Subject: Salk Institute's President, F. de Hoffmann, Resigns
Date: Published: 11/21/88 33 lines
Source:  Wall Street Journal.  Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

    Salk Institute's President,
    F. de Hoffmann, Resigns

    LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Frederic de Hoffmann resigned as
 president of the Salk Institute, after being diagnosed as
 having acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
    A spokeswoman for the biological research institue said
 Dr. de Hoffmann, 64 years old, was diagnosed several weeks
 ago.  She said the doctor contracted the virus as a result of
 a blood transfusion he had during coronary bypass surgery in
 March 1984, before testing of the blood supply for the AIDS
 virus was widespread.
    "He ...  is currently at home feeling very well," the
 spokeswoman said.
    Nobel Laureate Dr. Renato Dulbecco, a Distinguished
 Research Professor at the institute, was appointed acting
 president until the board of trustees elects a successor.  Dr. 
 de Hoffmann will assist in the transition as president
 emeritus, and will remain a trustee.  Dr. de Hoffmann, a
 former senior vice president of General Dynamics Corp.,
 joined Salk in 1970.
    Dr. Jonas Salk, the polio vaccine pioneer who founded the
 institute, heads a San Diego research concern that is
 developing potential vaccines to combat AIDS. 

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