Dr. Hammer is the company's chairman and chief executive officer.

Dr. Hammer gave away a great deal of the money that he made.

It was not the first time Dr. Hammer had sought the company.

Dr. Hammer said in the interview that more favorable results would be published soon.

Dr. Hammer had donated the work and 48 others to the university during the mid-60's.

Dr. Hammer is trying to raise half of the $1 billion from private sources by 1992.

Dr. Hammer said the money would help move research on new cancer treatments from laboratories to clinics.

Dr. Hammer, who is 90 years old, was indeed in fine fettle.

Dr. Hammer said he did not know whether the chromosome testing used in the study would be of interest to anyone other than scientists.

Dr. Hammer said he believed a similar campaign could lead to a cure for cancer.