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...Meselson first became involved in the chemical-warefare controversy during a three-month stiut as a consultant in the arms control and disarmament agency in 1963. He campaigned diligently, though quietly, throughout the Kennedy and Johnson years...
...Meselson Fights...
...year behind-the-scenes effort by Matthew S. Meselson, professor of Biology, paid off last Tuesday when President Nixon announced his decision to curtail American chemical and bacteriological warfare (CBW) capability...
...time of the Nixon administration, he had become a prominent expert, and was able to persuade many people that chemical weapons are useless, given a nuclear capability, and that possession of them only furthers the danger of their proliferation. Informed sources give Meselson principal credit for influencing the recent policy shift...
Other signers include Howard C. Berg, assistant professor of Biology: John T. Edsall 23, professor of Biological Chemistry: Walter Gilbert 53, professor of Biophysics: Guido Guidotti, associate professor of Biology: Gustav Leinhard: Matthew S. Meselson, professor of Biology: Jack L. Strominger 44, professor of Biochemistry: Klans K. Weber, assistant professor of Biology...