i ‘ SESSION I I've been in radiation biology and similar aspects since (918, [ recall the conference that Ralph talked about because Frank was the chairman and we had delicious arguments, and I think it's probably one of the early conferences in which you used this discussion technique. Of all things, we hada poet there. How a poet... SPEAR: A philosopher, ton, WARREN: Maybe a phiosepher, FREMONT-SMITH: T.V. Smith, SPEAR: Yes, WARREN: Well, [ got into the Manhattan District through devious channeis, from my atandpoint, and became the medical officer during the war, lIhad to develop safety around the uperations in the plants and in the mining industry that was connected with it, and also I nad to set up the medical programs inthe so-called ‘secret cities." [ met this gentleman on my right, Wright Langham, at Los Alamos, and, of course, at Bikini later Dr, Conard over there was in the right spot. I looked at the movies here a couple of menths apo and you were quite young and vigorous Jooking at that time! [Laughter] FREMONT-SMITH: UPTON: Isn't he nice! You are indestructible, too, Bob. WARREN: Well, thea lL had the bad judgment to become a Dean at UCLA with the idea that [was going to put research on a legitimate basis inthe medical schocl, which [think Idid. Expensive space for biomedical research is taken for granted now, it wasn’t in that day at the Universit, of California. Now I'm ina very favorable position: [I'm emeritus and I'm an unregistered graduate student in palco- radiation-biology. I've reviewed my math and physics anda little bit of this and that. It reminds me of a story which [ think maybe soine of you have heard, and it's part of my paleo- radiobiclopy. Talking about Noah, after Fe got all the animals safely ashore, he encouraged them at the last conference to go now and reproduce ard multiply. They all filed out and a few months later he went around