GESCHICKTER RESEARCH FUND TIGHTLY CONTROLLED BY THE FOUNDER

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WASHINGTON POST
3 AUGUST 1977
Con'
By John tif: Goshko
washineton Post Staff write:
A Washing ton foundation that alleg-
edly channeled . Central Intelligence
Agency funds into research on mind-
control drugs is a little-known organi-
.zation whose affairs were tightly con-
trolled by, its founder; "Dr. Charles F.
Geschickter.
Geschickter, 76, an emeritus profes- -
sor of pathology at Georgetown Uni-
versity medical school;'Is a nationally
prominent figure in the fields of med-
ical research and education.
= ?:ui~ lxis colleagues at Georgetown,
where he taught from 1946 until his
- retirement.ir. 1971, apparently knew
'--little about'-the:, private foundation
that he ran.-on the side -.the Ges-
chickter Fund for-,XIedigal Research.
Although. Geschickter's : biography
in the 1976-77 edition of 'Who's Who
takes uV 2 lines,.it:makes no mention
of the foundation.'-The doctor, who
lives in Lorton, Va.,-'could not be
reached yesterday for comment - on
allegations about his foundation pub- his 'personal means and partly from
lished yesterday by The New York. gifts 'provided by his patients and
Times. - other persons interested in the medi-
The Times article said the Geschick- cal sciences.
ter Fund had been used by the CIA as ""It was no secret that he had a pri-
a conduit for distributing funds to vate foundation," McNulty said. -But_
medical researchers involved in a se- it was not something that he pushed
or promoted in any noticeable way."
$25 million effort to
25-year
Bret
,
,
,
learn how to control the human mind. -. The foundation, McNulty added
Matthew McNulty, vice president of -. "was not a part of Georgetown Uni-
University in charge of... 1, versity, never has been and, in the fu-
Georgetown
medical affairs, said. yesterday that tore, will not be connected to the uni k
university officials also had been un- versity:'
able to contact Geschickter and ask McNulty said that university offi
'him about the allegations: However, vials have been searching the records
McNulty and other medical profession of the Georgetown medical school and.
sources, who asked not to be identi- hospital and, so far, have, . found.. no
fied, were able' to provide some sign that the university or members
sketchy information about the fund of its faculty ever- applied for or re-
and its activities. ceived "any grants, contracts or
They said the fund was founded by awards" from the Geschickter fund
Geschickter in 1939, when he was on for research of the type described in
.
the faculty of Johns Hopkins medical The Times article.
school, and apparently is still in exist- 'However, he added, the fund period=
ence. Although they were unclear . ically had made gifts of cash and
about the source of the foundation's stocks to Georgetown. for general use
funds, they said it was, generally as ." in medical research ..and education-
'.surned= among Geschickter's col.- MeNulty said these .gifts were
leagues that' they came partly from "modest in size" with the e .ceptton of
a $370,000 donation. toward construc-
tion of a' S3 million.. buildin-, at
Georgetown-Hospital.,?."'_
In mentioning this.'. contribution,
The Times article said it might have -1
been linked, to the CIA's desire to es-
tablish a forensic medicine . depart-
ment at a university.' However, Me? -
'Nulty said, the building in question
had no connection with forensic medicine, and was put up to house the hos-
?pital's ambulatory patient cdre sere-
ices and the clinical offices of the den-
tal school.
Others who knew Geschickter dur-- -4
ing his time at,Georgetown described
him in such.:. terms as "quiet; `
',reserved" and 'keeping pretty Much. `4
to. himself.' One 'said, ;"He did his
leaching and - had' his office at the
medical school but he didn't mingle
very, much and was: hard to know."
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