- Email: [email protected]
APhA’s 113th Annual Meeting
Outgoing APhA president, Grover C. Bowles (on the left) installed the incoming APhA officers at the annual banquet. They are (left to right) first vice president, Robert G. Gibbs; second vice president, Benjamin J. Kingwell and members of the Board of Trustees, John H. Neumann, Richard G. Henry and William B. Hennessy. Following this swearing-in ceremony, Bowles formally installed Linwood F. Tice as APhA president.
nor sleet, nor ram, nor hail •••
APhA's annual meeting story ain- misty, gentle, torrential, sleety, hailing- describe it as you will, R Dallas had all kinds that week of April 24-29 when APHA members gathered there for their 113th annual meeting. But the rains and flash floods that deluged Dallas on the outside were nothing compared to the rain that went on inside the Dallas Memorial Auditorium and the Adolphus, Baker and Sheraton-Dallas hotels. There was a torrential downpour of scientific information; cloudbursts of practical aids; a hail of new devices, new technics, new methods and even a new Pharmaceutical Center and, topping it all, a steady persistent rain of members who set a record for the second largest meeting in APHA history. Final registration figures showed 3,473. From the opening chords of Peter Nero's piano in the beautiful grand ballroom of the Sheraton-Dallas to the final bang of the gavel on the podium by new president, Linwood F. Tice, in the ballroom of the Adolphus, there was a constant stream of delegates and visitors running between raindrops to make meetings that were scattered from one end of downtown Dallas to the other. The rain even gave impetus to meeting-attendance as crowds packed sessions of APHA and the various organizations that meet with it. Even committee meetings drew crowds as members jammed sessions to voice their opinions on reports and give their ideas on legislation and problems facing the profession from medicare to physician-ownership of pharmacies, from international cooperation to ways and means of improving the local community practice and from the role pharmacists can play in national security to the importance of the National Formulary in today's pharmacy practice. But there were a few interludes of sunshine in Dallas just as there were lighter moments in the downpour of information. The sun broke through long enough to make a Texas-size success of the barbecue and rodeo in Mansfield, Texas. There was standing-room only at the Kow Bell Arena which has a capacity of 2,400 and Walter Jetton served the hordes of people with assembly-line precision. Yet the succulent pieces of Texas beef and chicken smoked over hardwood coals and the tender ears of corn were piping hot and reminescent of similar barbecues served to President Johnson and his internationally famous guests. And the ladies coped with the rain, ignoring its threats and touring the city by bus and lunching in fasionable splendor in the Apparel Mart, heart of the Dallas fashion world. The students, too, turned out in force as almost 500 of them gathered for meetings and committee assignnients. Even on the final day a weary group gathered to assemble kits for student chapters. The portent of things to come was obvious at the opening musical when Peter Nero gave out with his inimitable piano styling. His "magnificent piano" attracted a capacity crowd as late-comers stood in the back and on 286
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
the sides and in the balcony to listen and applaud. Following the musical the 113th, annual meeting of the AMERICAN: ' PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION was fOf; " mally called to order by Marc F. Laven..: turier, second vice president of APHA~ . and opened with an invocation by Lonnie J. Yarbrough of Denton, Texas. Welcome talks by John R. Rains, chairman of the 1966 local arrangements committee, and R. B. Carpenter, Jr., mayqr protem of Dallas, were warm and hospitable in contrast to the rain outside. A gold key to the city was presented to APHA President Grover C. Bowles by Mayor Protem Carpenter with the in. ' vitation-"Y'all come back now hear. ~ ' Responding, Mike Harris, APHA first vice president, traced the role Texas and . . Texans had played in the ASSOCIATION. . In recognition of outstanding accomplishments, the APHA Founda-" tion's Research Achievement Awards were presented by George P. Hager, chairman of the awards committee. One award, that in physical pharmacy, was presented posthumously to the late Eino Nelson, professor of pharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry and chairman of the department of pharmaceutics at the school of pharmacy of the State University of New York at Buffalo. The award, given to his widow, Mrs. Susannah Nelson, recognized the work of Professor Nelson in kinetics of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Accepting the award with Mrs. Nelson was her son. The award is sponsored by Parke, Davis and Company. Dean Lloyd M. Parks of the college of pharmacy of Ohio State University received the APHA Foundation award in advancement of pharmacy. The
"Backstairs at the White House" was the subject of Merriman Smith's banquet address. Smith is dean of the White House correspondents.
APhA executive director, William S. Apple (far left) ,expresses his appreciation to the headliners at the Wednesday general session-(Ieft to right) George James, MD, president of the National Health Council; Congressman Thomas B. Curtis; presiding officer at the session, Grover C. Bowles; FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard, MD; and George H. Gallup, president of the American Institute of Public Opinion.
award, sponsored by Lederle Laboratories, was given to Dean Parks for his work with students and recognized his achievements in the sociological, professional and public health aspects of pha~acy. ' Th~ award in natural products sponsored by Merck Sharp and Dohme, went to Varro E. Tyler, Jr., for his ' research in the area of biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids. Scientist Tyler has been ' granted a patent covering the technic he developed. The award for stimulation of research, sponsored by Smith Kline and French Foundation, was given to William L. Nobles' for 'his dynamic leadership as dean of. the graduate school and professor of pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Mississippi where he" has encouraged a number of research projects. The award in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry went to John H., Biel, vice president and director of research and development of the Aldrich Chemical Company in Milwaukee and professor at the' college, of medicine at the University of Illinois and school of medicine at Marquette University. Sponsored by the Upjohn Company, the award recognized Professor Biel's efforts in many areas which are reflected in new drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease, asthma, hypertension, mental disorders and angina pectoris. Because two recipients could not attend the opening s~si"n, 'two awards were presented at tne annual banquet on Thursday evening. The Justin L. Powers Award itt',drug standards and assay, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, went to William John Mader, director of the control division of Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, for his chem-
ical assay for penicillin and his many other contributions to the maintenance of drug standards and the conformity of drug products to those standards. The second award presented at the banquet was that in the field of pharmaeodynamics. It went to Joseph P. Buckley, professor and chairman of the department of pharmacology at the school of pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh, for his research in the fields of stress and cardiovascular pharmacology. His interest in the central mechanism of drug action has led to the determination of the mechanism of action of several respiratory stimulants. The award is sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. Rounding out the opening general session was the report of the constitution and bylaws committee which proposed that a judicial board be set up for disciplining APHA members for unprofessional conduct and that the designation of the APHA Council be changed to Board of Trustees. These changes in the constitution and bylaws were later approved at the final session of the meeting. Climax to the opening session came with the address of President Grover C. Bowles (see page 289). The nationwide eye of the NBC television camera panned across the standing-room only audience in the theater of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium at the Wednesday general session. Featured on the program were four speakers-George James, MD, president of the National Health Council; George H . Gallup, president of the American Institute of Public Opinion; Congressman Thomas B. Curtis of Missouri and FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard, MD.
The television cameras were present for the special report which NBC was preparing on Commissioner Goddard and when the special was televised on May 9 the scene in Dallas was part of the record. Commissioner Goddard in his address outlined the scope of the consumer protection legisla tion proposed by President Johnson. Dr. James told pharmacists that "tomorrow's medicine will emphasize lifelong coverage rather than care in crisis. " George Gallup advocated a factfinding approach to public relations and advised pharmacists to "find out first just what the public's attitudes are, to learn in detail just what your image is," before attempting to plan a public relations program. Concluding the quartet of speakers Congressman Curtis commended pharmacists for the "splendid job you have done and the splendid job you are still doing for our society and for mankind under considerable heckling." In the spotlight too, at this general session were ou tstanding pharmacists who were recognized for their activities. Raymond L. Dunn, Connecticut community pharmacist, received the 1966 Daniel B. Smith Award from President Grover C. Bowles. Secretary of the Connecticut State Commission of Pharmacy, Dunn has served on several APHA committees and as president of the Academy of General Practice of Pharmacy. APHA also recognized the public educational efforts of Edward S. Brady and the Consolidated Brooklyn Pharmacists, Inc. Calvin W. Eckstrom, chairman of the award committee presented PEAC awards to Brady in the individual category and to Moe Weiss, (continued on page 294) Vol. NS6, No.6, June 1966
281
Seated at the executive breakfast of the House of Delegates above are (left to right) reference committee discussion leaders Marc F. Laventurier, Robert E. Lee, Robert C. Johnson and Max W. Eggleston. Continuing (left to right) are Council chairman, J. Curtis Nottingham; House of Delegates chairman, William R. Whitten; executive director, William S. Apple; treasurer, Hugo H. Schaefer; president, Grover C. Bowles, and House of Delegates vice chairman, Jack Karlin.
House Chairman Whitten (above, left) installs Charles A. Schreiber as new chairman of the APhA House of Delegates. To the right, Lloyd Parks points to the large chart which served as the basis of the panel discussion at the final general session. Panelists discussing how they would save the independent practice of pharmacy include (left to right) Ed L. Baker, Mrs. RaeDeli Ashley, James Bicket and Nick Avellone.
annual meeting (continued from page 287)
executive secretary, and Benjamin Levine, president of the Brooklyn association, for the group in the organizational category. Topping the presentation ceremonies was that which awarded an honorary membership to Genichiro Fukuchi of Tokyo, Japan. President Bowles conferred the honorary membership upon Professor Fukuchi for his efforts in drug safety, stimulation of research in galenical pharmacy and the development of a closer relationship between the profession of pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry in Japan. At the final general session of Friday morning, APHA members approved changes in the constitution and bylaws. These changes established~A
judicial board with full powers to discipline members and render advisory opinions and interpretative statements, reprimanding, suspending or expelling a member in any category for violation of the obligations of the constitution or bylaws or for unprofessional conduct. ~A scientific associate category of membership for any reputable individual who is not eligible for active membership and who holds membership in one of the national scientific societies recognized by the Association Board of Trustees. 294
~ The committee on resolutions of the House of Delegates as a standing committee of the full Association ~ The redesignation of the APhA Council to the APhA Board of Trustees.
The rain-weary members of APHA defied the deluge which fell on the closing session to hear a cloudburst of ideas for "saving the independent practice of pharmacy." Modera ted by Lloyd C. Parks, the panel discussed and suggested ideas for close to 90 minutes. In his introduction Moderator Parks noted thatThe pharmaceutical press has pointed out that the independent practice of pharmacy has been slowly, but steadily, losing ground. There was a day when there was only an independent practice of pharmacy, but we know that this picture has changed overtly during the past several decades and we are at a point in time now when we should be asking about the future of the independent practice of our profession.
He went on to comment on the response received by APHA to its invitation in the APhA Newsletter, pointing out thatMany of the letters were rational in content; others were written in emotional terms. But the vast majority contained very positive thinking. Our main purpose here is to
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
stimulate the thinking of our entire profession and to provide Association committees and staff with ideas to explore in depth.
Panelists- Mrs. RaeDell Ashley of Salt Lake City, Nick Avellone of Bay Village, Ohio, Ed L. Baker of Arlington, Texas, and James Bicket of Zion, Illinois-discussed 10 major suggestions. These were1. limit ownership of pharmacies to pharmacists, including number per pharmacist and location according to population needs 2. limit pharmacies to supplying health needs only 3. improve and expand professional services and make some mandatory such as the family medication record system 4. encourage development of new forms of independent practic'e such as the Pharmaceutical Center and "group practice" 5. adopt the professional fee system for prescription medication 6. eliminate discriminatory pricing by industry and enact fair trade 7. have better enforcement of laws by state boards of pharmacy 8. build greater organizational strength 9. revamp educational standards including continuing educational goals 10. place greater emphasis on public education and public relations.
The final report of the Hopse of
Nick Gesoalde, retiring honorary APhA president, and William R. Whitten, chairman of the APhA House of Delegates (center), congratulat~ newly elected ~ honorary APhA president, Henry T. Burlage (far right).
...lIlIIII
~
Pausing for a moment at the opening session of the House of Delegates were APhA president, Grover C. Bowles; guest speaker and PMA president, C. Joseph Stetler; House chairman, William R. Whitten, and executive director, William S. Apple .
The APhA House of Delegates provided the opportunity for all members to voice their opinions openly concerning every important issue of interest to the profession of pharmacy. At the right, one ~ member rises to discuss a matter from the floor, while other delegates are obviously engrossed in the report being discussed.
Delegates, the report on the Women's Auxiliary by outgoing president, Mrs. Lloyd Parks, and the announcement of the MedI -Quiz winners completed the agenda. Introduced for the first time this year at the annual meeting was the MedIQuiz contest, based on the popular department in THIS J OURN~L. Participants found the answers to the questions by visiting the various exhibit booths in the exhibition hall. Reproduced in this issue (see page 280) are the questions asked at the annual meeting. Winners were Roger E. Booth of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Joseph E. Shade, a student
cover story ... Awards and presentations were a feature of the 1966 APhA annual meeting in Dallas. Pictured on the cover (top row, left to right) are Mrs. Eino Nelson and her son receiving the APhA Foundation Research Achievement Award in physical pharmacy for her late husband from George P. Hager; Alfred N. Martin receiving the Ebert Prize from Howard J. Schaeffer; and Joseph B. Burt receiving the Squibb Pan American Pharmaceutical and Biochemical award from John M. Gooch. The second row shows presentations (left to right) of Lowell R. Pfau receiving the military section literary award from M.L. Meisner; Genichiro Fukuchi receiving an honorary membership certificate from APhA president, Grover C. Bowles; and Marilyn L. Montfort receiving
from Columbus, Ohio. Booth won the color television set and Shade the $100 Savings Bond offered to students.
banquet Skies cleared momentarily for members to attend the annual APHA banquet on Thursday evening in the Dallas Memorial Auditorium where a swiftly paced program climaxed the week's events. The steak dinner was prepared and served by Walter Jetton who had also served and handled the barbecue. Honors came fast at the banquet. George Hager completed the presentathe Kilmer Prize from Melvin R. Gibson. In the third row of pictures, Moe Weiss and Benjamin Levine are receiving the Public Education Award on behalf of the Consolidated Brooklyn Retail Pharmacists, Inc. from Calvin W. Eckstrom and incoming APhA president, linwood F. Tice, is being given the president's pin from outgoing president, Grover C. Bowles. The bottom row features the presentation of the Daniel B. Smith Award by Grover Bowles to the recipient, Raymond L. Dunn, and the presentation of the Hugo H. Schaefer Award by the man for whom the award was named to APhA executive director, William S. Apple. Other award presentations will be found throughout this 1966 ann u a I meeting-in-review s p e cia I issue of the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
tion of the Research Achievement Awards to William J. Mader and Joseph P. Buckley; Marilyn Montfort of Seattle, Washington received the Kilmer Prize from Melvin R. Gibson, chairman of the award committee. The inscribed key was presented to the 22-year-old pharmacy senior from the University of Washington together with a check for $200 from the American Society of Pharmacognosy. Her research isolated aurantiacin from Hydnellum caeruleum for the first time. Alfred N. Martin of Purdue University was given the Ebert Prize, outstanding scientific award in pharmacy. The medal was presented by Howard J. Schaeffer, chairman of the award committee, for Martin's research work on the mode of action of the tetracycline antibiotics. Sharing honors with the medalist were co-authors, John L. Colaizzi of the University of Pittsburgh and Adelbert M . Knevel of Purdue University. The co-authors received certificates of honorable mention. Highlight of the presentations came when Hugo H. Schaefer awarded the medal named for him to APHA's executive director, William S. Apple, as "a token of our faith in what you are going to accomplish as well as a tribute to what you have already done." The signal honor was given to Executive Director Apple "for courageous leadership, devoted service and administrative excellence." Installation services conducted by outgoing president Grover C. Bowles found new officers and councilors taking Vol. NS6, No.6, June 1966
295
nor sleet, nor ram, nor hail •••
APhA's annual meeting story ain- misty, gentle, torrential, sleety, hailing- describe it as you will, R Dallas had all kinds that week of April 24-29 when APHA members gathered there for their 113th annual meeting. But the rains and flash floods that deluged Dallas on the outside were nothing compared to the rain that went on inside the Dallas Memorial Auditorium and the Adolphus, Baker and Sheraton-Dallas hotels. There was a torrential downpour of scientific information; cloudbursts of practical aids; a hail of new devices, new technics, new methods and even a new Pharmaceutical Center and, topping it all, a steady persistent rain of members who set a record for the second largest meeting in APHA history. Final registration figures showed 3,473. From the opening chords of Peter Nero's piano in the beautiful grand ballroom of the Sheraton-Dallas to the final bang of the gavel on the podium by new president, Linwood F. Tice, in the ballroom of the Adolphus, there was a constant stream of delegates and visitors running between raindrops to make meetings that were scattered from one end of downtown Dallas to the other. The rain even gave impetus to meeting-attendance as crowds packed sessions of APHA and the various organizations that meet with it. Even committee meetings drew crowds as members jammed sessions to voice their opinions on reports and give their ideas on legislation and problems facing the profession from medicare to physician-ownership of pharmacies, from international cooperation to ways and means of improving the local community practice and from the role pharmacists can play in national security to the importance of the National Formulary in today's pharmacy practice. But there were a few interludes of sunshine in Dallas just as there were lighter moments in the downpour of information. The sun broke through long enough to make a Texas-size success of the barbecue and rodeo in Mansfield, Texas. There was standing-room only at the Kow Bell Arena which has a capacity of 2,400 and Walter Jetton served the hordes of people with assembly-line precision. Yet the succulent pieces of Texas beef and chicken smoked over hardwood coals and the tender ears of corn were piping hot and reminescent of similar barbecues served to President Johnson and his internationally famous guests. And the ladies coped with the rain, ignoring its threats and touring the city by bus and lunching in fasionable splendor in the Apparel Mart, heart of the Dallas fashion world. The students, too, turned out in force as almost 500 of them gathered for meetings and committee assignnients. Even on the final day a weary group gathered to assemble kits for student chapters. The portent of things to come was obvious at the opening musical when Peter Nero gave out with his inimitable piano styling. His "magnificent piano" attracted a capacity crowd as late-comers stood in the back and on 286
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
the sides and in the balcony to listen and applaud. Following the musical the 113th, annual meeting of the AMERICAN: ' PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION was fOf; " mally called to order by Marc F. Laven..: turier, second vice president of APHA~ . and opened with an invocation by Lonnie J. Yarbrough of Denton, Texas. Welcome talks by John R. Rains, chairman of the 1966 local arrangements committee, and R. B. Carpenter, Jr., mayqr protem of Dallas, were warm and hospitable in contrast to the rain outside. A gold key to the city was presented to APHA President Grover C. Bowles by Mayor Protem Carpenter with the in. ' vitation-"Y'all come back now hear. ~ ' Responding, Mike Harris, APHA first vice president, traced the role Texas and . . Texans had played in the ASSOCIATION. . In recognition of outstanding accomplishments, the APHA Founda-" tion's Research Achievement Awards were presented by George P. Hager, chairman of the awards committee. One award, that in physical pharmacy, was presented posthumously to the late Eino Nelson, professor of pharmaceutics and medicinal chemistry and chairman of the department of pharmaceutics at the school of pharmacy of the State University of New York at Buffalo. The award, given to his widow, Mrs. Susannah Nelson, recognized the work of Professor Nelson in kinetics of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Accepting the award with Mrs. Nelson was her son. The award is sponsored by Parke, Davis and Company. Dean Lloyd M. Parks of the college of pharmacy of Ohio State University received the APHA Foundation award in advancement of pharmacy. The
"Backstairs at the White House" was the subject of Merriman Smith's banquet address. Smith is dean of the White House correspondents.
APhA executive director, William S. Apple (far left) ,expresses his appreciation to the headliners at the Wednesday general session-(Ieft to right) George James, MD, president of the National Health Council; Congressman Thomas B. Curtis; presiding officer at the session, Grover C. Bowles; FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard, MD; and George H. Gallup, president of the American Institute of Public Opinion.
award, sponsored by Lederle Laboratories, was given to Dean Parks for his work with students and recognized his achievements in the sociological, professional and public health aspects of pha~acy. ' Th~ award in natural products sponsored by Merck Sharp and Dohme, went to Varro E. Tyler, Jr., for his ' research in the area of biosynthesis of ergot alkaloids. Scientist Tyler has been ' granted a patent covering the technic he developed. The award for stimulation of research, sponsored by Smith Kline and French Foundation, was given to William L. Nobles' for 'his dynamic leadership as dean of. the graduate school and professor of pharmacy and pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Mississippi where he" has encouraged a number of research projects. The award in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry went to John H., Biel, vice president and director of research and development of the Aldrich Chemical Company in Milwaukee and professor at the' college, of medicine at the University of Illinois and school of medicine at Marquette University. Sponsored by the Upjohn Company, the award recognized Professor Biel's efforts in many areas which are reflected in new drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease, asthma, hypertension, mental disorders and angina pectoris. Because two recipients could not attend the opening s~si"n, 'two awards were presented at tne annual banquet on Thursday evening. The Justin L. Powers Award itt',drug standards and assay, sponsored by Abbott Laboratories, went to William John Mader, director of the control division of Ciba Pharmaceutical Company, for his chem-
ical assay for penicillin and his many other contributions to the maintenance of drug standards and the conformity of drug products to those standards. The second award presented at the banquet was that in the field of pharmaeodynamics. It went to Joseph P. Buckley, professor and chairman of the department of pharmacology at the school of pharmacy of the University of Pittsburgh, for his research in the fields of stress and cardiovascular pharmacology. His interest in the central mechanism of drug action has led to the determination of the mechanism of action of several respiratory stimulants. The award is sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company. Rounding out the opening general session was the report of the constitution and bylaws committee which proposed that a judicial board be set up for disciplining APHA members for unprofessional conduct and that the designation of the APHA Council be changed to Board of Trustees. These changes in the constitution and bylaws were later approved at the final session of the meeting. Climax to the opening session came with the address of President Grover C. Bowles (see page 289). The nationwide eye of the NBC television camera panned across the standing-room only audience in the theater of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium at the Wednesday general session. Featured on the program were four speakers-George James, MD, president of the National Health Council; George H . Gallup, president of the American Institute of Public Opinion; Congressman Thomas B. Curtis of Missouri and FDA Commissioner James L. Goddard, MD.
The television cameras were present for the special report which NBC was preparing on Commissioner Goddard and when the special was televised on May 9 the scene in Dallas was part of the record. Commissioner Goddard in his address outlined the scope of the consumer protection legisla tion proposed by President Johnson. Dr. James told pharmacists that "tomorrow's medicine will emphasize lifelong coverage rather than care in crisis. " George Gallup advocated a factfinding approach to public relations and advised pharmacists to "find out first just what the public's attitudes are, to learn in detail just what your image is," before attempting to plan a public relations program. Concluding the quartet of speakers Congressman Curtis commended pharmacists for the "splendid job you have done and the splendid job you are still doing for our society and for mankind under considerable heckling." In the spotlight too, at this general session were ou tstanding pharmacists who were recognized for their activities. Raymond L. Dunn, Connecticut community pharmacist, received the 1966 Daniel B. Smith Award from President Grover C. Bowles. Secretary of the Connecticut State Commission of Pharmacy, Dunn has served on several APHA committees and as president of the Academy of General Practice of Pharmacy. APHA also recognized the public educational efforts of Edward S. Brady and the Consolidated Brooklyn Pharmacists, Inc. Calvin W. Eckstrom, chairman of the award committee presented PEAC awards to Brady in the individual category and to Moe Weiss, (continued on page 294) Vol. NS6, No.6, June 1966
281
Seated at the executive breakfast of the House of Delegates above are (left to right) reference committee discussion leaders Marc F. Laventurier, Robert E. Lee, Robert C. Johnson and Max W. Eggleston. Continuing (left to right) are Council chairman, J. Curtis Nottingham; House of Delegates chairman, William R. Whitten; executive director, William S. Apple; treasurer, Hugo H. Schaefer; president, Grover C. Bowles, and House of Delegates vice chairman, Jack Karlin.
House Chairman Whitten (above, left) installs Charles A. Schreiber as new chairman of the APhA House of Delegates. To the right, Lloyd Parks points to the large chart which served as the basis of the panel discussion at the final general session. Panelists discussing how they would save the independent practice of pharmacy include (left to right) Ed L. Baker, Mrs. RaeDeli Ashley, James Bicket and Nick Avellone.
annual meeting (continued from page 287)
executive secretary, and Benjamin Levine, president of the Brooklyn association, for the group in the organizational category. Topping the presentation ceremonies was that which awarded an honorary membership to Genichiro Fukuchi of Tokyo, Japan. President Bowles conferred the honorary membership upon Professor Fukuchi for his efforts in drug safety, stimulation of research in galenical pharmacy and the development of a closer relationship between the profession of pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry in Japan. At the final general session of Friday morning, APHA members approved changes in the constitution and bylaws. These changes established~A
judicial board with full powers to discipline members and render advisory opinions and interpretative statements, reprimanding, suspending or expelling a member in any category for violation of the obligations of the constitution or bylaws or for unprofessional conduct. ~A scientific associate category of membership for any reputable individual who is not eligible for active membership and who holds membership in one of the national scientific societies recognized by the Association Board of Trustees. 294
~ The committee on resolutions of the House of Delegates as a standing committee of the full Association ~ The redesignation of the APhA Council to the APhA Board of Trustees.
The rain-weary members of APHA defied the deluge which fell on the closing session to hear a cloudburst of ideas for "saving the independent practice of pharmacy." Modera ted by Lloyd C. Parks, the panel discussed and suggested ideas for close to 90 minutes. In his introduction Moderator Parks noted thatThe pharmaceutical press has pointed out that the independent practice of pharmacy has been slowly, but steadily, losing ground. There was a day when there was only an independent practice of pharmacy, but we know that this picture has changed overtly during the past several decades and we are at a point in time now when we should be asking about the future of the independent practice of our profession.
He went on to comment on the response received by APHA to its invitation in the APhA Newsletter, pointing out thatMany of the letters were rational in content; others were written in emotional terms. But the vast majority contained very positive thinking. Our main purpose here is to
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
stimulate the thinking of our entire profession and to provide Association committees and staff with ideas to explore in depth.
Panelists- Mrs. RaeDell Ashley of Salt Lake City, Nick Avellone of Bay Village, Ohio, Ed L. Baker of Arlington, Texas, and James Bicket of Zion, Illinois-discussed 10 major suggestions. These were1. limit ownership of pharmacies to pharmacists, including number per pharmacist and location according to population needs 2. limit pharmacies to supplying health needs only 3. improve and expand professional services and make some mandatory such as the family medication record system 4. encourage development of new forms of independent practic'e such as the Pharmaceutical Center and "group practice" 5. adopt the professional fee system for prescription medication 6. eliminate discriminatory pricing by industry and enact fair trade 7. have better enforcement of laws by state boards of pharmacy 8. build greater organizational strength 9. revamp educational standards including continuing educational goals 10. place greater emphasis on public education and public relations.
The final report of the Hopse of
Nick Gesoalde, retiring honorary APhA president, and William R. Whitten, chairman of the APhA House of Delegates (center), congratulat~ newly elected ~ honorary APhA president, Henry T. Burlage (far right).
...lIlIIII
~
Pausing for a moment at the opening session of the House of Delegates were APhA president, Grover C. Bowles; guest speaker and PMA president, C. Joseph Stetler; House chairman, William R. Whitten, and executive director, William S. Apple .
The APhA House of Delegates provided the opportunity for all members to voice their opinions openly concerning every important issue of interest to the profession of pharmacy. At the right, one ~ member rises to discuss a matter from the floor, while other delegates are obviously engrossed in the report being discussed.
Delegates, the report on the Women's Auxiliary by outgoing president, Mrs. Lloyd Parks, and the announcement of the MedI -Quiz winners completed the agenda. Introduced for the first time this year at the annual meeting was the MedIQuiz contest, based on the popular department in THIS J OURN~L. Participants found the answers to the questions by visiting the various exhibit booths in the exhibition hall. Reproduced in this issue (see page 280) are the questions asked at the annual meeting. Winners were Roger E. Booth of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Joseph E. Shade, a student
cover story ... Awards and presentations were a feature of the 1966 APhA annual meeting in Dallas. Pictured on the cover (top row, left to right) are Mrs. Eino Nelson and her son receiving the APhA Foundation Research Achievement Award in physical pharmacy for her late husband from George P. Hager; Alfred N. Martin receiving the Ebert Prize from Howard J. Schaeffer; and Joseph B. Burt receiving the Squibb Pan American Pharmaceutical and Biochemical award from John M. Gooch. The second row shows presentations (left to right) of Lowell R. Pfau receiving the military section literary award from M.L. Meisner; Genichiro Fukuchi receiving an honorary membership certificate from APhA president, Grover C. Bowles; and Marilyn L. Montfort receiving
from Columbus, Ohio. Booth won the color television set and Shade the $100 Savings Bond offered to students.
banquet Skies cleared momentarily for members to attend the annual APHA banquet on Thursday evening in the Dallas Memorial Auditorium where a swiftly paced program climaxed the week's events. The steak dinner was prepared and served by Walter Jetton who had also served and handled the barbecue. Honors came fast at the banquet. George Hager completed the presentathe Kilmer Prize from Melvin R. Gibson. In the third row of pictures, Moe Weiss and Benjamin Levine are receiving the Public Education Award on behalf of the Consolidated Brooklyn Retail Pharmacists, Inc. from Calvin W. Eckstrom and incoming APhA president, linwood F. Tice, is being given the president's pin from outgoing president, Grover C. Bowles. The bottom row features the presentation of the Daniel B. Smith Award by Grover Bowles to the recipient, Raymond L. Dunn, and the presentation of the Hugo H. Schaefer Award by the man for whom the award was named to APhA executive director, William S. Apple. Other award presentations will be found throughout this 1966 ann u a I meeting-in-review s p e cia I issue of the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.
tion of the Research Achievement Awards to William J. Mader and Joseph P. Buckley; Marilyn Montfort of Seattle, Washington received the Kilmer Prize from Melvin R. Gibson, chairman of the award committee. The inscribed key was presented to the 22-year-old pharmacy senior from the University of Washington together with a check for $200 from the American Society of Pharmacognosy. Her research isolated aurantiacin from Hydnellum caeruleum for the first time. Alfred N. Martin of Purdue University was given the Ebert Prize, outstanding scientific award in pharmacy. The medal was presented by Howard J. Schaeffer, chairman of the award committee, for Martin's research work on the mode of action of the tetracycline antibiotics. Sharing honors with the medalist were co-authors, John L. Colaizzi of the University of Pittsburgh and Adelbert M . Knevel of Purdue University. The co-authors received certificates of honorable mention. Highlight of the presentations came when Hugo H. Schaefer awarded the medal named for him to APHA's executive director, William S. Apple, as "a token of our faith in what you are going to accomplish as well as a tribute to what you have already done." The signal honor was given to Executive Director Apple "for courageous leadership, devoted service and administrative excellence." Installation services conducted by outgoing president Grover C. Bowles found new officers and councilors taking Vol. NS6, No.6, June 1966
295