© 1999 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 10, 830-832,
May 19, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press
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Awards, Appointments, Announcements
The National Science Board, governing body of the National Science Foundation, named Maxine Frank Singer, Ph.D., as recipient of the 1999 Vannevar Bush Award to recognize "her many years of scientific achievements in molecular biology."Singer is president of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, D.C. She was also cited for her "activism and creativity in developing programs in math and science education for inner-city Washington, D.C., school children and their teachers," and for "influencing national science policy, particularly where there are social, moral, or ethical implications."
AACR Honors Seven
At its recent annual meeting in Philadelphia, the American Association for Cancer Research presented seven cancer investigators with its annual research awards and lectureships.
Mina J. Bissell, Ph.D., director of the Life Sciences Division of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California, received the 1999 Clowes award.
Dennis J. Slamon, M.D., Ph.D.,
Lichter Named Dean
ASBMT Installs Officers
New AACR Officers Elected
Rowland Heads NCI Office
Nixon Joins AHF
RPCI Names Buczkowski
Gift to City of Hope
Arizona Names Von Hoff
UPCI Names Medical Director
PharmaNet Appoints Three
Bristol Award to Texas
Clarification
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