Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) 
 
SERIES TITLE   Thomas Budinger Files 
 
  INCLUSIVE DATES   1961 1983 
 
  ARRANGEMENT  Varies 
 
  VOLUME  27 cubic feet 
 
  DESCRIPTION  This series documents the research and activities 
               of Budinger (Medical Director of  Donner 
               Laboratory from 1967 to 1978), from 1950 to 1984. 
               Included are the following:  original 
               correspondence for Donner Medical Lab research; 
               experimental/equipment  development such as 
               Positron Emission Tomography (PET), scanning 
               techniques, and  camera studies; patient files, 
               including photographs of whole body, head, and 
               hand  scans and procedures performed; 
               correspondence about patients/research subjects;  
               proposals to, and the protocol of, the Human Use 
               Committee; Budinger's notes; copies  of reference 
               articles; conferences/workshops attended and 
               organized; notes on student  experimental 
               activities; and copies of grant proposals to 
               various organizations submitted  to Budinger for 
               review. The series contains records related to 
               experiments on humans  and animals using many 
               radioactive isotopes. The series is composed 
               primarily of  paper records, but also includes 
               Laboratory photographs of scans.    
 
LOCATION OF  RECORDS 
               Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory  
               Archives and Records Office 
               Berkeley, CA 94720 
 
               Federal Records Center 
               1000 Commodore Drive 
               San Bruno, CA 94066