Robert Stone (scientist)

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Robert S. Stone

10th Director of the National Institutes of Health
In office
May 29, 1973 – January 31, 1975
President|

* Richard Nixon
* Gerald Ford

Preceded by| Robert Q. Marston
Succeeded by| Donald S. Fredrickson
Personal details
Born| (1922-02-10)February 10, 1922
Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died| October 20, 2016(2016-10-20) (aged 94)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Spouse|

Mary Stone

(m. 1949)​

Children| 1
Alma mater|

* Brooklyn College
* State University of New York Upstate Medical University

Scientific career
Fields| Pathology
Institutions|

* UCLA Medical School
* University of New Mexico School of Medicine
* Oregon Health & Science University
* Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
* National Institutes of Health

Robert S. Stone (February 10, 1922 – October 20, 2016) was an American physician. He served as the Director of The National Institutes of Health from May 29, 1973, to January 31, 1975. Stone also served as the vice president for health services and dean of the school of medicine at the University of New Mexico, dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center and vice president of the Health Sciences Center, and dean of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.

## Early years[edit]

Stone was born in Manhattan, New York on February 10, 1922. He received his B.A. in 1942 from Brooklyn College and his M.D. from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in 1950.[1]

### Career[edit]

Robert Stone

Stone was an instructor in pathology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1950 to 1952 while fulfilling his medical residency requirement in pathology at NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital. In 1952, Stone moved to Los Angeles and joined the faculty of UCLA's School of Medicine, department of pathology. As part of his academic duties at UCLA, Stone served as the deputy coroner at Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, and as a pathologist for the Los Angeles Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children. He also served as the chief of research in pathology for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission from 1959 to 1960 and a collection of his speeches is held at the National Library of Medicine.[2] Stone also served as the vice president for health services and dean of the school of medicine at the University of New Mexico. While at the University of New Mexico, he worked to increase diversity within the school of medicine by hiring minority faculty members and appointing a woman to a key leadership role. One of his hires, Dr. Alonzo Atencio, PhD, began a high school student recruitment program. In 1972, he obtained funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Hispanic Centers of Excellence for the Basic Sciences Enrichment Program, which provided pre-entry basic science education for incoming minority medical students.[3] He was also dean of the School of Medicine of the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center and vice president of the Health Sciences Center, and dean of the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.

### Research[edit]

While on sabbatical as a visiting scientist at The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in 1959, he was credited with demonstrating by electron microscopy that the Shope papilloma virus of rabbits could be found in mature skin cells, but was undetectable, although presumed present, in younger growing cells. Stone is credited with helping to develop the idea of using a method control population to study the rates of given diseases for comparison. He was also one of the first researchers to suggest that radiation exposure increases the incidence of certain known diseases rather than creating new types.

## NIH Director[edit]

On May 29, 1973, Stone was nominated by President Richard Nixon to the position of Director of the National Institutes of Health. He served two years and was fired in January 1975 after he "became an advocate of medical research rather than an emissary of the HEW secretary's office, he had failed to relate the federal governments health research effort to the developing health services activities and failing to give strong direction to the NIH."[4]

## Personal life[edit]

Stone was married to Mary Stone, an acclaimed artist. She had her work exhibited near Texas A&M at the Texas Gallery and also in the Reynolds Medical Building. On a regular basis, her pieces were entered into and captured awards from juried art shows around the nation.

The couple's contribution to Texas A&M University was such that the Medical Sciences Courtyard Pavilion at the Joe H. Reynolds Medical Building located on the College of Medicine College Station Campus was named in honor of Robert S. Stone, M.D. and Mary E. Stone.[5][6]

Stone died on October 20, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.[7]

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Stone (scientist).

1. ^ "Past NIH Directors-Robert S. Stone, M.D." National Institutes of Health. February 11, 2015.
2. ^ "Robert S. Stone Articles and Speeches 1973–1975". National Library of Medicine.
3. ^ "The dream for the young School of Medicine continues, Robert S. Stone, MD Dean of the UNM School of Medicine 1968–1973". The University of New Mexico System. Archived from the original on October 18, 2014.
4. ^ Rettig, Richard (1977). Cancer Crusade:The Story of the National Cancer Act Of 1971. iUniverse. p. 309\. ISBN 978-0-595-35847-2.
5. ^ "Pavilion Dedication". Texas A&M College of Medicine. Archived from the original on August 28, 2013.
6. ^ "Naming of the "Robert S. Stone, M.D. and Mary E. Stone Pavilion"" (PDF). The Texas A&M University System.
7. ^ "Robert Stone: Obituary". The New York Times. October 28, 2016.

Government offices

Preceded by

Robert Q. Marston

| 10th Director of the National Institutes of Health
1973 – 1975  | Succeeded by

Donald S. Fredrickson

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U.S. National Institutes of Health (list)

Institutes|

* National Cancer Institute
* National Eye Institute
* National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
* National Human Genome Research Institute
* National Institute on Aging
* National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
* National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
* National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
* National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
* National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
* National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
* National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
* National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
* National Institute on Drug Abuse
* National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
* National Institute of General Medical Sciences
* National Institute of Mental Health
* National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
* National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
* National Institute of Nursing Research
* National Library of Medicine

Centers|

* Center for Information Technology
* Center for Scientific Review
* John E. Fogarty International Center
* National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
* National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
* Vaccine Research Center
* National Institutes of Health Clinical Center

Programs|

* Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health
* Visible Human Project
* National Diabetes Education Program
* BRAIN Initiative

Directors|

* Joseph J. Kinyoun
* Milton J. Rosenau
* John F. Anderson
* George W. McCoy
* Lewis R. Thompson
* Rolla Dyer
* William H. Sebrell, Jr
* James Augustine Shannon
* Robert Q. Marston
* Robert Stone
* Donald S. Fredrickson
* James B. Wyngaarden
* Bernadine Healy
* Harold E. Varmus
* Elias Zerhouni
* Francis Collins
* Lawrence A. Tabak

Related|

* NIH Record
* United States Public Health Service
* Division of Intramural Research
* National Institutes of Health campus
* National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
* NIH Public Access Policy
* National Center for Research Resources
* National Institutes of Health Police
* Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

Italics indicate acting officeholders

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