Title:

Letter from Edward M. Kennedy to Mary Lasker

Creator:

Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
United States. Congress. Senate

Recipient:

Lasker, Mary

Date:

15 April 1970

Description:

President John F. Kennedy reportedly told his brother, who in the early 1970s became a leader in Congress on health care and medical research: "Have lunch with medical school professors, have dinner with Nobel Prize winners, but if you really want to know about what needs to be done in medical research in America, have a talk with Mary Lasker."

Original Repository:

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers

Location:

Box: 681

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Health Care Reform

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers. 12417

Legacy ID:

TLBBLV

NLM ID:

101584665X183

Profiles Collection:

The Mary Lasker Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X183

Story Section:

From Bench to Bedside: Mary Lasker and the Drive for "Payoff" from Medical Research