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,_   Q D  go Institute has appointed top scientists in nary immunology program that is fund-
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    ;>.   A,,i ii  h a s  in announcing the aPPointm€nts» ih‘ Kaplan has a doctorate in immunolo-
  " V ?  i "’~"@§’  stitute director D. Layten Davis de- gy from Purdue University. His bache-
` V ag?     scribed the scientists as "superstars" in lor’s degree in ghemigtry is from Tufts
I —   .»      their areas of research. University in Bedford, Mass.
  i is   The Seiehtisis and their special em- He has been chairman orrnierobioio-
  r"     phasis research areas are Dr. John N. gy and immunology at UK since 1982,
    2   r ail:  5- Diana, cardiovascular; Dr. Alan Kap- Kaplan was a research assistant at the
  ‘·   lan, pulmonary immunology; and Dr. Sloan-Kettering Institute in New York
'-   W ifi-; in Robert  Shepherd, genetic engineer- City,
    ing related to the tobacco plant. Shepherd came to UK and the Insti-
  The Kentucky Tobacco Research tute from the University of California at
  r`.· ;   '- Board—the governing body for UK’s Davis where he was professor of plant
l \l§QiiH@gt   Tobacco Institute—chose the special pathology. He received his bachelor’s
F i   e' ' ” ” '*   *—’_:°i t' emphasis research areas last year. Insti- and master’s degrees from Oklahoma
tute and university selection committees State University and his doctorate from
Dcumiei. Collection Coming and the members of the Tobacco Board the University of Wisconsin. I ·
  then engaged in an intense national The program in genetic engineering
search for the scientists whose appoint- related to the tobacco plant which Shep-
The Uhiversitv ef Keriiueky Ari Muse- ments were announced today. Davis herd heads is funded for 1985-86 at
um Wiii Prosont the Armand Hammer emphasized the excellent cooperation $250,000. This is the second year for
V Daiimior Coiiootion Oet¤her13·Deeem· received from the university and the this active effort in the Institute’s pro-
her 8- Honoro Danmior 08084879) board in this recruitment process. gram.
was ons ortho most Prominont and Pro` Dr. Davis said the majority of the re- Shepherd was a Fulbright Scholar
iiho artists ef his ago While the artist is search time of the scientists will be de- and studied in Cambridge, England,
hest known ter his hitingiY satirio eari- voted to tobacco and health research. 1955-56. Much of Dr. Shepherd’s work
Catiiros oommonting on Francois Poiiti‘ Each of them also holds a faculty ap- focuses on plant viruses.
cal and social scene, he was also a gifted noinimont on ino Univorsity oarnnna
painter and sculptor. The exhibition Sinoo 19787 Diana, who has a doctor-
Contains ever aoo Works inoinding ate in physiology from the University of
+ riairiiiiissi seuiphire and drawings, as Louisville, nas been chairman ofthe de-
well as lithographs, and is drawn from narrmonr of physiology and bjophysics
the extehsive heidihss ef famed art eel- at Louisiana State Universityis School
lector, Dr. Armand Hammer. It is the O{`MCdiCinC_
` largest private collection of Daumier’s A naiivo of Lakc piaoidi N_Y_7 Diana
i Work in the Worid· Dr- Hammor aiso will direct the Institute’s cardiovascular
has several other major art collections program that has a 1985-86 budget of
which tour internationally. The Univer- $381’55()_
` sity of Kentucky Art Museum previous- Kaplan, a native of Brooklyn, N_Y_’
iY exhibited The Armand Hammor Coi‘ is chairman of the department of medi-
‘ lection: Five Centuries of Masterpieces oai miCl·ObiOlOgy and in-nnnnoiogy at
V in 1981. That exhibit drew record- Urges Albert B_ Cnandiar Mcdical
  breaking crowds. Almost 100,000 peo- Canton
i ple visited the Museum in a five—week
_ period. The Daumier exhibition is also
i expected to be seen by a large audience.
* This exhibition is made possible by the
Armand Hammer Foundation and Oc-
cidental Petroleum Corporation.
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