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vii A project of this duration acquires many debts, and I am pleased to be able to acknowledge the support of the many who aided me. I gratefully acknowledge the professionalism and assistance of the staff at the National Archives and Record Administration, Southeast Region, Tom Love and the Centers for Disease Control, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Marie Villemin at the World Health Organization (WHO) Archives, Avril Reid at the WHO library (Geneva), and the staff at the Gerald Ford library in Ann Arbor for providing archival material. I also want to thank the efficient staff in Interlibrary Loan at Wichita State University, Nan Myers in Government Documents, Wichita State University for providing funding to travel to the WHO in Geneva, and Northeastern University for financial aid and support. Parts of chapters eight and nine were drawn from “WHO Knows Best?,” which appeared in the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, and an embryonic form of chapter one appeared in History Compass under the title “Flu: Past and Present.” The people I interviewed were uniformly generous with their time and expertise, making the process enjoyable for me and hopefully not too painful for them. My thanks to Walter Dowdle, Ian Furminger, Claude Hannoun, J. Donald Millar, David Sencer, Kennedy Shortridge, and Sir John Skehel. I also want to extend special thanks to D. A. Henderson who both agreed to be interviewed and read and commented on parts of chapter four. In addition, Dr. Henderson was also extraordinarily gracious when I realized, to my horror, that I had neglected to acknowledge his contribution to my “WHO Knows Best?” article in JHMAS. A number of people read various portions of this book, and their critiques helped me shape the final product. My thanks to Edward Dehner, Paul Dehner, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stephen Dehner, Clay McShane, Day Radebaugh, William Vanderburgh, and Albert Waitt for allowing me to intrude on their time and for their helpful comments. I also want to thank Helen Hundley for translation of some Russian language documents. My editor at University of Pittsburgh Press, Beth Davis, was strongly supportive of the project and willing to move quite fast when my circumstances called for it—for that I am very grateful. Thanks are also due to the editorial team at University of Pittsburgh Press, which saved me from some embarrassing errors. I want to extend my deepest appreciation to Anthony Penna and Patrick Manning for their help and for guiding me along on my career path. No amount of Guinness will settle the debt I owe you both, but I hope that I will able to aid future scholars in similar fashion. Finally, this book has a twin dedication. First is in the memory of Edwin Kilbourne. I showed up on his doorstep in January 2004 to conduct an interview and he went on to be an advisor and a sounding board for questions I had about influenza thereafter. The more I learned about this tricky virus, the more I came to realize how lucky I was to be able to ask a giant in the field about it. I greatly appreciate his patience and willingness to share some measure of his expertise with a historian. I also want to thank my wife Jodi, without whom I never would have been able to begin this project let alone complete it, and my three boys Brendan, Patrick, and Sean. They might not have liked that daddy had to work, but they are as generally excited as anyone to see the final product. viii acknowledgments [54.226.210.133] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 06:42 GMT) INFLUENZA ...