in drafting the Drug Listing Act of 1972, the Consumer Product Safety Act of 1972, and the Medical Device Amendments of 1976. He imposed the first requirement for preambles explaining government regulations, and just before leaving government service he prepared comprehensive regulations governing all aspects of FDA administrative practices and procedures.

During the 1960s Mr. Hutt litigated several cases designed to require the handling of alcohol and drug abuse as a public health problem rather than under the criminal law and drafted the legislation which created the National Institute of Drug Abuse. He serves today as General Counsel of the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation.

From 1976 to 1980 he was a member of the NAS Committee on Research Training in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences. During 1976-1978 he served on the NIH Advisory Committee to Review the Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research, during 1978-1981 he was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Director of NIH, and during 1981-1982 he was a member of the NIH Task Force on Cooperative Research Relationships with Industry. He has served on the advisory panels of five Office of Technology Assessment studies and as a consultant to three other OTA studies. During 1980-1986 he served on the Visiting Committee, School of Public Health, Harvard University. He was a member of the Pharmaceutical Panel of the Committee on Technology and International Economic Trade Issues, National Academy of Engineering. He has served as Chairman of the Life Sciences Committee of the American Bar Association ́s Section of Science and Technology.

Mr. Hutt is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in
American Law, Who's Who in Health Care, and Who's Who in
Washington, D.C.

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