Series 13: Fogarty International Center, 1964-1992

This series documents the federally mandated affiliation between the Gorgas Memorial Institute/Gorgas Memorial Laboratory and the Fogarty International Center (FIC) in 1970. The series gives historical information on GML's reorganization which include: the early plans of Congress (see the "Correspondence (FIC)" subseries); FIC's control over the financial resources of GML; projects at GML; the task of playing a significant role as sole agency of the... Federal government charged with the responsibility for international objectives in biomedical research and advanced education (see subseries "Work Manual for FIC Site Visits" and "Reports on Site Visits"). There is also information on the agency's role in the closing of GML in the subseries "GML Closure Correspondence," which documents internal discussions with GMITP during GML's final days.