FILE COPY. ecor U . 5 . D EPARTM EN T O F October 28, 1969 NATIONAL INSTIT UTES O F HEALTH H EALTH, EDUC ATION. AND W ELFARE Vol. XXI, No. 22 Dr. Ernest Cotlove, CC, DRS. HERSHEY, LURIA, DELBRUCK Dr. Elvin Kabat to Speak Appointed Acting Chief, Three Recipients of NIH Support Share At Annual Jules Freund Pathology Department Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine Seminar on November 3 Dr. Ernest Cotlove has been ap Three American scientists, Dr. Max Delbruck, Dr. Alfred Day Her The Ninth Annual Jules F reund pointed acting chief of the Clinical shey, and Dr. Salvador E. Luria-all re<.:ipients of NIH s upport- Memorial Seminar will be given by P at hology Department of the Clin jointly won the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Elvin A. Kabat, College of ica l Center. He succeeds Dr. George The Laureates, friends for many Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia Z. Williams who recently retired years, did their award-winning Te University, on Monday, Nov. 3 at from t he F ederal service. Dr. T.E. Malone Named search independently of each other. 2 p.m. in the J ack Masur Audi~ Dr. Cotlove has been deputy chief They will divide the $75,000 in torium, Bldg. 10. The scientific since 1966, and also chief of t he NIDR Assoc. Director cash provided by the prize. community has been invited to at Research, Development and Auto The winners, selected by a com tend. Appointment of Dr. Thomas E. Dr. Kabat will speak on "Blood mation Section of that department Malone as associate director for mittee on ihe faculty of the Royal since 1967. Caroline Institut.e of Stockholm, Group A, B, H, and Le Substances Extramural Programs, National - Their Chemistry and the Nature He will continue to direct the Institute of Denta l Research, has were cited "For Thefr Discoveries Pathology Department's program Concerning the Replication Mecha of Their Reaction with Antibodies been announced by Dr. Seymour J. and Other Specific IIemaggluti in laboratory automation and com Kreshovcr, Inst i nism and the Genetic Structure of puter data processing. Viruses." The committee also said nins." tute Director. Dr. Kabat is professor of micro Dr. Cotlove joined N IH in 1950 Dr. Malone suc the Laureates "set the solid foun as a senior investigator in the dation on which modern molecular biology and professor of human ge ceeds Dr. Robert netics and development. He has Laboratory of Kidney and Electro- M. Grainger, now biology rests." 1yte Metabolism of the National been at Columbia University since Research Director Nirenberg Among '68 Winne rs 1941. Heai-t Institut.e. During his re of the Association search, he designed an electromet Last yeat Dr. Marshall Niren His principal research interests of Canadian Medi berg, National Heart Institut.e, are the chemical nature of anti ric instrument which has become cal Schools. the method for chloride determina Dr. H. Gobind Khorana, an NIH genic determinants and ant.ibody In his new posi grantee, and Dr. Robert W. Holley combining sites, a lthough his wide tion. tion, Dr. Malone Tn 1961 he was appointed chief Dr. Malone were named Laureates for their ge area of experimentation includes will a d m i n i s ter netic research. important contributions in allergy NIDR's program of grant support Biographical sketches of the and aut()immunity. of research and graduate research thl'ee winners follow: He is a member of the World training which is conducted in more than 100 universities and other re Dr. Delbruck, professor of Bi search institutions. ology, California Institute of Tech From 1963 to 1967, Dr. Malone nology, has received research sup served as scientist administrator port from the National Institute of and deputy chief of NIDR's Extra General Medical Sciences. mural Programs and chief of the The scientist's work on bacterio (Sec DR. Mllf,ONl'l. PM• 6) phages provided early theoreti cal and experimental support for Squibb Award Presented later research in genetics. Dr. Delbruck developed the meth To Dr. Chanock, NIAID od leading to the purification of a virus, known as the "plaque tech Dr. Robert M. Chanock, chief of nique." In this procedure bact;erial NIAID's Laboratory of Infectious cells are spread on a thin gelati D iseases, received the second an nous plate and then infected with nual Squibb Award from the In virus particles. fectious Diseases Society of Amer ica at its meeting in Washington, Clear Zone Left D.C., Oct. 25 and 26. The bacterial cells dissolve, Dr. Cotlove, acting chief of the Clin 'l'he award winner is noted for leaving a clear zone or "plaque." Dr. Kabat, o member of WHO Ad ical Pathology deportment, will a lso his contributions to the study of Dr. Delbruck was born in Ber visory Pane l on Immunology, has set direct that deportment's program in viral respiratory diseases, including lin and received his Ph.D. in phys up centers for immunological research laboratory automation and compute r t hose caused by parainfluenza and ics at the University of Gottingen. and training in developing countries. data processing. respiratory syncitial viruses. In 1937 he came to the California Health Organization Advisory Pan of the Clinical Chemistry Service Dr. Chanock organized and led Institute of Technology as a Rock el on Immunology, and has set up of t he Clinical P athology Depart the effort which validated earlier efeller Foundation Fellow in Bi centers for research and training ment. observations on t he "Eaton Agent" ology. in immunology in developing coun Dr. Cotlove is a consultant to as a major cause of pneumonia in For 8 years, from 1939 to 1947, tries. Tlie book by Dr. Kabat and the National Institute of General military recr uits. Verifying it as a he taugh.t at Vanderbilt Univer Dr. Manfred M. Mayer, Expe1-i Medical Sciences and the Division pleuropneumonia organism rather s ity. He t hen returned to Cal Tech me1ttal [m,munochemistry, is a clas of Research Grants in laborator y than a virus, he gave it its name, where he has been ever since. Dr. sic in this field. medicine, automation and training. Myocovlasma pneumoniae, and Delbruck became a naturalized Dr. Kabat is a member of the (See /JR. COTLOVE, Pao• •J (See DR. Cll ANOCK, Page 8) (S•• NOBEL, Page 7) (Seo DR. KAIJAT, Page 5) Page 2 October 28, 1969 THE NIH RECORD 'Open Season' for Fed. Employees' Health Benefits Program Starts November 10 An unlimited "Or>en Soason" under the Federal Employees Health ITLH1Hecord Benefits Program is scheduled for Nov. 10 through Nov. 28. 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Coverage under both options will Bari Attis, NINDS; Robert Ave1·y, N CI ; Lloyd Blevins, NICHD; These organizations include: the Thomas Bowers, CC; Katie Broberg, NIAMD; Art Burnett, HMES; American Federation of Govern pay for removal of impacted teeth Helene Doying, DRR; F lorence Foelak, BEMT/OD; Sue Hannon, ment Employees, National Alliance in the outpatient department of a NIDR; Marjo1ie Hoagland, NIMH; E lizabeth Y. James, NIEHS; of Postal and Federal Employees, hospital or t he physician's or den Paul Kelly, NLM; Robert Knickerbocker, DRS; Laura May Kress, and Government Employees Hos tist's office. This formerly was pay DAHM; B~tty Kuster, DCRT; Evelyn Lazzari, DN; JaJ1 Logan, FIG; pital Association. able only if removal was performed for a hospitalized bed patient. C~rolyn Niblett, DDH; Marion Oakleaf, DRC ; Faye Peterson, DBS; Also, the National Association of Richard Schroder, ADA; A. .n.ne Tisiker, NHI; Pat Vienna, NIAID; Wan Post Office Mail flandlers, Watch For confinement in a nonmember da Warddell, NIGMS; Beverly Warran DERF; Eleanor Wesolowski men, Messengers and Group Lead hospital the allowance under both DPM. ' ' ers, and the National Postal Union. options is increased to 80 percent of the cost of all covered hospital In early November, in a desk-to services in semi-private accommo NIH Television, Radio desk distribution, employees will dations. Hector Ragas Retires, receive an envelope co nta ining re Program Schedule vised brochures on the three gen Low option coverage allowance is Served PHS 38 Years eral plans. increased from $12 per day to the Television hospital's average daily charge for Registration procedures will also semi-private accommodations. NIH REPORTS be announced at that time, and reg WRC, Channel 4 istration assistants will answer INDEMNITY BENEFIT PLAN Fall series dates to be an questions and help employees in New bi-weekly rates ar.d change nounced. completing forms. in benefits: Radio The Civil Service Commission High Option Luw Option will mail brochures to organization Se lf only $ 6 .68 $2.89 DISCUSSION: NIH members. The brochures will also Self & Family 16.64 6.84 WGMS, AM-570-FM Stereo be available in all personnel offices. The maximum benefit under the 103.5-Friday evenings The "Open Season" also applies low option will be increased from About 9:15 p.m. to annuitants, and the Civil Se1·vice $15,000 to $20,000. October 31 Commissio11 will mail information GROUP HEALTH ASSOCIATION Dr. Peter Olch, deputy chief, directly to them. PLAN History of Medicine, NLM F or the contract period which be Subject: Th e National Li gins in January 1970, t here will be New bi -weekly rates and change brary of Medicine's Oral changes in the rates and benefits in benefits: History Programs Soon, Mr. Regos will toke off for the in each of the three major plans: High Option Low Option Self only $ 8 .06 $ 5.25 November 7 Eternal City-a trip to Rome was the SERVICE BENEFIT PLAN Self &Fomily 20.7S 13.BS Dr. John L. Doppman, De porting gift from his NIMH associates. ::-.ew bi-weekly rates and change partment of Diagnostic Under the new contract, organ Hector B. Ragas, National Insti in benefits: transplants and chronic renal di Radiology, CC High Option Low Option Subject: The Role of X-Ray tute of Me ntal Health, recently re alysis are now specifically excluded. Se lf only $ 5 .57 $ 2.16 in Therapy and Diagnosis tired aftei- 38 years in the Public Health Service. Self & Family 13.59 5.30 Interview takes place during in In point of longevity Mr. Ragas Typing and Steno Exams ter mission, Library of Congress holds a record- he has been wit h he retmncd to PHS. Offered in New Location Chamber Music Series. NIMH and its predecessor, the Di 'l'hrough the years he h as held NIil employees who wish to take vision of Mental Hygiene, since a number of administrative posts the Civil Service Commission Clerk Jennifer Boondas, DN, Joins 1938. at NIMH, and contributed to the PHS's Denver Regional Office He arrived in Washington at the development of Institute programs. Stenographer or Clerk-Typist ex tender age of 20, and in the midst In 1957, through special legisla amination should note the present Jennifer Boondas, Division of testing schedule and new location. Nursing, Bureau of Health Pro of the depression, but Mr. Ragas tion a mental heaJth program for fessions Education and Manpower found a job. He was hired as a Alaska was instigated. Mr. Ragas These tests are now available on Training, is now the Principal Re clerk-stenographer in the office of was one of a group sent by the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday gional Nursing Consultant for the the Surgeon General, PHS. Surgeon General to survey various mornings in Room 104 of the Wis PHS's Regional Office at Denver, There, he was able to develop his outposts, including Barrow on the con Building, 7550 Wisconsin Ave Colo. natural talent for administrative north coast. On this expedition Mr. nue, Bethesda. In her n e w assignment, Miss duties. While working, he attended Ragas served as administrative co The tests are offered on a "walk Boondas joins another DN mem Southeastern University where he ordinator. in" basis so appointments are not ber , Ethel Todd, the I nstitutional earned a Bachelor of Commercial Recently, Mr. Ragas was given a necessary. Nursing Consultant, in the Region Science degree in 1935. fa1·ewell pa1ty by his NIMH asso Applicants should arrive about al Office which serves the states of From 1942 to 1946 he served in ciates- and a farewell giftr-a trip 8:30 a.m. in order to have time for Colorado, I daho, Montana, Utah, the U.S. Army Medical Administra to Rome, a city he has always orientation. Tests begin promptly and Wyoming. tive Corps. After his tour of duty wanted to visit. at 9 o'clock. THE NIH RECORD October 28, 1969 Page 3 Dr. Spock Speaks Here Dr. Gordon H. Seger, Ways in Which Children CFC Quotas Announced; In Oct. 15 Observance Acquire Social Values Of Vietnam Moratorium Recently Retired, Dies Reported by NICHD Keymen Strive to Meet Many NIH employees joined in How do child1·en acquire their NIH Goal of $190#000 obser vance of the nationwide "mor systems of values and how do these The annual NIH Combined Fed atorium" protesting continuation of values affect social attitudes and eral Campaign has made its initial the Vietnam war on Oct. 15. bcllavior? report to campaign headquarters An estimated 2,500 persons, prin These are the questions discussed $20,639.25 has been collected. This cipally NIH employees, gathered in a new volume published by the is 10.9 percent of our goal. on the lawn cast of Bldg. 1 to hear National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The quota fo1· the National In a noon address by Dr. Benjamin stitutes of Health is $190,000. Spock, a nationally prominent critic Acquisition and Development of of American policy and of Ameri Values, Perspectives on Reseai·ch, The campaign, which opened offi can participation in the war. summarizes the proceedings of a n cially Oct. 13, is seeking funds for Institute-sponsored conference, held 164 agencies. Organizations bene .!.udience Includes Families in May 1968, on current research fiting from the combined fund drive Dr. Spock spoke from the steps int◊ the moral principles and stand include those affiliated with t h e of the building. Among his audi ards that underlie individual and United Givers Fund, the National ence were some members of the S()cial development throughout the Health Agencies, and the Interna employees' families visiting the world. tional Service Agencies. campus to hear him and a few other Conference Unique Any contribution designated spe viistors. cifically for a participating agency H is appearance had b ee n ar The conference was unique in will be honored. ranged by employees who were t hat it was sponsored by a re seorch-oriented Government agen Undesignated contributions will members of the Vietnam Morator be assigned to meet each group's ium Committee at NIH-NIMH. Dr. Or. Seger wos ossociote director of cy, underscoring the cLrrrnnt con David Reiss, a member of the Ex NIGMS when he retired in April 196?. cern with these questions. More t han 100 scientists from a ecutive Bonrrl of the Committee, Dr. Gordon H. Seger, 62, former introduced Dr. Spock and explained variety of fields discussed studies associate director of the National concerned with t he determinants of the Committee's purpose in organ Institute of General :Medical Sci izing the orderly demonstration. moral values, ethical standards and ences, died of cancer Oct. 12. character formation. The observance had been in doubt Born in Shakop~e, Minn, Dr. Se Their discussion is presented in until a ruling was issued by tl:e ger graduated in 1934 from North the book under six major headings: U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for ern Michigan University, from perspectives on value development; the District of Columbia Circuit, which he received its Distinguished values and moral behavior in vari which dh-ectcd the use, under cer Alumni Award 5 years ago. In 1938, o us cultures; the natm·e and mea tain circumstances, of Departmen he received his MPH degree in s ures of moral maturity; studies tal facilities for this purpose. public health education, and in of psychosocial environment and 1946, h is Ph.D. in public health moral character; adaptation and economics, both from the Univer value development, and scientific Illustration by Dick Borlow, MAPB. 4 Universities Receive sity of Michigan. research and moral judgment. quota. These funds will be dis NIGMS Gronts to Train Before joining the PHS as a Single free copies are available health education specialist in 1940, tributed in accordance with a pre from the Information Office, determined percentage: National Physician-Scientists Dr. Seger had been health educa NICHD, Bldg. 12-A, Rm. 3017, Health Agencies, 17.57 percent; tion director for public schools in Bethesda, Md. 20014. A new kind oi health profession F lint, Mich. United Givers Fund, 75.32 percent, al, trained both as physician anrl and International Service Agencies, scientist, will attempt to find the Gov't Service Noted NiH Orchestra to Start 7.11 percent. answers to pressing human disease From Hl41 until 1946, he was Again this year the NIH Rec problems through the medium of chief of State Personnel Adminis Rehearsals on Nov. 3 reation and Welfare Association is biomedical research. tration for the Bureau of State sponsoring a drawing in behalf of Services. During World War II, he The NIH O1·chestra sponsored by Four universities have received the R & W will begin its 11th sea CFC. Three cash prizes-one for grants from the National Institute served 3 years with the U.S. Navy. son on Monday, Nov. 3, at 8 p.m. in $50 and two for $25-will be award- He joined NIH in 1946 as a study (Bce CFC, Page 4) of General Medical Sciences to t he Jack Masur Auditorium, Bldg. train young men and women who section executive secretary in the Division of Rcseai·ch Grants, and 10. Mark Ellsworth will conduct will receive both M.D. and Ph.D. the orchestra which will rehearse degrees and become scientist-teach that same year became project re Weekly Television Series t hroughout the season on Monday ers in medical schools. view oOicer for DRG. evenings. To Cover DHEW Areas From 1951 to 1955, he was ex Mojor Role A nticipated ecutive officer for the National Can NIH employees and their families A weekly television series en are invited to join. No auditions They are expected to contribute cer Institute, and from 1955 to titled "You!" is being produced in to the education of increas ing num 1961, headed the Extramural Pro are held, but it is desirable to have cooperation with the Department bers of medical students, and play had expe1·ience in playing classical of H ealth, Education, and Welfare. grams Branch for the National In music. major roles in the advancement of stitute of Neurological Diseases Drugs, sleep, heredity, alcohol, medicine and the delivery of health and Blindness. Music stands should be brought mental and physical health, educa services during the next deciidc. to each rehearsal. Also, current R tion, and welfare will be some of In 1961, Dr. Seger wus chief of & W membership card should be The universities receiving NIGMS t h c Special Programs Review the subjects telecast. grants and their directors for this b rought to the opening meeting. The series may be viewed on Branch, DRG, and the following For further information call Dr. program a1·e: year associate director of NIGMS. Saturday afternoons, 2:30 to 3 p.m., John B. Wolff, manager, Ext. 67070. Washington Univer~ity of St. He retired in April 1969. on W.RiC-TV's Channel 4. The next Louis, Dr. P. Roy Vagelos; Univer He was a member of the Ameri program will be aired on Nov. 1. sity of Pennsylvania, Dr. J ames J. can Public Health Association, the the Clinical Center Department of This show, "You! and Quackery," l<~erguson, Jr.; Columbia Univer American Association .for t he Ad Sph·itual Ministry, gave the eulogy warns the public about fake diet sity, Dr. Brian Roffman, and Yale vancement of Science, and the As at the funeral services held in pills and quack cancer cures. Some University, Dr. Howard Levitin. sociation of Management in Public Bethesda, Md., Oct. 15. of the actual devices will be dem The universities will s t re s s Health. He also was a member of Dr. Seger is survived by his wife, onstrated. courses t hat will include biology, Phi Delta Kappa and Delta Omega Mary K.; a brother, Roger, of Ven Every week new ideas and the pharmacology, genetics, neurosci fraternities and the Biomedical Sci tura, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. latest research will be shown in all ences, microbiology, and public ence Administration. A. J. Ross and Mrs. Lorene Posink, areas o:f health, education, and health. Chaplain LeRoy Kerney, chief of both of Ventura. family services. October 28, 1969 THE NIH RECORD
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CFC Agnes H. Des Marais DR. COTLOVE Jerome Deutschberger, (Conti,.ued from Page S) Named ON Consultant (Continued fro,,, Page I) Assoc. Chief of NINOS ed on Friday, Oct. 31. He is a member of the Diagnostic To be eligible for this drawing, Agnes II. Des Marais, Division Off. of Biometry, Dies of Nursing, Bureau of Health Pro Research Committee of the Na NIH employees should fill out a fessions Education and Manpower tional Cancer Institute; and a Jerome Deutschberger, associate card, provided by his keyman, at Training, has been named Regional member of the U. S. Civil Service chief of t he Oflice of Biometry, Na the same time he fills out his dona Examining Board for Medical tional Institute of Neurological tion card. Nursing Consultant for the new PHS Region X office. Technologists. Diseases and Stroke, died at his The drawing will be held at 12 When fully operational, the re He has served as a consultant in home on Oct. 16. He was 52. noon in the R&W office. Cards sub gional office will serve the states Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory During his 7 years at NINDS, mitted up to 10 a.m. on the day of of Alaska, Oregon, and Washing Medicine to clinical branches of the he engaged in research activities in the drawing will permit donors to ton. Institutes, particularly on acid neurology and ophthalmology, and be eligible for a prize. Pending more permanent ar base, electrolyte, and Tena! prob wrote a number of scientific papers The campaign is stressing the rangements, Miss Des Marais is lo lems. in the field of perinatal research. advantages of using t h e payroll cated at the PHS Hospital at Seat Dr. Cotlove received his B. S. de A World War II army veteran, authorization, the mo st effective tle. In her new assignment, she gree from the College of the City he also wrote several articles on and painless method of making a will represent the Division of Nurs of New York in 1939, a11d an M.D. military performance abilities. meaningful contribution and lend ing and its programs in the region. degree from the New York Univer Mr. Deutschberger received his ing a helping hand to those in need. sity College of Medicine in 1943. B.A. and M.A. degrees in mat he matics from Columbia University. Dr. Theodore Cooper, Director of achieved 92 percent of our goal." Docs Research at Harvard He was a research fellow in med the National Heart Institute, who He added that he was "confident Dr. Cotlove also did research in is CFC Chairman, noted, "Ameri that this year we will be able to icine at Cornell University and a electrolyte physiology at the Har l'esearch assistant, Institute of cans have always been ready to report 100 percent and, in doing vard Medical School Department help. In the past NIH employees so, meet our goal." Physiological Research, Columbia of Pediatrics. He is a Diplomate of University. have shown themselves to be es the American Board of Internal pecially concerned with their fel Coming to Washington in 1956, Latest Participants in Medicine, and also of the American he served as a statistician in t he lowmen, based on last year's par Board of Pathology in Medical ticipation and the fact that we NIH Visiting Scientists Public Health Service-at the Divi Chemistry. sion of Research Grants and in the Program Listed Here He has held teaching appoint Food and Drug Administration. Unit Quotas for Annual CFC ments in medicine and physiology During t his time he also lectured Unit Goal 10/2-Dr. Wilhelmus N. Konings, at the George Washington Univer The Netherlands, Laboratory of on mathematics at George Wash OD/ ADA ...... $29,697 sity School of Medicine. ington University. Molecular Biology. Sponsor: Dr. DBS ...... 4,598 In 1961 Dr. Cotlove went to Eu A memorial service was held Oct. NCI ...... 26,657 Ernst Freese, NINDS, Bldg. 36, Rm. 3D02. rope for postgraduate study in 17. He is survived by his wife, NIDR ...... 6,384 Chemical Pathology at the Post J ean, a daughter, Carla, and a NIAMD ...... 14,877 10/2- Dr. Hong Mo Moon, Ko rea, Laboratory of Molecular Biol graduate School of London. brother, Paul, in Athens, Ga. DRG ...... 9,937 The family requests that in lieu ogy. Sponsor: Dr. Elizabeth Max He also surveyed Clinical Chem cc ...... 15,143 of flowers, contributions be made well, NI AMD, Bldg. 2, Rm. 207. istry departments in Sweden, Den NICHD ...... 5,852 mark, Holland, Belgium, France, to the J erome Deutschberger me NIGMS ...... 3,971 10/6-Dr. Marco Soria, Italy, Laboratory of Chemical Biology. and Great Britain. morial fund at the National Heart NIAID ...... 8,588 Institute. NINOS ...... 11,837 Sponsor: Dr. Robert Goldberger, Dr. Cotlove is a U. S. Public NE! ...... 1,406 NIA.MD, Bldg. 10, Rm. 9N317. Health Service commissioned offi n umber of professional societies NIEHS ...... 684 10/10- Dr. Mohammad Naimza cer with the rank of Medical Di da, Afghanistan, Laboratory of rector. He holds membershi p in a and is on the Editorial Board of BEMT ...... 15,903 Clinica Chimica Acta. NHI ...... 11,305 Preclinical Pharmacology. Sponsor: DRS ...... 8,569 Dr. Erminio Costa, NIMH, St. Eliz tin, NIDR, Bldg. 30, Rm. 403. He has written for scientific pub DCRT ...... 5,567 abeths Hospital, Washington, D.C. 10/15- Dr. Raphael Salomon , Is lications on electrolyte and renal FIC ...... 931 10/15- Dr. A. Sampath Naraya rael, Chemistry Branch. Sponsor: physiology, instrumentation and NLM ...... 8,094 nan, India, Laboratory of Biochem Dr. Harry V. Gelboin, NCI, Bldg. a utomation, and laboratory medi istry. Sponsor: Dr. George R. Mar- 37, Rm. 3D23. cine. THE NIH RECORD October 28, 1969 Page f> Cancer Symposium Reports Viruses Cause DR. KABAT Dr. Shields Named Chief, (Continued fro-n, Pauc 1) Leukemia Throughout Animal Kingdom National Academy of Sciences. He Special Programs Branch The National Cancer Institute and the Leukemia Society of America received the Eli Lilly Award in recently cosponsored a symposium-the IVth International Symposium Bacteriology and Immunology in In Nat'I Heart Institute on Comparative uukemia Research-which reported on the relationship 1949, the first Golden Hope Chest Dr. Jim L. Shields has been ap of viruses to leukemia and cert.ain Award of the National Multiple pointed chief of the Special Pro other forms of cancer. The meeting organs, up to 34 percent of the Sclerosis Society in 1962, and the grams Branch of the NaUonal was held at Cherry Hill, N. J . hamsters developed the same type Karl Landsteiner Award of the Heart Institute's Extramural Pro of leukemia within 4 or 5 weeks. American Association of Blood grams. Evidence was presented whldh Ranks in 1966. showed that viruses may cause leu In another report, a Russian sci In his new post, Dr. Shields will kemia in fish, toads, snakes, birds, entist, Dr. Bo1;s Lapin of the In The National Institute of Allel' direct the activities of the branch mice, rats, hamsters, dogs, cats, stitute of Expedmental Pathology gy and Infectious Diseases has which evaluates applications for cattle, monkeys-and man. and Therapy of the USSR Acad presented the Jules Freund Me program project grants and plan- emy of Medical Sciences, reported morial Seminar annually since Steps toward identifying the hy progress towards accomplishment l!l61, honoring t he first chief of pothetical, elusive human leukemia of a goal long sought by other its Laboratory of Immunology. virus wer,e described by two scien scientists. Last year's speaker was Dr. Al tists of NCl's Viral Leukemia and This was the production of a leu Lymphoma Branch, Drs. Timothy bert Sabin. Previous speakers have kemia-like disease in pregna!llt included Dr. Pierre Grabar, Dr. E. O'Connor and Peter J. Fisch- baboons following their inocula inger. Rene Dubos, and Dr. Michael Hei tion with cell-free material from delberger. Uses "Synthetic" Virus human leukemia patients. Using a "synthetic" virus they A proposal for joint Soviet tors at Presbyterian-St. Luke's developed from two viruses that American cooperation to repeat Hospital, Chicago, and Bionetics cause cancers in animals, the scien this research was made by Dr. S. S. Kalter of the Southwest Foun Research Laboratory, Kensington, tists were able to detect the pres ence of cat leukemia virus in tissue dation for Research in Education, Md. San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Kalter cultures. Using cell-free materials obtain offered the use of his laboratories ed from a cat with fibi-osarco:na Presence of the virus was sig to Dr. Lapin. or cancer of the connective tissue, nalled by morphologic changes NCI Supports Research the scientists were able to induce characteristic of cancer. Next they the same type of cancer in dogs, plan to r epeat the study with leu Research at the Southwest Foun dation is suppo1ted by Federal l'abbits, and monkeys. Dr. Shie lds formerly heada d a research kemic human cells, and they hope to team ot Fitzsimmons General Hos contracts with NCl's Special Virus The virus they observed by elec "catch" the suspect human leu pital. kemia virus with the same "syn Cancer Program. tron microscopy in tissue samples thetic" virus particle. Evidence suggesting that viruses from these animals' cancers was a ning grants for cardiovascular re may be associated with human C-type RNA virus, the s:ame type search and training centers. Also significant was their report cancer of the connective tissue, a s of virus that causes leukemia i n Dr. Shields came to NHI in Sep that the particle has already been they are in animals with t he same other animal species. tember 1968 as a health scientist found to cause changes associated disease, was also reported. At a banquet closing the Sym administrator in the Program Proj with cancer in bottle-grown cul Dr. Donald L. Morton, Surgery ects Branch (now the Special Pro tures of normal human cells. Branch, NCI, related experiments posium, the Leukemia Society of America's 1969 Scientific Award grams Branch). The scientists explained that the during the past year in which vi For 3 years prior to this, he synthetic particle appears to infect ruses or their "fingerprints" were was presented to Dr. George H. Hitchings, vice-president fo charge headed a multidisciplinary research and grow equally well in cat and detected in various human cancers team and served as assistant chief human cells. The NCI researchers of bone, cartilage and fatty tissue. of 1·esea1·ch for the B11rroughs \Vellcome Company. of the physiology division at the therefore suggested that scientists Related evidence of virus-induced U .S. Army Medical Research and handle cancer-causing viruses of cancers in lower animals was g iv Dr. Hitchings was honored for Nutrition Laboratory, Fitszimmons the cat with care. en by Dr. G. H. Theilen of the his development of several drugs General Hospital, Denver, Colo. Additional studies on the growth University of California School of used for treating patients with Dr. Shields, a graduate in chem and infectivity of cat leukemfa Veterinary Medicine and collabora- acute leukemia. istry from Central Methodist Col virus in human cells were reported lege, Fayette, Mo., earned his M.A. by Dr. Oswald Jarrett of the Uni in physiology (1958) and Ph.D. in vel'sity of Glasgow. environmental physiology (1962) Virus Relationships Described from the University of Missouri. Dr. Shield's principal research Other newly discovered relation interests have been in the area of ships between cancer-causing vi high a ltitude physiology and tem ruses were described by Dr. Arnold perature regulation, with particular Graffi of the German Academy of reference to ca1·bohydrate and lipid Science in Berlin-Buch. metabolism and the cardiovascular Dr. Graffi reported that a DNA effects of oxygen deprivation. virus found in skin cancers of adult hamsters, when inoculated into newborn hamsters, produced Cell Biology Symposium leukemia in these animals. Provides Book Material Specimens from the leukemic A book entitled Biochemistry of hamsters were then found to con Cell Division, compiled from sym tain an RNA virus morphologically posium presentations on cell biol similar to those known to be asso ogy, has recently been published. ciated with other animal leukemias. The New York University Medi Dr. Graffi speculated that the DNA cal Center hosted the April 1968 virus triggered the production of symposium which was sponsored the leukemia-causing RNA virus. and organized by the Division of Moreover, when the German sci Research Grants. entists inoculated the newborn Far those who can tear their eyes away from the fall foliage, a gaping hole It provided a forum for investi animals with cell-free sp,eeimens appears ot the southwest corne r of the NIH reservation adjacent to Old gators in the field of cell division in from patients with cancer of Ute George town Rood. Excovotion has begun for the multilevel garage near Build mammalian cells-one of the major stomach, lung, pancreas, and other ings 36 and 37 olanned for 818 cars. problems in molecular biology. Page 6 October 28, 1969 THE NIH RECORD
eluding increases in population, Thomas D. Hatch Named DAHM Encourages, Supports Training new medical techniques, a n d clianges in methods of payment for Deputy Director, DAHM In Many Health Occupation Categories health care, call for new types of Thomas D. Hatch has been ap By Judith Roberts health personnel and new ways to pointed deputy director of the Di Information Intern meet health needs. vision of Allied Health Manpower, The widening gap between the demand for health services, and their The Educational Progra.m De Bureau of Health Prof essions Edu delivery to those who require them, stresses the importance .of more effec velopment Branch, under Dr. J os cation and Manpower Training. tive use plus the need for an increase in health occupation personnel. eph Kadish, acting chief, concen He will also serve as acting di The gap also points up the :ne t rates on innovative ideas in health care training such as investigating rector of the Division. cessity for new types of occupa Mr. Hatch has been w ith DAHM tions that w ill take care of new tl:e developing of a training pro g;-am for anesthesiology assistants, since it was established in January health care concepts. 1967. He served first as executive and a new category for health Physicians, nurses, and dentists workers. oflicer, and since November 1968 are unable to provide all the health has been assistant director. services. There are over 100 other Other Programs Described In this capacity he has directed categories identified as allied healt h Another program at the Univer prnfessions and occupations. This aity of Colorado trains child health number is constantly increasing. associates who may help 1,elieve t he shortage of pediatricians in One of 7 Divisions /, 1980-estimated at 88,000. This The Division of Al)ied Health program emphasizes the 80 to 90 Hanpower, one of seven divisions percent of pediatric practice which of the Bureau of H ealth Profes A stude nt at a junior college learns is concerned with well children and sions Education and Manpower techniques on equipme nt purchased those with relatively mild diseases. fraining, is the focal point for t he with an allied health professions Basic A II efforts to imprnve educa study, encouragement, and supp9rt Improvement Grant. Eventually he of education and t raining of a l.l ied will use this training in a job at a tional programs, create new occu health manpower. medical laboratory. riations, and analyze information are pointless unless people can be A few of the allied health occu fleeted i n the background of the recruited into the allied health oc pation categories supported by division's staff. Typical is the staff cupations. A DAHM contract with DAHM are the dental hygienist, of the Program Assistance Branch, the :\'ationa l Health Council recog medical technologist, medical rec headed by Dr. Fred J. Payne. It nizes this problem. ord librarian, physical therapist, includes a sanitarian, a physical dietary technician, inhalation ther The contract s upports efforts therapist, a pharmacist, a public which include strengthening and apy technician, medical laboratory administrator, and a dietit ian. technician, and sanitarian tech expanding state and conummity nician. The Allied Health Section, head health councils, developing a system ed by Edison E. Newman, is the fot· responding to questions about Mr. Hatch has been involved in the It also provides graduate public health careers, and promoting ac de velopment of DAHM since its es focal point for grant activities au health training grants and educa tivities to coordinate health career tablishment in 1967. thorized by the Allied Health Prn tional improvement grants for t he fessions Personnel Training Act. clubs in high schools and commu professions of optometry, podfatry, the ongoing programs and opera nity organizations. pharmacy and veterinary medicine. This section a
DR. CHANOCK Dr. von Brand Retires, Richard Henschel, EO, Retires From NH/; (Conti,iucd t~o»i Pano 1) Continues Experiments Assumes R&W General Manager Post showed that it was also a signifi cant cause of pneumonia in children 'fhe NIH Recreation and Welfare On a 'Volunteer' Basis Association has a new General as well as young adults. Dr. Theodor C. von Brand, dis Manager. He is Richard H. Hen A native of Chicago, Ill., Dr . Cha tinguished parasitologist and phys schel, former executive officer of nock earned the B.S. and M.D. de iologist who recently retired from the Heart Institute. grees at the University of ,Chicago. the National Institute of Allergy Mr. Henschel, the third manager He came to NIAID in 1957 after and Infectious Diseases, is still at since the post was created in 1955, teaching a t the University of Cin work in his lab--now on a "volun will replace Herbert B. Hopkins cinnati and the J o h n s Hopkins teer" basis. who resigned in June. Nellie Mc School of Hygiene and Public The renowned scientist, who has Leish of the Employee Counseling Health. been chief of the Physiology and Service has been Acting G