AmFar President to Speak in Wooster

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AmFar President to Speak in Wooster

United Press International (10/26/93)

Wooster, Ohio--The president of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFar) will deliver a lecture on "Youth and AIDS" on Thursday, Oct. 28, at the 1993-94 Wooster Forum. As one of the country's top public health authorities, Dr. Mervyn Silverman has been active in the battle against AIDS since the onslaught of the epidemic. Silverman previously served as medical director of Planned Parenthood in Kansas, director of the Federal Drug Administration's Office of Consumer Affairs, and regional medical program director for Southeast Asia and the Pacific for the Peace Corps. As director of the San Francisco Department of Health from 1977-85, Silverman was key in launching a city-wide campaign to combat the rapidly growing AIDS epidemic. His presentation is the fourth lecture in a series at the Forum, and is free and open to the public.

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