SOCIETY O. TOXICOLOGY HISTORY - Society of Toxicology

Appendix VI
AUTHORS
Harry W. Hays received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1940. His scientific career
began soon after as research pharmacologist with the Ciba Pharmaceutical Company in
Summit, NJ. Ten years later he accepted a position as Associate Professor of Pharmacology at
Wayne State University College of Medicine, Detroit, MI. In 1957, he moved to Washington,
D.C., where he became Director, Advisory Center on Toxicology, National Academy of
Sciences-National Research Council. In 1966, he accepted the position of Director, Pesticides
Regulation Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture. When the Division was transferred to the
Environmental Protection Agency, he was assigned to the National Program Staff for Food
Safety and Health.
Dr. Hays was a Founding Editor of the journal, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, and a
Founder of the Society of Toxicology. He received the Merit Award in 1977. He most recently
served as Advisory Editor on Toxicology for the International Dictionary of Medicine and
Biology, a task that took nearly seven years to complete.
Florence M. Carleton is a graduate of Ohio State University and has an M.S. degree from
Western Reserve University School of Library Science. Her positions have included Assistant
Librarian at the Wayne State University College of Medicine, Research Assistant in the
Advisory Center on Toxicology, Research Assistant for Biological Sciences in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, and a Co-Advisory Editor for the International Dictionary of
Medicine and Biology.