[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 54 (Thursday, March 23, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S4487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      DR. SAMUEL BRODER, DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

  Mr. PELL. Mr. President, at the end of this month, Dr. Samuel Broder, 
Director of the National Cancer Institute, will formally leave his post 
to return to private life. This is an enormous loss to the National 
Cancer Institute, the American people, and the fight against cancer.
  Dr. Broder has served with distinction at the National Cancer 
Institute since 1972, first with the Metabolism Branch in the Division 
of Cancer Biology
 and Diagnosis, and since 1981 with the Division of Cancer Treatment. 
In 1989, he was appointed by the President to serve as Director of the 
institute, capping his career there as laboratory researcher, attending 
clinical oncologist, and administrator.

  As a strong supporter of the National Cancer Institute, and in 
particular, of its information dissemination programs, including the 
International Cancer Research Data Bank, I am personally grieved to see 
Dr. Broder move on to the well-deserved quiet and independence of 
private life. He has been a strong leader and administrator, fighting 
hard for the NCI's autonomy and priorities. And he has worked hard to 
create a balance between the critically important research that NCI 
conducts and supports, and the information dissemination and cancer 
prevention and control activities that make the NCI a national treasure 
for all citizens.
  Dr. Broder's own scientific accomplishments in the areas of cancer 
and AIDs are well-known to all in the scientific community. He came to 
the job of Director with the respect of his colleagues, a solid 
understanding of the science he was to direct and the Institute he was 
to lead, and a deep dedication to the fight against cancer.
  It is my hope that Dr. Broder will find professional and personal 
satisfaction in his new position and in his new life in Florida. I have 
no doubt that this is not the last that we will hear of him, because I 
believe that a person of his talent and dedication will continue to 
make enormous contributions to the cause of eradicating cancer wherever 
his path may take him. My family and I wish him and his family the very 
best and hope that his legacy at NCI will result in the choice of a 
successor who is as knowledgeable, responsive, and dedicated to the 
mission of the NCI as he has been.
  Thank you, Mr. President.
  

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