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Cornelius Packard "Dusty" Rhoads (June 9, 1898 – August 13, 1959) was an American pathologist and oncologist, who was an administrator: he was director of Memorial Hospital for Cancer Research in New York beginning in 1940, the first director of Sloan-Kettering Institute beginning in 1945, and the first director of the combined Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center. For his contributions to cancer research, he appeared on the cover of the June 27, 1949 issue of ''Time'' magazine under the title "Cancer Fighter."〔("Medicine: Frontal Attack" ), ''Time.'' 27 June 1949, accessed 21 October 2013〕 During his early years with the Rockefeller Institute in the 1930s, Rhoads specialized in anemia and leukemia, working for six months in Puerto Rico in 1932 as part of the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Board contingent. During World War II, he worked for the United States Army helping to develop chemical weapons and set up research centers. Research on mustard gas led to developments for its use in chemotherapy at Sloan Kettering. In early 1932, a letter Rhoads had written in November 1931, which disparaged Puerto Ricans and claimed he had killed and intentionally injected cancer cells into his patients, was given by a lab assistant to Puerto Rican nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos. He publicized the letter in the Puerto Rican and American media, which led to a scandal, an official investigation,〔 and a US whitewashing campaign to protect Rhoads and, by extension, Rockefeller interests.〔(''The Rhoads Not Given: The Tainting of the Cornelius P. Rhoads Memorial Award.'' ) Rosenthal, Eric T. ''Oncology Times''. 10 September 2003. Volume 25. Issue 17. pp. 19-20. Retrieved 8 January 2013.〕 In the ensuing investigation, Rhoads defended himself, saying he had written his comments in anger and as a joke to a New York colleague. Neither Puerto Rico's Attorney General nor the medical community found evidence of his or the project giving any inappropriate medical treatment, and the scandal was forgotten.〔〔 In 2002, the controversy was revived. The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), which had established the Cornelius P. Rhoads Memorial Award in 1979,〔 commissioned a new investigation.〔(Rosenthal, Eric T. "The Rhoads Not Given: The Tainting of the Cornelius P. Rhoads Memorial Award" ), ''Oncology Times,'' 10 September 2003. Volume 25. Issue 17. pp. 19-20. Retrieved 17 December 2012.〕 It was led by Jay Katz, emeritus professor at Yale Law School and a specialist in medical ethics. He concluded there was no evidence of unethical human experimentation, but the letter was so offensive that the prize should be renamed. AACR concurred and stripped the honor from Rhoads because of his racism. ==Early life and education== Rhoads was born June 20, 1898, in Springfield, Massachusetts, as the son of an ophthalmologist, Dr. George H. Rhoads and his wife.〔Stephen Hunter & John Bainbridge; ''American Gunfight: The Plot to Kill Harry Truman,'' (pp. 194-195 ); Simon & Schuster pub., 2005; ISBN 978-0-7432-6068-8〕 He received his early education in Springfield, later attending Bowdoin College in Maine, where he graduated in 1920. In 1924, he received his M.D. from Harvard University, ''cum laude'', and was class president.〔 Rhoads became an intern at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and contracted pulmonary tuberculosis. During his treatment and recovery, he developed a lifelong interest in disease research. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cornelius P. Rhoads」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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