NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Chanock and Fredrickson
Elected NAS Members;
Ceremony in April 1974

Dr. Chanock    Dr. Fredrickson

Dr. Robert M. Ghanock, National

Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases, and Dr. Donald S. Fred-
rickson, National Heart and Lung
Institute, were elected last month
to the National Academy of Sci-
ences.

Dr. Chanock is chief of the Lab-
oratory  of Infectious Diseases,
NIAID, and Dr. Fredrickson is di-
rector of NHLI's Intramural Re-
search and chief of its Molecular
Disease Branch.

To Attend Next Meeting

At the next annual meeting of
NILS, which will take place in
April 1974, both NIH scientists
and other new members will offi-
cially sign the academy's member-
ship book at the awards cere-
mony.

Dr. Chanock came to NIH in
19,57 from the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity School of Public Health
where he was assistant professor
of enidemioloonv. He is noted for
his s&dies of respiratory diseases.

Last year, Dr. Chanock and
other NIAID researchers produced
a new kind of influenza vaccine
which holds future promise for the
eventual control of the disease.

Awards Listed

Dr. Chanock has twice been the
recipient of USPHS awards. He
received the USPH'S Meritorious
Service Medal in 1965 and the US-
PHS Distinguished Service Medal
in 1971.

His other honors include the
Squibb Award for his contributions
to the study of viral respiratory
diseases, and the Kimble Method-
ology Award for outstanding con-
t,ributions to the development of
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new and better procedures in the
field of public health.

This past December, Dr. Cha-
neck received the 1972 Gorgas
Medal at the annual meeting of
the Association of Military Sur-
geons of the U.S. He was cited
for his accomplishments and led-
ership ". . . in research efforts to
identify new respiratory diseases
of importance in military and civil-
ian life."

Dr. Chanock holds membership
in a number of scientific organi-
zations, including t h e American
Epidemiological Society; this past
month he was elected vice-presi-
dent at the annual meeting.
Dr. Fredrickson has been with

NHLI since 1953. He was named
to his nresent nost in 1969. He is
internaiionally known for his re-
search on fat transport in the cir-
culation and plasma lipoproteins,
and for his studies on diseases of
lipid metabolism.
Discoveries Noted

He and his co-workers are the
discoverers  of Tangier disease,
cholesteryl ester storage disease,
and several hyperlipoproteinemic
syndromes.

Dr. Fredrickson has taught at
the medical schools of both George
Washington and Georgetown uni-
versities.

For 2 years-from 1966 to 1968
-Dr. Fredrickson served as Na-
tional Heart Institute Director. He
left that post in order to devote
more time to research.

His honors and awards include
the Gold Medal Award from the
American College of Cardiology,
the D HEW Superior Service
Award,  and the Distinguished
Achievement Award from Modern
Yedicinc.

In 1971, Dr. Fredrickson also re-
ceived the DHEW Distinguished
Service Award for ". . . his unusual
achievements in the field of lipo-
protein disorders leading to heart
disease."

That same year, Dr. Fredrickson
was given the McCollum Award
from the American Society for
Clinical Nutrition, and he was
among the leaders in health-relat-
ed sciences who were named to
the NAS Institute of Medicine.

Dr. Fredrickson recently return-
ed from the U.S.S.R. where he
headed the delegation to discuss
with their Soviet counterparts a
collaborative study of hyperlipi-
demia. More than 30 thousand sub-
jects in both Nations will take
part in this research.

Dr. Fredrickson is a member of
many scientific societies, including
three foreign organizations.
He is an editor of the book,
Metabolic Bahia of Inherited Dis-
case, and author of many articles
relating to research in lipid metab-
olism and arteriosclerosis.