NEWS OF THE SOCIETIES

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Third Annual Meeting

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons held their third annual meeting Janu- ary 23, 24, and 25, 1967, at the Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Three hundred and six members of the Society attended the three-day session, and there were 189 guest registrants. A series of postgraduate lectures was given on the day preceding the annual meeting. There were 144 registrants for this course. At the annual business meeting, January 24, 1967, the following officers were elected: Donald L. Paulson, President; Lyman A. Brewer 111, Vice-president; Francis X. Byron, Secretary; Robert G. Ellison, Treasurer; John D. Steele, Editor; R Adams Cowley and Hiram T . Langston, Councilors.

The following were elected to active membership: Isam N. Anabtawi, Augusta, Ga.; John E. W. Baay, Erie, Pa.; Arthur C.

Beall, Jr., Houston, Tex.; Robert L. Berger, Brighton, Mass.; Kelly M. Berkley, Philadelphia, Pa.; Phillip E. Bernatz, Rochester, Minn.; Ricardo Blanco-Cancino, Mexico City, Mexico; Richard H. Blank, Tampa, Fla.; W. Nelson Blome, Rock- ford, Ill.; Nina S. Braunwald, Bethesda, Md.; Jimmie H. Calhoon, Austin, Tex.; Stephen W. Carveth, Lincoln, Neb.; Kenneth Cruze, Silver Spring, Md.; Martin L. Dalton, Jr., Lubbock, Tex.; Efrain A. Defendini, Santurce, Puerto Rico; Byron N. Dooley, Lackland AFB, Tex.; L. Penfield Faber, Chicago, Ill.; Frank A. Faraino, Baltimore, Md.; John B. Flege, Jr., Iowa City, Iowa; Ronald F. Gal- loway, Augusta, Ga.; Robert L. Ginsberg, Los Altos, Calif.; Juan L. Gonzalez- Cerna, Mexico City, Mexico; Joel Guadalajara, Monterrey, Mexico; Grady L. Hallman, Houston, Tex.; Robert A. Harp, Springfield, Ill.; Albert W. Harrison, Beaumont, Tex.; Raymond 0. Heimbecker, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Donald R. Kahn, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Robert W. Kendall, Spokane, Wash.; C. Frederick Kittle, Chicago, Ill.; Katsuyuki Kubo, Tsu, Mie, Japan; Edward M. Lance, Neptune City, N.J.; Alton C. Lawton, Shreveport, La.; Tihamer Lonyai, Buda- pest, Hungary; Michael F. Lynch, Minneapolis, Minn.; Joseph S. McLaughlin, Baltimore, Md.; Ernest H. Meese, Cincinnati, Ohio; Elliott Mendenhall, Jr., Abilene, Tex.; Arnold A. Michals, San Bernardino, Calif.; Hanoch Milwidsky, Tel Aviv, Israel; Edwin C. Neville, Charleston, W.Va.; Fouad A. Rabiah, Flint, Mich.; Pasquale Racaniello, Passaic, N.J.; Americo G. Ramos, Prairie Village, Kan.; James C. Rex, Allentown, Pa.; Masahiro Saigusa, Tokyo, Japan; Elliott Senderoff, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Harry Siderys, Indianapolis, Ind.; Horace C. Stansel, Jr., New Haven, Conn.; George W. B. Starkey, Boston, Mass.; Winfred L. Sugg, Dallas, Tex.; Panagiotis N. Symbas, Atlanta, Ga.; Harold C. Urschel, Jr., Dallas, Tex.; Sigmund A. Wesolowski, Rockville Center, N.Y.; Carl L. Williams, Fort Smith, Ark.; Dean F. Winn, Jr., Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Romeo D. Zamora, Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines.

The next meeting of the Society will be held January 29, 30, and 31, 1968, at the Hotel Roosevelt, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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