DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
MINUTES OF MEETING^ 
DECEMBER 6-7, 1979 
The Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) was convened for its 
seventeenth meeting at 9 a.m. on December 6, 1979, in Conference Roan 10, 
Building 31, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
Maryland. Dr. Jane K. Set lew, (Chairman) Biologist, Brookhaven National 
Laboratory presided. In accordance with Public Law 92-463 the meeting 
was open to the public, except for the review of proposals involving pro- 
prietary information as the last item of business on December 7, 1979. 
Committee members present for all or part of the meeting were : 
Dr. Abdul Karim Ahmed; Dr. David Baltimore; Dr. Winston Brill; Dr. Francis 
Broadbent; Dr. Allan Campbell; Mrs. Zelma Cason; Dr. Richard Goldstein; 
Dr. Susan Gottesman; Dr. Jean Harris; Ms. Patricia King; Dr. Sheldon Krimsky; 
Dr. Werner Maas; Dr. James Mason; Dr. Elena Nightingale; Dr. Richard Novick; 
Dr. Samuel Proctor; Mr. Ray Thornton; Dr. LeRoy Walters; Dr. Luther Williams; 
Dr. Frank Young; Dr. Milton Zaitlin; and Dr. William J. Gartland, Jr., 
Executive Secretary. 
A Committee roster is attached. (Attachment I) 
The following ad hoc consultants to the Committee were present : 
Dr. Kenneth Bems, University of Florida 
Dr. Roger Herriott, Johns Hopkins University 
The following non-voting members and liaison representatives were present : 
Dr. George Duda, Department of Energy; Dr. Herman Lewis, National Science 
Foundation; Dr. Melvin Myers, National Institute for Occupational Safety 
and Health; Dr. Mariano Pimentel, Department of Interior; Dr. Jane Schultz, 
Veterans Administration; Dr. Sue Tolin, United States Department of Agri- 
culture; and Dr. William J. Walsh, III, Department of State. 
^The RAC is advisory to the NIH, and its recommendations should not 
be considered as final and accepted. The Office of Recombinant DNA 
Activities should be consulted for NIH policy on specific issues. 
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