Reminiscences of Carl Baker : oral history, 1964.

Biographical Note

Research scientist.

Scope and Contents

Amino acids research; Director of Laboratories and Clinics, National Institute of Health; voluntary vs. federal research support; Cancer Act; development of Division of Research Grants; university program support; grants vs. contracts; debate over chemotherapy and viral research; drug patent problems; effects of Fountain Committee hearings; congressional pressures on cancer research programming; evolution of the Cancer Institute; institutional organization and research activities patterns. National Cancer Chemotherapy Program.

Subjects

• Baker, Carl.
• Cancer--Research.
• Interviews.
• Medical scientists--Interviews.
• National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
• National Institute of Health (U.S.)
• Oral histories.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Virology--Research.

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