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Dr. James Hervi'Sterner, of the East&an Kodak Company, has been appointed a consultant tothe Division of Biology and Hedicine. outstanding industrial hygienist and he will study medical problems, other than radiation, at the various installations. Mr. Samuel J. Hutchinson, Asst. Regional Director at the Portland, Easnington, Regional Office (Fish and Wildlife Service), has been assigned by lLr. U b e h M. Day, Director of t h e Fish and Wildlife Service, Department cf Interior,to assist the Hanford Operations Office with rodent and pre, December 9 and 10 enroute t o Los Alamos,and discussed medical and health physics problems with the laboratory director and members of the staff of (2) Dr. Snields Warren and Dr. Bowers inspected the laboratories of Dr. Stafford '!:amen at t h e University of California, Los Angeles, on December ' week of December 13, discussing medical and health physics problems with t h e Sastric Cancer Conference held in S? Francisco on December 13, l h , 15, Dr. Piarren then visited the radiation laboratory at Berkeley during the (3)Cr. Lauriston Taylor inspected the radiation laboratory at Berkeley on December 6 and discussed with t h e staff members problems "emanating f rm isotope handling, high intensity iron sources, scintillation counters and the betatron programs. He also visited Los Alamos on December 13, lh, 15, 1948 and discussed the results of the Sandstone tests as well. 6s problems of shielding and health physics. . ( b ) Er. Joe Deal, with Dr. C. J. Lapp, of t h e National Research Council, visited Oak Ridge on Decenber 9 and 10 and reviewed the progress of the Fellowship Program as r elz ted to technical health physics. (1) The Advtsory Cormnittee f o r Biology and Medicine held its thir tem th - meeting at the Santa Fe Operations Office, Los Alamos, New Lerico, on December 10 and 11, 1948. The Committee m e t Kith D r s . Bradbury, Shipm.n, William Vnite, Langham, Graves and Et-. Wler, tion i ~ a sgiven by the Cod tte e to promulgating coordication of the hospital, dich is administered by the Zia Company and the health group including the 'clological and mdical research facilities which is part of the University
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of California laboratory. feasibility of placing the hospital under the scientific direction of the University of Californiawith a board of directors representing t h e cornunit and assuming all administrative responsibility. Committee t h a t biological and medical research programs should be continued at Los Alamos as sponsored by the Division of Biology and Medicine. It was agreed that studies should be made of the It was t h e sense of the (2) Dr.William F. Bale, of the University of Rochester, and consultant to t h e Division of.Biology and Medicine, attended a meeting of the h e d Forces Special Projects on December 20. (3) The Director of the Division of Biology and Medicine, Colonel Elbert DeCoursey, and Professor H a r r y L. Bowman met with the Commissioners and General Manager on December 2 1 and informally discussed the preliminary report made by Colonel De Course y and Professor Baaman on evaluation of Arrangements are being made t o train military personnel (ten office1 The program d l 1 be injztiated on April 1 The men will have he basic science at Oak Ridge, in Health Physics. a d be for a period of six months. courses in the regional training centers. Trclnsfer of Funds The Division of Military Application and the Division of Biology an Eedicine have provided jointly funds i n the amount of $32O,OOO f o r support of the toxicity laboratory program during the Fiscal Year 1949 at,the University of Chicago through a transfer of funds t o the Chemical Corps of