History
The VRC is named after former Governor of Arkansas, Dale Bumpers, and his wife Betty Flanagan Bumpers, who are known for their campaigning for immunization of children. The Center was opened under the Presidency of Bill Clinton, himself a former Arkansas Governor.
In 1999 Dr Gary Nabel was named first director of the Center by Health Secretary Donna E. Shalala. He remains in that post at the time of writing (2009).
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