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11. Served on the Interagency Collaborative Group on Environmental Carcino¬ 
genesis (chaired by H.F. Kraybill of the U.S. National Cancer Institute) 
12. Served as Secretary for the Society for Invertebrate Pathology. 
13. Served as a member of the Committee on Animal Models and Genetic Stocks 
of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. 
14. Participated in a cooperative investigation of the etiology of several 
diseases of bivalve mollusks, supported in part by the U.S. Food and 
Drug Administration. 
15. Served as a member of the Planning Committee for a New York Academy of 
Sciences sponsored Conference entitled: "Aquatic Pollutants and Bio¬ 
logical Effects With Emphasis on Neoplasia" to be held 27-29 September 
1976 in New York City. 
16. Participated in a meeting to assess the need for a new journal and a new 
society for comparative pathology held at the Eastern Virginia Medical 
School in Norfolk, Virginia, hosted by Daniel Cowan and Sanford Vernick, 
on 1 December 1975. 
17. Was interviewed on several occasions by reporters interested in writing 
semi-popular articles on the biomedical effects of environmental pollu¬ 
tion. Some of the resulting articles were: (1) Ember, Lois. The Specter 
of Cancer, Environ. Sci. Tech., ^(13): 1117-21, 1975; (2) Brett, Abigail 
Trafford. Fish: Man’s Early Warning System, The Washington Post, section 
B, page 3, Sunday, 14 September 1975; and, (3) Pendelton, Deedee. Fish 
Tumors: Carcinogenic Indicators? Sci. News, 107 (10): 157-8, 8 March 1975 
PERSONNEL 
The Project Officer for the contract is Dr. Clyde J. Dawe, Head, Comparative 
Oncology Section, Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Na¬ 
tional Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20014. 
The Principal Investigator for the contract is Dr. W. Duane Hope, Chairman, 
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20560. 
The staff of the Registry is 
John C. Harshbarger, Ph.D. 
Sing Chen Chang, Ph.D. 
Phyllis M. Schellenger, B.S. 
Linda J. Cullen, B.A. 
Judith E. Foster, B.S. 
Marilyn -^latick, B.S. 
as follows: 
- Director 
- Electron Microscopist 
- Registrar 
- Histopathology Technician 
- Bibliographer and Histopathology Technician 
- Bibliographer 
