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Dr. Dorris Merritt is appointed Acting Director of NCNR

April 1986 – June 1987
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Dr. Dorris Merritt, Special Assistant to the NIH Director, is appointed Acting Director of the National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR). NCNR's initial budget is $16 million.