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FIRST SESSION

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH,
EDUCATION, AND WELFARE AND RELATED AGENCIES

DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania, Chairman
WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky

MELVIN R. LAIRD, Wisconsin
ROBERT H. MICHEL, Illinois
GARNER E. SHRIVER, Kansas

NEAL SMITH, Iowa
W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri
BOB CASEY, Texas

ROBERT M. MOYER, Staf Assistant to the Subcommittee

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas, Chairman MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio

FRANK T. BOW, Ohio JAMIE L. WHITTEN, Mississippi

CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina GEORGE W. ANDREWS, Alabama

MELVIN R, LAIRD, Wisconsin JOHN J. ROONEY, New York

ELFORD A, CEDERBERG, Michigan ROBERT L. F. SIKES, Florida

GLENARD P. LIPSCOMB, California OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana

JOHN J. RHODES, Arizona JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee

WILLIAM E. MINSHALL, Ohio EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts ROBERT H. MICHEL, Illinois WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky

SILVIO O. CONTE, Massachusetts DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania

ODIN LANGEN, Minnesota TOM STEED, Oklahoma

BEN REIFEL, South Dakota
GEORGE E. SHIPLEY, Illinois

GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin
JOHN M. SLACK, JR., West Virginia HOWARD W. ROBISON, New York
JOHN J. FLYNT, JR., Georgia

GARNER E. SHRIVER, Kansas
NEAL SMITH, Iowa

JOSEPH M. MCDADE, Pennsylvania ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut

MARK ANDREWS, North Dakota JULIA BUTLER HANSEN, Washington WILLIAM H. HARRISON, Wyoming CHARLES S. JOELSON, New Jersey

LOUIS C. WYMAN, New Hampshire JOSEPH P. ADDABBO, New York

BURT L. TALCOTT, California JOHN J. MCFALL, California

CHARLOTTE T. REID, Illinois
W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri

DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan
JEFFERY COHELAN, California
THOMAS G. MORRIS, New Mexico
EDWARD J. PATTEN, New Jersey
CLARENCE D. LONG, Maryland
JOHN O. MARSH, JR., Virginia
SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois
BOB CASEY, Texas
DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas

KENNETH SPRANKLE, Clerk and Staff Director
PAUL M. WILSON, Assistant Clerk and Staff Director

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THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1967. NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

WITNESSES

DR. JAMES A. SHANNON, DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF

HEALTH DR. STUART M. SESSOMS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, NATIONAL INSTI

TUTES OF HEALTH DR. G. BURROUGHS MIDER, DIRECTOR OF LABORATORIES AND

CLINICS, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH DR. JOHN F. SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR EVTRAMURAL

PROGRAMS, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RICHARD L. SEGGEL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NATIONAL INSTITUTES

OF HEALTH CHARLES MILLER, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICER, NATIONAL

INSTITUTES OF HEALTH JOSEPH S. MURTAUGH, CHIEF, OFFICE OF PROGRAM PLANNING,

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH DR. WILLIAM H. STEWART, SURGEON GENERAL G. R. CLAGUE, ACTING CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER JAMES B. CARDWELL, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY, BUDGET

Mr. Flood. We have with us now Dr. James A. Shannon, Director of the National Institutes of Health.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF PRINCIPAL WITNESS

We have a biographical sketch, “Curriculum Vitae,” of Dr. Shannon, which we will place in the record at this point. Everybody knows about him around here and respect his excellent record.

(The sketch follows:)
Name : James Augustine Shannon.
Date & Place of Birth: August 9, 1904; Hollis, New York City, N.Y.
Education :

A.B., College of the Holy Cross, 1925.
M.D., New York University, 1929.

Ph. D., New York University, 1935.
Professional Positions Held:

1929-1931: Intern, Bellevue Hospital, New York City. 1931-1932: Clinical Assistant Visiting Physician, Third (N.Y.U.) Medical

Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City. 1931-1932: Assistant in Physiology, New York University College of Medi

cine, New York City. 1932-1935: Instructor in Physiology, New York University College of Medi

cine, New York City. 1935–1941 : Assistant Professor of Physiology, New York University College

of Medicine, New York City. 1936: Guest Investigator, Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge University, England.