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L= 1t//H A3/,19rl n TM012 9 0 5; 3rdan Receives Award Dr. Howard Andervont, Distinguished Cancer Researcher ,rmed Forces Service iIliam S. Jordan. director ot the MI- qy and Infectious Diseases Pro- IAID, was presented the t7utstand- -an iervlce Award with Bronze ,at Cluster by Mator General Erl- rnoez. Jr., deputv surgeon genera: -mv. toi outstanding service to the orces ot the United States. rdan was honored at his final as a member ot the Armed Forces aIoRical Board with which he had .ir a quarter of a century. 'EB serves as a continuing scientific trody to the Assistant $ecretary of ror Health Altairs and to the sur- 2-neral cut the military departments. >ard provides timely, screntrfic, and inal advice in matters pertaining to nal programs, policy development. .rrch needs. ,dan was honored tor his "many rn- • contributions to military medicine pasl 25 years while serving as a and consultant with the AFEB. -elfless dedication and patriotism ,d in his achievements exempldy -t traditions of public service and real credit upon himself as well as ,trtmenr of Defense." In 111 is congratolated by Major General who presented the award. Dr. lordan rAlO in 1976. He directs eetramural re• n the causes, diagnosis, prevention, +neM ot infecNoas dire.res. of High Altitudes Symposium +et at Slone House, Apr. 6-7 arty International Center Sym- on Acclimatization, Adaptation and :e to High Altitudes will be held '. in Stone House. mposium, organited by Dr. Carlos •-currently professor of medicine Irman of the department of e at Cavetano Heredia University School in Lrma. Peru-will deal effect rrt high altitudes on difterent ons. onge has collaborated with NIH scr. n long-term effects ot high al. -)n human subjects. 1See NIH Rec- '. 15, 19801. •ther rnlormatron. call Dr. Cham. a%-2516. or Dr. Condlrlte. 49a. And Onfe o4 NCI's Original Staff Members, Dies Dr. Howard Bancroft Andervont, first chief of the NCI Laboratory of Biology, former editor of the /ournal of the National Cancer rnstrtute. and distinguished cancer researcher, died of a stroke recently while vacationing in Sarasota, Fla. He was 83. "The man is a legendary figure in cancer research." said Dr. Michael Potter, head of the NCI Immunechemistry Sectlon, who once worked in Dr. Andervont's laboratory. Dr. Andervont is best known for his stud- ies linking viruses with development of ani- mal cancers decades before research in the field became popular. He began his career in 1927 at the Harvard School of Public Health and Medi- cine. As an instructor in epidemioiog~ and preventive medicine. Dr. Andervont and his colleagues were instrumental in convincing the U.S. Public Health Service that cancer was a public health problem. He became the first professional staff member of the U.S. Public Health Service's Office of Can- cer Investigations which became part of the NCI when the Institute was created in 1937. As a pioneer in the field of virology, Dr. Andervont realized early the importance of inbred strauns of mice in cancer research. He developed and controlled meticulously his own colonies of inbred mice. In fact, he established "a whole nucleus of inbred mice used both at the NIH and around the world as standard reference strains," com- mented Dr. Potter. Dr. Andervont showed that human herpesvirus grew in mouse brain aiter intracerebral inoculation. lhrs system pro- vided a way of studying this human virus before the adverft of tissue culture meth- ods. His other research der6onstrated the viral transmission of Bittner's mammary tumor virus from adult mice to their off- spring, a finding which helped establish that some types of cancer in mammals are caused by viruses. Dr. Andervont was not only remembered for his enormous contributions to cancer research. His colleagues at the NIH recall his delightful wit and refreshinB irreverence at times. He was well•respected for his hon- esty and sincerity and for his ability to get to the bottom of things. As first chief of the NCI biology laborato- ry from the early 1940's, Dr. Andervont di- rected a broad range ol investigative speci- Dr. Howard 9. Andervont alilies including tissue cuitures, electron microscopy, genetics, radiation biology, cell physloiogy, tumor virology and causa- tion of "spontaneous" leukemia. In 1961 he resigned from that post to become editor in chief of the lournal of the National Cancer Insut,,te until he retired in 1968. "A great tragedy for the NIH is that the man retired in 1968," said Dr. Potter. "I'm only sorry he wasn't here until 1981." Dr. Andervont received the Distineurshed Service Award of the former U.S. Depart- ment of Health. Education, and Welfare in 1961. The following year he was awarded the National Civil Service League award. rhe author of 165 scientific reports on cancer research, he was a member of many scientific societies and of many committees of the American Cancer Society. He was former president of the American Associa- tion for Cancer Research. Born in Canton. Ohio, on March 8,1898, Dr. Andervont graduated in 1923 from Mount Union College in Ohio. He eamed his doctorate of science from Johns Hopkins University in 1926, where he also spent a year as a Carnegie Foundation fel- low. - Survivors Include his wife. Letha, of Be- thesda: two daughters, a son, and two grandchildren. Absentee Voting Procedures To Be Surveyed Nationwide More than 2,500 Federal civilian employ ees will be included in a survey with ap- proximately 17.000 military personnel worldwide to determine any possible int- provements in absentee voting procedures. The Federal Voting Assistance Act ol 195S requires the Department of Defense, through the Federal Voting Assistance Pro. pram, to collect data on absentee voting participation after each general election. ThP 111rVPV will hP e1[Plf In rtprPrminP It1P that enable more than 3 million persons to cast absentee votes. In addition, information gathered from the survey wrll be used by the FVAP statf in preparing the 12th Biennial Report to the President and Congress outlining the status of the program. Survey data will also aid in the formulat- ing of Federal and state legislative proposals that would make absentee voting easier and '"nra rnannneh.n rn Mn rnn.1.1 __ _.r- t