DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, 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 M. MOYER, Staff Assistant to the Subcommittee MICHAEL J. KIRWAN, Ohio EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut DAVID PRYOR, Arkansas FRANK T. BOW, Ohio CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina 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. (1) |