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Page 2215 1 interested in the asbestos issue in the late '50s and 2 early '60s, and he did a lot of studies, especially of 3 insulation trade. 4 He worked closely with that union and did 5 studies of their membership and published that, and he 6 was very instrumental in bringing together the 1964 7 conference. 8 Q Would it be fair to characterize him as a 9 world famous asbestos researcher? 10 A Clearly so. 11 Q Okay. One of the preeminent people in the 12 field? 13 A Yes. 14 Q Okay. Are you aware of exactly when Dr. 15 Selikoff and his associates first started looking at 16 the issue of asbestos exposure in auto mechanics? 17 A When the studies began? 18 Q Yes . 19 A Not entirely. I know that during the 1975 20 meeting he discussed some of their work and prior to 21 that time at least.