Acknowledgments In writing this report [| am grateful for the help of several people at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Eugene P. Cronkite and Victor P. Bond, who have been closely involved with the project since its inception, have encouraged me in writing the report and given helpful advice. William A. Scott and Peter M. Heotis, who have worked with me in organizing and carrying out the examinations, have been of great assistance. I am grateful to Avril Woodhead and Katherine Vivirito for editorial assistance, Robert Crease, BNL Historian, for his help, and Bernice Armstrong for secretarial assistance. In the Photography and Graphic Arts Department I wish to thank Douglas Humphrey and Robert Smith for the photographs used, and Morton Rosen, Kenneth Boehm, Alan Schmidtchen, and Helga Pirozzi for their heip. John Tobin, former Trust Territory anthropologist. has been helpful regarding Marshallese customs. Roger Ray, former manager of the DOE programs in the Marshail Islands, has helped me regarding events that occurred since my retirement in 1979. We have been most fortunate in obtaining excellent physicians and technicians to participate in the program. Some worked in the islands on several occasions (see Appendix I). Edward Lessard, Peter Rathvon, Charies Meinhold, and David Potter. From other institutions: J. Edward Rail, Jacob Robbins. Jan Wolff, Baruch Blumberg, and Roger Rittmaster at the National] Institutes of Health: Brown Dobyns and David Reid at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital; Wataru Sutow and Ernest Libby at M.D. Anderson Hospital; Edward Held of the University of Washington; Shields Warren, Bentley Colcock, William Meissner, and Marion Legg at New England . Deaconess Hospital; Leo Meyer, Veterans Hospital, Brooklyn, NY; Lawrence Ackerman at SUNY-Stony Brook; P. Reed Larson at Brigham and Women’s Hospital; William Moioney at Boston City Hospitai; John Bugher, Charles Dunham,Merril Eisenbud, William Streenan, William Burr, James Liverman, and Harry Brown at AEC; and Ruth Van Cleeve at the DepartmentofInterior. The staff at the Hospital at Brookhaven provided exceilent care for the Marshallese patients. . In the Marshall Islands, I am grateful for the support of Amata Kabua, President, and Oscar DeBrum,Chief Secretary of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The participation of the Health ServicesoftheMarshail.Islandshas - beepinvaluable: practitioners,BareRikion, The fallowing resident physicians have pro- : vided invaluable service to the programin the... Jobadaman. Arebat: Hicking,Issac Lanwi, Marshall Islands: Knud Knudsen (1972/74, _ Armer ishoda, Tregar [aheda,Isao Kasino, 77/78), Konrad:Keotré ee Resi Grant (1979); Roger Rittatuats x96 rm 3 James Harper (1981/83); Prati ay(1986); and John Engle (1984/86). Also essential to the success of the program has been the staunch support of many agencies, particulariy Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Department of Energy, the Departmentof Defense, the Department of Interior, the Health Services of the Trust Territory, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. I would like to name some of the many people who contributed a great deal during the 26 years | directed the program. At Brookhaven: Knud Knudsen, James Robertson, Stanton Cohn, Lee Farr, Donald Van Slyke, Richard Stoner, Harold Atkins, W. Alvord Finn, Daniel Slatkin, Lawrence Hankes, Michael Makar, Darrei Joel, Arjun Chanana, Jack Rothmann, Robert Brown, Clyde Sipe, Douglas Clareus, 2004156 Masao Korean, Jeton Anjain, andMaidher Kabua; technicianaSebeq Shonibar, Nelson Zetkeia, Joseph Saul, Kilman Gideon, Helmer Emos; and nurses Jenuk Kabua, Ruth Harris, and T. Leyjen. I am grateful to Captain Keith Coberly and thecrew of the Liktanurfor their outstanding services to the medical team. vil