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DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY Prolessor and Chairman Miss Rosemary Elmo THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Secretary to Advisory Committee f o r Biology and Medicine United States Atomic Energy Commission I am taking steps to arrange definite plans for the ACBM meet - ing of Friday-Saturday, May 11-12, here in Ann Arbor and I need some advance estimates from you. The University guest house which I had hoped to use for apart of the group will not be available unfortunately on those dates, although w e had made reservations when it was hoped that ' we could meet there last November. There are two very good housing facilities operated by the University. One of these, the Michigan League, i s operated primarily for University women but it does have some &ms for transients. parable iac ili ty for men.- It i s much larger and also has numerous Center and to the north edge of the Campus although the distances are The Michigan Union i s a $omThe League i s somewhat c10se;f tothe _Medical We have reserved eight rooms with twin beds atthe League and four single and four double rooms atthe Union. are for the nights of Thursday, May 10, and Friday, May 11. Is hall be writing today t o ask committee members to bring their wives and I would like to accomodate all of them, along.with you, inthe Women's League. and have also listed Sterner for single occupancy because he had told me that his wife would not be able to come. I would like to know whether any of the staff members may plan to bring their wives. I would also l i k e an estimate from you as t o the number and perhaps the identity of the staff men who will be coming. I have listed you for single occupancy,
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I n planning presentations from this University ' s staff,I shall have the help of several of the administrators to see t o it that the program is suitably brief, compact and meaningful, and that it is truly representative.I suspect that on Friday w e will have our meetings on the North Campus where the Phoenix Project Labaratory is located,including the reactor. On Saturday -noon I hope that we will be presenting Medical School procedures and some points in the Medical Center. On Friday, as well as on Saturday, I expect to reserve some time for inspection by committee members and some sight-seeing by wives. Particularly if wives do come, butin any event, I would like to arrange for the group to visit briefly the highly automated engine division of the Ford River Rouge Plant,to be followed by a visit to Greenfield Village in Dearborn. have cars and drivers transport the group in style and an act # ivity of this sort might fit well into plans because it would be simple to deliver all of the visiting group t o one o r the other of the airports which will be nearer than they are t o Ann Arbor. like your thoughts on this matter. pleasant tour for everybody if it were not too long and too arduous. I will be very glad to enlist the help of Miss Ayres in investigating flight schedules t o and from Ann Arbor i f you so desire. Ayres has agreed to be helpful to you i n whatever arrangements are necessary for the packing and unpacking of the paper materials that you will have, and also to supply whatever stenographic services may be necessary. It will be possible forme to arrange to I really think it would bea Is hall,of course, arrange some form of social hour and dinner for Friday night and Mrs. Hodges will be glad t o make arrangements fdr luncheons f o r t h e wives both on Friday and on Saturday. Iwill very much appreciate help and suggestions from you because I want t o do everytning possible to make this meeting successful and P.S. Please keep me advised about the possibility that Harland Wood's Iam today writing to Dr.Shilling to add my invitation to successor, with o r without wife, may be attending the May meetDunham's that he come t o Ann Arbor.