NIH memorial service for Alan Rabson scheduled for Oct. 30

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A memorial service for Alan Rabson will take place on Oct. 30, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Ruth L. Kirschstein Auditorium, Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD.

Rabson, a premier cancer pathologist whose most recent title at NCI was scientist emeritus, died on July 4. He was 92 (The Cancer Letter, July 6).

A reception, hosted by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, will follow the service, “Alan S. Rabson, MD: Celebrating a Life in Science Leadership, and Patient Care.”

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