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American College of Cardiology News Calendar of Continuing Medical Education Programs The National Committee for Continuing Medical Education, William Likoff, MD, FACC, Chairman, announces the following calendar of programs. Each program is designed to enlarge knowledge and clarify the endlessly changing frontiers which mark scientific achievements in the recognition and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Although the disciplined objective of each program as well as its content, format and faculty are pri-
1972 APR. 3-12
Cardiology for the Consultant. E. Grey Dlmond, FACC, director. Ranch0 Santa Fe Inn, Ranch0 Santa Fe, Calif.
APR. 6-7
Vectorcardiography: Albert0 shop. director. FACC, Shadows Hotel, Ariz.
APR. 12-13
Scottsdale,
Current
17-20
1972. Philip R. Akre, FACC and John A. Bower, MD, directors. Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.
8-12
SEPT.
9-11
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JUNE lCl7
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The Total Coronary Care System-The Community and The Hospital. Sylvan L. Weinberg, FACC, William G. Cassel, FACC, C. W. Imm and Joseph M. Wilson, FACC, co-directors. The Sheraton-Dayton Hotel, Day ton, Ohio. Concepts
marily determined by the Program Director, the National Committee for Continuing Medical Education always exercises the prerogative of final review and approval, whether the program is’sponsored Solely by the College or in collaboration with universities, colleges, hospitals and other professional societies. Subject matter reflects national interest and needs in the fields of patient care, research and teaching. The pro-
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The Medical and Surgical Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. J. Willis Hurst, FACC and W. Dean Warren, MD, directors. Co-sponsored by ACC and Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Royal Coach Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.
MAY 12-13
Computer Applications in Electrocardiography. C. A. Caceres. FACC. director, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D. C.
MAY 25-27
A Critical Approach to CardioDiagnosis. vascular Arthur Seizer, FACC, director. Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
Mechanisms and Therapy of Arrhythmias. M. Leo Hughes, Jr., FACC, director; Harold T. Dodge, FACC and Robin R. Johnston, FACC, co-directors. Health Science Audaitorium, The Unive&ty of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. Clinical Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Drugs. William B. FACC and R. 0. Abrams, cadirectors. Queen Davies, Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
SEPT. 11-13
A Symposium for Cardiac Nursing. Fred D. Ownby, FACC, director. Nashville, Tenn.
SEPT. 2B-30
Mechanisms and Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Leonard S. Dreifus, FACC, director and Yoshio Watanabe, FACC, codirector. Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.
OCT. 24
When, Why and How in Clinical Cardiology. FACC and B?$eSSur%: FACC, co-directors. Marion County General Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.
OCT. 5-6
Acute Myocardial InfarctionPre Hospital Phase. John B. Jlohnson, FACC, director. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D. C.
OCT. lo-14
Vectorcardiography: Albert0 shop. director. FACC, Shadows Hotel, Ar;iz.
A WorkBenchimol, Mountain Scottsdale,
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The National Committee for Continuing Medical Education of the College earnestly solicits the interest of member and nonmember physicians alike in continuing education for the clear reason that participation provides a unique opportunity to deepen one’s understanding of heart disease, the most formidable and challenging health problem of our time.
OCT.
17-19
Coronary Care Units and the Mobile Coronary Care Unit. William J. Grace, FACC, director. St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, New York, N. Y.
OCT.
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Cardiac Arrhythmias. Edward K. Chung, FACC, director. The Greenbciar, White Sulphur Springs, West Va.
NOV.
Cardiology 1972. T. K. FACC, director. Honolulu, waii.
26-28
3-5
Lin. Ha-
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Cardiology for the Consultant. E. Grey Dimond, FACC, director. Ranch0 Santa Fe Inn, Ranch0 Santa Fe, Calif.
DEC. 8-10
Title not available. Henry I. Russek, FACC, director. Americana Hotel, New York, N. Y.
6-15
1973 JAN. 14-16
A Perspective on New Techniques in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease. John H. K. Vogel, FACC, director and Bruce C. Paton and Leslie L. Kelminson, FACC, co-directors. Opticon Theater, Snowmass at Aspen, Aspen, Colo.
MAR. 16-18
Noninvasive Methods in Cardiology Apexcardiography, Phonocardiography, Pulse Tracings and Phonoarteriography. Samuel Zoneraich, FACC, director. Queens Medical Center, Jamaica, N. Y.
APR. 2-l 1
Cardiology for the Consultant. E. Grey Dimo,nd, FACC, director. Ranch0 Santa Fe Inn, Ranch0 Santa Fe, Calif.
Advance registration forms for these courses may be obtained by writing to Mary Anne Mclnerny, Director, tinuing Education Programs, American College of Cardiology, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Md. 20014.
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1972-1973 Board of Governors The following
persons have been named to serve on the 1972-1973
UNITED
STATES
AIR FORCE Eliot Schechter, Lt Col, USAF, MC ‘74 Lackland Air Force Base, Texas ALABAMA Lloyd L. Hefner, Birmingham ARIZONA Lee Ehrlich, Phoenix
MD ‘73
MD ‘74
IDAHO Bernard L. Kreilkamp, Sun Valley ILLINOIS Richard A. Carleton, Chicago
MD ‘75
INDIANA John F. Phillips, Indianapolis
ARKANSAS Owen W. Beard, MD ‘74 Little Rock ARMY Col Melvin D. Cheitlin, ‘73 Washington, D.C.
HAWAII James A. Orbison, Honolulu
MD ‘74
MD ‘74
IOWA Donald L. Warkentin, Iowa City MC, USA
MD ‘74
MD ‘74
Board of Governors
of the College.
MISSOURI Keith H. Averill, Kansas City
MD ‘74
MONTANA Harold A. Braun, MD ‘73 Missoula NAVY Capt J. William Cox, MC, USN ‘74 Washington, D.C. NEBRASKA Robert D. Sellers, Omaha NEVADA Reuben Zucker, Las Vegas
MD ‘75
MD ‘74
KANSAS David M. Pugh, MD ‘75 Kansas City
NEW HAMPSHIRE John C. Mithoefer, MD ‘73 Hanover
CALIFORNIA (Northern) Arthur Selzer, MD ‘75 San Francisco
KENTUCKY Robert N. Class, MD ‘73 Lexington
NEW JERSEY William B. Abrams, South Orange
CALIFORNIA (Southern) Arthur J. Moss, MD ‘73 Los Angeles
LOUISIANA John T. Lecket-t, MD ‘73 New Orleans
NEW MEXICO Frank M. Mowry, MD ‘75 Albuquerque
COLORADO Robert C. Jones, MD ‘74 Denver
MAINE Harold L. Osher, MD ‘74 Portland
NEW YORK (Metropolitan) Henry I. Russek, MD ‘75 Staten Island
CONNECTICUT Allen V. N. Goodyer, MD ‘75 New Haven
MARYLAND Leonard Scherlis, Baltimore
NEW YORK (Upstate) Raymond Harris, MD ‘73 Albany
DELAWARE Mark G. Cohen, MD ‘74 Wilmington
MASSACHUSETTS Roger B. Hickler, MD ‘74 Worcester
NORTH CAROLINA Edward S. Orgain, MD ‘75 Durham
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA John B. Johnson, MD ‘75 Washington, D.C.
MICHIGAN Arnold M. Weissler, Detroit
NORTH DAKOTA Robert D. Story, MD ‘74 Fargo
FLORIDA Thomas C. Dickinson, Orlando
MINNESOTA John F. Briggs, St. Paul
MD ‘75
GEORGIA Harry T. Harper, Jr., MD ‘74 Augusta
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MD ‘75
MD ‘73
MISSISSIPPI Patrick H. Lehan, MD ‘75 Jackson
MD ‘73
OHIO Ray W. Gifford, Jr., MD ‘73 Cleveland OKLAHOMA C. G. Gunn, MD ‘74 Oklahoma City
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OREGON Herbert J. Semler, MD ‘74 Portland
TEXAS Robert J. Hall, MD ‘74 Houston
NOVA SCOTIA Srul T. Laufer, MD ‘73 Halifax
PENNSYLVANIA (Eastern) Harry M. Woske, MD ‘75 Philadelphia
UTAH Alan E. Lindsay, Salt Lake City
ONTARIO Kenneth W. G. Brown, MD ‘74 Toronto
PENNSYLVANIA (Western) Seymoure Krause, MD ‘74 Pittsburgh
VERMONT Arthur M. Levy, MD ‘75 Burlington
PUERTO RICO Carlos E. Bertran, Santurce
MD ‘75
RHODE ISLAND F. A. Simeone, MD ‘74 Providence SOUTH CAROLINA Loren F. Parmley, Jr., MD ‘73 Spartanburg SOUTH DAKOTA Thomas J. Billion, Sioux Falls
Jr., MD ‘73
TENNESSEE G. Daniel Copeland, Memphis
MD ‘73
VIRGINIA H. Page Mauck, Jr., MD ‘73 Richmond
QUEBEC Lucien Campeau, MD ‘74 Montreal
WASHINGTON Robert M. Levenson, MD ‘75 Seattle WEST VIRGINIA Edward K. Chung, MD ‘73 Morgantown WISCONSIN John H. Huston, MD ‘75 Milwaukee
CANADA MD ‘73
PRAIRIE PROVINCES T. Edward Cuddy, MD ‘74 Winnipeg
BRITISH COLUMBIA Hugh Stansfield, MD ‘73 Vancouver
MEXICO MEXICO Fernando Cisneros, Mexico, DF
MD ‘75
PHILIPPINES Antonio M. Samia, MD ‘75 Quezon City
ACC News in Brief Honors and Appointments ROBERT D. CONN, MD, FACC, Seattle, Wash., has been named professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the newly organized Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Ill. Dr. Conn leaves the position of associate professor of medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and physician-in-chief, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. He is a 1960 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
BERNARD LOWN, MD, FACC, Boston, is 1 of 10 U. S. medical educators and researchers honored by Modern Medicine for the magazine’s 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award. Dr. Lown, associate professor of cardiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and d,irector of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, was cited “for development of direct-current cardioversion and its application to the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.”
BENSON B. ROE, MD, FACC, San Francisco, has been elected president of the Society of Th,oracic Surgery. He is professor of surgery and ch’ief of cardio,thoracic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
WARREN J. TAYLOR, MD, FACC, Bosto,n, Mass., has been appointed chief of thoracic surgery at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass.
VOLUME
29, APRIL 1972
Obituaries BENJAMIN H. HILKEVITCH, Ch,icago, Ill., was born
MD, FACC, in Odessa,
Russia, on December 26, 1886, and died on September 22, 1971. He received his medical training at the Imperial University of Urieff (Dorpat) and was graduated cum laude in 1916. Dr. Hilkevitch held numerous clinical, academic and military appointments before leaving Russia for the United States in 1923. At the time of his death he had been in private practice for more than 40 years and was a member of the Senior Staff of Lutheran General Hospital. He was also consulting cardi’ologist at Edgewater Hospital and emeritus clinical professor of medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Hllkevitch was a member of the American Medical Association, Chicago Society of Internal Medicine and Ameri-
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can Society of Internal Medicine. He became a member of the American College ,of Cardiology in 1951, and was elected to Fellowship in the College in 1952. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Hilkevitch, and 2 sons, Aaron H’ilkevitch, MD, and Alexander Hilkevitch, MD, all off Chicago. RICHARD
A. CARLETON, ACC Governor
MD, FACC for Illinois
WILLIAM HAROLD JACOBS, MD, Clarksburg, W. Va., was bo.rn in Hattiesburg, Miss., on December 25, 1929. He obtained his BS degree from Millsaps Callege, Jackson, Miss. ‘in 1950; MS degree from the University ‘of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. in 1952, and his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1956. Dr. Jacobs was assistant professor of medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine and Chief of Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Clarksburg, W. Va. He was a member of the American Medical Association and an Associate Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as of the Amencan College of Physicians. In addition, Dr. Jacobs was on the board of directors of the West Virginia State Heart Association. He had published 4 scientific papers in cardiology. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara Jacobs, and 3 children, 415 Dunkin Ave., Bridgeport, W. Va. EDWARD K. CHUNG, MD, FACC ACC Govern’orr for West Virginia
ROBERT H. MANLEY, MD was born in Dover, Ark. in 1913 and died on November 13, 1971 at his home in Clarksville, Ark. He was graduated from the lmiversity of Oklahoma with a BS degree in 1945. He attended the University of Arkansas Schoo’l ‘of Medicine and received his MD degree in 1949. Following his internship at the Hillcrest Medical Center at Tulsa, Okla., Dr. Manley entered private pracitce at Clarksville. With the exception of several periods for postgraduate education in cardio-
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vascular diseases, Dr. Manley continued the private practice of medicine until his death. Dr. Manley was an Associate Fellow of the American College ‘of Cardiology. He was a member of the Johnson County Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the American Geriatric Society. He was a member of the staff of the Clarksville Hospital having served for several years as chief of staff. He was also co,nsultant in cardiology at St. Mary Hospital, Russellville, Ark. Dr. Manley is survived by his widmow, Mrs. Mary Banasky Manley, of Clarksville, and a daughter, Mrs. Donna Wolfe of Russellville, Ark. Owen W. Beard, MD, FACC ACC Governor for Arkansas CLIFFORD FULTON STOREY, MD, FACC was born in Weiss, La. on September 19, 1905 and died on November 14, 1971. He obtained his BS degree fro’m Tulane University in 1928 and his MD degree in 1930 from the same institution. He earned his MS degree in 1940 from the Univers’ity of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. He was an instructor in thoracic surgery, University of Michigan Medical School from 1947-1949 and clinical professor of surgery, College of Medicine, State Unsiversity of New York from 1953 to 1954. He then entered private practice in San Diego which he maintained until shortly before the time of his death. Among other hospitals in San Diego, his affiliations included the Donald Sharp Mercy Hospital, Doctors Hospital, Scripps Hospital, Grossmont Hospital and the U.S. Naval Hospital. Dr. Storey became a Fellow of the American College of Cardio’logy in 1956. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the American Trudeau Society, the International Cardiovascular Soci-
ety, and the American Geriatrics Society. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Underhill Storey, 3 daughters, Toy Litvinoff, Suzanne Silence Storey, Judith Squires and 3 sons, Wrilliam Ben Storey, Stephen derwood
Gerard Storey and James UnStorey. ARTHUR J. MOSS, MD, FACC ACC Governor for Southern California
The College records with the death of the following bers:
sorrow mem-
William J. Butcher, New York
MD, FACC
Benjamin Florida
MD, FACC
Jablons,
Arthur M. Knight, Georgia
Jr., MD, FACC
New Publication The Medical College of Virginia Quarterly announces the publication of the proceedings of the Cardiac Pacing symposium held April 16 and 17, 1971, in Williamsburg, Va. The meeting was cosponsored by the American College of Cardiology and the Department of Continuing Education, Med’ical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University. The programs, which emphasized the clinical aspects of cardiac pacing, included the following participants: Mr. Barouh V. Berkovits, Dr. Leonard S. Dreifus, Dr. Onkar Narula, Dr. Victor Parsonnet, Dr. Philip Samet and Dr. Paul M. Zoll. guest faculty, and Dr. Charles L. Baird, director, Dr. Lewis H. Jr., program Bosher, Dr. Donald W. Drew, a’nd Dr. David W. R,ichardson, from the Medical College of Virginia. Copies of the special issue of the Quarterly, Volume 7, no. 4, are available at a cost of $3.00 each. Checks should be made payable to the Medical College of Virginia Special Fund 7303, and sent to Medical College of Virgin’ia Quarterly, P.O. Box 26, MCV Station, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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1972 APR. 3-12
Cardiology for the Consultant. E. Grey Dlmond, FACC, director. Ranch0 Santa Fe Inn, Ranch0 Santa Fe, Calif.
APR. 6-7
Vectorcardiography: Albert0 shop. director. FACC, Shadows Hotel, Ariz.
APR. 12-13
Scottsdale,
Current
17-20
1972. Philip R. Akre, FACC and John A. Bower, MD, directors. Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.
8-12
SEPT.
9-11
APR.
MAY
JUNE lCl7
A WorkBenchimol, Mountain
The Total Coronary Care System-The Community and The Hospital. Sylvan L. Weinberg, FACC, William G. Cassel, FACC, C. W. Imm and Joseph M. Wilson, FACC, co-directors. The Sheraton-Dayton Hotel, Day ton, Ohio. Concepts
marily determined by the Program Director, the National Committee for Continuing Medical Education always exercises the prerogative of final review and approval, whether the program is’sponsored Solely by the College or in collaboration with universities, colleges, hospitals and other professional societies. Subject matter reflects national interest and needs in the fields of patient care, research and teaching. The pro-
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The Medical and Surgical Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. J. Willis Hurst, FACC and W. Dean Warren, MD, directors. Co-sponsored by ACC and Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Royal Coach Motor Hotel, Atlanta, Ga.
MAY 12-13
Computer Applications in Electrocardiography. C. A. Caceres. FACC. director, Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D. C.
MAY 25-27
A Critical Approach to CardioDiagnosis. vascular Arthur Seizer, FACC, director. Jack Tar Hotel, San Francisco, Calif.
Mechanisms and Therapy of Arrhythmias. M. Leo Hughes, Jr., FACC, director; Harold T. Dodge, FACC and Robin R. Johnston, FACC, co-directors. Health Science Audaitorium, The Unive&ty of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Wash. Clinical Pharmacology of Cardiovascular Drugs. William B. FACC and R. 0. Abrams, cadirectors. Queen Davies, Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
SEPT. 11-13
A Symposium for Cardiac Nursing. Fred D. Ownby, FACC, director. Nashville, Tenn.
SEPT. 2B-30
Mechanisms and Therapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Leonard S. Dreifus, FACC, director and Yoshio Watanabe, FACC, codirector. Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.
OCT. 24
When, Why and How in Clinical Cardiology. FACC and B?$eSSur%: FACC, co-directors. Marion County General Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.
OCT. 5-6
Acute Myocardial InfarctionPre Hospital Phase. John B. Jlohnson, FACC, director. Sheraton Park Hotel, Washington, D. C.
OCT. lo-14
Vectorcardiography: Albert0 shop. director. FACC, Shadows Hotel, Ar;iz.
A WorkBenchimol, Mountain Scottsdale,
gram structures education.
vary
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The National Committee for Continuing Medical Education of the College earnestly solicits the interest of member and nonmember physicians alike in continuing education for the clear reason that participation provides a unique opportunity to deepen one’s understanding of heart disease, the most formidable and challenging health problem of our time.
OCT.
17-19
Coronary Care Units and the Mobile Coronary Care Unit. William J. Grace, FACC, director. St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York, New York, N. Y.
OCT.
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Cardiac Arrhythmias. Edward K. Chung, FACC, director. The Greenbciar, White Sulphur Springs, West Va.
NOV.
Cardiology 1972. T. K. FACC, director. Honolulu, waii.
26-28
3-5
Lin. Ha-
NOV.
Cardiology for the Consultant. E. Grey Dimond, FACC, director. Ranch0 Santa Fe Inn, Ranch0 Santa Fe, Calif.
DEC. 8-10
Title not available. Henry I. Russek, FACC, director. Americana Hotel, New York, N. Y.
6-15
1973 JAN. 14-16
A Perspective on New Techniques in Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease. John H. K. Vogel, FACC, director and Bruce C. Paton and Leslie L. Kelminson, FACC, co-directors. Opticon Theater, Snowmass at Aspen, Aspen, Colo.
MAR. 16-18
Noninvasive Methods in Cardiology Apexcardiography, Phonocardiography, Pulse Tracings and Phonoarteriography. Samuel Zoneraich, FACC, director. Queens Medical Center, Jamaica, N. Y.
APR. 2-l 1
Cardiology for the Consultant. E. Grey Dimo,nd, FACC, director. Ranch0 Santa Fe Inn, Ranch0 Santa Fe, Calif.
Advance registration forms for these courses may be obtained by writing to Mary Anne Mclnerny, Director, tinuing Education Programs, American College of Cardiology, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Md. 20014.
VOLUME 29, APRIL 1972
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1972-1973 Board of Governors The following
persons have been named to serve on the 1972-1973
UNITED
STATES
AIR FORCE Eliot Schechter, Lt Col, USAF, MC ‘74 Lackland Air Force Base, Texas ALABAMA Lloyd L. Hefner, Birmingham ARIZONA Lee Ehrlich, Phoenix
MD ‘73
MD ‘74
IDAHO Bernard L. Kreilkamp, Sun Valley ILLINOIS Richard A. Carleton, Chicago
MD ‘75
INDIANA John F. Phillips, Indianapolis
ARKANSAS Owen W. Beard, MD ‘74 Little Rock ARMY Col Melvin D. Cheitlin, ‘73 Washington, D.C.
HAWAII James A. Orbison, Honolulu
MD ‘74
MD ‘74
IOWA Donald L. Warkentin, Iowa City MC, USA
MD ‘74
MD ‘74
Board of Governors
of the College.
MISSOURI Keith H. Averill, Kansas City
MD ‘74
MONTANA Harold A. Braun, MD ‘73 Missoula NAVY Capt J. William Cox, MC, USN ‘74 Washington, D.C. NEBRASKA Robert D. Sellers, Omaha NEVADA Reuben Zucker, Las Vegas
MD ‘75
MD ‘74
KANSAS David M. Pugh, MD ‘75 Kansas City
NEW HAMPSHIRE John C. Mithoefer, MD ‘73 Hanover
CALIFORNIA (Northern) Arthur Selzer, MD ‘75 San Francisco
KENTUCKY Robert N. Class, MD ‘73 Lexington
NEW JERSEY William B. Abrams, South Orange
CALIFORNIA (Southern) Arthur J. Moss, MD ‘73 Los Angeles
LOUISIANA John T. Lecket-t, MD ‘73 New Orleans
NEW MEXICO Frank M. Mowry, MD ‘75 Albuquerque
COLORADO Robert C. Jones, MD ‘74 Denver
MAINE Harold L. Osher, MD ‘74 Portland
NEW YORK (Metropolitan) Henry I. Russek, MD ‘75 Staten Island
CONNECTICUT Allen V. N. Goodyer, MD ‘75 New Haven
MARYLAND Leonard Scherlis, Baltimore
NEW YORK (Upstate) Raymond Harris, MD ‘73 Albany
DELAWARE Mark G. Cohen, MD ‘74 Wilmington
MASSACHUSETTS Roger B. Hickler, MD ‘74 Worcester
NORTH CAROLINA Edward S. Orgain, MD ‘75 Durham
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA John B. Johnson, MD ‘75 Washington, D.C.
MICHIGAN Arnold M. Weissler, Detroit
NORTH DAKOTA Robert D. Story, MD ‘74 Fargo
FLORIDA Thomas C. Dickinson, Orlando
MINNESOTA John F. Briggs, St. Paul
MD ‘75
GEORGIA Harry T. Harper, Jr., MD ‘74 Augusta
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MISSISSIPPI Patrick H. Lehan, MD ‘75 Jackson
MD ‘73
OHIO Ray W. Gifford, Jr., MD ‘73 Cleveland OKLAHOMA C. G. Gunn, MD ‘74 Oklahoma City
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OREGON Herbert J. Semler, MD ‘74 Portland
TEXAS Robert J. Hall, MD ‘74 Houston
NOVA SCOTIA Srul T. Laufer, MD ‘73 Halifax
PENNSYLVANIA (Eastern) Harry M. Woske, MD ‘75 Philadelphia
UTAH Alan E. Lindsay, Salt Lake City
ONTARIO Kenneth W. G. Brown, MD ‘74 Toronto
PENNSYLVANIA (Western) Seymoure Krause, MD ‘74 Pittsburgh
VERMONT Arthur M. Levy, MD ‘75 Burlington
PUERTO RICO Carlos E. Bertran, Santurce
MD ‘75
RHODE ISLAND F. A. Simeone, MD ‘74 Providence SOUTH CAROLINA Loren F. Parmley, Jr., MD ‘73 Spartanburg SOUTH DAKOTA Thomas J. Billion, Sioux Falls
Jr., MD ‘73
TENNESSEE G. Daniel Copeland, Memphis
MD ‘73
VIRGINIA H. Page Mauck, Jr., MD ‘73 Richmond
QUEBEC Lucien Campeau, MD ‘74 Montreal
WASHINGTON Robert M. Levenson, MD ‘75 Seattle WEST VIRGINIA Edward K. Chung, MD ‘73 Morgantown WISCONSIN John H. Huston, MD ‘75 Milwaukee
CANADA MD ‘73
PRAIRIE PROVINCES T. Edward Cuddy, MD ‘74 Winnipeg
BRITISH COLUMBIA Hugh Stansfield, MD ‘73 Vancouver
MEXICO MEXICO Fernando Cisneros, Mexico, DF
MD ‘75
PHILIPPINES Antonio M. Samia, MD ‘75 Quezon City
ACC News in Brief Honors and Appointments ROBERT D. CONN, MD, FACC, Seattle, Wash., has been named professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine at the newly organized Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, Ill. Dr. Conn leaves the position of associate professor of medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, and physician-in-chief, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle. He is a 1960 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
BERNARD LOWN, MD, FACC, Boston, is 1 of 10 U. S. medical educators and researchers honored by Modern Medicine for the magazine’s 1972 Distinguished Achievement Award. Dr. Lown, associate professor of cardiology, Harvard School of Public Health, and d,irector of the Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, was cited “for development of direct-current cardioversion and its application to the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.”
BENSON B. ROE, MD, FACC, San Francisco, has been elected president of the Society of Th,oracic Surgery. He is professor of surgery and ch’ief of cardio,thoracic surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
WARREN J. TAYLOR, MD, FACC, Bosto,n, Mass., has been appointed chief of thoracic surgery at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass.
VOLUME
29, APRIL 1972
Obituaries BENJAMIN H. HILKEVITCH, Ch,icago, Ill., was born
MD, FACC, in Odessa,
Russia, on December 26, 1886, and died on September 22, 1971. He received his medical training at the Imperial University of Urieff (Dorpat) and was graduated cum laude in 1916. Dr. Hilkevitch held numerous clinical, academic and military appointments before leaving Russia for the United States in 1923. At the time of his death he had been in private practice for more than 40 years and was a member of the Senior Staff of Lutheran General Hospital. He was also consulting cardi’ologist at Edgewater Hospital and emeritus clinical professor of medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. Hllkevitch was a member of the American Medical Association, Chicago Society of Internal Medicine and Ameri-
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can Society of Internal Medicine. He became a member of the American College ,of Cardiology in 1951, and was elected to Fellowship in the College in 1952. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rose Hilkevitch, and 2 sons, Aaron H’ilkevitch, MD, and Alexander Hilkevitch, MD, all off Chicago. RICHARD
A. CARLETON, ACC Governor
MD, FACC for Illinois
WILLIAM HAROLD JACOBS, MD, Clarksburg, W. Va., was bo.rn in Hattiesburg, Miss., on December 25, 1929. He obtained his BS degree from Millsaps Callege, Jackson, Miss. ‘in 1950; MS degree from the University ‘of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. in 1952, and his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1956. Dr. Jacobs was assistant professor of medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine and Chief of Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Clarksburg, W. Va. He was a member of the American Medical Association and an Associate Fellow of the American College of Cardiology as well as of the Amencan College of Physicians. In addition, Dr. Jacobs was on the board of directors of the West Virginia State Heart Association. He had published 4 scientific papers in cardiology. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara Jacobs, and 3 children, 415 Dunkin Ave., Bridgeport, W. Va. EDWARD K. CHUNG, MD, FACC ACC Govern’orr for West Virginia
ROBERT H. MANLEY, MD was born in Dover, Ark. in 1913 and died on November 13, 1971 at his home in Clarksville, Ark. He was graduated from the lmiversity of Oklahoma with a BS degree in 1945. He attended the University of Arkansas Schoo’l ‘of Medicine and received his MD degree in 1949. Following his internship at the Hillcrest Medical Center at Tulsa, Okla., Dr. Manley entered private pracitce at Clarksville. With the exception of several periods for postgraduate education in cardio-
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vascular diseases, Dr. Manley continued the private practice of medicine until his death. Dr. Manley was an Associate Fellow of the American College ‘of Cardiology. He was a member of the Johnson County Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society, the American Medical Association, and the American Geriatric Society. He was a member of the staff of the Clarksville Hospital having served for several years as chief of staff. He was also co,nsultant in cardiology at St. Mary Hospital, Russellville, Ark. Dr. Manley is survived by his widmow, Mrs. Mary Banasky Manley, of Clarksville, and a daughter, Mrs. Donna Wolfe of Russellville, Ark. Owen W. Beard, MD, FACC ACC Governor for Arkansas CLIFFORD FULTON STOREY, MD, FACC was born in Weiss, La. on September 19, 1905 and died on November 14, 1971. He obtained his BS degree fro’m Tulane University in 1928 and his MD degree in 1930 from the same institution. He earned his MS degree in 1940 from the Univers’ity of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Medicine. He was an instructor in thoracic surgery, University of Michigan Medical School from 1947-1949 and clinical professor of surgery, College of Medicine, State Unsiversity of New York from 1953 to 1954. He then entered private practice in San Diego which he maintained until shortly before the time of his death. Among other hospitals in San Diego, his affiliations included the Donald Sharp Mercy Hospital, Doctors Hospital, Scripps Hospital, Grossmont Hospital and the U.S. Naval Hospital. Dr. Storey became a Fellow of the American College of Cardio’logy in 1956. He was certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He was a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the American Trudeau Society, the International Cardiovascular Soci-
ety, and the American Geriatrics Society. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Underhill Storey, 3 daughters, Toy Litvinoff, Suzanne Silence Storey, Judith Squires and 3 sons, Wrilliam Ben Storey, Stephen derwood
Gerard Storey and James UnStorey. ARTHUR J. MOSS, MD, FACC ACC Governor for Southern California
The College records with the death of the following bers:
sorrow mem-
William J. Butcher, New York
MD, FACC
Benjamin Florida
MD, FACC
Jablons,
Arthur M. Knight, Georgia
Jr., MD, FACC
New Publication The Medical College of Virginia Quarterly announces the publication of the proceedings of the Cardiac Pacing symposium held April 16 and 17, 1971, in Williamsburg, Va. The meeting was cosponsored by the American College of Cardiology and the Department of Continuing Education, Med’ical College of Virginia, Health Sciences Division, Virginia Commonwealth University. The programs, which emphasized the clinical aspects of cardiac pacing, included the following participants: Mr. Barouh V. Berkovits, Dr. Leonard S. Dreifus, Dr. Onkar Narula, Dr. Victor Parsonnet, Dr. Philip Samet and Dr. Paul M. Zoll. guest faculty, and Dr. Charles L. Baird, director, Dr. Lewis H. Jr., program Bosher, Dr. Donald W. Drew, a’nd Dr. David W. R,ichardson, from the Medical College of Virginia. Copies of the special issue of the Quarterly, Volume 7, no. 4, are available at a cost of $3.00 each. Checks should be made payable to the Medical College of Virginia Special Fund 7303, and sent to Medical College of Virgin’ia Quarterly, P.O. Box 26, MCV Station, Richmond, Va. 23219.
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