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Correspondence address: P.O.B. 11207, San Francisco, CA 941OI. Board ot Direcrors John W. Gofman, Chairman Prof. of Mathematics, Aurora. New York Am. Ed. of Allergy from New York Prof of Biology, Orqan, zar40nal affollat, on for ,cfenlof, cat, oo only
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I’IWUniver~ity of South Carolina, received his BS in 1936 and M,D* in 1941-42- iQtho~@ I was on duty there at that time, our paths did not cross. During 1942-44 he served on the U.S.S. Montpelier, qne of the busie:;LOZ our cruisers in many battles against the Japanese. 1944-46 he served 5n internal medicine at U.S. Navy Hospitals and was Crossroa.ds--BikinL,where our paths did cross for c’hef<rst time. I operation and he of 200 swine, 200 goats, scientists and representative from governmnt and academe--an odd crew inded ZGz a pro~xlnaval vesselm I believe it was at this time that Dr. Conard first became interested in the ;>ossibf.litieaof a research he met Dr$. Bond and Robertson. The nsxt year ha was posted as administrative officer at
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a year at Argonne Nat5.onalLaboratory, working in the laboratory ‘)f Harvey Patt. During this year Dr. Conard made significant and lasting contributions on the effect of radiation upon the motillty of the We tat= it for granted t~y t~t radiistion effects are primarily mediated throu~h CeLl death, interference with cell proliferation Conard served with me in the Ikmatolagy Div&siofi of Naval Medical Institute. Durin& Lhis interval he made further valuable contributions to the @y~i~l.ogy QC the gut and effects of radiation thereon. I)rs. the Pacific and Nevada Test Sites. A surprising amount of basic and ayplfed rzsearch rwulted from these studies that, though rekv=t military operations, contributed arichly to our understanding of effects of radiation and RIM of fission neutrons. After detonation of an qpoximate i5 megaton nuclear device on March 1, 1954$ a fallout accident occurred--perhaps it should be
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mll.ed the fallout accident. Marshallese and Americans were exposed. A day or so after the detonation it became apparent that a -)er ot hu~an beangs were exposed to Q dose of radiaaion Wreaten life. TIM :dlitary in the Pacific had nc medicai career did not end. from the Nat7y in 1955 and came to Dr. Farr accepted on behalf of
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years have clearly demonstrated Dr. Conard’s capabilities to plan execute these studies under exceptionally dff?icult circumstances And &o paraphrase my namesake k?alter--’’andthatrs Che way it wasj”