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subject of study within a center. From this broader standpoint, the Council 
did not concur with the recommendations of the National Advisory Committee 
on Primates and the Planning Committee and, on the basis of a presently active 
primate research program of high quality, considered Portland, Oregon, to be 
the number one choice." Thereupon the Council made the following recommenda- 
tions : 
"(1) That the application, H-5129, from Drs. Pickering and West, University 
of Oregon, Portland, Oregon, be selected as number one choice for the develop- 
ment of a regional primate research center in which the rhesus monkey would 
be the principal experimental animal; that the staff of the Heart Institute 
negotiate with the applicants, their advisory board, and others at that insti- 
tution and in that region to insure that the center would, in fact, be a 
regional one concerned with the rhesus monkey in any of its aspects and at 
any stage in its life span, and that it be not merely an expansion of the 
research on the younger animals now being carried on so competently by Dr. 
Pickering; that the Council recommend that this application be supported in 
an amount not to exceed $2 million this fiscal year, with nine additional 
years of committed support not to exceed $2 million per year (this is in 
accordance with the accepted plan for supporting long-term centers through 
the grant mechanism) . 
"(2) That, if the above conditions cannot be met in Portland, Oregon, the 
same conditions apply to the negotiation of the application, H-5396, from 
Dr. Theodore Ruch, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, and that 
the Council recommend this grant accordingly, as an alternative center, in 
which the rhesus monkey would be the principal research animal." 
The Council also recommended that the Yerkes Laboratory be accepted as the 
basis for a regional center in which the chimpanzee would be the chief experi- 
mental animal. A suitable site was to be worked out with Emory University. 
In the interim, support would be provided the Yerkes Laboratory through a 
research grant at a $150,000 level. They also recommended the Southwest 
Foundation for Research and Education at San Antonio, Texas, be explored as 
a possible site for a center in which the baboon would be the chief experi- 
mental animal. The Council further recommended that the other favorably 
recommended applications be deferred for additional review in the next year; 
that! still other possible sites be explored; and that in general primate 
research in the United States be encouraged and supported by regular research 
and training grant funds. 
Thus, at this meeting, the Heart Council recommended the establishment with 
Fiscal Year 1960 funds of one regional primate research center instead of 
two, the recommended one at Portland, Oregon. The NACP at its May 12 meeting 
accepted the Heart Council's decision, although with some concern, and agreed 
to continue to provide initial review and evaluation of the center applications. 
Subsequent to the March Council meeting, staff negotiations (April 4) proceeded 
relative to the primate center to be established at Oregon. Heart Institute 
staff, including the Institute Director (Dr. Watt) who played a leading role 
