The Washington Times ) ; 12-07-1999
CARL SCHLEICHER, 66, FOUNDATION PRESIDENT Carl Schleicher, 66, founder and
president of Mankind Research Foundation, died Nov. 25 at Holy Cross Hospital in
Silver Spring. A scholar, researcher and scientist, he worked to extend
"frontiers of science" to mankind, his family said. Under his leadership, the
Silver Spring-based Mankind Research Foundation was awarded grants for
educational and medical programs. His company worked with the government to
research and develop treatments for cancer and AIDS. One of his most recent and
successful projects was the development of new uses for ultraviolet blood
irradiation to treat viral and bacterial infections.
Mr. Schleicher was the author of many scientific papers and was a professor at
American University and the University of Maryland. He served as an intelligence
officer for 10 years in the Navy, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. He
was assigned to posts in Germany and Turkey.
Born in Reading, Pa., he attended Booton High School in New Jersey, graduating
in 1951. He then attended Drexel University and was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha
fraternity. He transferred in 1952 to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and
graduated with honors in 1956 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical
engineering.
He was awarded a Rotary Foundation Fellowship and studied at the University of
Cologne in Germany, where he received a master's degree in political economics
in 1962. He later earned a doctorate degree. He spoke six languages and served
as an interpreter for President Eisenhower and Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy. After leaving from the Navy, he returned to the United States in 1966
and moved to Silver Spring, where he lived until his death. He is survived by
his mother, Mary Schleicher, and a sister, Cheryl Ann Schleicher, both of
Booton, N.J.; and a brother, John E. Schleicher Sr. of Denville, N.J.
Services have been held