eet liteto 4O1O88 ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE TO THE Zak” Us actom._ UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION nha 4 REPOSITORY Loramie = whad ad COLLECTION BOX Ne. a FOLDER —. WASHINGTON 25, D.C. M ; May 3, 1966 2 Dear Dr. Seaborg: The Advisory Committee for Biology.and Medicine held its 112th meeting _\ son March 10 and.Il, 1966, at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Livermore, California, to review the activities of the Biomedical Research Division. The Committee met in executive session at the San Francisco OperationsOf Office in Berkeley on the 12th. The Committee believes that a commendable beginning has been made by the divisional staff towards its initially designated responsibility “to predict quantitatively-the life history of radionuclides in the biosphere and to determine the possible contributions from nuclear devices." Particularly impressive_-have been researches involving the cooperation of physicists, chemists and engineers with whom relationships appear to be congenial. -= — — — It is the feeling of the ACBM that to-a. coneiderab1 2 degree orientation of research within the Biomedical Research Division s¢hould be toward its avowed mission, but with sufficientemphasis onsgound, fundamental biological research to insure input of originality and critical thinking in the experimental design of the many applied probleme beingstudied. After careful consideration, the ACBM nominated_porsattal catiitidates to replace three retiring members of the Committee, “andyl understand that letters inviting these individuals to serve-on the::ACBM‘have been prepared for your signature. —_ Sincerely yours, BEST,COPYAVAILABLE fone baat Fred J. Hodges, M.D. fa ceo ov pee \f Chairman, Advisory Commtrtee zy for Biology and Medicine: Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg 2 2chaieman, U. S, Atomic Energy Commission Washington, D. ‘cS 20545 — —*