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American Fertility Society Presidents—1982
AFS p·r esidents-1982 FERTILITY AND STERILITY Copyright c 1982 The American Fertility Society
Vol. 37, No. 3, March 1982 Printed in U.SA.
Celso-Ramon Garcia, M.D. President The American Fertility Society
James H. Beaton, M.D. Immediate Past President The American Fertility Society
Celso-Ramon Garcia, M.D. Dr. Celso-Ramon Garcia, recently installed president of The American Fertility Society, became a member of the Society in 1957. He has held positions of President-elect, member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Postgraduate Program Committee, member of the Board of Directors of The American Fertility Foundation and member of the Public Affairs Committee. A native of New York, Dr. Garcia received a B.S. degree from Queens College, New York and an M.D. degree from the Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York. Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, he has performed many important duties associated with the area of reproductive medicine. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood World Population including Chairman of its National Medical Advisory Committee. He also served as President of the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians and member of Board of Directors of the Alan Guttmacher Institute, member of the Contraception Development Review Committee of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He presently is a member ofthe National Advisory Council of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. He has held various academic positions with hospitals and medical centers in the area of gynecology and reproductive medicine and has published numerous articles and served on editorial boards of scientific journals in this country and abroad. He is probably best known for his pioneer work in the development of oral contraceptives along with Drs. John Rock and Gregory Pincus. Presently, Dr. Garcia is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the William Shippen, Jr., Professor and Director of the Division of Human Reproduction, Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of more than 20 societies and associations. Married to the former Shirley J. Stoddard of New York, he and Mrs. Garcia have two childrenCelso, Jr., a graduate student at Villanova University, and Sarita, a student at Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, Virginia.
James H. Beaton, M.D. Dr. James H. Beaton, immediate past president of The American Fertility Society,joined the Society in 1952. He has served as Chairman of the Committee on Scientific Exhibits, Chairman of Motion Pictures, member of the Board of Directors and President-Elect. A native of Minnesota, Dr. Beaton received a B.S. degree from Northwestern University and an M.D. degree from Northwestern University Medical School. He took his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Chicago Maternity Center followed by a residency in OB/GYN at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Beaton served as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon in World War II from 1942 to 1946 and attained the rank of Lt. Commander as Senior Medical Officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Theater. Following the war he settled in Grand Rapids and was for 16 years Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Mary's Hospital. In 1948 he established the first board-approved Resident Training program in OB/GYN in that area. He is presently an Associate Clinical Professor of Gynecology at the Grand Rapids campus of the Michigan State Medical School. He has served as President of the Michigan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman of the Michigan Section of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Chairman of ACOG's National Committee on Gynecologic Practice. Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, he is a fellow of American College of Surgeons, a member of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecoiogists, a trustee of the governing board of St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, member of the Board of Gynecologic Urology Society, and currently President of the Doran Foundation for Medical Education. Dr. Beaton has received many honors, both professional and non-professional. He has an extensive bibliography in the scientific and lay literature. He is married to the former Eleanor Sproul, also of Grand Rapids, and they have six children and eight grandchildren. ii
Vol. 37, No. 3, March 1982 Printed in U.SA.
Celso-Ramon Garcia, M.D. President The American Fertility Society
James H. Beaton, M.D. Immediate Past President The American Fertility Society
Celso-Ramon Garcia, M.D. Dr. Celso-Ramon Garcia, recently installed president of The American Fertility Society, became a member of the Society in 1957. He has held positions of President-elect, member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Postgraduate Program Committee, member of the Board of Directors of The American Fertility Foundation and member of the Public Affairs Committee. A native of New York, Dr. Garcia received a B.S. degree from Queens College, New York and an M.D. degree from the Downstate Medical Center of the State University of New York. Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, he has performed many important duties associated with the area of reproductive medicine. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood World Population including Chairman of its National Medical Advisory Committee. He also served as President of the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians and member of Board of Directors of the Alan Guttmacher Institute, member of the Contraception Development Review Committee of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He presently is a member ofthe National Advisory Council of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. He has held various academic positions with hospitals and medical centers in the area of gynecology and reproductive medicine and has published numerous articles and served on editorial boards of scientific journals in this country and abroad. He is probably best known for his pioneer work in the development of oral contraceptives along with Drs. John Rock and Gregory Pincus. Presently, Dr. Garcia is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the William Shippen, Jr., Professor and Director of the Division of Human Reproduction, Department of OB/GYN, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of more than 20 societies and associations. Married to the former Shirley J. Stoddard of New York, he and Mrs. Garcia have two childrenCelso, Jr., a graduate student at Villanova University, and Sarita, a student at Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, Virginia.
James H. Beaton, M.D. Dr. James H. Beaton, immediate past president of The American Fertility Society,joined the Society in 1952. He has served as Chairman of the Committee on Scientific Exhibits, Chairman of Motion Pictures, member of the Board of Directors and President-Elect. A native of Minnesota, Dr. Beaton received a B.S. degree from Northwestern University and an M.D. degree from Northwestern University Medical School. He took his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Chicago Maternity Center followed by a residency in OB/GYN at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Beaton served as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon in World War II from 1942 to 1946 and attained the rank of Lt. Commander as Senior Medical Officer aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific Theater. Following the war he settled in Grand Rapids and was for 16 years Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at St. Mary's Hospital. In 1948 he established the first board-approved Resident Training program in OB/GYN in that area. He is presently an Associate Clinical Professor of Gynecology at the Grand Rapids campus of the Michigan State Medical School. He has served as President of the Michigan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman of the Michigan Section of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Chairman of ACOG's National Committee on Gynecologic Practice. Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, he is a fellow of American College of Surgeons, a member of the Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecoiogists, a trustee of the governing board of St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Rapids, member of the Board of Gynecologic Urology Society, and currently President of the Doran Foundation for Medical Education. Dr. Beaton has received many honors, both professional and non-professional. He has an extensive bibliography in the scientific and lay literature. He is married to the former Eleanor Sproul, also of Grand Rapids, and they have six children and eight grandchildren. ii