Presentation to leading scientists

Presentation to leading scientists

The three scientists, now on the Silva International staff, were instrumental in arranging for 40 scientists from all over the United States to come and meet Silva in Houston, Texas, so that he could explain to them what he had done and what his future plans were.

The meeting took place on Friday night and all day Saturday. On Sunday the group was given a tour of NASA facilities in Houston. Those in attendance were:

Rev. Marzel Allard, S.J., from Montreal, Quebec; V.A. Benignus, Ph.D., University of North Carolina; Mrs. Gayla Benignus, M.S., University of North Carolina; Mrs. Lendell W. Braud, M.A., Texas Southern University; William G. Braud, Ph.D., University of Houston; Frederick J. Bremner, Ph.D., and his wife, from Trinity University; Barbara B. Brown. Ph.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Sepulveda, California; Melvin Bucholtz, emissary for Dr. David Shapiro, Harvard Medical School; Thomas H. Budzynski, Ph.D., the University of Colorado Medical Center; Jeffery P. Chang, Ph.D., University of Texas Medical Branch; Leslie M. Cooper, Ph.D., Brigham Young University; Arthur J. Deikman, M.D., Mills Valley, California; George T. DeSau, Ed.D., Silva International; Paul Dunn, M.D., Oak Park, Illinois; Doug Eddy, Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh; Stan L. Falor, M.D., McMurray, Pennsylvania; Lester G. Fehmi, Ph.D., New York State University; Rev. John Frizelle, Ph.D., Incarnate Word College, San Antonio; Irving Geller, Ph.D., Texas Tech University School of Medicine; J.W. Hahn, Ph.D., Silva International; Dr. Paul Henchaw, Tucson Arizona; W. Lindsay Jacob, M.D., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kendall Johnson, emissary for Thelma Moss, Ph.D., UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles; Bonnie Kaplan, emissary for Thomas B. Mulholland, Ph.D., Veterans Administration Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts; Perry London, Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles; Alejandro Martinez Marquez, Ph.D., National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, D.F.; Clancy McKenzie, M.D., and wife, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Richard E. McKenzie, Ph.D., Silva International; John Mihalasky, Ed.D., Newark College of Engineering; William "Bill" Opel, documentary film maker; Dr. Robert E. Ornstein, Langley Porter Institute, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco; Burl Payne, Ph.D., Wayland, Massachusetts; Erik Peper, Berkley, California; William G. Roll, Psychical Research Foundation, Duke Station, Durham, North Carolina;

Arq. Jose Zarul Braiz, emissary for Ing. Benjamin Rubio, National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico, D.F.; Milan Ryzl, Ph.D., San Jose, California; Gertrude Schmeidler, Ph.D., City College of the City University of New York; Max Toth, Queens, New York; N.E. West, Ph.D., and wife, Veterans Administration Hospital, Fort Meade, South Dakota; Ian Wickramasekera, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Peoria.

The following doctors, Ph.D.s and Silva International staff members took part in introducing Silva's work to the visiting scientists:

Dr. J.W. Hahn, Dr. George DeSau, Dr. Richard McKenzie, Dr. N.E. West, Dr. Fred Bremner, Dr. William Braud, Dr. Jeffery Chang, Dr. Gayla Benignus, Dr. Paul Dunn, Dr. Stan Falor, Rev. John Frizelle, Dr. Irving Geller, Dr. Alejandro Martinez Marquez, Dr. Clancy McKenzie, Bill Opel, James Needham, and Harry McKnight.

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