ard Hughes Medical Institute describes the various 
programs for a lay audience and summarizes the In- 
stitute's financial data. 
In the spring of 1991, construction began on the 
complex of buildings comprising the Institute's 
new headquarters and conference center in Chevy 
Chase, Maryland. The campus-like wooded grounds 
into which low brick buildings are set will provide a 
, beautiful as well as functional home for the head- 
quarters staff and for the Institute's investigators 
when they gather to discuss their research. Dedica- 
tion ceremonies at the site are planned for the spring 
of 1993, a year that also marks the Institute's forti- 
eth anniversary. 
Purnell W. Choppin, M.D. 
President 
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