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. , , 1 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Public Health Service National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland 20014 ANNOOCECENT* The appointment of two new members of the National Cancer Snstitute's Board of Scientific Counselors was announced today by Dr. Kenneth M. Endicott, the Institute Director. The new members are Dr. Gerald C. Mueller, Professor of Oncology at the McAral.e Memorial Laboratory of the University of It Wisconsin, whose term begins July 1, and Dr. A. McGehee Harvey, Director of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, whose term begins October 1. The six-member Board, established in 1957, meets period- ically to review research conducted in the National Cancer Institute's laboratories and clinics in Bethesda, Md., and to advise on plans for future studies. Each member,serves a four-year term. Dr. Mueller has been on the staff of the McArdle Memorial Laboratory since 1950. His professional activities have included membership on the Drug Evaluation Psne3l of the Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center from 1959 to 1962, part of the time as Chairman. His research interests include the biochemistry of cancer, the mechanism of action of estrogenic hormones,.and the biochemistry of growth regulation. L)r. Mueller was graduated _._..__..._. 3~ For further informa.tion call Mrs. Betty Cochran, 301- 9-2615 6-17-65 -

2 from the University of Wisconsin with an M.D, degree in 1946 andd a Ph. D. degree in biochemistry in 1950. Dr. Harvey received his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University Medical School in 1934, and first joined the faculty in 1940. His other professional activities have included member- ship on the Advisory Comtni.ttee of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology from 1956 to 1961. He will complete a four-year term on the National Advisory Cancer Council in September. Dr. Harveyos research interests are neurophysiology and clinical therapeutics. The retiring members of the Board are Drs. William Uo Gaxdner of the Yale University School of Medicine9 who has been Chairman, and Howard ;. Skipper of Southern Research lnstitute, Birmingh,ani, Alabama, who left the Board in December to become a member of the National Advisory Cancer Council. Continuing terms/on the Board are Drsa Ro11.in D. Hotchkiss of the Rockefeller Institute, New York City; Leon 0. Jacobson of the University of Chicago; Francis D. Moore of Peter Bent' Brigham Hospital, Boston; and John J. Trentin of Baylor UniversityD Houston. ;~ .11. A 7~ 7r" 7l'