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Mar. 20, 2013 -- Blast from the past.
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Mar. 22, 2013 -- Attended unveiling of portrait of former Congressman Louis Stokes in Building 50. Lou was very warm and very happy to see me there. In his speech, he reminisced about the great things that I have done and how he learned so much from me over the years.
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Mar. 23, 2013 -- Gave my annual GWIDS lecture at Suburban Hospital. Have doing this for over 20 years. Also, this evening went to the Children's Inn Black Tie Gala and auction. Chris and I bided for and got (for $900.00) a beautiful tile enclosed mirror made by the children of the Inn.
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Mar. 26, 2013 -- Had what is becoming a "tradition" > dinner over my house with Harold Varmus and Eric Goosby. We used to include Gary Nabel, but he is gone to Boston with Sanofi. The tradition is that I cook pasta and either sausage or shrimp with great wines for the people (Harold, Eric, Gary) who are living in different cities from their wives. We spoke mostly about Eric's imminent stepping down from PEPFAR since he really wants to get back to San Francisco where his wife Nancy and his children are. He has done a magnificent job at PEPFAR and he should now do what makes him happy. Eric has become a dear friend.
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Anthony S. Fauci
Apr. 3, 2013 -- Went to NYC to deliver the Weill Cornell Medical College Global Health Lecture on "HIV/AIDS: A Look to the Future". Met with medical students after the talk and rushed back to DC on last USAirways flight (9:00 PM) to leave for SF the next morning at 6:45 AM.
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April 4, 2013 -- flew to San Francisco to receive the UCSF Gold Medal along with Melinda Gates, Brian Druker (developed Gleevec), and Mary Ann Koda-Kimble (former Dean of UCSF School of Pharmacy). Gala affair at Pier 48 across the street from the new SF Giants Baseball stadium. I gave a 3 minute acceptance speech blasting the "sequestration" that many people said was eloquent and "courageous". I had flown to SF in the AM and took a taxi to Stanford to have lunch with Ali and buy her a birthday present at Lulu Lemon. Took CalTrain back to SF for the Gala. Ali is amazing -- straight A+ average.
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Apr. 6, 2013 -- Took train to Philadelphia to attend the memorial Service for Chick Koop at the Tenth Presbyterian Church on 17" Street and Spruce Street. Chick was a dear friend and an historic figure. April 8 -- 14, 2013 -- Continual increase in cases of H7N9 flu from China. Virtually all chicken to human with about 20-30% fatality rate. HHS still not allowing me to do press on this for the usual reason that they say CDC has the lead. It is becoming clear that CDC is driving this obstruction. I am very sorry to hear that since this is really petty. An example is that on the evening of Sunday, April 14, WTOP contacted to me to be on their show at 7:05 AM on Monday, April 15. HHS said it should go to CDC even though WTOP is a local DC station!!! HHS gave it to Tom Frieden (Director of CDC) and just by chance, Tom called me at home on Sunday night at ~9:00 PM to talk about vaccines for H7N9 without even mentioning that he had been asked by HHS to do WTOP the next day.
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April 10, 2013 -- Spoke at the Hart Building in the evening together with Astronomer Nancy Roman (87 years old). I spoke to people and students involved in a pro-education program in DC. Introduced by Edwin Grosvenor (President of the American heritage Society and former CEO of National Geographic Society. He loved my talk on "30 Years of HIV -- A personal Journey" so much that he said I definitely should write a book and offered his wife Elizabeth as my agent/publisher. She did Morton Kondrake's book about his wife Millie.
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April 11, 2013 -- James C. Hill Lecture given by Wafaa El-Sadr. Had lunch at Positano before the lecture. In the evening wend to the Lasker Board dinner at the Howard Hughes Institute Headquarters on Jones Bridge Road. I was asked with Harold Varmus to discuss the effects of the sequester on NIH.