe1·cent of Quota

OSG ............ 98.49 ......... . NIH ............ 91.50 ......... . BSS ............ 90.00 ........ . F re0 d1nan's

Total Collected

~15,589.10 80,155.13 22,871.08

Hespita) .. 8(L88.......... 4,375.10 BM:S ........ .... 83.06.......... 5,162.30

Totals .... 91.06 $128,152.71

15 Complete Supervisory Management Course

.fohn ;.f. Sangster, Chipf of Per­sorrnel, P:UB, r ecently p1·esente<l certificates lo graduates of the NIH 1\1 anagement Course for Super­visor~. The 5-week com·Re, which ended November 16, afforded par­ticipating supervisors an opportu­nity to discuss and eval\Jate current management topics as thPy relate to policies and practices at NIH.

In p1·esenting the certificates, Mr. Sangster emphasized thP role of supervisot·s a.s personnel managers. l fo said the certificates reflected expo$ure of the participants to the fundamental principles underlyfog good supervision. He conclurled that the true measure of the value of this training would be their effec­tiveness in applying these prin­riple.s to the creation of a meaning­ful supcrvisory-employPe 1·elation­ship.

Receiving certificateR wf>re Mar­garet Benson, CC; Eileen Daly and G1·egory Lewis, :-HA;\'.lD; Joseph Forbes and Dorothy Johnson, 0AA1; Lillian Gluckman, DGl\IS; Russell Holland, NHI; Herbert Hunter, John l\Iuri,hy and Geneviev<' Vogt, NCI; George McGuire, Alfred "Per­k in~ and Richard Pierson, DRS; Anna Marie Perrell, DRG; and Shirley Robinson, ::-..TJl\lH.

THE " 1B RECORD December 5, 1962

Exposure Speed Found Determining Factor

Delegates From To Attend PHS

Every State Conference

In Radiation Dosage Studies by Dr. John Z. Hearon,

Office of Mathemat ical Research, National Institute of At·lhritis and Metabolic Diseases, offer mathe­matical proof that the rate and method by which radioactive mate­rial is administerPd to the body are more important than the measur­.ible amount of radioactivity within lhc body when calculating radia­;,ion exposure or possible damage due to exposure.

Although Dr. Hearon's general law has immediate application in the cletcrminalion of permissibl~ levels of radiation exposure for people or animals in a radiation environment or research study, its grc:ttest usefulness to futm-e rP­search may lie in the area of as­ses~ment of the effects of drug ad­ministration.

Disproves Accepted Belief

Previously, it had been gennally accepted that the tota l radioactive count in the body at a particular time, the so-called body burden, was the most important indication of the amount of radiation received by bo<ly tissues. However, earlier studies suggested that this was noL true in certain specific cases.

Dr. Hearon extended the earl ier work and providf'd a new formula, which would be true for any rate of excretion or decay and any vari­able rate of intake. As a result of hi, stu,lies it i~ now established t hat for a ~iven body burden t he rate of administration of the radio­active mateTial determines the nose of r adiation t·eceived by the body tissues. In essence, the more tapid the rate of administration the greater the dose of radiation re­ceived.

The work was reported in Health Physics.

More than 1,000 persons from every State and major metropoli­t an area ar~ expected t o attend the National Conference on Ail· Pollu­tior, n ext week, Monday t hrough Wf'dnesday, at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, D. C.

Called by Surgeon General Luth­er L. Terry of the Public Health Service, the 3-day National Con­ference is designed to explore pres­ent needs and opportunities to com­bat the growing problem of air pol­lution, and to evaluate t he progress that has been made in air pollution control problems nationally.

Delegations attendinr,; the Con­ference will include physicians, en­gineers, scientist3, legislators, and representatives of business. labor and civic organizations.

Terry Cites Interest

In am1ouncing the Conference program, Surgeon General Terry said, " The interest and enthusiasm that the Conference has generated mouths in advance makes me confi­dent that it will perform a valu­able service for lhe people of this country in helping them plan effec­tive action for air pollution con­trol.

"There can be no doubt that air pollution is a serious health and c:onomic hazard affecting millions of Amcl'icans. Similarly, there is no doubt that much can be done no,,, to achieve more effective con­trol of the problem. It is my hope th;it the Conference wil l be a long, sure step in that direction."

Nearly 80 speakers, outstanding authorities in the fields of health, education, industry, public admin­istration, and air pollution contr ol, wi ll address the Conference. con­sisting of four plenary sessions and panel sessions on all aspects of air pollution and its prevention and control. All sessions are open to the

Members of the second PHS Surgicol Team which left Washington Novembe r 24 for a 2 -yeor assignment in South Vietnam ore pidured at NIH during o 2 -doy course emphasizing disease problems of tropical areas, The course was planned by Dr. H. B. McCullough, Chie f al the laboratory of Bacte rial Diseases, NIAID. Left to right: Dr. Robert M. Jameson, San Francisco, Dep­uty Chief Surgeon; Don L. Tyndoll, Birmingham, Ala., Medical Technolog ist ; Marilyn A. Varni, Son Francisco, Ward Nurse; Dr. McCullough; Margue rite Shields, Hollywood, Flo., Nurse Anesthetist; Carme n A. Cunninghom, Moun­tain View, Calif., Operating Room Nurse; and Dr. Charles A. Lomb, Boston, Chief Surgeon.

1n~ss and the public. Surgeon General Terry will de­

J ive1· the keynote address at the opening session. He will be intro­duced by Dr. Robert J. Anderson, Chief of the Bureau of State Serv­ices, P H S.

Arthur C. Stern, Executive Sec­retary of the National Conference on Air Pollution, PHS, will deliver the welcoming address.

Among the speakers scheduled to address the conference plenary and panel sessions are:

Speakers Listed

Anthony J . Ccl~brezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and Wel­£a1-e, who will deliver the conclud­ing address.

Rep. J ohn E. F ogarty of Rhode I sland, Chairm:111 of the Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Subcommittee of the House Com­miLtee on Appropriations, who will speak on "Statesmanshi11 in Air Pollution Control";

Rep. Kenneth A. Roberts of Ala­bama, Chairman of the Health and Saiety Subcommittee of the House Committee on Interstate and F or­eign Commerce, whose subject will be " The Role To Be Played by the F edel'al Government";

P.ep. Paul F. Schenck of Ohio, 11uLhor of the legislation under which PHS recently completed ,i

2-y.:ar study of i.he effects of mo­~or vehicle ex'haust polluti0n on health, who will speak on "Public Policy in Motor Vehicle P ollution Contt·ol"; and

ur. Paul Kotin, Chief of the Carcinogenesis Studies Branch, National Cancer Institute, who will .:lisruss " Air Pollution and Lung Car,cer."

Author to Speak

Other ~peakers include Ar thut· S. !<'lemming, Pres:id,mt of tht· Uni­ver~ity of Oregon and fonner Sec-1etary of DHEW; Rachel Carson, biologi~t and author; Dr. Barry Conunoner, Chairman of the Com­mittee on Science in the Promotion of Human Welfare of the Ameri­can Association for the Advance­ment of Science; and John D. Cap­lan, Chai11nan of the Vehicle Com­bustion P1·oducts Committee of thr Automobile l\fanufacturers Assu­ciation.

Also J en-y McAfce, Vice Pres i­dent, Gulf Oil Corp.; S. Smith Gri~wold, Air Pollution Control Officer for Los Angeles County, Calif., and President of the Air Polluticn Control Association; James Dixon, President of Antioch College and Chairman of the Com­mittee on Air Conservation of the American Association for the Ad­vancement of Science; and Edward C. Logelin, Vice P resid•mt, United Str.tes Steel Corp.

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Dr. Sara Branham Dies; A Noted Bacteriologist, Served PHS 30 Years

Dr. Sara E. Branham, a pioneer in the field of biologic research, died .suddenly on November 16 at her home, 813:l Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C., at the age of 74.

An internationally known bac­teriologist, Dr. Branham retired from the U. S. Public Health Serv­ice in July 1958, after more than 30 years' service. At the time of retirement she was Chief of the Section on Bacterial Toxins, Divi­sion of Biologics Standards.

Dr. Branham's many research achievements include the demon-

Dr. Soro Branham, pictured while working in her laboratory shortly be­fore her retirement in 1958.- Photo by Vernon Taylor.

stration of the epidemiological dif­ferences in groups of meningococci and the classification of this group of bacteria. Wi th the advent of sul­fonamides, Dr. Branham did some of the pioneer work on the suscep­tibility of micr oorganisms to these drugs.

She also served as a professorial lecturer in preventive medicine at George Washington University from 1938 to 1953.

Since retirement she has been ac­tively engaged in the promotion of science education and committee "·ork relrsting t6 meningueoccu~ meningitis. At the time of hct· death, Dr. Branham was a member of the grot1p studying Taxonomic Aspects of the :'-leisseria under the Bacteriological Nomenclature Sub­comm ittee, Ln ternational Associa­Lion for i\licrnbiology.

A native of Oxford, Ga., D1·. Branham received A .B. degrees from both Wesleyan College, '.\facon, Ga., and the University of Colorado, and her '.\LD. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chi­cago. She was a trustee at Wes­leyan College from 1936 to 19:39 and ,·eceived an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of Colorado in 1937. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sig:iua Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, and Alpha

(See DEi. BRANHAM, Pa,ge 4)

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ANNIVERSARY (Continue-d from, l'at,r 1)

pointed out that the fir,t bacterio­logical laborat01·y in the present PuHic Health Service was estab­iished in 1887-75 years ago-in a ~ingle attic room at the Staten Island Marine Hospital, forerun­ner of the PHS Hospital.

"This early Laboratory of Hy­giene," he said, "was h1 fact the nucleus of the present National Institutes of Health, and most par­ticularly the progenitor of today's

Dr. Dyer Dr. Kinyoun

:National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasPs.''

Among those bcheduled to par­ticipate in the 75th Annivc1·sary program was the winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Medicine and Ph,siology, Dr. John F. Enders of Harvai?d Medical School and ChH­rlren's Hospital, Boston, who was to speak on the future of virology.

Other speakers on the program included Dr. Victor H. Haas, for­mer Director of NIAI D; Dr. Charles Armstrong, fo1mer Chief of the Division of fnfectious Dis­eaS1os (now NIAID); Dr. R. R. Spencer, one of the developers of Rocky Mountain .;potted feve1· vac­cines; Dr. Rolla E. Dyer, former Director of the National Institutes

Rep. Fogarty Dr. Hoos

of Health; and Dr. Joseph E . Sma­del, Chief of the Laboratory of Vir:ilogy and Rickettsiology, DBS, l'ecipient of the l!J62 Albert Lasker Clinical Research Award.

These and other speakers dis­cussed the major phases of micro­bial disease research. Dr. Vernon Knight, Chi<'f of the NIAID Lab­oratory of Clinical Investigation, pre~ented views on contemporary clinical investigations.

The meeting was open to mem­berc of the scientific community and to t.he press. However, the in­formal talks were not available as reports for publication.

Concluding the day's program,

necemher 5, 1962

Study Shows Physical Symptom Relief Basis for Most Psychotropic Drug Use

A recent National Institute of Mental Health study of the factors associated with the use of psycho­tropic drugs indicates that while they were prescribed in 5.1 percent of patient-physician visits during the study period, only 27 percent of the prescriptions were written for psychological symptoms.

'fhe study was conducted by Drs. Seymour H. Baron and Seymour Fisher of the NIMH Psychophar­macology Service Center with the cooperntion of Group Health Asso­ciation of Washington, D. C., a prepaid medical plan.

Records Reviewed

I!l a review of the medical rec­ords of GHA patients for whom non-psychiat.ric physicians pre­~cribed a psychotropic agent dur­ing July and October 1958 and January and April 1959, the scien­tists found that approximately 75 percent of the psychotropic drugs prescribed were tranquilizers and .)ne-fourth were anti-depressants.

Of these, only 27 percent were used in the treatment of psycho­logical or psychophysiological symptoms. The remainder were prescribed for organic indications, such as promethazinc for re~pira­tory infections, and reserpine for hypertension.

During the four months of study,

Re;,. John E. Fogarty of Rhode Island, one of the leading legisla­tive spokesmen for medical re­search in the Un.itcd States, ad­dressed the Anniversary partici­pants at a dinner meeting at the N'ational Naval Medical Center.

The United States Public Health Service was established in the very early days of the Nation- 1798-.is the Marine Hospital Service to care for ill and injured merchant seamen ashore.

As the trade of lhe new country inc1·easP.d, ~hips from ovei·seas brought more than gcods. They l,ro<1ght cholera, yeJlow fever and ])!ague.

Thousands Die

The Service was called upon to aid stricken cities, set up detention camps, fumigate, save lives. But thousands died from diseases not yet understood.

Not ~ontent to offer only defen­sive activity, PHS began a pro­gram of investigations that con­tril,uted significantly to bl'inging the most dread of the infectious diseases under control in this coun­try.

F'rom the new defensive position PHS has been able not only to con­timrn advances against traditional infrctious diseases, but also to pro­gress against hea.·t disease, cancer, mental ilh1ess, and other so-called

psychotropic drug., were prescribed for more women than for men. This held especially true for the amphetamines and amphetamine­like substar.ces which are used to cont1·ol weight gain in pregnant patients.

[n a breakdown of prescriptions by age groups, the NIMH scien­tists noted a low freque11cy of psy­chotropic prescriptions to patients under 19 and over 70, and a higher prescription rate of hypotcnsiv(' agents for patients 40 to 69 years of age.

A variation was also found in the types of psychotropic drugs prescribed by physician specialty groups, due in part to the different organic systems treated by these gl'Olll)S.

Gencrolizotion Limited

Since the study was made in a specialized s-etting, the investiga­tors feel that their findings can be generalized only in a limited fash­ion. They point out that the sur­prisingly low use of psychoactive agents to treat psychological symp­toms may reflect a tendency of non­psychiatric physicians to record only organic symptoms despite an awareness of coexisting psycho­logical difficulties.

Drs. Baron and Fisher have re­ported their findings in Public Health Reports.

chronic illnesses. In 1887, however, the world was

only beginning to hear of the new science of bacteriology. Dr. Joseph J. Kinyoun, just returned from Europe and talks with Koch, Ehr­lich and Pasteur, established the first ·'research center" for the Sc1 vice in a one-room Hyg-ienic Laboratory in the Se,-vice's Staten Island Marine Hospital.

Achievement Outstanding

This was the modest beginning. In ;,he yeat·s since, PHS scientists have written a record of outstand­ing research achievement. They in­clude Goldbm·ger and his pioneer work in pellagra; Stiles a11d hook­worm disease; Rosenau and the phenomena of anaphylaxis; Fra11-cis and his work with tularemia; Armstrong, who adapted poliomye­litiH virus to rodents; Mahoney, first to treat syphilis successfully with penicillin; Dyer and Topping, for work on typhus and other rick­cttsial diseases; and Spencer, famed for Rocky Motmtain spotted fever studies.

In 1891 the Laboratory of Hy­giene moved to Washington, D. C., and continued to grow. In 1930 it became the National Institute of Health. By 1948 t he programs of the Institute had become so diver­sified that the name was changed to National Institutes of Health.

THE NUI RECORD

Dr. Shock Named Editor Of Gerontology Journal

Dr. Nathan W. Shock, Ghief of the Gerontology Branch of the Na­tional Heart Institute, was recently appointed Editor of the Journal of Gerontology, official quarterly pub­

Dr. Shock

lication of the Ger­ontological Society, Inc.

The first issue under his editor­ship will appear next month.

The Gerontology research operation of NH! , located in Baltimol·e, is recog­nized for accom­

plishments in research on the bio­ehemical, physiological and psycho­logical aspects of aging.

Dr. Shock, who has directed the activity since NHI's establishment in 1948, also has developed one of the woi-ld's largest bibliographies of gerontology and geriatrics.

A native of Lafayette, Ind., Dr. Shock received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Purdue t.:nive1-sity, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1930. He remained at Chicago University as research as­sociate until 1933, when he accepted a position as research associate at the University of Califomia in Berkeley. He joined the Gerontol­ogy research team at NIH in 1941.

DR. BRANHAM (Continued fron, Page S)

Delta Pi. Dr. Branham received the Rick­

etts prize for research in pathology from the University of Chicago in 1924. In 1930, she se1-ved as a U. S. delegate to the 1st International Congress for Microbiology in Paris; and in 1936 to the 2nd International Congress in London.

She was the l·ecipicnt of the firsL Outstanding Achievement Award to be given by the Wesleyan CoUege Alumni Association in 1950, and in 1952 received a Distinguished Serv­ice Award from the Unh·ersity of Chicago }1edical School Alumni As­sociation. Dr. Branham was chosen as the 1959 :\fe<lical Woman of the Year by the D. C. Chapter of the American Medical Women's Associ­ation.

She was a Diplomate of the American Boat·d of Pathology in the field of clinical microbiology and a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Dr. Branham's closest surviving relatives are cousins and nieces re­siding in Georgia, California, Vir­ginia, and l\Iaryland, one of whom is 7'frs. Thomas Hampton, 4804 Jamestown Road, Chevy Chase, Md.

Funeral services were held at Gawler's Funeral Home, Washing­ton, on K ovember 20 at 10 a.m. The family services were held in Oxford, Ga., on November 21.

TH~ NIB RECORD

Clydis A. Jones Retires December 14 After 33 Years in PHS

Clydis A. Jones, Head of Analy­sis, Budget Management Section, Financial Management. Branch, OD, will retire from NIH December 14 after 33 yea1·s "·ith the Public

Health Service. l\'.lrs. Jones

joined the PHS Division of Do­mestic Quaran­tine in December 1929. In 1931 she transferred to the Division of Scien­tific R esearch, w h i ch i n 1937

Mrs. Jones merged with the then National lnstit.utc of Health.

At the end of the following year, Mrs. Jones' seetion, Budget Man­agement, was among the first NIH units to move to new headquarters here.

In 1959 Mrs. Jones was one of 24 recipients of a g1·oup award to the Budget Management Section for "su.perior and dedicated perform­ance, sense of -personal responsibil­ity, and technical competence."

In addition to her work in the FMB, she has served as Secretary of the NIH Federal Credit Union and as a member of its Boa1·d of Directors and of its Nominating and Supervisory (audit) Commit­tees.

A resident of Garrett Park, Md., Mrs. Jones says she plans to spend her time "puttering around the house and yard and doing all the things I never had a chance to do before."

SYMPOSIUM (Continu.cd jrom l1aqe 1)

ences; and Dr. V. I. Sachkov, 1!

noted Russion immunologist. The meeting is part of the Cul­

tural Exchange Program set up in 19D9. Rheumatic Diseases was in­cluded in the renewal agreement which was signed in March of this year, and NIAMD is conducting the first exchange \tnder the new agreement.

Dr. Bunim invited Prof. Neste-1·ov to >1articipatc in this exchange and arr311ged for him to select a team.

In addition to Institute scien­tists, sp()Cialists from Rochester, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Dallas, Cleve­land, Chicago, and New York City are taking part in the symposium.

The primary interest of the dele­gation is rheumatic disease re­search- what is being done and how. Opening sessions were to cov­er the pathology of rheumatic and collagen diseases, genetics, and epidemiology, and a discussion by members of the U. S. National Health Survey of how they are de­termining the prevalence of rheu-

December 5, 1962

DR. KASHIMA WINS CU DESIGN CONTEST

For his pri%e-winning e nt ry in t he NIH Federo l Credit Un ion's contest for on official emblem, Dr. Hoskins Koshimo of the Research Com munication Bronch, NCI (second from right ), receives o check for $50 from Or. 0 . J one Taylor, President of the Credit Union ond Heod of the Endocrine-Related Tumor System Section, Endocrine Evaluat ion Branch, NCI. Dr, Morris Be lkin of t he Special Programs Review Bron ch, ORG, a nd Chairman ond Director of the CU Educational Committee (second from left), holds Dr, Koshimo's design. At left is 0 . J. Wood, Credit Union Monoger.-Photo by Som Silverman.

3 New Brochures Review Aging Research Programs Three brochures reviewing dif­

ferent aspects of resea.rch pro­grams in aging conducted and sup­ported by the National Institutes o[ Health during 1961 have been jssued by the Division of General Medical Sciences.

Prepared annually by the Center for Aging Research, the publica­tions are: Research Highlights in Aging; Activities of the National T nstitul,es of Health in the Field of Gerontology; and Research Pro­grams in Aging.

Research Highlights in Aging­PHS Publication No. 921-pre­sents a review of a selected nu.m-

matic disease in this country. Other sessions dU.1;11g the 3-day

symposium will center on the im­munological aspects of rheumatic disease and on all aspects of rheu­matic fever, a disease prevalent in ihe Soviet Union.

Dr. Emmanuel Rudd, a New York City arthritis specialist, is traveling with the delegation as rnt.erpi-eter.

Drs. Rudd and Roger L. Black, senior investigator in NTAMD's Arthritis and Rhtumatism Branch, ";11 accompany the investigators on a week-long tom· of rheumatic disease cente·rs in the United States.

As part of the tour the delegates will visit the American Rheuma­tism Association il1terim scientific sessions in Richmond, Va., where Prof. Ncsterov will present a pa­per.

NIAMD scientists ,vill return the visit sometime in 1963.

ber of scientific papers on research in aging, ranging from fundamental studies in the biology of aging to studies concerned with the physical, psychological, and social problems of aging people.

Activities of the National Insti­tutes of Health in the Field of Gerontology-PHS Publication No. 935-lists all research and train­ing grants active on January Ill, 1962, either primarily or second­arily related to aging. In each cate­gory the grants a.re classified under general headings and under such special listings as Physiological and Biochemical Aspects in Aging, Psy­chological Aspects, Social Aspeds, and Disease Processes.

Summorixes Aging Research

The third document, Research Programs in Aging-PHS Publi­cation No. 939-briefly summarizes the research prog1·ams at NIH in this field as well as programs at other institutions where NIH grants are sponsoring research in the in­creasing medical, social, economic, physiological, and psychologkal problems associated with the aging process.

Single copies of the pamphlets are available without charge from the Center for Aging Research, Trunnell Bldg., Bethesda 14, Md., Ext. 4121. Multiple copies are avail­able born the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Print­ing Office, Washington 25, D.C.

The price for PHS Publication No. 921 is 20 cents; for PHS Publi­cation No. 935, 35 cents; and for PHS Publication No. 939, 15 cents.

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Dr. Hon Retires; Served 33 Years in Prevention And Control of Disease

Dr. Noka B. Hon, a Commis­sioned Officer assigned to the Na­tional Cancer lnstitule since 1949, retired Deeember 1 after 33 years in the Public Health Service. Friends and asso­ciates attended a party in his honor on November :.!O in the Service Dining Room of Building :n.

Dr. Hon entered the Public Health Service on July 1, 1930 as Chief of theUrologic •al Or. Hon Service in the U. S. Marine Hos­pital, New Orleans, La. His subse­quent assignments were in lhe areas of prevention and control of such major health problems as venereal disease and cancer.

NCI's radium loan program was recently reorganized under Dr. Hon's guidance when the radium loan supply was i-epacknged for ~afer, more efficient use. He also produced a "Guide for Protection Against Radiations from Radium in Storage, Use, and llandling." The "Guide" serves as an introduction to the physical problems of radia­tion safety and is use<l by all hos­pitals obtaining radium from NCT.

Administers Grants Progrom

Dr. Hon administered the grants program of the Cancer Chemother­apy National Service Center from 1961, as Head of the Grants Sec­tion of the Cen te1Js Clinical Branch.

He had previously been in charge of the Institute's Undergraduate Cancer Teaching Program in Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Osteopathy, and of the Cancer Clin­ical Traineesh.ip Program. HP had also served as Execut.ive Secretary of the Cancer Control Committee ai1d the Training Review and Can­cer Control Review Boards of the National Advisory Cancer Council.

Dr. Hon was Regional Medical Director of the Southwestern Area of the U. S. Bureau of Indian Af­fairs from 1948 to 1949, and Assist­ant Chief of the States Relation Di­vision of the I'ublic Health Service from 1946 to 1947.

In World War TT he was awarded the Army Commendation llteclal for superior scwice with the 12th At·my Group as Medical Officer in charge of Public Health and Wel­fare, l\1ilitary Government, Ger­many.

A native of Platte Cily, Mo., Dr. Hon ,·eceived the B.A. degree from Park College, Parkville, Mo., and hi3 l\I.D. degree from the Washing­ton U n:iveJ·sity School of :\'Iedicine, St. Louis, Mo. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.

December 5, 1962 THE NIH RECORD

Dentists a nd deans of dental schools from 23 Latin Ame rican countries are pictured in front of Building 30 during a visit ta NIH Novembe r 6 , following attendance at the American Dental Association's Annual Meeting in Miami, Fla. The group also visited the National Naval Medical Center a nd the Na-

DR. WHEDON (Co,,ti-nued from l'a,ge l)

Dr. Whedon is well k nown for his work on disorders of calcium me­tabolism. His most recent work has been t he discovery of the role of nutr itional factors, such as dietary calcium, in osteoporosis.

This bone-thinning condition af­fects a large percentage of women past the menopause and is marked by an excessive reduction in bone mi neral and a decrease in bone strength an<l r igidity, principally in the spine.

Conclusions Cited

From radioactive and metabolic balance studies of this disease, Dr. Whedon and associates have found t hat inadequ ate availability of dietary calcium over long periods of t ime, in the face of concurrent no t·mal daily calcium losses from the skeleton, will eventually lead to depletion of calcium stores of the sk eletal system and clinical osteo­porosis.

Drn-ing 1959-1961, Dr. Whedon worked with the Division of Gen­eral }lcdical Sciences in organizing its program in support of multi­categorical Clinical Research Cen­ter s in leading medical institutions throughout the country.

A native of Geneva, N.Y., Dr. Whedon is a graduate of Hobart College and received his degree in medicine from the University of Rochester School of Medici ne in 1941. He intemed at the Mary Tmo­g~ne Bassett Hospital, Coopers­town, N.Y., and was subsequently associated with the Strong Me­mo1fal Hospital in Rochester. Be­tween 1944-1952 he was on the

James Simmons of NCI Retires; Has 35 Years Of Government Service

J ames Simmons of the Labora­tory of Physiology, National Cancer Institute, retired November 30 after 35 years of Government service. A party was held in his honor on that day in the Laboratory.

Mr. Simmons served in the Na­tion's armed forces during both World Wars. He had been with NCI .since 1944.

I n the Laboratory of Phy,;iology, in addition to the care of animals, Mr. Simmons assisted in trans­planting six different tumors and in observing their growth in animals.

He received a Superior Peiform­ance Award in 1958 for his "consid­erable contribution to Lhe progress in the Laboratory."

staffs of the Cornell l:niversity l\feclical College and New York Hos­pital in New York.

Dr. Whedon is the author of nu­merous publications and a member of several medical and scientific so­cieties, including the Endocrine So­ciety, the American Physiological Society and the American Institute of Nutrition.

Dr. Whedon's wife i.s Peggy Whedon, producer of the American Broadcasting Company's weekly television and radio news-interview program, "Issues and Answers," and the network's radio program, "From the Capital." :Mrs. Whedon is also a \i\7ashington reporter on ABC's daily radio variety program, "Flair." 'l'hey reside wiLh their two children, Koren, 16, and David, 14, at 5605 Sonoma Road, Bethesda.

tional Bureau of Standards. Institute of De ntal Research.

Host to the visito rs at NIH was t he National NIDR staff me mbers who addressed the group

are in the picture.- Photo by J erry Hecht.

_A. m e:Mage J,•om

Socia/ Securil'I This is the fourth in a se1-ies

of articles prepared by tJie Silver Spo-ing, Md., office of the Social Security Administration for pub­Ucation in Government and indus­trial newspapers.

Maybe some clay the meek will inherit the earth, but right at the moment some of t hem are not even collecting their Social Security benefits.

Take Sam for example. Sam was born in Europe and came to this country with his parents when he was fou1· yeai·s old. He went to work when he was 16 and didn't quit until he was close to 70.

Som Wouldn't Ask

Not that he wanted to, or should have worked that long, but he couldn't retire without Social Se­curity. One day his younger ~is­ter brought Sam to our office. " He's overdue for his benefits" she said, "but he wouldn't ask. He couldn't get his birth certificate fro:n the old country. He ·was afraid if he came to you without a birth certificate, you'd think he was lying. He told rue everybody knows that."

It's amazing how many things "everybody knows" that we don't know. Proof of age is often neces­sary, but it doesn't have to be a birth certificate. Many types of documents serve equally well. In Sam's case, an old insurance policy turned the trick.

One should never delay claiming a benefit until some necessary

R&W Sponsors Concert December 6 in CC

The second concert in the 4th Annual Concert Series, sponsored by the Recreation and Welfare As­sociation of NIH, wm be presented tomorrow at 8 :30 p.m. in the Clini­cal Center auditorium.

The program, featuring oboist Donald Hefnes and ha,·p.sichordist Robert Parris, wil l include baroque to contemporary music for oboe and harpsichord and for harpsichord alone.

Is Oboe Soloist

Mr. Hefner, a member of the music faculty of Catholic l:niver­sity, has been oboe soloist with the U. S. lllal"ine Band, the National Gallery Orchestra, and lhe Wash­ington Camcrata. He is the oboist with the National Capital Wood­wind Quintet and the ArsnoYa Trio.

A recognized harpsichordist and composer in the Washington area, Mr. Parris is a member of the music faculty of the University o[ Maryland and is a music critic for the Washington Post.

Admission is by ticket only. Tickets at one dollar each may be purchased at the R&W Film De.-;k, Rm. J31C27 in the Clinical Center and at the R&W office, Bldg. 3l, Rm. 1A18. Children under 12 and CC patients will be admitted free of charge but tickets must be ob­tained.

proof is at band. The reason? The moment the application is signed time stops running against you. You are fully protected. Even if the proof you need is hard to get and a long time coming, once you do get it, we can pay you from the time you applied.

THE NIH RECORD

Hamsters Need Players For Spring Production Of 'Pajama Game'

Tryouts for the musical comedy, "Pajama Game," the R&W Ham­stet'S Spring production, will be held December 9-11 in the Clinical Center.

Actors, actresses, singer:;, and dancers are needed for the t uneful sho11· about life among the garment workers of New York City, based on the book, "7½ Cents," by Rich­ard Bissell. Also needed are .set de­signers, make-up at-tists, prop men and women, stage hands, and elec­tricians.

Tryouts will be held in the CC auditorium on December 9 from 2 to 5 p.m.; December 10 from 12 noon to 1 p.m., and from 8 to 10 p.m.; and December 11 from 12 noon lo 1 p.m. From 8 to 10 p.m. on December 11, tryout.<, will be held in the CC gymnasium on the 14th floor.

Melod ies Are Sprightly

With book by George Abbot t and Richard Bissell, and music and ly1.·ics by Richard Adler and J erry Ross, "Pajama Game" had a long run on Bt·oad,vay several years ago and its sprightly melodies are still heard regularly on radio and TV.

Producer and co-producer for the NTH pi-esentation are the husband­and-wifc team of Harold .:ind Yvonne :\Iiles, the di.rector is Ar­nold Sperling, and the chore­ographer is Jerry Osborne.

Further information on the try­outs may be obtained from the R&W office, Rldg. :n, Rm. 1Al8, Ext. 3597.

Heart News Series Has 5 Million Circulation

1' ewhouse National News Serv­ice, which services 14 newspapers with a con,bined circulation of O\'er 5 million reader s, recent! y featured a 5-part series on h eart research. Most of the material and photos used were provided by the National Heart T nst itute's Tn formation Cen­ter.

Charles Schaeffer, Newhouse staff r eporter who authored the series, spent several days at NHI interviewing top scientists and ad­ministrators.

The series. tilled "You and Your Heart," began .in early November. The first article, headlined "Avoid Excesses But Lh·e a Full Life, Ex­pert Urges," dealt with emotional sh-ess. With it was a short piece titled, "D,·. Knutti (NHI Director) Finds Heart Answers."

The second in the series, which continued to examine the facts, fads and fallacies of heart disease, was captioned, "Cholesterol Role I s Still Debated."

Othe1··articles <liscussed: "Scien­tists l'1'obe Smoking Danger,"

December 5, 1962

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+ = .. ·-- . -This exhibit, titled "Demonstrotion of Dental Caries os o Transmissible Dis­ease," was awarded first priz.e omong scientific exhibits by Federal Agencies ot the recent annual meeting of the American Dcntol Association. The ex­hibit was designed by Ors. Poul H. Keyes and Robert J . Fitxgerald of NIOR, in cooperation with the Medical A rts Section, ORS. A leaflet describing the exhibit, prepared by the HIDR lnformotion Office, was distributed at the ADA meeting.-Photo by Ed Hubbard.

Nine Contracts Awarded For Reagent Production

Nine contracts, totaling approxi­mately $1.5 million, have been awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases under the Virus Reagent Program established in October 1961.

This program represents a com­bining and u nificalion of several NIH activities in this field. lt is designed to meet the urgent need in virology for standardized vfrus reagents ( antigens and antisera).

These will provide both reference reagents which investigators may use as reliable standards of com­parison to assure uniformity of idenlif\cation of viruses as they are discovered, and working reagents which can be used to screen viruses being studied in seleded epidemio­logic and other re.search.

Dr. Colvin L. Gibson, Chief of the Program, cautions that the mate­r ials are not yet generally aYailable, but contracts are now being negoti­ated for storage and distribution facilities. ::\l'otification wil l be made through professional journals and other media when the reference reagents are available.

NHI Reprints Feature on Aging A 4-page picture-story, "Focus

on Aging," describing the volu11teer 11rogram of the National Heart ln­stitute's Gerontology Branch, was recently reprinted for distJ-ihution by the Heart Information Center, Bldg. 31, Rm. 5A33, Ext. 4236.

The feature was originally pre­pared by the United States Infor­mation Agency for overseas distri­bution.

"White Males Have ~lost Attacks," and "Research Scientists Score a Daily Double." This final article re­vealed how scientists discovered that the drug zoxazolamine could double as a muscle 1·elaxcr and as a treatment for gout.

DR. KIDD (Continued from Paoe 1)

procedures are developed for re­search training programs and for determining action on those indi­vidual awards which require final clecision of the NTH Director.

The position of Associate Direc­tor fol" lnstit u tional Relations, pre­viously held by Dr. Kidd, has been abolished. The passing of many of the new and b1·oader research grants programs from develop­mental to operational status has eliminated lhc need for a staff posi­tion in the area of institutional re­lation.5, Dr. Terry said.

Dr. Kidd received his A.B. degree in 1935 and his M.A. degree in 1937, both from Princeton University, and his Ph.D. degree in 1957 from Harvard University. He is the author of a number of articles re­lating to science policy, and of American Universities and Federal Research, published by Harvard University T're~s in 1959.

Before coming to NIH in 1949, Dr. Kidd was a staff economist with the President's Council of Economic Advisors. He received a Rockefeller Public Service Award in 1954.

hi 1958 he was detailod to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, to develop an expanded program of international medical research.

Two From NCI Named ASA Honorary Fellows

W.illiam M. Hacn szel, Chief of the Biochemistry Brnnch, National Cancer Inst itute, and Nathan Man­tel, Head of the Branch's Experi­mental Statistics Section, have been named Fellows of the American Statistical Association. Their elec­tion to this honorary rank ,,•a,; an­nounced recently at the annual meeting of the Association, in :Min­neapolis, )1inn.

l\Ir. Haenszel was cited for "his

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Donald R. Goldthorpe Appointed as DGMS Information Officer

Donald R. Goldthorpe has been appointed Tnformation Officer for the Division of General Medical Sciences, Dr. Cl inton C. Powell, Di­vision Chief, announced recently.

For the past year Mr. Goldthorpe has been Chief of the Public Information Section, Office of Research Informa­tion.

The Division of G e n e r a I ;.\1edical Sciences, which re­cently rec ei v eel

Mr, Goldth0rpe authorization for Institute status from Congress and the President, administers the NIH programs of grants and awards in support oi research and research training in the sciences basic lo medicine and biology.

l\1r, Goldthorpe joined the Na­tional Institutes of Health in 1950 and was assigned to the Scientific Reports Branch. I n 1952 he became the first Information Officer for the ;.\:licrobiological Institute, now the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. He held that post until 1961 when he was ap­pointed Chief of t he Public Infor­mation Section, ORI.

Hos W ide Experience

Before coming to :NIH, Mr. Gold­thorpe worked as a rnporter for newspapers in the Midwest and East and as a staff writer for the New England Radio New.s Service in Boston.

From 1942 to 1946 he served in the U.S. Army in various infonna­tion programs and as an aerial photo interpreter. Re also has l1ad four years experience in the public relations offices of the American National Red Cross Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

A native of Biwabik, Minn., ]Hr. Goldthorpe received a R.A. degree from the University of l\linne.sota School of .Journalism, and has done graduate work in communications at American Universitv in Wash-ington, D.C. -

original contributions to the epi­demiology of cancer and his wise leadership in developing the use of biometric methods in research, clini­cal investigations, and field stud­ies."

Mr. }fantel r eceived a citation for "his notable analytical acumen and his effective applications of sound statistical methods to laboratory, epidemiological and clinical re­search."

The American Statistical Associ­ation is a professional society of per.sons interested in the theory and application of statistical methods to all fields of scientific endeavor.

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The Research Grants a nd Fellowships Branch and the Psychophormocology Service Center, Notional Inst itute of Mental Health, have take n over the two top floors of the Notional Bank Building at Arlington Rood ond Bradley Boulevard.

The Statistical Processing Section, Statistics and Analysis Branch, DRG, occupy th<> third and fourth, and port of the fifth, floors of the Black­well Building, located ot 77 58 Wisconsin Avenue.

The Zenith Building, at St. Elmo ond Norfolk Avenues in the Bethesda Triangle, is the headquarters for the Biometrics Resea rch Branch of the Notional Heart Institute.

Lobs of the Diagnostic Research and Carcinogenesis Branches, NC I; and of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, the Perinatal Resea rch Branch, and the Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology, NINDB, ore in the Auburn Building, 491 S Auburn Avenue.

The DGMS Aging Research and Child Hea lth Centers, and port of the NCI Biometry Branch ore in the Trunnell Building, 4865 Cordell Avenue.

NIH Offices in Bethesda As a result of the Federal Gove rnment's increasing support of

medical research, new building construction on the NIH reserva­

tion is hard- put to keep pace with the mounting work force, pres­

ently numbering more than 10,000. To ea se overcrowded con­

dit ions, approximately 1 ,200 NIH employees are now located in

off-the-reservation buildings. The office build ings pictured here

a re in nearby Bethesda. They provide slightly more than 141 ,-

000 square feet of rented space, accommodating some of the op­

e rations of four NIH Institutes, three Divisions, and the Office of

the Director. One of them, the Auburn Building, consists e ntirely

of laboratories. In addition to rented space in Bethesda, NI H

units occupy space in five other off-reservation buildings. The

Record will ca rry pictures of t hese in a subsequent issue.

Photos by Bob Pumphrey

II

T he Program Analysis and Reporting Section, NCI Ope rations Branch, leases space in the Pe rpetua l Building at Wisconsin a nd Montgomery Avenues.

Components of t he Statist ics a nd Analysis Branch, DRG; the Program Analysis and Statistics Branch, Office of Program Planning, OD; and the offices of the OAM Gra nts Auditors are in the N orfolk Building, 7801 Norfolk Avenue.

The Nave Building, 7770 Woodmont Avenue, houses the Journal of the Motional Cancer Institute, the offices of the NCI Associate Director for Field Studies, offices of 3 NCI Branch Chiefs and several of their sections.