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Dean’s Hour NAS Elects (continued from page one) Speakers Named Speakers for the remainder of the academic year have been announced for the Dean's Hour Lecture Series. Each Thursday program is held at 5 p.m. in the hospital amphitheater. The lectures are as follows; Feb. 6 Edward C. Franklin, M. D., professor of medicine. New York Uni versity School of Medicine in New York City Feb. 13 Dr. Carlton Gajdusek, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Md. Feb. 20 Dr. Murray D. Rosenberg, Department of Genetics and Cell Bio logy, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 27 Chauncey D. Leake, Ph. D., Department of History and Philosophy of the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco, Calif. March 6 Lewis P. Roland, M. D., pro fessor and chairman. Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. March 13 Robert B. Livingston, M. D., Department of Neurosciences, Univer sity of California, San Diego School of Medicine, LaJolla, Calif. March 20 Tom Wicker, Washington correspondent. The New York Times, Washington, D. C. March 27 George H. Hitchings, Ph. D., Vice-president, Burroughs, Wellcome and Company, Inc., Tuckahoe, N. Y, April 3 Eugene A. Stead, M. D., pro fessor of medicine, Duke University Medical Center April 10 Jonathan E. Rhoads, M. D., John Rhea Barton Professor of Sur gery, University of Pennsylvania, Phil adelphia, Pa. April 17 James F. Glenn, M. D., profes sor of urology, Duke University Medi cal Center. Employes who wish to contribute news items to Intercom may send them to the Office of Public Relations, 323 Baker House, Box 3354, or call extension 4148. The Intercom staff will be happy to write articles on requested topics. describes Dr. Handler as "a man of rare ability and great incisiveness who knows his way around both Washington and the scientific community." The National Academy of Sciences is a private organization, established in 1863 by an act of Congress to elect to member ship the outstanding scientists and en gineers in the nation to serve as an independent adviser to the federal govern ment on questions of science and techno logy. Dr. Handler, a member of the academy for more than four years, is co-author of Principles of Biochemistry, a textbook adopted for use in three-fourths of the nation's medical schools. The volume is in its fourth edition and has been trans lated into Russian, Japanese and Spanish. Born in New York City, Dr. Handler received his B. S. degree from the College of the City of New York in 1936. He earned a Ph. D. degree from the Univer sity of Illinois in 1939. He came to Duke from Illinois to take a position as a fellow and instructor in nutrition and physio logy. In 1942 he was named assistant pro fessor of physiology and nutrition and was promoted to associate professor of biochemistry in 1945. In 1950 Dr. Hand ler was elevated to full professor and named chairman of the department. He was made James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry in 1961. Dr. Handler served as secretary, coun cillor and president of the American Society of Biological Chemists and as president and chairman of the board of the Federation of American Society for Experimental Biology. His service with government includes membership on the President's Commis sion on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, and the Surgeon Generals Committee on Environmental Health. Within the N.A.S. Dr. Handler has served as chairman of the Survey Committee on the Life Sciences. Dr. Handler is a fellow of the New York Academy of Science and also holds fellowship status in the American Asso ciation for the Advancement of Science. He has served on six panels, committees and councils of the National Institutes of Health and three at the National Science Foundation during the past 15 years. The author of more than 180 papers and scientific articles. Dr. Handler lists biological oxidations, mechanism of en zyme action, evolution and amino acid metabolism as his major interests for research. A committee to select a successor for Dr. Handler as chairman of the Depart ment of Biochemistry has been formed with Dr. James Wyngaarden, chairman of the Department of Medicine, serving as chairman of the committee. Other mem bers include Dr. Daniel C. Tosteson, chair man of the Department of Physiology- Pharmacology; Dr. Wolfgang Karl Joklik, chairman of the Department of Micro biology and Immunology; Dr. Samuel L. Katz, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics; Dr. Rubin Bressler, professor of medicine and pharmacology, and Dr. William Richard Krigbaum, professor of chemistry. Public Relations Office Box 3354 Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27706
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