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1992.04.10 :  Resignation of James D. Watson

Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 245-6343
April 10, 1992

        HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., today announced the
resignation of the Director of the National Center for Human Genome
Research, Dr. James D. Watson.  Dr. Watson was a key figure in the
creation and development of the project, and has been its director
since its inception nearly four years ago.   
        Secretary Sullivan stated, "I wish to thank Dr. Watson for
energetic and thoughtful public service that has been so vital to
the development of the Human Genome Project.  The project is
critically important to all men and women who suffer from genetic
diseases and conditions.  It is certain that this work will
eventually result in the relief of untold human suffering."
        Dr. Bernadine Healy, Director of the National Institutes of
Health, which has responsibility for the Human Genome Project,
expressed her thanks for Dr. Watson's scientific leadership of this
important program.
        Dr. Watson is one of the world's most renowned biologists
and won the Nobel Prize for being a co-discoverer of the double-
helix structure of DNA.

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