WASHINGTON 
UH^IVERSITT 
8T. LOUIS, M1880UBI 83180 
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
OFFICEOFTHEDEAN 
31 4 / 889*6880 
August 18, 1981 
To: Dr. Elizabeth Milewski 
Office of Recombinant DNA Activities 
NIAID 
Building 31, Room 4A52 
National Institutes of Health 
Bethesda, Maryland 20205 
From: Luther S. Williams, Dean C l~b> 
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 
I have reviewed the ’’ document Evaluating Risks Associated with 
Recombinant DW^ Research " - Proposed recommendation of the working 
group . 
Overall, I am in agreement with this document as presented, 
especially the review of risk assessment data and reports of confer- 
ences addressing various aspects of presumed risks. The summary 
(recommendation S) on pages 35 and 36 are excellent statements of 
the salient items considered and the resulting conclusions . 
^ overall endorsement is for retention of the provisions of the 
Baltlmore-Campbell Proposal with the important condition that the 
resulting guidelines are mandatory. 
As tenure on the RAC has ended, I shall not attend the 
September meeting. 
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