July 5, 1972, NIH Record, Vol. XXIV, No. 14
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U. S. DEPARTMEN<^>T OF JulRecordy 5, 1972 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Vol. XXIV, No. 14 Outstanding Contributions of Employees Dr. Arthur Dorf Winner Cancer Specialist Team To Be Recognized at July 7 Ceremony Of J. D. Lane Award Discusses Drug Therapy Dr. Arthur Dorf recently re- ceived the annual J. D. Lane Award With Soviet Scientists as the "outstanding junior inves- A team of five American cancer tigator for the most significant con- scientists, led by Dr. C. Gordon tribution of original research." Zubrod of the National Cancer In- A plaque and honorarium were stitute, flew to the U.S.S.R. on June presented to Dr. Dorf by Surg. 25 to exchange information on drug Gen. Jesse L. Steinfeld at the June treatments of can- meeting of the PHS Commissioned cer with leading Officers Association. Soviet scientists. Dr. Dorf is staff associate of the The exchange is National Institute of Arthritis, Dr. Kennedy Dr. Greene Dr. Kasel Dr. Payne part of a U.S.- Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases' U.S.S.R. health Field Studies Section in Phoenix. agreement to share This section is field headquarters results from can- for the Institute's epidemiological cer, heart disease, and clinical studies of certain dis- and environmental orders among American Indians. studies. Dr. Dorf was investigating the Dr. Zubrod is sci- Dr- Zubrod epidemiology of retinopathy among entific director for Chemotherapy Arizona's Pima Indians, who have at the NCI. the world's highest frequency of In addition, the U.S. team con- diabetes. sists of Dr. Oleg Selawry, acting -'1 I His findings suggest that mildly chief of the NCI-Veterans Ad- Dr. Fried Miss Seidler Dr. Held elevated blood pressure, long re- ministration Medical Oncology Miss Bonnell garded as an unexplained or inci- Branch; Dr. Stephen K. Carter, Meritorious Service Medals dental finding, may be a factor in chief of the Cancer Therapy Eval- the development of retinopathy uation Branch, NCI; Dr. Joseph H. When NIH holds its fourth annual Honor Awards Ceremony at the among diabetics. Burchenal, Vice President, Sloan CC Jack Masur Auditorium this Friday, July 7, at 2:15 p.m., Dr. Diabetic retinopathy—the fourth Kettering Institute for Cancer Re- Robert Q. Marston, Director, will present DHEW Superior Service Honor leading cause of blindness in this search, and Dr. Louis R. Wasser- Awards to 27 Civil Service em- country—is expected to become the man, Distinguished Service Pro- ployees and Meritorious Service leading cause within 20 years. fessor at the Mt. Sinai School of "For significant and continuing Medicine, N.Y.C., and past presi- Medals to eight U.S. Public Health contributions to administrative Service officers. dent of the American Society of management in support of the Hematology. Two 40 year Length-of-Service health manpower programs of the certificates will also be presented. National Institutes of Health." During the visit, June 25 to July 1, the American and Soviet Following introductions by Leon Donald C. Parks, assistant di- M. Schwartz, Associate Director for scientists discussed methods of ad- rector for Administration, Division ministering and evaluating cancer Administration, Dr. Marston will of Physician and Health Profes- speak and make the presentations. drugs, and described their results sions Education, BHME, "For pro- with various drug therapies against Marine Band to Perform viding exceptional leadership quali- many forms of cancer. ties and management skills to the All NIH employees are invited to Division of Physician and Health For example, the American team attend the ceremony at which the Professions Education, BHME." presented their findings with a White House orchestra of the U.S. group of drugs called the nitro- Marine Band will perform. Dr. Joseph Leiter, associate di- soureas, sometimes useful against rector, Library Operations, NLM, brain tumors and several other After the ceremony a reception "For his dynamic leadership which forms of cancer. will be held in the main lobby of has been a major factor in the suc- The Soviet investigators were the Clinical Center for NIH offi- cessful development of MEDLARS, cials, award recipients, and their Dr. William J. Goodwin, chief, Primate expected to discuss their results the National Library of Medicine's with Ftoraf ur, a Russian-developed families. Medical Literature Analysis and Research Centers Section, DRR, ad- dressed the world's leading primatolo- drug believed to be helpful in treat- Employees who will receive the Retrieval System, one of the world's ing advanced cancers of the breast largest computer-based information gists at a meeting of the Third Con- DHEW Superior Service Honor ference on Experimental Medicine and and intestine. systems." Awards — for services and/or Surgery in Primates at Lyon, France, Prof. Nikolai N. Blokhin, of the achievements which deserve special Davis B. McCarn, acting asso- held in collaboration with WHO. He U.S.S.R. Academy of Medical Sci- recognition of a high order—are: ciate director for Science Commun- traced the history of nonhuman pri- ences and Director of the Institute Clifford Allen, assistant director ication and Office of Computer En- mate research in the U.S., describing of Experimental and Clinical On- for Administration, Division of gineering Services, NLM, "For his the seven DRR regional primate re- cology in Moscow, will host the Manpower Intelligence, BHME, (Continued on Page 4) search centers. Americans during their visit. Page 2 July 5, 1972 THE NIH RECORD Mecord Published biweekly at Bethesda, Md., by the Publications and Reports Branch, Office of Information, for the information of employees of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and circulated by request to interested writers and to investi- gators in the field of biomedical and related research. The content is reprintable without permission. Pictures are available on request. Th<? NIH Record reserves the right to make corrections, changes or dele- tions in submitted copy in conformity with the policies of the paper and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. NIH Record Office Bldg. 31, Rm. 2B-03. Phone 49-62125 Editor Frances W. Davis Ann Zahn (r) stands beside her prize-winning art and receives congratulations Assistant Editor Fay Leviero from Mrs. Robert Q. Marston. Her work, entered under graphics, won first prize Staff Writer Ed Driscoll in that category and was then chosen best in show at the recent 14th Annual NIH Art Show. Mrs. Zahn, a professional artist, is the wife of Dr. Theodore P. Staff Correspondents Zahn, head, Unit on Psychopnysiology, Laboratory of Psychology, NIMH. ADA, Robert Manning; BB, Paye Peterson; BHME/OD, Florence Foe- lak; CC, Ann Bainbridge; DAHM, Laura Mae Kress; DCRT, Joan Chase; DDH, Carolyn Niblett; DMI, Marian R. Fox; DN, Evelyn Laz- zari; DPHPE, Eleanor Wesolowski; DRG, Sue Meadows; DRR, Jerry- UMC on Campus Completes First Year, Gordon; DRS, Robert Knickerbocker; FIC, Lois P. Meng; NCI, Eliza- beth Shollenberger; NEI, Bonnie Friedman; NHLI, Bill Sanders; NIAID, Fall Enrollment May Exceed 500 Students Krin Larson; NIAMD, Katie Broberg; NICHD, Lloyd Blevins; NIDR, The Upward Mobility College at NIH has just completed its first Sue Hannon; NIEHS, Elizabeth Y. James; NIGMS, Wanda Warddell; school year. Many of the laboratory technicians, nursing assistants, NINDS, Anne Tisiker; NLM, Roger Gilkeson. X-ray technicians, and kitchen helpers who have completed up to three quarters of the school year have NIH Nicely Came Through That Long Period of Stormy gone on to summer school starting for tuition and books and give some June 20. time away from the job when Weather-When There Was 'No Sun Up in the Sky' This fall, one year after its open- classes were held during an em- NIH weathered the storm nicely east corner of Bldg. 38—NLM— ing, the college will enroll 500 to ployee's duty hours. —according to Thomas Cook, chief, broke off at ground level; the land- 600 students and will be the largest Federal City College, in Wash- Maintenance and Landscaping Sec- scaping crew was not able to save such institution in the Washington ington, D. C, offered to cooperate tion, Plant Engineering Branch. it. metropolitan area. At least one of by furnishing many of the instruc- Mr. Cook was talking about the The other two trees were saved, every 10 persons in the lower salary tors and giving credit for courses recent storm, an aftermath of hur- their root systems were undamaged. scales at NIH will be enrolled. successfully completed. ricane Agnes as it moved north, Both are koelreuteria, or golden "Upward Mobility" is the core of Mrs. Greene Represents FCC that literally drenched the earth rain trees, they stand near Bldg. a major new educational effort. The college's coordinator, Stephen Norma Greene represents the col- in the Washington, Virginia and 12A, and have a "yellow, chainlike lege at NIH. FCC gets much credit • Maryland areas, flooded basements, flower that ought to be out at the Bell, estimates that within 3 years, the UMC will grow to about 700 for having had the courage to say, and caused rivers, streams and end of June, or by the time this "We think we can do it." Other creeks to overflow. issue comes out," he explained. students. They can attain an As- sociate of Arts degree in 2% years institutions will probably be incor- But NIH remained (compara- "We stood them up, wired and porated into the program during tively) dry behind its facade of staked them, they have a real good or a Bachelor's degree in 4% to 5 years. the coming school year. buildings and landscaping. chance of being all right," he said. Richard Striker, acting chief In a few facilities, water seeped The major creek running through NIH has long been a center for of the Training and Education through where raindrops fell on the reservation that winds its way adult education.