DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION,
AND WELFARE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1968

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

DANIEL J. FLOOD, Pennsylvania, Chairman

WILLIAM H. NATCHER, Kentucky

NEAL SMITH, Iowa

W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri

BOB CASEY, Texas

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

ROBERT M. MOYER, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee

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

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 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

DR. G. BURROUGHS MIDER, DIRECTOR OF LABORATORIES AND CLINICS, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

DR. JOHN F. SHERMAN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR EXTRAMURAL 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 Medicine, New York City.

1932-1935: Instructor in Physiology, New York University College of Medicine, 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.

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