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During the 1950s, Mary Lasker, Senator Lister Hill and Representative John E. Fogarty ensured continued financial support for NINDB.

Together, the two Congressmen held hearings to establish the NIH budget and lobbied hard for more funds.

They were assisted by Lasker, who had extensive Washington connections and was aided by Mike Gorman, a journalist and promoter of mental health.

The new director of the NIH, James Shannon, a politically astute man who also had an ability to pick talented scientists, helped solidify what became " the golden years of science at NIH ".

With Shannon, Fogarty, Hill, and Lasker working together, the NIH's budget as a whole increased more than tenfold between 1955 and 1965.

This directly benefited NINDB, as its budget rose and fell along with general budget.