Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging - Time Line
The NIH Record  -- June 11, 1968, Page 1

DHEW Secretary Dedicates New NICHD Gerontology Research Center on June 15
The Nation's largest Federal facility for research on aging will be dedicated next Saturday (June 15, 1968) in Baltimore, Md. DHEW Secretary Wilbur J. Cohen will dedicate the $7.5 million Gerontology Research Center building during a ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m. Both the ceremony and tours of the new building will be open to the public. Located at and operated in cooperation with the Baltimore City Hospitals, the Center is a research unit of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
The 4-story brick and concrete Center building will eventually house more than 300 scientific supportive research personnel. Its many laboratory areas and ample research resources will enable it to serve as a national center for the study of aging and the problems of the aged. Investigations carried out by Center scientists will include studies of many of the biological, physiological, medical, psychological, and social factors involved in the aging process.

NIH Photo by W. H. Fisher. The new 4-story, $7.5 million Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute of Child Health ond Human Development shown here is being dedicated Saturday, June 15, 1968.		The new 4-story, $7.5 million Gerontology Research Center of the National Institute of Child Health ond Human Development shown here is being dedicated Saturday, June 15, 1968.--Photo by W. H. Fisher.
Many to Use Center
NIH scientists and those of the Baltimore City Hospitals, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Maryland, other area institutions, as well as scientists from other American and foreign institutions, will conduct research in the new Center. The research building's many modern features include animal colonies, a large specialized research library, fully equipped laboratories of modular design, complete instrumentation and maintenance shops, a photography and arts service section, and an area for data processing equipment.
Has 38-Bed Unit
An added feature is a 38-bed clinical research facility for the study of patients and healthy individuals participating as volunteers in long-term research projects. This facility, located on the Hospital's third floor, is linked to the Center by an enclosed bridge providing easy access to the new building.
Other persons participating in the dedication ceremonies will be: Dr. Philip R. Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs, DHEW; Frederic G. Hubbard, Director, Baltimore City Hospitals; Dr. James A. Shannon, Director of NIH; Dr. Gerald D. La Veck, NICHD Director, and Dr. Nathan W. Shock, chief of the Gerontology Research Center.
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