HD8051 1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas, Chairman ALBERT THOMAS, Texas 1 EDWARD P. BOLAND, Massachusetts ROBERT N. GIAIMO, Connecticut JULIA BUTLER HANSEN, Washington D. R. (BILLY) MATTHEWS, Florida FRANK T. BOW, Ohio CHARLES R. JONAS, North Carolina WILLIAM E. MINSHALL, Ohio DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1967 JAMES L. GODDARD, M.D., COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS W. B. RANKIN, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (ACTING) Program by activities: 1. Construction of additional headquarters laboratory facilities. 2. Construction of district facilities: 22, 970 29 653 3, 163 4,508 2,295 950 16,830 1 Selected resources as of June 30 are as follows: Unpaid undelivered orders, 1964, $855,000 (1965 adjustments, -$5,000); 1965, $1,280,000; 1966, $1,978,000; 1967, $15,128,000. -22 -31 -4,087 -13, 730 -16, 845 13, 730 16,845 10,875 5,720 4,080 1,254 -22 2,636 -31 20, 925 1,232 66 2,605 508 -508 -2, 113 20, 925 2, 113 -18,038 790 Mr. FOGARTY. We were to start the hearings this afternoon with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, but he was asked by the President to go to Hawaii with him. So we will not hear from him until next week. The first agency in the HEW budget is the Food and Drug Administration. BIOGRAPHY OF THE ADMINISTRATOR Dr. Goddard, you are new on this job. It might be well-though we have known you over the years-to give us a little of your background for the record. Dr. GODDARD. Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members. I am at the present time 42 years old and a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service. My past experience has been Mr. FLOOD. How many stripes do you have? Dr. GODDARD. I hold the rank of rear admiral, upper half of the grade, sir. My previous experience has been in the Public Health Service, and apart from my professional training I was in the field of accident prevention. I served as chief of that program from 1956 until July 13, 1959. At that time I was loaned to the Federal Aviation Agency as the first civil air surgeon of that newly established agency, the post I served in through August 30 of 1962. At that time I became director of the Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, Ga., a post I held until the midpart of last month when I accepted the post as commissioner of the Food and Drug Adminis tration. If you wish I have a summary of my professional experience. (The information referred to follows:) BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON DR. JAMES L. GODDARD Following is a summary of the background and experience of Dr. James L. Goddard, who was appointed Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, on January 10, 1966. Dr. Goddard, who is 42 years old, received his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., in 1949, and a master's degree in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health in 1955. He has held teaching appointments at George Washington, Ohio State, and Emory University. Before coming to FDA, Dr. Goddard had spent 14 years in clinical, research, and administrative assignments in the field of public health. From 1962 until the present time, he had served as Chief of the Communicable Disease Center in the Public Health Service. Prior to that he had spent 3 years as Chief Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency's medical program, and 3 years as Chief of the Public Health Services accident prevention program. In recognition of his accomplishments, Dr. Goddard has received the John Jeffries Award for 1962, the Public Health Service Meritorious Service Medal for 1962, and the Distinguished Service Award of the Federal Aviation Agency for 1962. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, the American Public Health Association, and Delta Omega (the national public health honorary society). Mr. FLOOD. Reminds me of a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling. He had a son in the Irish Guards. He was killed in World War I. The Irish Guards had just been made part of the Guards Brigade, made up of the Welsh Fusiliers, the Scotch, and Irish Guards. |