Addressing a large audience was Gary Lynch, a leading neurobiological investigator of memory.

He brought in Gary Lynch, a former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement director, to help settle the many investigations.

"We do not have the power to give immunity," said Gary Lynch, the S.E.C.'s director of enforcement.

The purported existence of this type plays a prominent role in a book by Gary Lynch and Richard Granger.

He describes Gary Lynch as as a scientist "who hates the tedium" of science and who delights in publicity.

Gary Lynch, director of enforcement at the S.E.C., refused to comment on the case.

Gary Lynch is one of a number of memory researchers who are concentrating on man's closer relations - monkeys, rabbits and rats.

And so Gary Lynch got his first taste of scientific fame.

"We're continuing to learn new facts as we go through the discovery process," said Gary Lynch, head of the S.E.C.'s enforcement division.

"It appears that Gary Lynch immediately passed my letter on to his client directly upon its receipt."