UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE -HEALTH SCIENCES
                 4301 JONES BRIDGE ROAD
             BETHESDA, MARYLAND 208144799            i

0!3ice of the Dean
Graduate School of Nursing
(301)295-1993 (Voice)
(301)295-9006 (FAX)

September 24, 1996

Dear Chick:

  As President of the Anchor and Caduceus Society, we, your friends and colleagues, join
you on this very special occasion of you 80th birthday celebration.

  Before 1980, I knew of you only through your publications and pioneering neonatal
surgery. What a special day it was when God sent you to the Public Health Service! !

  As Surgeon General of the United States, you brought enormous respect and credibility to
the Corps. The nine years we worked together were the highlights of my career in the Public
Health Service. You have given us so much -- your dedication, loyalty and integrity. You are an
inspiration to me and all Corps officers.

I have come to love you and Betty very much and consider you both my dearest friends.

  With deepest respect and admiration and best wishes for many productive and healthful
years ahead.
             3 ?r L

                 RADM Faye G. Abdellah, USPHS (Ret.)
                  Former Deputy Surgeon General
                      Dean and Professor

Graduate School of Nursing, USUHS

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