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Sponsor's Letter Evaluating the Nominee's Research
Return this form and eight copies to the American Institute of Nutrition, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20814 by February 1.
Name of Nominee:
Dr. Josip Matovinovic
Sponsor's Name:
Dr. William J. Darby
Title:
President
Institution:
The Nutrition Foundation, Inc.
Instructions:
A. This letter should clearly state how the nominee's three publications (see Item 9 of the nomination form) meet the requirements of
independent investigation. Discuss the role of the nominee in the experimental design, innovation, execution, or interpretation of the data
in these publications.
B. If the publications submitted for Membership Committee review are coauthored by investigators with experience or rank equivalent
to or greater than that of the candidate, either the sponsors' letters or separate letters from the coauthors must detail the individual
contribution of the candidate to the work described in these publications.
C. If the nominee is not the senior author of the publications cited, describe the role of the other authors. Discuss why these papers
demonstrate independent investigation by the nominee.
D. If the articles cited are not in refereed journals, cite reasons why they should be considered as significant research articles. This is
particularly important for individuals in nutrition-affiliated fields (e.g., nutritional anthropology).
E. If the individual is being nominated on the basis of superior service to nutrition, the letters of nomination should emphasize the
benefits of the nominee's work in nutrition to society at large. Usual service to the nominee's employer and/ or organization is not a
sufficient criterion.
F. If this is a nomination for simultaneous membership in AIN and ASCN, this letter should identify the nominee's meritorious
research in clinical nutrition.
Text of Letter (Use additional pages as needed)
It is with the greatest enthusiasm that I join in sponsoring the
nomination of Dr. Josip Matovinovic for membership in the American
Institute of Nutrition and the American Society for Clinical Nutrition.
My acquaintanceship with Dr. Matovinovic dates from about 1949 or 1950
when, as a consultant for the World Health Organization on nutrition in
Yugoslavia, I had the opportunity of meeting this remarkable, highly
able young physician-scientist. During the post-World War II period
Josip Matovinovic became the leading scientist in Yugoslavia concerned
with endemic goiter and iodine deficiency. He provided the leadership
and developed the expertise not only in the field of medicine but in the
technology of iodinization to establish the national program of iodinization
of salt in that country. This program has profoundly reduced the enormous
problem of goiter and cretinism that existed before its initiation.
Throughout the period of the 1950's onward, I have subsequently
been associated with Josip Matovinovic in activities to which he has
given, again, remarkable leadership with the World Health Organization
in their program of control of endemic goiter. He was a key figure in
developing the first of the WHO international symposia and work groups

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