Letter from Julius Axelrod, Christian B. Anfinsen, Marshall W. Nirenberg, and D. Carleton Gajdusek to J. Peter Grace Letter from Julius Axelrod, Christian B. Anfinsen, Marshall W. Nirenberg, and D. Carleton Gajdusek to J. Peter Grace

Contributor(s): Grace, J. Peter (Joseph Peter) Axelrod, Julius, 1912-2004 Nirenberg, Marshall W. Anfinsen, Christian B. (Christian Boehmer), 1916-1995 Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008 President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control (U.S.). Selected Issues Committee on Financial Management in the Federal Government Publication: Produced: 1 June 1983 Language(s): English Format: Text Subject(s): Research Personnel National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Genre(s): Archival Materials Letters (correspondence) Abstract: In this letter to Grace, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Controls in the Federal Government, Axelrod, Anfinsen, Nirenberg, and Gajdusek complained about several recommendations for the NIH and NIMH made in a recent report by the task force. The four scientists noted that the cuts called for under the task force's recommendations would result in the elimination of far too many positions at the NIH and would place too many constraints on the day-to-day operations of laboratories and researchers. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 3 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584571X89 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: KKBBGG Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584571X89 Archival Collection: The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers (Profiles in Science)