TESTIMONY OF 
PHILIP L. BEREANO 
ON PROPOSED REVISED GUIDELINES 
FOR RECOMBINANT DNA RESEARCH 
DHEW Hearing 
September 15, 1978 
I am Philip L. Bereano, Associate Professor in the Program in Social 
Management of Technology at the University of Washington . in Seattle. My 
academic training has been in chemical engineering, law, and planning and 
I am a member of the New York Bar, and a former Commissioned Officer in 
the USPHS ; For eight years I have been doing university teaching and research 
in the areas of science, technology, and public policy, first at Cornell 
University and then at the University of Washington. I have been a member 
of the University of Washington's Institutional Biohazards Committee which 
oversees recombinant DNA research since its inception. In addition, during 
this period of time I have been in communication with members of the staffs 
of Senate and House Committees considering DNA legislation. Dr. Fredrickson 
of the NIH, and ORDA, giving advice in regard to institutional and public policy 
aspects of the issues presented by research in this area. I also have been 
active in the Seattle area leading workshops for groups such as the ACLU, 
have appeared on a DNA panel at the annual meeting of the American Association 
for the Advancement of Science, and have participated in a number of presen- 
tations in the local media in the Puget Sound area. 
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