INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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March 3, 1980

DAVID A. HAMBURG, M.D.
PRESIDENT

MEMBERS, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Dear Colleague:

It is a great pleasure to inform you that Frederick C,
Robbins, M.D., Dean of Case Western Reserve University School of
Medicine, and Nobel Laureate, has accepted the presidency of the
Institute of Medicine commencing upon the completion of my five-
year term next fall. Enclosed is the public announcement of
Dr. Robbins’ appointment by Dr. Philip Handler, President of the
National Academy of Sciences. The release is being issued to
the news media simultaneously with my message to you. MInstal-
lation will take place at the 1980 IOM Annual Meeting on October ;
1S and 16. I hope as many of you as possible will be there for on™
this very gratifying occasion.

Pred has been deeply committed to the tasks of the
Institute. He spent a year here as Senior Scholar in Residence
while on sabbatical from Case Western Reserve in 1977-1978, and
during that time served with distinction as chairman of the
study of saccharin and food safety policy carried out by the
Institute and the Assembly of Life Sciences, National Research
Council. Previously he was vice chairman of the committee
that conducted the study of poliomyelitis vaccines, and he has
served on other study committees. He is currently a member of
the IOM Council and of its Executive Committee. He was elected
to membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 1972. He
has a thorough understanding of the objectives and mechanisms of
the Institute and of the NAS, and his outstanding personal
qualities are known to many of you.

tT am sure you will join with me in thanking Dr. William
Danforth, Chairman of the Search Committee, and the members of
that committee--Robert Ball, Theodore Cooper, Joshua Lederberg,
Margaret Mahoney, Robert Petersdorf, Mitchell Spellman and
Rosemary Stevens--for their hard work in identifying suitable
leadership for the Institute. They have clearly succeeded in
their efforts, and all of us are in their debt.

This is an exciting time in the life of the Institute.
The future holds great promise under Fred's guidance. His range
of accomplishments as physician, scientist, educator, adminis-
trator, and advisor to government matches the breadth of
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March 3, 1980
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the Institute's mission. I know that you will give him the
same support and counsel that you have so generously given me
during the past four and one-half years.

With every good wish,

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