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1992.09.17 :  Advisory Committee for CDC

Contact:  CDC Press Office (404) 639-3286
September 17, 1992

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the
establishment of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control.  Samuel O. Thier, president of
Brandeis University and former president of the Institute of
Medicine, will serve as chairman of the committee.
       The 15-member committee will advise CDC Director William
L. Roper, M.D., M.P.H., on policy issues and strategies that will
help CDC fulfill its mission to promote health and prevent
disease, disability and injury.  It will also recommend ways to
incorporate prevention activities more fully into health care.
       Dr. Roper said, "I am delighted by the wealth and
diversity of expertise the members will bring to the advisory
committee.  They will provide invaluable guidance as CDC
addresses the complex issues facing the country's public health
system and will help us work more effectively with our private
sector constituents to make prevention a practical reality."
       In addition to health experts the board has representation
from business, education, public policy, and voluntary and
philanthropic organizations.  The committee will meet
approximately twice a year in Atlanta.
       CDC is one of the eight Public Health Service agencies
within HHS.
       The members are:
       Samuel O. Thier, M.D., chairman, president, Brandeis
University, Walthman, Mass.;

       Joaquin F. Blaya, president/CEO, Telemundo Group, Inc.,
Hialeah, Fla.;

       Leighton E. Cluff, M.D., Department of Veterans Affairs,
VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Fla.;

       Molly J. Coye, M.D., director, Department of Health
Services, State of California, Sacramento, Calif.;

       Marian W. Edelman, president, Children's Defense Fund,
Washington, D.C.;

       Harold P. Freeman, M.D., director of surgery, Department
of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, N.Y.;

       Adela N. Gonzalez, director, Department of Health and
Human Services, City of Dallas, Dallas, Texas;

       Glenn M. Hackbarth, J.D., president, Health Centers
Division, Harvard Community Health Plan, Brookline, Mass.;

       James T. Laney, Ph.D., president, Emory University,
Atlanta, Ga.; 

       Alex Malaspina, Ph.D., senior vice president, Scientific
and Regulatory Affairs, the Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga.;

       Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., dean, School of Public
Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
Wash.;

       Steven A. Schroeder, M.D., president, the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.; 

       John R. Seffrin, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief
staff officer, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Ga.;

       Deen Day Smith, chairman of the board, Cecil B. Day
Investment Company, Norcross, Ga.; and

       Eddie N. Williams, president, Joint Center for Political
and Economic Studies, Washington, D.C.


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