1 15 3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange Description An account of the resource The Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange comprises 120 linear feet and spans the late 1800s to 2005; however, the bulk of the coverage is from the 1960s to the 1980s and there are many undated items. The collection was donated to Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library in 1985 by Dr. Alvin L. Young (1942- ). Dr. Young developed the collection as he conducted extensive research on the military defoliant Agent Orange. The collection is in good condition and includes letters, memoranda, books, reports, press releases, journal and newspaper clippings, field logs and notebooks, newsletters, maps, booklets and pamphlets, photographs, memorabilia, and audiotapes of an interview with Dr. Young. For more about this collection, <a href="/exhibits/speccoll/exhibits/show/alvin-l--young-collection-on-a">view the Agent Orange Exhibit.</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Box The box containing the original item. 070 Folder The folder containing the original item. 1881 Series The series number of the original item. Series III Subseries IV Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Philadelphia Inquirer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 20 1980 Title A name given to the resource Clipping: Agent Orange illnesses called 'hoax' Subject The topic of the resource popular press Agent Orange controversy Dow Chemical Company ao_seriesIII Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange Description An account of the resource The Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange comprises 120 linear feet and spans the late 1800s to 2005; however, the bulk of the coverage is from the 1960s to the 1980s and there are many undated items. The collection was donated to Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library in 1985 by Dr. Alvin L. Young (1942- ). Dr. Young developed the collection as he conducted extensive research on the military defoliant Agent Orange. The collection is in good condition and includes letters, memoranda, books, reports, press releases, journal and newspaper clippings, field logs and notebooks, newsletters, maps, booklets and pamphlets, photographs, memorabilia, and audiotapes of an interview with Dr. Young. For more about this collection, <a href="/exhibits/speccoll/exhibits/show/alvin-l--young-collection-on-a">view the Agent Orange Exhibit.</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Box The box containing the original item. 070 Folder The folder containing the original item. 1876 Series The series number of the original item. Series III Subseries IV Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Daily Press (Utica) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource April 29 1980 Title A name given to the resource Clipping: Australians File Agent Orange Suit Subject The topic of the resource litigation Dow Chemical Company ao_seriesIII https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/files/original/634b10eb085cb96833cd554808e942b6.pdf 64bd7ed838b76dac2761a444d440e68f PDF Text Text Item ID Number 01721 Author Corporate Author ROPOrt/ArtlClO TltlO No JOUrnal/BOOk TltlB [unknown] Year 1983 Month/Day Ju| Color Number of Images Volunteers Needed for Agent Orange Study, CDC Officials State v n 1 Descrlpton Notes Monday, June 11, 2001 Page 1722 of 1793 �Other DAVers Join National Office Race Three more DAV members have announced their candidacy for national office. They are Albert W. Jardine of Boise, Idaho; William Parker of Manchester, Tenn.; and D. Ray Wilson of Dundee, 111. Albert W. Jardine Jardine, a disabled veteran of the Korean and Vietnam War eras, has served as chairman of the DAV's 13th District Constitution and Bylaws Committee. He was elected to several vice commander posts in the DAV Department of Idaho before being elected commander in 1981-82. He is an active member of DAV Chapter 22 in Boise. Jardine was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve before he joined the U.S. Air Force. He held the rank of master sergeant, and was serving as first sergeant of Headquarters Squadron at Hollman Air Force Base, N.M., when his serviceconnected disability forced his retirement Jardine in 1977. The DAV life member earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Boise State University in 1979, and a master's degree in public administration in 1981. Jardine and his wife, Sheila, live in Boise with their children, Dena, Wayne, Danny, and Toni. William Parker A combat-disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, Parker is completing his second term on the DAV National Interim Membership and Volunteer Service Committee. The life member of DAV Chapter 90, Manchester, Tenn., has served in several offices at the chapter and state levels, including four years as department adjutant. Parker was assigned to the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 10th Air Cavalry, as a scout platoon leader, operations officer, executive officer, and he was commanding the unit when he was wounded. His military decorations include the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and 38 awards of the Air Medal. Parker, who has attended the University of Tennessee and Middle Tennessee State University, is employed by the DAV Dep a r t m e n t of 'IVniT '..so..-. !!'.•• a ' . - ' h ' ^ v i f e , A H i • s, 11 1 ., in A •,. !• - v,,;. t i . - ' .- • • . V : D. Ray Wilson Wilson, a combat-disabled World War II veteran, served on several DAV national convention committees. He has held several positions in the DAV Department of\llinois, including judge advocate and senior vice commander, and he served as department commander from 1980-82. He is the founder and editor of the Illinois DAV News. The life member of DAV Chapter 54, Elgin, 111., was assigned as hospital corpsman on a destroyer when he joined Parker Wilson the U.S. Navy in 1944. Two years later, Wilson joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. He He is the editor and publisher of the transferred into the newly formed U.S. Air Daily Courier-News in Elgin, 111., the Daily Force in 1947 and served as a public infor- Journal in Wheaton, 111., and several weekmation specialist. ly newspapers in DuPage and Cook Wilson earned a bachelor's degree in Counties. business administration and a master's deWilson lives with his wife, Bea, and their gree in journalism from Northern Illinois daughters Jeri, Vicky, Juli, and Margaret in University. Dundee. No Volunteers .Needed for Agent Orange Study, CDC Officials State The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said recently that volunteer participants cannot be accepted for research it is conducting on the health-related effects of exposure to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The VA turned over responsibility for this epidemiological research to CDC Jan. 14. In addition to its attempts to pin down the effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides during the war, CDC will study possible health effects of service in the war zone generally. "As more veterans become aware of CDC's role in connection with Agent Orange," said J. David Erickson, D.D.S., Ph. D., "we expect to be receiving still more requests and offers from individuals and groups who would like to become participants in our epidemologic investigations.". However, acceptance of volunteer participants could jeopardize the scientific validity of the studies, according to Dr. Erickson, who heads the Cancer Branch of CDC's Chronic Diseases Division. Dr. Erickson explained that this type of research requires "careful selection of candidates . . . as potential cohort participants, and random selection of actual participants from among these candidates. "This process" he said "is intended to minimize the possibility of statistical biases which can endanger the accuracy of findings. Thus, although we appieciate veteraris 1 inlfiesi in emr investiga'ioiu, we understood the need for [CDC] to decline requests," Dr. Erickson added. In related news, it has been discovered that scientists from four chemical companies'attended a secret meeting in 1965 to discuss possible hazards of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides containing the trace contaminant, dioxin. Several documents resulting from the meeting, held at the headquarters of Dow Chemical Company, have been uncovered, principally due to a class action suit filed against several chemical'companies by a number of Vietnam veterans. "While these documents pointed to no definitive proof of links between dioxin and ^ human disease, they make it clear that ' these scientists were concerned about possible links," said Charles A. Thompson. A combat veteran of the Vietnam War, Thompson represents the DAV on the VA Advisory Committee on the HealthRelated Effects of Herbicide. The existence of these documents was made public in a New York Times article by David Burnham. "The memorandums" wrote Burnham, "raise the possibility that Dow scientists have been saying one thing in private while the company's management has said something else in public." The possible inconsistency, stated the DAV's Thompson, "disturbs our organization very deeply. At the time Dow was holding the meeting in question, these; cru'inic»K v-e.e b'.-i-'g Sj> r <y\' C i ; ; Vie:, , ' n A . I ! o t , .f - i ' ', • ' ' . v. . '• . . . . I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange Description An account of the resource The Alvin L. Young Collection on Agent Orange comprises 120 linear feet and spans the late 1800s to 2005; however, the bulk of the coverage is from the 1960s to the 1980s and there are many undated items. The collection was donated to Special Collections of the National Agricultural Library in 1985 by Dr. Alvin L. Young (1942- ). Dr. Young developed the collection as he conducted extensive research on the military defoliant Agent Orange. The collection is in good condition and includes letters, memoranda, books, reports, press releases, journal and newspaper clippings, field logs and notebooks, newsletters, maps, booklets and pamphlets, photographs, memorabilia, and audiotapes of an interview with Dr. Young. For more about this collection, <a href="/exhibits/speccoll/exhibits/show/alvin-l--young-collection-on-a">view the Agent Orange Exhibit.</a> Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Box The box containing the original item. 064 Folder The folder containing the original item. 1721 Series The series number of the original item. Series III Subseries III Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived [unknown] Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-07-01 Title A name given to the resource No Volunteers Needed for Agent Orange Study, CDC Officials State Subject The topic of the resource Agent Orange Exposure Study Dow Chemical Company Agent Orange controversy ao_seriesIII