New Director at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

NEW

DIRECTOR

AT ARMED

FORCES

INSTITUTE

OF PATHOLOGY

Colonel Frank M. Townsend, USAF, MC, has been appointed Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, succeeding Captain William M. Silliphant, MC, USN, Colonel Townsend is the first Air Force officer to assume the directorship of the Institute.

COLONEL

FRANK

M.

TOWNBEND.

The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology is the central laboratory of In addition to serving the Armed pathology for the Department of Defense. Forces, the Institute meets the needs of the Public Health Service, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Veterans Administration, other Federal agencies, and civilian pathologists through its consultative service. Colonel Townsend, the senior pathologist of the Air Force, also serves as the consultant in pathology to the Surgeon General, Department of the Air Force. The new Director is a pioneer in the field of aviation pathology. 1407