RESEARCH IN AGING AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS
FOR THE ELDERLY, 1971

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 887

TO AMEND THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT TO PROVIDE
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
GERONTOLOGY

S. 1925

TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH IN AGING
THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTENSIVE PROGRAM FOR
THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE AGING PROCESS IN HUMAN
BEINGS

S. 1163

TO AMEND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF 1965 TO PROVIDE
GRANTS TO STATES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTE-
NANCE, OPERATION, AND EXPANSION OF LOW-COST MEAL
PROGRAMS, NUTRITION TRAINING AND EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS, OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL CONTACTS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
WINSTON PROUTY, Vermont
PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland

Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of New

Jersey, Chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare___.

Church, Hon. Frank, a U.S. Senator from the State of Idaho___

Cruikshank, Nelson H., president, National Council of Senior Citizens,

accompanied by Miss Dorothy McCamman___

Sinex, Dr. F. Marott, professor and chairman of the biochemistry depart-

ment, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass--

Hettinger, William P., Jr., Ph. D., private citizen, physical chemist, and

former advanced training grantee, NIH, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Resources__

Eisdorfer, Dr. Carl, professor of psychiatry, and director, Center for Study

of Aging and Human Development, Duke University.

Harman, Dr. Denham, chairman, American Aging Association, and pro-

fessor of medicine and of biochemistry at University of Nebraska College

of Medicine, Omaha, Nebr_-.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1971

Eagleton, Hon. Thomas F., a U.S. Senator from the State of Missouri,

Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Aging__.

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massachu-

setts, Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Health__

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Reason, Mrs. Ella, project director, Nutrition for the Elderly, Council of

Elders, Roxbury, Mass...

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Drucker, Edward M., vice president of marketing, Pronto Food Corp.,

Chicago, Ill...

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Walters, Thomas G., president, National Association of Retired Federal

Employees, accompanied by Clarence M. Tarr, vice president____.

Holmes, Douglas, Ph. D., director, Center for Community Research, New

York, N. Y

Brickfield, Cyril, legislative counsel, National Retired Teachers Associa-

tion, American Association of Retired Persons, accompanied by Peter W.

Hughes, legislative representative, National Retired Teachers Associa-

tion, American Association of Retired Persons__.

Donnelly, Mrs. Marjorie, president, American Dietetic Association,

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C...

MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1971

Kurzman, Stephen, Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Department of

Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by John B. Martin,

Commissioner, Administration on Aging, and Dr. Robert Marston,

Director, National Institutes of Health__

Percy, Hon. Charles H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois_-_.

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