T'SSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION, I°"%, 402716 W. ALTON JONES CELL SCIENCE CENTER Letter of Recommendation To the Applicant: This form should be given to a person who is able to comment on your qualifications and/or nced for the training requested. In the case of a graduate student this must include your major advisor and/or the chairman of your department, Your Name: Robert A. Conard, M. D. Medical Department Your Address: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, L.I., New York 11973 Course for which you are applying; Cell Culture for the Study of Cellular Aging. Name of sponsor who will complete this form: Chairman Eugene P. Cronkite, M. D. Medical Department (title) (Institution) Brookhaven National Laboratory To the Sponsor: Please evaluate this candidate in terms of ability, scientific train- ing, motivation, likelihood of using the training for productive investigation or teaching, and effectiveness in group activities. Use back of this form if needed, Dr. Conard is a seasoned investigator very much concerned with the question of aging in irradiated human populations. He has had considerable experience in culture of human lymphocytes, their transformation by PHA, the production of radioactive PHA and would substantially profit by participation in the course on Cell Culture for the Study of Cellular Aging. He is responsible for the study of the Marshallese exposed to fallout radiation and has already initiated the study of these individuals for accelerated aging. [I am confident that participation in the above course would better fit him to study this important aspect in this irradiated human population, There is no doubt that this training would be used for productive and necessary investigation of this and other exposed human populations. He is an Adjunct Professor, State Uni- versity of New York, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, N. Y. and will participate in the teaching program between this Department and Stony Brook, REPOSITORY Breookhs én) ' = couection AAs tent Hea, a BOX No. FOLOER CONFIDENTIAL: 7 LUA ‘ Comat, R.A. Please mail to Dr. Donald J. Merchant, W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, 3 Maheel A Cho nki Fé fr ES y Director, P,.O.Box 631, Lake Placid, New York 12946