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Comments on Scientists Suggested for Appointment to Surgeon General's Advisory Group by Organizations Other Than T.I.R.C.
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- Notes
Comments: Collected for the 1964 Surgeon General's project
- Type
- Comments
- Named Person
- Vigneaud, V. du
- Hauschka, T.
- Tannebaum, A.
- Paul, J.
- Lukes, R.
- Clarke, W.
- Pack, G.
- Cowdry, E.
- Tatum, E.
- Parran, T.
- Kornberg, A.
- Kuschner, M.
- Taylor, C.
- Kasselman, B.
- Welch, A.
- Crismon, J.
- Buchanan, J.
- Handler, P.
- Miller, J.
- Weinhouse, S.
- Furth, J.
- Gardner, W.
- Rush, H.
- Andrus, E.
- Harvey, A.
- Moore, C.
- Farber, E.
- Hicks, S.
- Shulik, P.
- Spain, D.
- Einstein, A.
- Goodman, L.
- McDermott, W.
- Hodges, F.
- Pendergrass, E.
- Scott, W.
- Lazarsfeld, P.
- Burdette, W.
- Seevers, M.
- Karnovsky, M.
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- Author (Organization)
- American Cancer Society
- National Tuberculosis Association
- American Heart Association
- Public Health Service (PHS)
- Case
- Butler
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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.
