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ID#:

31764

Caption:

Captured on June 17, 1955, this historic photograph depicts a group portrait of attendees participating in a gathering held at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on behalf of State Public Health Laboratory Directors. Notable CDC laboratory staff attending the meeting included Medical Director and Chief of the Laboratory Branch Dr. Ralph B. Hogan, standing at the far left of the first row; Assistant Chief of the Special Research Unit Dr. Max D. Moody, standing second from the left in the first row; Chief of the Bacteriology Section, Laboratory Branch, Dr. Donald S. Martin, standing second from the right in the first row; Clinical Chemist Gerald R. Cooper, MD, PhD, standing at the far right of the first row; Chief of the Parasitology and Mycology Section Marion Murphy Brooke, ScD, standing at the far right of the third row; and Microbiologist Dr. William B. Cherry, standing third from the right in the fourth row.