THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 
DEPARTMENT OF BIOPHYSICS AND THEORETICAL BIOLOGY 
CUMMINGS LIPI SCIENCE CENTER 
920 BAST 5 8 T H STRBBT 
CHICAGO • ILLINOIS 60637 
9 September 1980 
Director, Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
Building 31, Room 4A52 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Md. 20205 
Dear Sir: 
I urge adoption by the RAC of the revisions of the Recombinant DNA 
Guidelines proposed by Dr. Maxine Singer, appearing on pp. 55926-55928 of 
the Federal Register for August 21, 1980. These revisions will eliminate 
a great deal of unnecessary paperwork and expense, shift responsibility 
appropriately to local IBC's, and allow ORDA to deal with substantive 
issues more effectively. 
Sincerely yours 
Robert Haselkom 
F.L. Pritzker Professor and Chairman 
RH/bpm 
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