DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
RECOMBINANT DNA ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
WORKING GROUP ON SOCIAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES 
MINUTES OF MEETING 1 
DECEMBER 13, 1983 
The Working Group on Social and Ethical Issues was convened at 10:15 a.m. on 
December 13, 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 Chair. The following were present for 
all or part of the meeting: 
Working Group Members: 
Susan Gottesman 
Jean Harris 
John Harvin 
John Littlefield 
Gerard McGarrity 
Robert Mitchell 
Elena Nightingale 
LeRoy Walters 
Elizabeth Milewski 
(Executive Secretary) 
A Working Group roster is attached (Attachment I). 
Government Liaison Representative: 
Henry Miller, Food and Drug Administration 
Other National Institutes of Health Staff: 
Rosalind Gray, CD 
John Fletcher, Clinical Center 
Joan Porter, OD 
Other: 
Kim McDonald, Chronicle of Higher Education 
lr Ihe Working Group is advisory to the RAC, and its recommendations should not 
be considered as final or accepted. 
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