NATIONAL COMMISSION ON HEALTH

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT RESEARCH,

OF THE

U.S. Congress. Serate. COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S.J. Res. 145

A JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON HEALTH SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

MARCH 7, 8, 21, 22, 27, AND 28; APRIL 2, 1968

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

95-396

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1968

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman

Mondale, Hon. Walter F., U.S. Senator from Minnesota..

Najarian, Dr. John S., professor and chairman, Department of Surgery,

University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minn

Kantrowitz, Dr. Adrian, director of surgical services, Maimonides Medical

Center, Brooklyn, N.Y..

MARCH 8, 1968

Kornberg, Dr. Arthur, professor and executive head of the Department of

Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif

Lederberg, Dr. Joshua, chairman of the Department of Genetics, Stanford

University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif__

Barnard, Dr. Christiaan, director of surgical research, Medical School,

University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa.

Wangensteen, Dr. Owen H., professor emeritus of the University of

Minnesota, Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn.........

Beecher, Dr. Henry K., Dorr professor of research in anesthesia, Harvard

University and chief, Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General

Hospital, Boston, Mass..

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MARCH 21, 1968

Brauer, Dr. Jerald C., dean of the Divinity School, University of Chicago,

Ill

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Stason, E. Blythe, professor of law at Vanderbilt Law School, Vanderbilt

University, Nashville, Tenn...-

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Vaux, The Reverend Kenneth, professor of ethics of the Institute of

Religion, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Tex....

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Accompanied by: Moraczewski, Dr. Albert S. O. P., research pro-

fessor, Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Tex.

MARCH 22, 1968

Shumway, Dr. Norman, professor surgery, chief, Division of Cardiovascular

Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif

Anderson, Dr. John A., professor and head of pediatrics, University of

Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn...

Mendelsohn, Dr. Everett, associate professor, History of Science, Harvard

University, Cambridge, Mass..

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