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{"id":22989,"date":"2022-01-07T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=22989"},"modified":"2024-12-19T11:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:05:46","slug":"the-national-commission-on-aids-1989-1993","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2022\/01\/07\/the-national-commission-on-aids-1989-1993\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Commission on AIDS, 1989\u20131993"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Susan L. Speaker ~<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/\"><em>Profiles in Science<\/em><\/a> site! Unlike most of our earlier Profiles, which feature the careers of individual biomedical scientists, epidemiologists, and public health advocates, the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/ncaids\">new site<\/a> explores the term of an organization, the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/ncaids\">National Commission on AIDS (NCAIDS)<\/a>, which operated from 1989 to 1993. The launch of the site coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first reported AIDS cases.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAIDS was an independent commission created by the U.S. Congress in November 1988. Its 15 members, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/05\/19\/june-e-osborn-at-the-center-of-national-policy-on-aids\/\">Dr. June E. Osborn<\/a>, began work in August 1989, as the AIDS epidemic entered its ninth year. Its mission was to conduct investigations that would:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c…create a broad public agreement on the magnitude, scope and urgency of the HIV\/AIDS epidemic, inspire leadership at all levels of both the public and private sector, and put in place effective, cooperative, and non-discriminatory systems and resources required for preventive education, comprehensive care, and the research effort necessary to halt the epidemic.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Materials in the <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/858\">June E. Osborn Papers<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/findingaids.nlm.nih.gov\/repositories\/4\/resources\/867\">National Commission on AIDS Records<\/a> document the commission\u2019s journey through records of hearings, news conferences, correspondence, media coverage, and thirteen interim and three annual reports. The new <em>Profiles<\/em> site, integrated with <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/\">NLM Digital Collections<\/a>, presents a curated selection of these digitized materials together with a narrative “Story” that provides historical context, a <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/ncaids\/feature\/commission-chronology-1989-1993\">chronology<\/a> of the work of the National Commission on AIDS, and a link to <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/ncaids\/feature\/additional-resources\">further resources<\/a> to learn even more.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAIDS materials reveal a talented, thoughtful, passionate, and empathetic group of people, working to gather and distill a vast amount of information about a public health crisis, and hammering out conclusions and recommendations on the controversial issues embodied by the AIDS epidemic. In their hearings and site visits, the commissioners explored the many facets of the HIV\/AIDS epidemic\u2014inadequate healthcare and social services, homelessness, drug addiction, legal issues such as discrimination and confidentiality, and political leadership\u2014through the testimony of public health workers and experts, but also of people with AIDS and their families. The NCAIDS reports and media statements kept the human tragedy of AIDS in full view; they were bluntly critical of America\u2019s lackluster response to the AIDS crisis, and at times crackled with outrage.<\/p>\n<p>The commission\u2019s effectiveness came in part from its diversity. The NCAIDS included experienced medical and public health experts, all of whom had been involved with AIDS policy and care delivery:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>June Osborn<\/strong>, MD, who served as chair, was Dean of the School of Public Health at University of Michigan, and had served on many AIDS advisory panels;<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Rogers<\/strong>, MD, vice-chair, had also chaired AIDS advisory panels to the state and city of New York, which had the largest numbers of AIDS cases;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don Des Jarlais<\/strong>, PhD directed a chemical dependency research program at Beth Israel Medical Center, and an AIDS research program focused on drug addiction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Charles Konigsberg<\/strong>, MD, <strong>Eunice Diaz<\/strong>, MPH, and <strong>Diane Ahren<\/strong>s were public health officials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-square tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/07\\\/the-national-commission-on-aids-1989-1993\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/june-osborn-david-rogers-1-14-92_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23005\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"June Osborn\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/June-Osborn-David-Rogers-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"June Osborn\" alt=\"A still from a C-SPAN broadcast of a woman at a podium flanked by a panel.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> June Osborn, MD, who served as chair, was Dean of the School of Public Health at University of Michigan, and had served on many AIDS advisory panels. January 14, 1992 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/david-rogers-earvin-magic-johnson-1-14-92_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"22996\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"David Rogers & Earvin Magic Johnson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/David-Rogers-Earvin-Magic-Johnson-1-14-92_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"David Rogers & Earvin Magic Johnson\" alt=\"An older white man seated next to a Black man speaks into a microphone.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> David Rogers, MD, vice-chair, had also chaired AIDS advisory panels to the state and city of New York, which had the largest numbers of AIDS cases. January 14, 1992 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/don-des-jarlais-6-29-93_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"22998\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Don Des Jarlais\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Don-Des-Jarlais-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Don Des Jarlais\" alt=\"A white man in a suit addressing an audience.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Don Des Jarlais, PhD directed a chemical dependency research program at Beth Israel Medical Center, and an AIDS research program focused on drug addiction. June 29, 1993 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2022-01-06_14-40-28\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23025\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1145,938\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Charles Konigsberg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?fit=300%2C246&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?fit=840%2C688&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022-01-06_14-40-28.jpg?zoom=2&resize=276%2C276&ssl=1 552w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Charles Konigsberg\" alt=\"A white man in a suit addresses an audience in a paneled chamber.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Charles Konigsberg, MD, was a public health official. June 29, 1993 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/eunice-diaz-6-29-93_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23001\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,891\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Eunice Diaz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C841&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C769&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Eunice-Diaz-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C841&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Eunice Diaz\" alt=\"A hispanic woman speaks into an array of microphones.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Eunice Diaz, MPH, was a public health official. June, 29, 1993 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 280px; height: 280px;\" data-original-width=\"280\" data-original-height=\"280\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/diane-ahrens-6-29-93_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"276\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"276\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"22997\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Diane Ahrens\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=276&h=276&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Diane-Ahrens-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"276\" data-original-height=\"276\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Diane Ahrens\" alt=\"A woman speaks into a huge array of microphones.\" style=\"width: 276px; height: 276px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Diane Ahrens was a public health official. June 29, 1993 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p>But while many national commissions of the time were made up of professional experts and others regarded as experienced leaders [often white and male], nearly half of the NCAIDS members were \u201ccivilians\u201d with different relevant experiences on the epidemic\u2019s front lines.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Don Goldman<\/strong> was an attorney who coordinated the National Hemophilia Foundation\u2019s efforts to improve blood supply safety and improve hemophilia and HIV service delivery to minorities;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Scott Allen<\/strong> was a Baptist minister who worked with the HIV\/AIDS Research Group at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and became involved in AIDS epidemic work when his wife and two children were infected with HIV;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Larry Kessler<\/strong> was founder and director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, which provided AIDS education, services, and outreach; Harlon Dalton was a Yale Law School professor and authority on legal issues related to AIDS, particularly its impact on people of color;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Belinda Ann Mason<\/strong> was a journalist and fiction writer infected with HIV through a transfusion, and founded the first organizations in Kentucky and Indiana for people with HIV disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-square tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/07\\\/the-national-commission-on-aids-1989-1993\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 210px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"210\" > <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 210px;\" data-original-width=\"210\" data-original-height=\"210\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/donald-goldman-6-29-93_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"206\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"206\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"22999\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Donald Goldman\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=206&h=206&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Donald-Goldman-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"206\" data-original-height=\"206\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Donald Goldman\" alt=\"A white man in a suit addresses an audience in a paneled chamber.\" style=\"width: 206px; height: 206px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Don Goldman was an attorney who coordinated the National Hemophilia Foundation\u2019s efforts to improve blood supply safety and improve hemophilia and HIV service delivery to minorities. June 29, 1993 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 210px;\" data-original-width=\"210\" data-original-height=\"210\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/scott-allen-6-29-93_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"206\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"206\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23009\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Scott Allen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=206&h=206&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Scott-Allen-6-29-93_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"206\" data-original-height=\"206\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Scott Allen\" alt=\"A white man in a suit addresses an audience in a paneled chamber.\" style=\"width: 206px; height: 206px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Scott Allen was a Baptist minister who worked with the HIV\/AIDS Research Group at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, and became involved in AIDS epidemic work when his wife and two children were infected with HIV. June 29, 1993 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 210px;\" data-original-width=\"210\" data-original-height=\"210\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/larry-kessler_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"206\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"206\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23006\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Larry Kessler\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?w=206&h=206&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Larry-Kessler_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"206\" data-original-height=\"206\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Larry Kessler\" alt=\"A white man in a suit addresses an array of microphones.\" style=\"width: 206px; height: 206px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Larry Kessler was founder and director of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, which provided AIDS education, services, and outreach; Harlon Dalton was a Yale Law School professor and authority on legal issues related to AIDS, particularly its impact on people of color. September 9, 1991 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-group\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 210px;\" data-original-width=\"210\" data-original-height=\"210\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item \" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/belinda-mason-9-18-89_sq\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"206\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"206\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23011\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"890,890\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Belinda Mason\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?fit=840%2C840&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?w=206&h=206&crop=1&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?w=890&ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=800%2C800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=400%2C400&ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=200%2C200&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Belinda-Mason-9-18-89_sq.jpg?resize=840%2C840&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"206\" height=\"206\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"206\" data-original-height=\"206\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Belinda Mason\" alt=\"A young white woman speaks at a microphone.\" style=\"width: 206px; height: 206px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Belinda Ann Mason was a journalist and fiction writer infected with HIV through a transfusion, and founded the first organizations in Kentucky and Indiana for people with HIV disease. September 18, 1989 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<p>When Mason died in September of 1991, President George H. W. Bush appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/catalog\/nlm:nlmuid-101647507-root?leaf=101647507X134\">Earvin \u201cMagic\u201d Johnson<\/a>, the NBA star newly diagnosed with HIV, to fill her position. Johnson resigned in September 1992 stating he could no longer remain a member of a body whose recommendations were so consistently ignored by the administration. Mary Fisher, an HIV-positive artist and founder of the Family AIDS Network filled Johnson\u2019s position through September of 1993.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\\/\\\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/07\\\/the-national-commission-on-aids-1989-1993\\\/","likes_blog_id":"52242398"}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 840px; height: 538px;\" data-original-width=\"840\" data-original-height=\"538\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 418px; height: 538px;\" data-original-width=\"418\" data-original-height=\"538\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/johnson-acceptance_101083016\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"414\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"534\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23003\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"931,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Johnson Acceptance Letter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?fit=233%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?fit=794%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?w=414&h=534&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?w=931&ssl=1 931w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?resize=233%2C300&ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?resize=794%2C1024&ssl=1 794w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?resize=768%2C990&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-acceptance_101083016.jpg?resize=840%2C1083&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"414\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"414\" data-original-height=\"534\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Johnson Acceptance Letter\" alt=\"A letter from Earvin Johnson to the President dated November 15, 1991\" style=\"width: 414px; height: 534px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 422px; height: 538px;\" data-original-width=\"422\" data-original-height=\"538\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/johnson-resignation_101083016\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"418\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"534\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"23004\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"939,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Johnson Resignation Letter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?fit=235%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?fit=801%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?w=418&h=534&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?w=939&ssl=1 939w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?resize=235%2C300&ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?resize=801%2C1024&ssl=1 801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?resize=768%2C981&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Johnson-resignation_101083016.jpg?resize=840%2C1073&ssl=1 840w\" width=\"418\" height=\"534\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"418\" data-original-height=\"534\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"Johnson Resignation Letter\" alt=\"A letter to President Bush on Magic Johnson Foundation letterhead dated September 24, 1992\" style=\"width: 418px; height: 534px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Together, the commissioners carried out the most wide-ranging study of the AIDS epidemic to that time, a veritable \u201cMichelin Guide\u201d to HIV\/AIDS in America. They worked hard to include the voices that had been left out of earlier investigations, especially those from communities of color. The commission\u2019s work also reopened discussions about America\u2019s approach to drug misuse. Because the NCAIDS operated for four years, providing regular reports and public statements about their work, it helped keep HIV disease visible to both the public and to politicians and other leaders; likewise, it provided hope to those working on the front lines. Finally, by keeping HIV\/AIDS in the news and prodding political leaders, the NCAIDS members helped generate support for increased AIDS-related funding. Funding for HIV\/AIDS research and health care services grew substantially during the Clinton administration and those that followed.<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to explore the work of this extraordinary group through the documents and resources provided on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.nlm.nih.gov\/spotlight\/ncaids\">National Commission on AIDS, 1989\u20131993<\/a> site on <em>Profiles in Science<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Susan Speaker, PhD, is Historian for the Digital Manuscripts Program of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new Profiles in Science site! 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