Photos of People who worked in Building 29 or 29A

Senator Dale Bumpers visiting CBER with Dr. John Robbins and others surrounded by scientific equipment

Dr. John Robbins, at left, with Senator Dale Bumpers (D. AZ), at right, on tour in Buildings 29 and 29A.

Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum 


Senator Dale Bumpers visiting CBER_Dr. John Robbins and Dr. Margaret Pittman with him

Dr. John Robbins, at right, with Senator Dale Bumpers (D. AZ), and a staffer, at center, with Dr. Margaret Pittman at left, on tour in Buildings 29 and 29A.

Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum 


a black and white photo from 1963 of a man doing paper chromatography in a fume hood

Dr. David Aronson doing paper chromatography in a fume hood, circa 1963, Building 29.

Finlayson Photo Collection at the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum


a black and white photo of a woman in a white lab coat next to a flurometer and coffee pot in a lab in 1974

Photo from 1974 of French pharmacist Dr. Marie-Héléné Denninger in Building 29. Standing next to fluorometer. Coffee pot between her elbow and fluorometer. 

Finlayson Photo Collection at the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum


Dr. Finlayson and lab technician Mary Ann Dalton Repass in 1966 in Building 29

Dr. Finlayson and lab technician Mary Ann Dalton Repass in 1966 in Building 29. A Sigmoid pump and Varigrad (under towel) on shelf. Fisher Meaker burner closest on bench. He’s blowing glass and holding it in an asbestos glove. 

Finlayson Photo Collection at the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum


a color photo of a man and a woman in an office in Building 29 in 1973 deep in discussion

Dr. Finlayson and Dr. Barbara Alving in summer 1978 in Building 29. 

Finlayson Photo Collection at the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum


a black and white photo of two men working on an equation on a chalkboard. One man wears a white lab coat

Dr. Finlayson, at right, and Dr. David Aronson, at left, in 1963, in Building 29, working on content for a display exhibit. 

Finlayson Photo Collection at the Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum


shot given to FDA Bureau of Biologics Director Dr. Harry M. Meyer, Jr. by Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Theodore Cooper.

Clinical testing of swine flu vaccine began in April 1976 with a shot given to FDA Bureau of Biologics Director Dr. Harry M. Meyer, Jr. by Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary of Health Dr. Theodore Cooper.

FDA History Office


Below are links to the 22 people who are included in the Biographies section. Additional photos for these individuals can be found on their respective biography pages.