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•~.~.:.. 59 a 7r,.z:.;, irector at Columbia Cancer Center to head MSKCC ~~~. . ~~,. . Dr. Thomas named chanceNor A Y'y,/!q Dr. LP wis Tihomas, the head of MSKCC since 1973~~ ~6r has assumed a newpost as chancellor of the Center, and the pivotal leadership role of president has been passed 71- ~to Paul A. Marks, M.D:, presentlydirector of the Columbia ;~ ' -- University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Marks will become the fourth president of MSKCC, assuming his new responsibilities in late July. ; The appointment was made public after Dr. Marks's~, selection was approved by the MSKCC Board of Trustees. ._ ~ ~ Laurance S. Rockefeller, chairman of the Board, made' the announcement on June 20th. am deeply gratified that we are able to obtain the~ ° A superb leadership and' scientific qualities of Dr. Paul f M` Marks. At the same time, we are most fortunate to retain ~< the extraordinary experience and judgement of one of~ :, the greaffigures in Am-arican medicine, Dr. Lewis Thomas," ~ Dr. Pau! A Marks said' Mr. Rockefeller. "Through Dr. Thomas's continuing" presence on the Center's Board, we will have the t;znefit ' of his advice and counsel' on matters such as fostering ' ~ ~ mter-institutional relationshipsand developing cioserties with industry for support of research at.; 3 Q te Center. Mr. Rockefeller explained that Dr. Marks's appointment will also be accompanied by a significant reorganization of the Center's management structure. Effective immediately, the office of the "' president will also include the responsibilities and title of "chief executive officer" of the inst!itution as a whole. This will incude direct authority over the Center, Memorial Hospital, and the " Sloan-Kettering Institute ;.~ V~~ Dr. Marks, a hematologist and authority on human genetics, has been vice president for Healtl~ ~Sciences and director-:.of the Comprehensive Cancer Center/Institute of Cancer Research at ;YColumbia University since 1973. An advisor to the National Science Foundation, the National;, ~lnstitutes of Health, and other government bodies over the years. Dr. Marks has served as a member'of the President's Cancer Panel (1976-1979), the President's Biomedical Research Panel (1975-1976), and most recently, as a mernber of the President s Commission on the Aaccident at Three Mile Island. _ Dr. Marks, 53, comes to the Center after a long and distinguished affiliation with Columbia University. A 1949 graduate of Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Marks was appointed to the faculty of the College in 1955 and has been associated there in mcreasingly, ~ responsible positions ever since ~.4 a A1. ~~~~~~ ~~ ~years later, professor and chairman of the Department of 1~~~`" s, •~' ~",Human Genetics and Development. In 1970 he was ~J • ~ appointed dean of the Faculty of Medicine and vice.t~,. ~ ~z president of Medical Affairs at the 213-year-old College ~,of Physicians and Surgeons, the second oldest medical`~ °~, ~ i,. ~ : school in the nation. He held that' position until 1973 ;- P`when he was named to his current post, vice president in' ~ ~charge of Medical Affairs ~- Dr. Marks has served as editor-in-chief of two malor," medical journals, the Journal of Clinical Investigairon, =~, s ~"from 1967 to 1972, and Blood, the Journal of the American .~ gy, a post he assumed in.1978 and ~"Society of Hematolo ~ still holds. Dr. Marks is past president of the Harvey; ;~- Society and of the American Society for Clinical In 4~vestigation. 2!::: Dr. Marks and his wife reside in Bndgewater, Connecticut ~~Dr. Marks's wife, Joan, is director of Graduate Programs ~ at Sarah Lawrence College. They have three children:D Dr. Lewis Thomas In 1967 hq, became professor of Medicine and, twoA; ,~ 0 `r7.' 1KV__~il~ ' M ._; g 0