UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES 
BEMCZLXY • DAVn • nvINE • LOa ANGELES • niVEMJDE • SAN DQBCO • SAN FRANCISCO 
SANTA BARBARA • SANTA CRUZ 
OPTICE OF THE DEAN 
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 
THE CENTER FOR THE HEALTH SCIENCES 
LOS ANGELES, CAUFORNIA 90024 
January 4, 1981 
William J. Gartland, Jr., Ph.D. 
Director, Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
Department of Health and Human Services 
Public Health Service 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205 
Dear Sir: 
The recommendations submitted by the NIH-RAC, which appeared In the 
December 4 Federal Register , are very constructive and needed . I 
urge that these recomnendatlons be approved. 
Sincerely, 
A. Frederick Rasmussen, Jr., M.D., Ph.D 
The Associate Dean 
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