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Records Relating to Human Radiation Research

Dated
Mar 8, 1994
Document type
Correspondence
Length
1 page
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD TO H Q Al;MOA/SGlT 8 March 1994 2601 West Road Ste 2 SUBJECT: Human Radiation Resc:arcli In your 2 March 1994 fax, you requested informdim c o n f i q our involvement with M D hdmun hospital in Houston TX. I requested that the rccords custodian at Randolph AFB, whcre the records m e retired for the School ofAviation Medicine, semh l;xa &position drxurnetit. I got your message yesterday that you hiked with someone regarding this joint project. I'll firnard the disposition document once i receive it. I am attachhg a letter fiom Dr.Ann Cox She spoke with (201Pickerirlg about research done at the University of Cllicago and the University of Rochester, he stated it didn't uivolve humans. I have requested reports,traced try contract number honi work done tit the Utlivzrsity ofCkLiCiqo. The titles of the studies don't appear to involve humans but I wll read them la be sure. Once I h c ~ wanything more I'll send it on. The base records custodian, Patsy Sekula, gave rrie copies of the forms wsed to send boxcs of records to the different record depositaries brn the early 1960s. Tm not certain whitt if,in these boxes but contracts are referenced with the University of Chicago and cme with the Vnivmity of Roohester. Hapefidly someone working in the RECC can research these bwes. k.Cox muitions the Hangar Nine Museurn as a source of mformiitionregarcling contract numbem No infomation was found regarding ths M D Anderscn study. I did find iireport mtiffed: Recorded testbony on the bialoglcal and ennfnmnentaleffwto of nuclear war, conducted by Special Subcommittee c n Radiation Joint Committee on Atomic Energy,22-26 June 1959. Col John E. Pickczhg is the test@mg o&a. No contract numbers arc listed but sumixies are gwui of work accomphshed at VMOUS universilies. A study employingmice data is discussed, the wctrk was done at the University of Chicago with the WSAF Radistim Laboratory and the School ofAviat.onMedicine, &om 1956-1059. I am sending this report by mad, guaranteed tirst class! If I can be ofmorc assistance please call me at DSY 240-3471.