1978 Meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

1978 Meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association The Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association was held at the Marco Beach Hotel, Marco Island, FL, Nov 2-4, 1978. The President was Robert E. Carr, M.D., of Forth Worth, TX. Officers elected for the coming year are: President, Harold C. Urschel, M.D.; President-Elect, W. Glenn Young, Jr., M.D., and Vice President, William W. Logan, Jr., M.D. The following twenty-five applicants were elected to membership. Avery, Joel E. Chattanooga, TN

Hernandez, Victor Shreveport, LA

Moore, Charles Henry, I11 Beaumont, TX

Todd, Edward P. J. Lexington, KY

Britt, Clarence I. Tulsa, OK

Itkin, E. Louis Lithia Springs, GA

OMalley, Geoffrey A. Tallahassee, FL

Tyras, Denis H. St. Louis, MO

Caudill, Darrell R. Atlanta, GA

Knauf, Daniel Glen Lackland AFB, TX

Painter, Max W. Memphis, TN

Yarbrough, John Ward Greensboro, NC

Daniel, Thomas Moore Richmond, VA

Levy, Arthur J. Atlanta, GA

Parker, Thomas M. Lubbock, TX

Zeok, John V. Lexington, KY

Flye, M. Wayne Bethesda, MD

McHale, James J., Jr. Fairfax, VA

Rodgers, Bradley M. Gainesville, FL

Furst, Alex Julian Miami, FL

Mills, Mitchell Washington, DC

Sade, Robert M. Charleston, SC

Hall, Emmett R., Jr. Memphis, TN

Mistrot, J. Jacques Lubbock, TX

Shearin, Robert P. W. Memphis, TN

Elevated to Senior Membership were Edmund Taylor, John E. Rayl, Ralph Deaton, and John Foster. Deceased members include Orin Butterick, Duane Carr, and John H. Kehne. The President’s Award for the best scientific paper given at the 1977 meeting was presented to Denis H. Tyras, M.D., of St. Louis, MO. The 1979 meeting will be held at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio Hotel, San Antonio, TX, on Nov 1-3. Chairman of the Program Committee will be Richard E. Clark, M.D.; Chairman of the Membership Committee, Thomas 0. Gentsch, M.D.; and Chairman of the Meeting Site Selection Committee, Richard King, M.D. William Stanford, M.D., will be in charge of Local Arrangements.

Richard B. McElvein, M . D . Secretary- Treasurer 100