6th Five Year Report
Dedication

Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Bennett began his distinguished work with the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program as a member of the U.S. Delegation in 1967. He succeeded Dr. Colin M. MacLeod, the first United States Chair, and served continuously as Chair of the U.S. Delegation from 1972 until his death in 1990. During these 18 years, Dr. Bennett unfail-ingly showed inspired leadership throughout his Chairmanship. He wisely and earnestly engaged in strengthening and enriching the Panels' scientific program and work of the Delegation. A remarkable achievement was his creation of new Panels. The Joint Environmental Carcinogenesis and Mutagenesis Panels were established in 1972, when environmental pollution caused by chemical substances was gaining prominence as a major health hazard. Dr. Bennett encouraged the formation of the Joint Hepatitis Panels in 1979, based on his evaluation of this global disorder. In 1981, with full realization that immunology was in the mainstream of new developments involving most Panel programs, he provided the initiative to form the Joint Immunology Boards. In 1988, when the rapid development of AIDS attracted world-wide attention, Dr. Bennett strongly advocated the establishment of the Joint AIDS Panels. These new Panels were created under the leadership of Dr. Bennett, who weighed the need for collabo-rative research under the U.S.-Japan Program. An active joint research program in each area is in place.

In the beginning of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, there were constraints in Japan regarding availability of specialized scientific materials and highly technical equipment necessary for investigative work to go for-ward. In his effective way, Dr. Bennett assisted greatly in making such essential items available, another example of his dedication to the job at hand.

The Joint Subcommittee held a celebration for the Program's 25th Anniversary at its commemorative meeting, the Silver Jubilee, on July 18, 1990, in Tokyo. His Japanese colleagues took advantage of the opportunity to award Dr. Bennett a decoration bestowed by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, in recognition of his dedicated contributions to the Program and for his advancement of medical research in Japan. On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program, we proudly dedicate this Sixth 5-Year Report to Dr. Ivan Bennett.

(excerpted from: Someya S. A memorial tribute for the late Ivan Bennett, Jr. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1991: 21, 147-8.)

Joint Conference on Leprosy and Tuberculosis
Matsue, Japan
August 1992

Joint AIDS Panel Meeting
Palm Springs, California
1994

Twenty-ninth Japan-U.S. Joint
Conference on Parasitic Diseases
July 28-30, 1994, Yamagata, Japan

Joint Committee Meeting
Kona, Hawaii
January 1989

Joint Committee Meeting
Bethesda, Maryland
1991

Joint Committee Meeting
Bethesda, Maryland
July 1993