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Dr. Waisman's research has centered around hereditary diseases which produce
mental retardation.  In one such disease, phenylketonuria (PKU), he found that
affected children who are diagnosed early enough can develop normally if put on a
special low-penylalanine diet.
In 1957, Dr. Waisman initiated such a treatment program throughout
Wisconsin. Thus far, he has succeeded in preventin. 20 affected Wisconsin children
from becoming retarded. Rhisyear, under his supervision a wedical motion picture
was produced to show physicians how to spot PK1U babies.
Dr. Waieman, whois now trying to develop other means of identifying
Liochemical causes of mental retardation, joined the UW faculty in 1952. Prior to
that, he was on t e staff of the University of Illinois Collei;e of Medicine. Dr.
Waisman holds four UW desrees -- the B. S. in 1935, ti. S. in 1937', Ph.a. in 1 3i,
and A.D. in 1941.
Dr. Dixon, a native of the Union of South Africa, received his B.A. fro-d
Cwabridge University in 1951, and his Ph.D. from the University of toronto in V056.
Le has been a biochemical researcier on the staifs of the University of Washington,
Oxford University, and the University of Toronto.
tie collaborated with Ut  wedical geneticist Oliver Smithies and another
Toronto biochemist in their recent analysis of the structure and evolution of
certain blood proteins.