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RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
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MINUTES OF MEETING 1 
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SEPTEMBER 25-26, 1980 
The Recombinant ENA A3vi9ory Committee (RAC) was convened for its twentieth 
meeting at 9 a.m. on September 25, 1980, in the Linden Room, Linden Hill Hotel, 
5400 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Mr. Ray Thornton (Chairman) 
President, Arkansas State University, presided. In accordance with Public Law 
92-463 the meeting was open to the public, except for the review of proposals 
involving proprietary information as the last item of business on September 26, 
1980. 
Committee members present for all or part of the meeting were : 
Dr. Abdul Karim Ahmed; Dr. Kenneth Bems; Dr. Winston Brill; Dr. Allan Campbell; 
Mrs. Zelma Cason; Dr. Nina Fedoroff; Dr. Richard Goldstein; Dr. Susan Gottesman; j 
Dr. Jean Harris; Ms. Patricia King; Dr. Sheldon Krimsky; Dr. Werner Maas; 
Dr. James Mason; Dr. Gerard McGarrity; Dr. Elena Nightingale; Dr. Richard Novick; 
Dr. Ramon Pinon; Dr. John Scandalios; Dr. Luther Williams; and Dr. William J. 
Gartland, Jr., Executive Secretary. 
A Committee roster is attached. (Attachment I) 
The following ad hoc consultants to the Conmittee were present : 
Dr. Vee J. Gill, Clinical Center, NIH; Dr. Vernon Knight, Texas Medical Center, 
Houston, Texas. 
1 The RAC is advisory to the NIH, and its recommendations should not be 
considered as final and accepted. The Office of Recombinant ENA Activities 
should be consulted for NIH policy on specific issues. 
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