1945
List of people in Hamilton's group as of January, 1945:
Chemists:
Dr. Roy Overstreet
Dr. Louis Jacobson
Physiologists:
Mr. Kenneth Scott
Miss Dorothy Axelrod
Mr. Henny Lanz
Mr. Robert Givens
Miss Josephine Crowley
Biochemists:
Dr. Douglas Copp
Dr. David Greenberg (consultant)
Technicians
Mr. Leo Herrera
Miss Marion Chace
Miss Elizabeth Cuthbertson
Miss Wylda Hammond
Mr. Lester Van Middlesworth
A memofrom John Lawrence informed Hamilton that his patients were complaining of
an adverse reaction to the new P32 injections; was there a heavy metal included in this
preparation? (Aug 19, 45)
Hamilton sent a request to Captain Robert L. Miller, the Area Engineer in Berkeley. To
survey the metabolic properties of the heavy elements, he wanted Ac237, Th230, py 231,
95241 | and 96246 to be made available to his group at Berkeley. These materials would
be employed for a detailed investigation of their metabolic behaviorin animals, and, if
circumstances permitted, in man. (Dec. 27,45) In 1946, he sent the Area Engineer,
attention Russell Ball, a
request for radioactive isotopes u232, Pu238, and Ac227for
tracer research in man. Ac23? was part of the approved program for work on Project
48A-Div | (Nov 15, 46). Russel Ball, on behalf of AEC, sent notice in 1947 that
approval for reports which deal with human experiments was being withheld for the time
being (Feb 12, 47).
1946
Hamilton sent a summary of work accomplished and projected to Captain Joe W.
Howland regarding the Pu projects and the inhalation experiments using oxides as well as
soluble compoundsof radioelements suchas yttrium, zirconium, and columbium,
ruthenium, cerium, and praseodynium. Also projected were tracer studies in humans
using radium, actinium, uranium, americium,and curium,as well as tracer studies in
humansusing the most importantof the long-lived fission products. The summary was
routed to Col. E.B. Kelly, Prof. EO. Lawrence, Col. S.L. Warren, Mr. K. Priestley, Dr.
R.S. Stone, Dr. J.H. Lawrence, and the File. This list was crossed out and replaced with a
handwritten one: Area Engineer, Prof. E.O. Lawrence, Dr. J.H. Lawrence, Mr. R.M.
Underhill, and Mr. K. Priestley. (Apr 23, 46)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Archives and Records Office
Human Radiation Experiments Search and Retrieval Project
Anna Berge Research Notes
Electronic DocumentTitle: Bancroft/EOL
April 4, 1994
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