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Commen~s on Scientists Suggested for Appoin~men~ ~o Surgeon General*s Advisory Group by Organizations Other Than T.I.R.~C.~ . . . American Cancer Society: Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, Cornell University Medical School. Good resegr~- i~por~ant in fieldl international repu- ~atlon; probably okay. Dr. Theodore Hnuschka, Cancer Biochemist, Roswell Park Memorial lnstitute. Works primarily in the field of genetics and ascites tumors; good, careful, competent in- vestigator; not opinionated. Dr. Albert Tannenbaum, Cancer pathologist, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. Member of Advisory Committee of the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, American Cancer Society; excellent man; good solid cancer scientist; nobody will sweep him off his feet. Dr. John Paul, Epidemiologist, Yale University. Very good virus man; has done much work on infectious hepatitis and other viral diseases; advisory board of A.F.I.P. Dr. Robert Lukes, Pathologls~, University of Southern California. Diseases of lymph and blood-forming organ~i nomenclaturel intelligent and open minde3; slow on completing work; kRows something abou= cancer; has not expressed opinion on s~oking.

Dr. W. Wescoe Kansas Universi=y Medical Center. Presently ~ancellor, University of ~nsas and formerly Dean; was hea~ smoker; ~alked of ~ivi~g ~ up; ~ralned a~ Co~el~; no cancer research; pr~ari~y an a~inis~ra~or. Dr. George T. Pack Surgeon, Memorial Hospital New York City. Noted cancer surgeon with e~tremely busy and lucrativepractice; has written much but nothing damaging re smoking; his reprints widely distributed to medical professicn; is a smoker. Dr. E. V. Co-dry Washington University, St. Louis. Extremely biased against tobacco; has written with chang; thinks smoking causes definite tissue damage. Dr. Edward Tatum Rockefeller Inst. N.Y.C. Primarily botanist; works with yeas= and molds, knows chemistry and genetics; no= give~ to making rash statements. Dr. Thomas Patron There are ~wo Parrans; not sure whether he is the one who was former Surgeon General of P.H.S. and n~w Chief of School of 1~blic Health at Pitt,; other Parran was with P.H.S. up to last July. Both are good men and should no= be obJec=ionable. Dr.Arthur Kornberg~ St~ford University Medical School, Sta~ford, California.- .Biochemist and bacteri~logls~; works~ on synthesis of nucleic acids; no cancer research background; formerly Chairman Department of Bac- teriology~ Washi_i__n.~ton Uniy~/slty; took his whole departmegt several years ago. oo

/ Natlonal.Tuberculosls Association: Dr. Marvin Kuschner, Pathologist N.Y.U. College of Med. Very competent general pathologist; no known opinion on smoking; repu- tation in cancer research. American Heart A~soclati6n: Dr. C. Bruce Taylor Chicago Pathologist~ Good scientist with reasonably good critical mind; some experimenta~ research; now Chief of Pathology at Evanston Hos- pital; fairly young; may smoke. Dr. Benjamin Kasselman Boston Pathologist; for~er Pres. of Inter- national Academy of Pathologists; prinlcpal research experience in endocrinology; extremely opinionated and tends to reject opinions that do not fit with his; doubt that he smokes; might be dangerous. ~ Dr. Arnold Welch, New Haven Pharmacologist. One of the country's leading pharmacologists; does research on chemotherapeutic agents; consultant P.H.S.; good sclen- tist. Dr. J.M.Crismon Palo Alto, physlologlst~ long time professor at Stamford University; prin- cipal field is pulmonary physiology.

-, P. H. S. Sta~ff Administrative Confidentially): Dr. John Buchanan, M.~.T. Biochemist principally on protein was physlc~l chemist; R.E.S. Was with him in Sweden and thinks he would be open minded. Dr. Philip Handler, Duke, Biochemist leading blochemist; member of Health Council of N.I.H; has rather definite opinions. Dr. James Miller, Wisconsin Biochemist. Works under Rush at Wisconsin; much cancer research principally in field of liver carcinogenesis. Temple Biochemist. Scientific Director st Cancer ~nstltute in Phila. has reputation as good chemist; kn~;s something about cancer research. Dr. Jacob Furth, Columbia Cancer biology pathologist; tremendous man of cancer research but not in caruL-Dgenesls; has not expressed any opinion re cigarettes; friend of R.E.S. Dr. William Gardner, .Yale, Cancer biology; outstanding man; former Pres. U.].C.C.; has worked in many fields including cancer research; forme~ Chairman Committee on Growth of A.C.S. principally an anatom~'~Ist; has done endocrine research on experi- mental animals; ~evel headed and not expected to make any hasty decisions.

Dr. Harold Rush, Wisconsin Cancer Biology. Chemist; head of one of the best cancer research instl- tu=es in =he co.n=r ,; his institute no= thought.to be working on anything relating to smoking; edi=or of Cancer Research; thoughtful and con- slderate man of outstanding reputation. Dr. E. Cowles Andrus, Hopkln~, Yn~ernal Medicine tied in wi~h N.I.H. and Heart Council of National Hear~ Ynstitute; pompous. Dr. A. McGehee Har~ey Hopkins, Internal Medicine. Jus~ went off scientific Advisory Board of A.F.Y.P.; seems to have open mind on scientific T~.es~ions; good personality (preferable to Andrus) Dr. Carl V. Hoore, Washington University, Internal Medicine. Professor of Medicine and Chairman of Department; former Dean of W.U.Med. Very level headed; new Wy~der and shares general opinion of~him believe he smokes; new Evarts Graham Well; Just on scientific Advisory Boar= A.F.I.P. Dr. Emanuel Fsrber, Pittsburg Pathologist Professor at U. Pit=s; cellular chemistry; used chemical agents to produce cancer of liver in animals; has been member of pathology study group and knows a bit about cancer research; excel- len~ man. -5-

Dr. Samuel Hicks Boston, Pathology Neural pathology; studies diseases of nervous system and congenital deformaties; does experimental re-. search but no work in cancer etiology; thought to be open minded. Dr. Philllpe Shulik, Chicago, Pathologist. Has done considerable experimental cancer research and research on carcinogenesis; strongly believes no cancer is product of single carcinogen; much of his experimental work involves co-carcinogens. Dr. David Spain, N.Y.C. Pathology. Former member of study group on smoking and health; has expressed adverse opinion re cigarettes; no~ acceptable. Dr. Alfred Gilman Einstein, Pharmacologist; author of leading text book in the field; views on smoking not known. Dr. Louis Goodman Utah, Pharmacologist. Believed to be a good man; do not believe he has published anything on cancer ~es2arch. : Dr. Walsh McDermott, Cornell Public Health Very good reputation; good and sound..: Dr. Fred Hodges~ " American radiology professor of radiology at U. Mich.; one of the leading radlolo- gists in the country; thought Co be nearer retirement; very active in perfectlonal societies; nothing known of his views on smoklng.

Dr. Eugene Pendergrass Pennsylvania Radiologist former Pres. of American Cancer Society; unacceptable. Dr. Wendell Scott St. Louis, Radiology Came from Yale to head Department of Radiology At W.U.; in poor health and has had several cor- onaries; is a smoker; competent pan Dr. Paul Eazarsfeld Columbia Social and Behav- ioral Sciences. Head man at Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Columbia U.; now engaged on project for A.C.S. seeking ways =o discourage smoking among high school students. Dr. Walter Burde=te, Utah, Surgeon. An unusual surgeon in that he does a great deal of cancer research, mostly in field of genetics; works with fruit flies; is a thoracic surgeon; "very sound scientist; may be dangerous because of his specialty.

American Cancer Soclet[: Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud, Cornell, Bio- chemistry, Nobel Prize winner; heads Department of Biochemistry at Cornell; used to work for Dr. 0.; quite sure he smokes; would require affirmative proof of causal connection before expressing opinion. Dr. M. H. Seevers, U. Mich., pharmaco- logy; would be an excellent choice; outstanding reputation and very down- co-earth; unless evidence is clear cue he would not go along. American Heart ~ssoc~.ation: Dr. Manfred Karnovsky, Boston, Bio- chemistry; promlnen= man; has served on President's Scientific Advisory Commission; not know his opinion on smoking. Dr. Arnold Welch, New Haven, pharma- .cologlst; teaches at Yale; inclined to be open minded; smokes. P.H.S Staff: Dr. ~ames Miller, Wisconsin, Biochem- istry; good man on carcinogenesis; Dr. O. knows him fairly well; thinks he might be likely to say that cant,ot exclude smoking as possible causative agent~ this is ~ust a guess based on fact that he works at McCardle Insti- tute. Dr. Sidney Welnhouse, Temple Biochem- istry; believed =o be head of Institute for Cancer research in Phila; good ....... biochem£st; pr~ably £nclined to feel there is an association; does research on carc£nogenesis. Dr. A~fred Gilman~Einsteln and Dr. Louis Goodman, Utah, pharmacologists co- authors of text book on pharmacology; both good men: do not know their atti- tudes on smoking.