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ry M. netic resonance programs and prostate cancer research. "Prostate cancer is so widespread that I'm greatly interested in its detection, prevention, control and cure," he said, Mr, Harrington has been a member of the Board's investment committee for eight years. "f attempt to make observa- tions that may point out over-evaluation in the portfolio," he said. Jerry Harrington grew up in the Pasa- dena area and lived here for many years. He earned business administration and fi- nance degrees from UCLA, then became an officer in the CJ.S. Navy, I-Ie worked for Coldwell Banker, the real estate firm, in property management and in 1959 joined E. F.1-lutton. as a stockbroker and financial consultant. Today his offices are at Shear- son, Lehman, Hutton in Newport Beach. Mr. Harrington has two daughters in their m.id-twenties, His main avocation is traveling to faraway, little-known places; he tries to visit the:r.tam during times of festi- vals and special events, usually accotnpa- nied by hi returned from Tibet an western China. He has taken trips to Ant- arctica and cruised to remote islands such as St, Helena and Pitcairn Island. He sailed for a month from Chile to 'awa.hiti, after cruising the Chilean fjords. "I'm always looking for something a bit different when I travel," Mr, Harrington said. in 1974, he went around the world in five weeks, visiting Iran, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Nepal, Burma, Laos, Vietnam. He's had the good fortune to travel to Cambodia, Lebanon and Kuwait when they were still safe to visit. He speaks "semi-fluent" Spanish, a bit of German and French, and has studied Japanese and Russian in preparation for his trips to those countries. "The words 'where is' are very important in every country," he added. When not managing portfolios or trav- eling, he skis, plays tennis and golf. Roberts Awarded Nation ohn D. Roberts, f'h.D., treasurer of HMRI's Board of Directors and Jtitute Professor of Chem- istry, Emeritus, at Caltech, has received the National Medal of Science, the na- tion's highest honor in sci- ence, In a ceremony at the White House on November 13, President Bush pre- sented Dr.l2oberts and 20 other scientists with their medals. « ceive the hon Roberts. "It was a nice sion. President and Mrs. Bush were very gracious." Dr. Roberts is noted for his studies of magnetic reso- nance spectroscopy and re- action mechanisms in John D. Roberts, Ph.l)., received the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor in science, from President George F3ushh in a White House ceremony November 13, 1990, corganic chemistry. Also a member of the National Academy of Science, he chairs HMRI's Magnetic Resonance Research Committee. Past recipients of the National Medal of Science include Nobel Prize winners Linus Pauling, Richard Feynman, g. J. Corey; William Hewlett, a founder of Hewlett-Packard; Paul Lauterbur and Edward Purcell, pioneers in MR imaging; and industrialist-philanthro- pist Arnold Becltrnan,C1 harp, M.D., one of nd William Opel, 1-1M1t,C Board member Jerry 141.Harriragton As for the future of HMRI, Mr, Har- rington hopes that "more measures to ef- fect cures for various types of cancer can be found. I think we're doing a good job. Bill Opel knows just where plans and en- eraies should be directed." 0 Liver and Braa~. esearchers in HMF21's Magnetic Res- onance onance Spectroscopy Laboratory are refining the technique of nitro- gen ('IN) spectroscopy to study how liver disease can affect brain function. According to laboratory director Dr. Brian Ross, recent studies indicate that 80% of patients with cirrhosis of the liver may be unfit to drive a car due to the in- terference of their disease with brain func- tion, Another disease, hepatic encephalopathy, is a disturbance of brain rrr.etabolisrnm that occurs when alcoholism disrupts liver function; it is also seen in patients after severe viral hepatitis. Keiko Kanamori, Ph.D., explains that in cases of hepatic encephalopathy the waste product ammonia cannot be removed by the liver and is carried in the bloodstream to the brain, where it diffuses and acts as a toxin, causing disturbances of brain me- tabolism. "Through 'sN spectroscopy," she 1'"we can also detect the incorpora- ia into glutamine - which pathway by w xified in the brain - and even GABA, an important neurotransmitter." "Dr. Kanamori has improved the method of "N 100-fold," said Dr. Ross, "by observing the protons attached to ni- trogen." He hopes the research will lead to a treatment for metabolic abnormalities which result from common liver diseases, thereby preventing the onset of brain complications. 0