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                                                    NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
                                                         Office of the Director

                                        DATE:           f

                                        TO:

                                        RE:

                                        FROM:

                                        Donald A.B. Lindberg              lindberg@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
                                        Director
                                        National Library of Medicine      38/2E-07 o (301) 496-6221
                                        Bethesda, Maryland  20894             FAX o (301) 496-445(


                May 17, 1991

                Donald Lindberg
                National Library of Medicine
                8600 Rockville Pike
                Bethesda, MD  20894

                Dear Dr. Lindberg,
                As you requested, I have enclosed my resum6 and several
                writing samples.
                I thought that the information meeting on the 15th was
                very useful and I am excited about the possibilities of
                helping to develop the materials for the conference on
                the Regional Medical Programs.
                As you have noted, I have already begun some  preliminary
                research on the project and will have the time in June and
                July to do additional research and writing if the project
                goes ahead.  At your direction I will work out the details
                of the contract with Bob Mehnert.
                In addition to the historical importance of the  Regional
                Medical Programs, I feel strongly that there may also  be
                the potential of creating yet another perspective on  the
                spiraling costs and problems of health care delivery.
                I hope I can be of some help with the project.  If you have
                any questions, please give me a call.

                Yours truly,

                M. Owen Korsmo
                Carriage House
                918 Maryland Ave. NE
                Washington, DC  20002

                4 Enc.


           M. Owen Korsmo
           Carriage House, 918 Maryland Avenue, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002           (202) 544.3294

           WOPK HisToRy        Research Fellowship, National Statute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD. Wrote
                               reports and related materials concerning the development of neuropsychologic drugs.
                               (February 198@present)
                               Executive Editor, The Fauquier Democrat, Warrenton, VA. Edited and designed
                               14,000 circulation weekly newspaper; supervised staff of twelve; wrote a@,ard-winning
                               columns, editorials. Winner of the 1987 Virginia Press Association Sweepstakes Award
                               for best large weekly newspaper in Virginia. (June 1987-june 1988)
                               Director, Owen & Associates, Washington, D.C. Produced, directed and presented
                               market research, print advertising, logo designs and coordinated promotional
                               campaigns. (1986-1987)
                               Creative Director; Member, Board of Directors, JCG Advertising, Fairfax, VA.
                               Conceived, wrote and supervised design of multimedia campaigns; made client
                               presentations. (1983-1986)
                               Editor, Skyway Newspapers, Minneapolis, MN. Responsible for all editorial content
                               of four newspapers per week; developed, supervised special sections; wrote celebrity
                               interviews, managed staff of five. (1982)
                               Editor, @eapo@ Magazine, Minneapolis, MN. Initiated and directed redesign of
                               glossy, bimonthly city magazine; wrote marketing strategy and editorial philosophy
                               statement. (1981)
                               Managing Editor, Twin Cities Reader, Minneapolis, MN. Responsible for editorial
                               contentof altcmative/entertainment weekly newspaper; developed editorial policy;
                               designed cover concepts; supervised staff of eight; wrote weekly column. (1979-
                               1980)
                               Advertising Writer, Dayton's Deparunent Stores, Minneapolis, MN. Wrote and
                               coordinated award-winning print advertising campaigns. (1977-1979)
            EDUCATION          Bachelor of Arts, University of Minnesota, degree program combined journalism,
                               broadcast and fine arts; GPA 3.7; graduated 1976.
                               London Iite@ @titute, London, England. Studied creative writing, film and
                               photography. (1973-197zi)
            RR-LATED E)CPERIENCE SHORTS, An Anthology, Washington, D.C. Published and co-edited volume of
                               poetry and fiction by new Washington writers. (1987)
                               Research Coordinator, Haifa Projec@ Haifa, Israel. Developed, implemented and
                               interpreted survey of Arab Christian conununity in Haifa for Anglican Church.
                               (1970-1972)
                               Farm Laborer, Kibbutz Zikirn, Israel. (1970)


                                                            An Abridged History

                   THEY-P,E @ FIVE @ERS reaching out to                      five@finger excercise. It is also the oldest       This  idea  got  strong   support   from   citizens
                   Virginia. The bridges from the District to                bridge  to  Teach  into  Virginia,  although  at   groups as  well  as  the  National  Capital
                   Virginia channel visitors and commuters                   the time, 1797, the far shore was still part  of   Planning    Commission.    They    were    ignored,
                   alike through approaches that offer five                  PierTe  L'Enfant's  10-mile  square.  (Our  side   and  today  the  pioneering   conservationist
                   different perspectives on our multi-faceted               of the Potomac was  returned  to  us  in  1864.)   would  probably  be  less  than  honored   by   his
                   neighbor. Whether we are whi=ing across                   The  present  bridge  was  built  in  1940   and   l@ namesake.
                   the Potomac anticipating the dance of the                 rests securely on foundations of  the  piers  of    Like  so  many   other   grand   ventures,
                   city or mindlocked in the dolors of daily                 1870. Its predecessors, however, were a            Arlington  Memorial  Bridge  began   as   a
                   commuting, we often overlook the tales                    short-lived  lot.  The  first  bridge  collapsed   political platitude, President Andrew
                   These bridges have to tell. Each finger points            after seven years, and  its  replacement  lasted   Jackson  gazed  over  the  river   and   envisioned
                   out something unique.                                     only  six  months  before  a  freshet  swept  it   a  bridge  symbolizing  the   tenuous   union
                     Sure, none are as majestic as the Brooklyn              away. The third attempt gave  its  name  to  all   between North and South.
                   Bridge, nor as delicately beautiful as the                subsequent  bridges  there.  Supported  entirely     It was not  until  the  1920's  that  plans  were
                   Bridge of Sighs; but to be fair, none have                by iron chains,  the  innovative  structure  had   seriously  considered  and  then,  ironically,   it
                  t, displayed the heads of traitors either. Like            a  wooden  deck  that  gave  a   disconcertingly   was  because  of  a  traffic  jam.  In  1921,  with
                   8the city itself, the Potomac River bridges               rhythmic passage across the river.                 the   nearly   completed   Lincoln   Memorial
                   offer five individual views: pastoral, lyrical,           Chain  Bridge  offers  a  bucolic  entrance   to   rising  just  across  the  river,  the  remains  of
                   innocuous, imperial, and utilitarian. As for              this far  tip  of  the  District.  Although  its   the  Unknown  Soldier  were   interred   in
                   the Maryland bridges, that is another story               perpendicular  approaches   are   awkward,   few   Arlington  Cemetery.  The   logistics   for
                   for another time.                                         of its  24,000  commuters  seem  to  mind.  With   getting  the  dignitaries  to  the  cemetery   were
                                                                             thickly wooded banks, Chain Bridge's               awkward  and  the  traffic-tied  politicians   felt
                 tV CHMN BRME IS TM                    digit of this         verdant  view  provides  a   glimpse   of   what   prompted  to  revive  plans  for  a   major
                                                                             Washington  might  have   looked   like   as   a   ceremonial route.
                                                                             Nineteenth-Century village. Today,  it's  a  bit     Construction  took   six   years   and   included
                                                                             like coming through the back door.                 steps to the river's  edge  for  arrivals  by  ship
                                                                             Key Bridge, representing  the  ring  finger,  is   at  the  "Watergate."   Imposing,   stolid,   self,
                                                                             the   most   romantic   of   the   D.C.-Virginia   consciously     monumental,     Memorial     Bridge
                                                                             spans, but then it doesn't have much               does  not  invite  a  casual  nod,  it  demands   a
                                                                             competition.                                       crisp  salute.  Just  within  view  downstream   is
                                                                             Just north  of  the  present  bridge  stood  one   the  utilitarian  thumb  of  D.C.  crossings:   the
                                                                             of  the  oddest  engineering   structures   ever   14th  Street   Bridge.   Originally   called   Long
                                                                             built.  The  old  Aqueduct  Bridge   created   a   Bridge, this was  the  second  span  to  cross  the
                                                                             waterway  ow   the   river   for   canal   barge   Potomac.  Its  first  major  replacement   was   in
                                                                             traffic, beginning in  1833.  During  the  Civil   1901   when   Congress   authorized   a    railroad
                                                                             War,  it  was  drained   and   used   for   more   and highway  bridge  at  the  site.  It's  now  the
                                                                             conventional vehicles.                             busiest  of  the  bridges  into   Washington.
                                                                             Key  Bridge  is  a  dwic   in   at   least   one      The  so-called   "Twin   Bridges"   were   built
                                                                             other  respect:  cost.  Designed  by  Nathan  C.   in  1950  and  1962,  dedicated   respectively   to
                                                                             Wyeth as a double-deck  structure,  it  was  cut   the     Revolutionary      General      Rochambeau,
                                                                             back  to  one  deck  due  to  escalating  costs.   and   the   Founding    Father,    George    Mason.
                                                                             Nevertheless, its final price tag in 1923  still   But  such   historical   footnotes   go   virtually
                                                                             came  to  a  whopping  $2.5   miuion-rwice   the   unnoticed  in  the  clamor  of   212,000   vehicles
                                                                             original estimate.                                 pouring  over  its  spans  each  day.  This  is  up
                                                                             Many   consider   Key's   southerly    neighbor,   considerably   from   1908,   when   tmffic
                                                                             Theodore   Roosevelt    Bridge,    a    mistake.   included   103   automobiles,   543    pedestrians,
                                                                             Although  it  offers  a  dazzling   glimpse   of   and 8 equestrians per day.
                                                                             monuments   and   the   Kennedy   Center,   many      Although   a   bridge's   function   is   pretty
                                                                             drivers barely notice the  Roosevelt  Bridge  as   basic-to   keep   people   from   getting    wet-it
                                                                             they skirt off  Interstate  66  over  the  river   does far  more  than  that  alone.  Bridges  set  a
                                                                             into a mngle of exits. A 1955 study                stage,  frame  a  view,  make  a   statement.   And
                                                                             indicated that  a  runnel  would  have  cost  no   for  Virginians.  the   bridges   into   Washington
                                                                             more than a bridge and would have                  otTer a  quintet  of  unique  fingerprints.
                                                                             preserved  a  considerable  amount   of   shore.                                -M @ Kmm

                    24      NEW DC)WNION Nmembc,/@bT 19M


                                                                         THURSDAI', ALICIIST 20,19R7

                                                                              Editorial

                                                     'Litter'  c3%p@eaking
                                                                                                                        -   -c7

                                                          he   morning   was   clear   and   mercifully   cooler.   Paddy   Katzen,
                                                    Taccompanied   by   her    boys,    and    the    vivacious    Jane    RoweAith
                                                    her little daughter in tow, met as planned at the Rail Stop
                                                    Restaurant in The Plains.
                                                         The  ladies  were  not  meeting  for  a  leisurely,   brunch.   They   had
                                                    come prepared to work. In fact, the task N@,asii't particularly
                                                    appetizing.
                                                         Outfitted  with  reflector  vests  and  sturdy  gloves   and   masses   of
                                                    plastic bags, these elegant  ladies  were  out,  not  to  collect  posies,  but
                                                    to gather trash.
                                                         They  didn't  expect  to  be  alone  in  their  efforts.  The   word   had
                                                    gone out, and A,as all but ignored. Publicly iiid privately, Mrs.
                                                    Katzc-n has been lobbying  foi-  volunteers  to  assist  her  efforts.  It's  a
                                                    dii-t.N, job, and @iobody wants to do it.
                                                         There was one notable exco])tioii.  John  A(liiiis,  ellairiiitii  of  th@
                                                    county's 1,oard of Sul)ervisori;,  %%-as  the  loije  volunteer  to  help  them
                                                    in cleaning the roadways.
                                                         "The first thing we cleared the stre(@ts of         lj(,ol)le!"    quipped
                                                    Jane Rowe. Even passersby seemed toin,oid them as thev
                                                    proceeded with their thankless task on littei,-sti,e%k,n Route 626.
                                                         In  this  age  of  groundwater  contamination,  acid  i-ain   aiid   toxic
                                                    waste, beer-bottle pollution often appears trivial. It isn't. The
                                                    aesthetic insult, of  course,  is  what  most  of  us  react  to,  particularly
                                                    in FauquierA,here we Eke to see our countr3, roads streN%,ii with
                                                    nothing more offensive thanAildfloN%,ers.
                                                         T@ii-., blight is not cheal) to (-lean up. Vii-giiiii annually pays
                                                    more than $2 million to clean ul)  the  statl,'s  i-uzi(ls.  Fiuqtilei,  County
                                                    alone sl)eiids on the average V3,000  to  I)ick  ul)  the  cai-elt-ss  clutter,
                                                    and clearly it is not enough.
                                                         That',; where Mrs. Katzen and her cohorts come in.
                                                         These  women  have  a  righteous  indignation   ind   a   messianic   zeal
                                                    when it comes to Etter. They are not going to let anything stop
                                                    them, not even the disappointing al)ath@, of some of their fellow
                                                    citizens.
                                                         But this loyal cadre realizes they siml)l,@, can't do it ilone. It
                                                    takes troops to battle  a  fu(-,  this  ubiquitous.  They  are  approaching  it
                                                    on two strategic froi)ts: offensive and                 The3-   ti-e    working
                                                    to get people involved in I)ell)iiig do  N%,hit  they  are  more  than  willing
                                                    to do themselves. The simple  gi-unt-%\,oi-k:  pick  up  i  bottle,  a  can,  a
                                                    paper plate.
                                                         They are not ignoring the cause either. Carelessness and
                                                    thoughtlessness  are  difficult  enemies  to  address.  The  goal  is  to   get
                                                    people to think before they toss that candy-wrapper. To achieve
                                                    this, they are creating a promotional campaign that makes this
                                                    uns(-enily subject not only approachable, but fun.
                                                         These efforts are more than just eivicly laudable; they are
                                                    profoundly  important.  The  underlying  message   is   that   we   must   take
                                                    responsibility for the world in  which  we  live.  All  of  it.  Even  down  to
                                                    the point of a single cigarette butt.
                                                         We do not own thiR world; it is mer(@Iv  lent  to  us  for  a  short  time
                                                    and then we must pass it on. Its care and safekeeping are our


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            C-J,:
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                                                                                                               The'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Thursday, October  15,1987
                          irbe fauquier ;Democrat
                             On the'road, a lea weekend  retreat
                                  They're called "Leafers,"                         just because his master takes to ogling                                                                 -       term, "pre-peak." The tinges of ve@lbon                certairdy produced one of the deepest
                                                                                    fall's fanfare.                                                                                                 ochre, russet and orange were subtle. t I              nights of rest  I  have  had  in  months.
                                  It is a ter7n goner-Ally applied to those                                                                                                                                                                    ,  ant           Refreshed,   renewed   and   fully    Leafed,
                                                                                                                                                                                                    against a background that was still verci
                             city folks wh(, drive out through the                       So,  packed  with   hUdng   boots,   dog   food                                OWEN                        green. I prefer colors this way; the gentle            we headed home.
                             country and gawk at the autumnal                       and an abbreviated map, we headed                                                    KORSMO                     hue, instead of in the @dent shrill of full-                I still maintain that West Virginia
                             plumage,                                               westward on a trip I estimated to take an                                                                       tflt color.                                            maps  were   made   by   a   drunk   cartographer.
                                  I hive to adniit that I joined their              hour  and  a  half,  maybe   "45   minutes   without                                                                                                                   The same roa
                                                                                    traffic."  It  was   an   embarrassingl                                                                              Coming down a Mountainside we                                    d can have four different
                             ranks with a weekend in West Virginia.                                                       y                                                                                                                     saw a      numbers.  And  if  you  believe  the  signs,   you
                                                 @o                                                                                                                                                 doe in a small clearing. She looked up and
                                  The destinati n was an off-season aid             optimistic speculation, one that I should                                                                                                                              are  actually  going  two   different   directions
                             resort nestled in the mountains                        have  kept  to  myself.  It  came  back   to   haunt                                                            froze in statuesque elegance. For an                   at the same time. I felt as though we had
                             surrounding Canaan Valley which, on the                me   frequently   over   the   weekend.   Fear   and                                                            instant every sense seemed to be                       been  dropped  into  a   game   called   'Mountain
                             map, looked just a squiggle away from the              a  half  hours  later  we  numbly  crept  into   our                                                            momentarily suspended, time stopped.                   Maze.@
                             end point of Interstate 66. This was the               rented condo.                         at it was                                                                      It was one of those small miracles of                  It took @ brittle hours to crosa the
                             first of many misleading assumptions,                        I will maintain  to  the  end  th                They serve something that is dark and hot                nature, a charged connection that made me              frontier  and  regain  the  safe   smooth
                                  Leafing was    just the excuse for the            the mal;s fault. Navigation is assumed to              and liquid, but its resemblance to coffee                take a longer look. Just that. Not much at             security of 1-66.
                             weekend. The real attrac- ion was escaping             be an innate masculine skill. Magellan                                                                          all when you try to capture it in words, but                                       rank@  by   the   time
                                                                                                                                           stops there.                                                                                                         We were tired and c         .
                             telephones and deadlines-, the bonus was               would not have blamed a faulty sextant.                                                                         somehow it made a difference.                          we got home, but I'll always have the
                             the technicolored landscape. Getting away              But, as I weaMy pointed out. we made it,                    We lidn't even take cameras. To be a
                                                                                                                                           genuine ieafer you needto have a Kodak                        The dog seampered around in a                     sa@g memory of that steadfast doe
                             was the point - we i 4&t didn't think it was           and coming back will surely iR easier.                                                                          confusion of maddening scents and we                   and her unflinching gain.
                             thAtfar away.                                                We discovered that, aside from dog               hanging around your neck.                                continued back to the lodge.                                All of which may only prove that the
                                                                                    food and fetch-em toys, we were sadly                        Despite the delays and minor irritants,
                                  In preparation, I considered putting                                                                                                                                   Aloutain air has the somnolent effects            while road to autumn is not a
                             the dog in a kennel, but didn't. He is, I              undereqiiipded for the weekend. Just a                 it was walking in the mountains that we                                                                                                                 is to
                             reasoned, another member of the family                 hint: Top on'the list for a West Virgins               had come for and that didn't disappoint.                 of a lullaby. Or maybe it was the red wine             ,  straightforward  path,  Leafing   well
                             and one who doesn't d@rve imprisonment                 sojourn needs to be good, strong coffee.                     The trees were, to use an advertising              (which came chilled). 'Me combination                  thebestrevenge.