CPS Unit Number 115-09

CPS Unit Number 115-09

Camp: 115

Unit ID: 9

Title: Stanford University

Operating agency: OSRD

Opened: 10 1943

Closed: 10 1946

Workers

Summary:

CPS Unit No. 115, subunit 9, located at Stanford University in Stanford, California, subjected COs to experiments studying potential drugs for the treatment of malaria.

 

Dr. Francis W. Bergstrom directed this OSRD project testing a synthesis of potential anti-malarial treatments in late 1945.  Stanford University sponsored the project which included one volunteer, Andrew Alm Benson Jr.  The American Friends Service Committee provided oversight for the project.

Location:
Stanford, California, United States