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Spring 1996 Vol The Newsletter of the NIH Alumni Association Spring 1996 Vol. 8, No.1 date Furlough, Snow Bollix Report Plots Future of Campus Routine Clinical Center When many NIH employees flocked By Sara Byars back to campus on Thursday. Jan. 11, after nearly 3 weeks of furlough and The Clinical Center should change nearly a week of snow-forced govern­ tJ1e way it's governed. funded. and ment closure, it was with the blinking, managed in order to provide a stable befogged status of refugees returning foundation for clinical research into the from forced ex ile. They staggered into next century, according to recommen­ work concerned that an evening snow dations contained in an extensive repon forecast would materialize into another to HHS Secretary Donna ShaJala delay because of the long weekend released Feb. 9. capped by the Martin Luther King. Jr. The repon summarized findings of holiday. an option team that had a mandate to It did snow that night, and NIH evaluate how best to structure the didn't fully reopen until Tuesday, Jan. Florence S. Mah oney Clinical Center and its operati ons. ''The 16. when the entire workforce returned recommendations contained in this to face bli zzards of traffic and paper­ Florence Mahoney report will allow the Clinical Center 10 work. lndeed, many were too snowed Chosen 1996 Public remain in the forefront of biomedical under with work to answer calls from research into the new century,·• said Dr. reporters and grantees, but around the Service Awardee John Uall in, CC dire~tor and a member water cooler. the stories were shared: of the team that examined and evaluat­ some colleagues used to advantage The NIH Alumni Association·s ed CC operations for nearly a year. He almost 4 weeks of paid leave-at no board of directors has chosen Florence said that ·'the recommendations in no charge to their leave balances-at the Stephenson Mahoney as the recipient way suggesr thar Clinical Center jobs best possible time of the year-the hol­ of its Public Service Award for 1996. are in jeopardy or that CC services will iday season. She will receive the award at tJ1e group's universally be contracted out" The budget crisis shocked NIH . annual meeting on Saturday, June 15, (See CC Update p. 19) Investigators ran out of supplies mid­ 1996. This is the fourth year that this experiment and weren ' t allowed to pro­ honor has been presented. The previ­ cure new materials. Grant money to ous awardees were the late Congress­ In This Issue Page universities was held up (see accompa­ man William H. Natcher, Dr. P. Roy NIH recefres budget increase J nying sidebar). Paychecks were cut in Vagelos, and Dr. Maxine F. Singer. Research Festfral ·95 lreld half. putting many workers in crisis Florence Mahoney has been a nation­ at Natclrer 4 when bills, especially for housing, ally influential supponer of medical Calendar 5 came due. Commissioned Corps mem­ research since pre-World War Il years. News from and a/10111 NIHAA members 6 bers were plunged into tunnoil when A former newspaper woman, she was A ll'ller from NlliAA presidem II their furlough-exempted status as emer­ appalled at the furtive attitudes among Memorial e1·c111s far A11fi11se11 arrd gency workers played havoc with long­ well-read people about mental health Ste11e11 12 standing vacation plans. And Clinical problems and by the high rate of rejec­ NIDDK 1111d Pimo l11dia11scelebrate Center employees worked through both tion among military draftees because of 30-yeor study 15 snow and furlough. poor health. She expanded on an early Science Research Updates 17 The campus was surprisingly busy realizarion that the development and /\ closer look at CC elel'Otor arlll'ork 10 during the long layoff, as anyone who application of new knowledge derived NIN Nous 22 visited the NrH Federal Credit Union from medical research is a key factor Mail·i11 ho/lot for board 29 during that period can testify. As the for improvements in human health. At NII/ Retrospectil'es J I (See Furlouglt/Snow p. 18) (See Mahoney p. 2) N I H A A U P D A T E Mahoney (co11ti1111ed from p. 1) i.cal leaders to discuss research issues that rime, the nature and potential of and possible legislation to advance the medical research was largely unknown cause of NIH, were well recognized for and unappreciated by the public and irs their effectiveness. political representatives. Through her Although publicly less weJJ known The NIHAA Update is the news/euer ofthe newspaper and personal connecrions, than Lasker, the talents ofF lorence NIH Alumni Association. Tile NIHAA office she was well !mown in the Washington Mahoney melded well with the attribut­ is a1 9101 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda. scene, especially in Democratic poli­ es of her associare, making them a for­ MD 20814, (301) 530-0567. tics. She began a lifetime effort to per­ midable team. She was a person of her EdiJor's Note suade those individuals with polfrical own mind, however, differing with power of the value of a strong naLional Lasker on occasion and pursuing her The N/HAA Update welcomes letters and news from readers. We wish not only ro medical research endeavor, especially own convictions. [n her own right, she bring al11mni news aho11t NIH, b111 also to through an expanded mission and fund­ was undoubtedly the most influential serve as a means for reporring i11formario11 ing for NIH. backer of the legislation that Jed to the abow alunmi-lheir concerns. i11formario11 on recem appoimments, honors, books pub­ Working closely over the years with establishmenr of the National Institute lished and other developme111s of i111eresr to her colleague, Mary Woodard Lasker. on Aging. She served on the advisory Their colleagues. If you have news abo111 she was highl y i.nstrumental in the pas­ councils of the National Jnstitute of yourself or about other alumni. or com­ menrs on and suggesrions for rhe NIHAA sage of both enabling legislation and Arthri tis and Metabolic Diseases and Update, please drop a note ro rhe ediror. We appropriation biJJ s related ro the com­ NIA and on other national committees. reserve r/1e righr ro edir mareria/s. ponents ofNIH. Her invaluable access Jn 1987, NIA established in her honor to leaders in both executive and legisla­ the annual Florence Mahoney Lecture Editor: Harriet R. Greenwald tive branches of the federal govern­ on Aging, with Dr. Lewis Thomas as NJHAA Newsletter Editorial Advisory ment, her dogged persistence and her the first lecturer. Committee shrewd and well-prepared arguments Florence Mahoney will be honored at on behalf of bener health through sup­ the annual meeting of the Nlli Alumni Jerome G. Green. Chairman Linda J. Brown port of medical research eventually Association at the Mary Woodard Michael M. Gouesman overcame opposition from a variety of Lasker Center (the Cloister). Harriet R. Greenwald sectors. Her low-key dinner parties. Invitations with details about the meet­ \lictoria A. Harden Colleen Henrichsen which brought together top medical ing. which will feature other speakers, Harvey Klein scientists and strategically placed polir­ will be mailed to members in May. Robert G. Marrin Abner Louis Notkins Lois A. Salzman Philip E. Schambrt1 Elizaberh H. Singer SAVE THE DATE! Srorm Whaley Richard G. Wyarr The Annual Meeting of the NIH Alumni Association NIHAA Newsletter Board of Contributing Editors Saturday, June 15, 1996 Giorgio Bernardi H. Franklin Bunn Roger 0. Egeberg at the Mary Woodard Lasker Center (the Cloister) Hem)·k Eisenberg Donald S. Fredrickson Bldg. 60, NIH, Bethesda, Md. Lars A. Hanson Walter W. Holland Watch for invitations with details of the program. George Klein Richard M. Krause Robert Q. Marston Thank you and see you in June. Carlos Monge Roger Monier Seymour Perry Michael Sela 2 SPR I NG 1 9 9 6 NIH Receives Generous 1996 Budget Increase Those may as well have been dollars the FY 1995 spending level. Even worse, that recently fell across the campus as NIH had been anticipating a I percent snowflakes-top NIH staff were cut from the 1995 level in 1996. and a 3 NIHAA Board ofDirectors a11d Officers delighted when a 5.7 percent increase percent cut from the 1995 level in 1997. over the fiscal year 1995 budget pushed The new budget increases NIH's purse Cah 1ir1 B. Baldwin, Jr.. Presidenr \Villiam I. Gay, Vice Preside/II the agency's FY 1996 budget to a $ 175 million over President Clinton's Joseph Perpich, Vice President shade less than $ 12 billion. own request for the agency-an out­ Storm Whaley. Secreta1y ·'We're real pleased," said Francine come wholly unanticipated during last Harley G. Sheffield. Treasurer Thomas./. Kenned\I, Jr. President 1993­ Little, director of the NlH Office of fa ll 's budget battles on Capitol Hill. 1995 . Financial Management. "With 4 Despite the excellent turnout of the .foe R. field, President 1991 -1993 months of the fiscal year already gone. FY 1996 budget. NLH officials are Gordon D. Wallace. Preside1111990-1991 it's just fantastic news. Everybody reluctant to crow 100 loudly-only Margaret A. Badger around here worked hard for it It·s parts of the HHS empire received fund­ Carl G. Baker grear news for NIH." ing, not all. Noted NIH deputy director William R. Carroll Belia L. Ceja NIH is getting 12 months' worth of Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, "We are pleased Peter Condliffe funding to spend with only 8 months of that the Congress appreciates the impor­ John L. Decker the year left. In some instances, this tance of biomedical research supported Vemh·e Ferguson M11rr<1r Goldstein may result in more generous support of by NIH to the nation's health.
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