DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
MINUTES OF MEETING^ 
July 31, 1990 
The Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) was convened for its 
forty-fourth meeting at 9:00 a.m. on July 31, 1990, in Building 
31C, Conference Room 6, National Institutes of Health, 9000 
Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Dr. Gerard J. 
McGarrity (Chair) presided. In accordance with Public Law 92- 
463, the meeting was open to the public. The following were 
present for all or part of the meeting: 
Committee Members: 
Ronald M. Atlas 
Michael Brewer 
Ira H. Carmen 
Donald C. earner 
James F. Childress 
Don B. Clewell 
Anna C. Epps 
Charles J. Epstein 
Martin F. Gellert 
Donald J. Krogstad 
Brian F. Mannix 
Gerard J. McGarrity 
R. Scott Mclvor 
Richard C. Mulligan 
Barbara E. Murray 
Robert F. Murray 
Leonard E. Post 
Monica Riley 
Moselio Schaechter 
Nelson A. Wivel 
(Executive Secretary) 
A committee roster is attached (Attachment) . 
Ad hoc consultant: 
Robertson Parkman, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles 
LeRoy Walters, Kennedy Institute of Ethics 
Liaison representative: 
Daniel P. Jones, National Endowment for the Humanities 
Non-voting agency representatives: 
Emily M. Gause, DHHS Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Admin. 
Henry I. Miller, DHHS Food and Drug Administration 
George P. Shibley, Department of Agriculture 
Sue A. Tolin, Department of Agriculture 
^The RAC is advisory to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and its 
recommendations should not be considered as final or accepted. The Office of 
Recombinant DNA Activities should be consulted for NIH Policy on specific 
issues . 
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