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BIOGRAPHY Ernest L. Wynder, M. D. Address: Home: Trinity Pass, Pound Ridge, New York 10576 Tel: (914) 764-5815 and (212) 249-1191 Office: American Health Foundation, 180 East End Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10028 Tel: (212) 628-6300 Born: April 30, 1922, Herford, Germany Marital Status: Single Education: New York University,.N.Y., N.Y. B.A., 1943 Washington University, St. Louis B.S., 1950 Washington University, St. Louis M.D., 1950 Research and Teaching Appointments: American Health Foundation New York President, 19 9- Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York Division of Environmental Cancerigenesis Assistant, 1952-54 Associate, 195!+-60 Associate Member, 1960-69 Associate Scientist, 1969- Columbia Universit School of Public Health New York Adjunct Professor, Public Health Practices, 19 9- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, The City University of New York, New York Lecturer in Dept. of Community Medicine, 1970- Cornell University Medical College, Sloan-Kettering Division, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York Asst. Professor of Preventive Medicine, 1954-56 Assoc. Professor of Preventive Medicine, 1956-69 Hospital Appointments Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C. Intern 1950 M_emorial HosDital for Cancer & Allied Diseases, New York Department of Jr. Assistant t•'ledicine Resident, 1951-52 ( --Sr. Assistant Resident, 1952-54 Clinical Assistant Physician, 1954-64 Assistant Attending Physician, 1964-69 Consulting Epidemiologist, 1969-

Wynder Biography James Ewin Hos ital of the Cit of New York, (now the Ewing Pavilion of Nlemorial Hospital , New York Department of Medicine Clinical Visiting Assistant Physician, 1954-64 Assistant Visiting Physician, 1964-68 Memberships Air Pollution Control Association American Cancer Rese arch Association American Medical Association American Public Health Association Ms,x Planck Society, (Germany) New York Academy of Sciences New York County Medical Society New•York Public Health Association New York State Medical Society Other Activities UICC (Union Internationale Contre le Cancer) Committee on-Cancer of the Oesophagus, 1966-70 Task Force for Smoking & Health, 1967 and 1968 Task Force on Lung Cancer,Tobacco Working Group, 1967- American Cancer Society, Committee on Tob acco and Cancer, 1967- American Dental.Association Consultant to Conference on Oral Care, 1968 Public Health Service, Annual Report to Congress Panel Member in 1968 and 1969 National Cancer Institute, 3rd National Cancer Survey, Epidemiological Advisory Committee, 1968- National Center for Health Services, Research and Development, Policy Advisory Committee, 1968- Editorial Advisory Board, CANCER RESEARCH, 1970-73 National Heart and I,ung Institute Task Force on Atherosclerosis, 1970- White House Conference on Children, 1970

L_ - 69 - E. Overview Dr. Wynder's organization is of a very unstable formulative nature. The USDA and private fund raising are the mechanism of support. Dr. Hoffman's tobacco- related studies are the primary scientific program. The original Executive Director, John David Griffin, has left, apparently not replaced. Dr. Edward Ahrens of Rockefeller University is no longer listed on the Scientific Consulting Board. The extramural preventive medicine program is still only by colleague association and proposal. There is no clinic. The prime administrator and public relations officer is Mrs. Dinah Groves, a statuesque British-born blonde who also serves as receptionist. Mrs. Groves' statement of "a staff of fifty, thirty of which are scientific," and "which will double by December 1971" is not supported. Apparently there are six to eight senior scientists and an unknown number of technicians. The "staff" thus included associateE at other institutions often far removed from New York.