doi:10.7916/jyh1-4c02Reminiscences of Mary Lasker, 1965Lasker, Maryoral historiestextPhilanthropistsArt--Collectors and collectingMedicine--ResearchFederal aid to researchUnited States Politics and government 20th centuryLasker, MaryNational Institute of Health (U.S.)United States. Public Health ServiceFamily background, University of Wisconsin, Radcliffe; interest in fine arts; European travel, study at Oxford; art dealer; Hollywood dress pattern business; interest in and promotion of Planned Parenthood Federation, other voluntary agencies in the field of health; fund-raising: American Cancer Society, American Heart Association; attempts to secure adequate appropriations to implement existing legislation for medical research; United States Public Health Service: National Science Foundation; formation and development of national institutes for cancer, heart, arthritis, mental health, neurological diseases, blindness; aid to medical education; interest in psychoanalysis; medical research in New York; large scale clinical trials through Veterans Administration; activities of Lasker Foundation to promote health through medical research; health insurance; Health Insurnace Plan in New York, Presidential Health Commission; support for performing arts; art collection. Impressions of many statesmen, legislators, and medical and scientific pioneers