DEPARTMENT OE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
RECCMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
WORKING GROUP FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RESPONSE TO 
PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION'S REPORT ON ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES 
MINUTES OF MEETING 1 
JUNE 24, 1983 
The Working Group for Development of Response to President's Commission's Report 
on Ethical and Social Issues was convened at 9:00 a.m. on June 24, 1983, in 
Building 31, Room 7A24, at the National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville 
Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20205. The meeting was open to the public. Mr. Robert 
Mitchell was Chairman. The following were present for all or part of the meeting 
Working Group Members: 
Susan Gottesman 
Jean Harris 
John Harvin 
David Martin 
Robert Mitchell 
Elena Nightingale 
Mark Saginor 
LeRoy Walters 
William Gartland 
(Executive Secretary) 
A Working Group roster is attached (Attachment I ) . 
Government Liaison Representatives: 
Herman Lewis, National Science Foundation 
Charles McCarthy, National Institutes of Health 
Henry Miller, Food and Drug Administration 
Other National Institutes of Health Staff: 
Stanley Bar ban, NIAID 
John Fletcher, Clinical Center 
Elizabeth Milewski, NIAID 
Janet Sobell, OD 
Other: 
Carter Leonard Blakely, Blue Sheet 
-*-The Working Group is advisory to the RAC, and its recommendations should not 
be considered as final and accepted. 
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