Historian's report

AMERICANACADEMYOF ALLERGY

Historian’s report The Twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy was held in Washington, D. C., at the Washington Hilton Hotel on February 12, 13, and 14, 1973. At the meeting there were 432 Fellows present, 446 members, 120 residents and interns, 267 guest physicians, and 73 speakers. The total attendance was 1,332 physicians. This was a new all-time record attendance. There were also 370 ladies, 241 exhibitors, and 25 members of the press present at the meeting. It was announced that the meeting in 1974 will be held in Bal Harbour, Florida, at the Americana Hotel from January 19 to 23. The meeting in 1975 will be held in San Diego, California, at t,he Town and Country Hotel on February 7 to 12. The annual meeting was preceded by a postgraduate course for a period of 2 days. During the meeting 102 scientific papers were presented in the scientific sessions. Honorary Fellowship in the Academy of Allergy was bestowed upon Dr. Robert A. Good. The following physicians were elected to Direct Fellowship in the Academy: Dorland 1. Davis, M.D., and Allen P. Kaplan, M.D. The following

physicians were elevated to Fellowship

Riehttrd Ball, M.D. Joseph Barboriak, M.D. Emil J. Bardana, Jr., M.D. Peter B. Boggs, M.D. Kelsy J. Caplinger, M.D. Ramon Casanova-Roig, M.D. Richard Evans III, M.D. Ronald B. Filderman, M.D. Frederick W. Floyd, M.D. Arthur F. Fost, M.D. Donald F. German, M.D. Harry Lazar, M.D. Louis Levovsky, M.D. Jerome Listerniek, M.D. Jonathan Logan, M.D. David A. Mathison, M.D. Eli 0. Meltzer, M.D. David K. Meriney, M.D. Arthur W. Neilson, Jr., M.D. Thomas M. Golbert, M.D. Gerald B. Goldstein, M.D.

status :

Herman Gregory, M.D. Douglas C. Heiner, M.D. Richard W. Honsinger, M.D. Fred S. Kantor, M.D. Roger M. Katz, M.D. Joel Korotzer, M.D. Lillian P. Kravis, M.D. S. Paul Kuwayama, M.D. Stanley R. Lane, M.D. Stanley G. Pomper, M.D. Warren J. Raymer, M.D. Arie Ribon, M.D. Nathan Saint-Amand, M.D. Robert H. Schwartz, M.D. Allen T. Segal, M.D. Moeton J. Seligman, M.D. Maurice A. Shinefield, M.D. Frank J. Steyners, M.D. Fletcher B. Taylor, M.D. Ram S. Tse, M.D. Arthur Turk, M.D. Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 851-853

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Martin D. Valentine, M.D. David W. Wood, M.D.

The following

physicians heeamc

Stuart

H. Young,

M.D.

Members of the Academy :

M. A. Abrishxmi, M.D. Hahim Aghai, M.D. Edward Alpert, M.D. Stephen Astor, M.D. Robert Baldwin, M.D. Miehulan Bazan, M.D. Stanley H. Block, M.D. Lc%lie B. Branch, M.D. C:trter I). Brooks, M.D. Jerome Buckley, M.D. Jack K. Burr, M.D. \Villinm \V. Busse, M.D. Josqh J. C:~Il:~hxn, M.D. tiol)ert 11. Carr, M.D. Shu-Mai Chang, M.D. A. W. Chiu, M.D. William F. Clayton, M.D. Andre Codispoti, M.D. Marcus Cohen, M.D. Anthony N. DeMeo, M.D. 1)aniel Ein, M.D. Gilbert L. Fuld, M.D. Gary N. Gross, M.D. Donna M. Guenther, M.D. Frederick Hargreave, M.D. JRne Harnett, M.D. Tra L. Hemmings, M.D. Christopher Henney, Ph.D. .Joseph J. Herbert, M.D. Frederick C. House, M.D. Zygmunt Jancelewicz, M.D. John K. Kammermeyer, M.D. Joel M. Karlin, M.D. George W. Kern IV, M.D. Michael D. Kohen, M.D. Mirlmtrl S. Kreindler, M.D. Rerl)ert Lauritzen, M.D. .Jeffrey Lehr, M.D. Jean P. LUCRS, M.D. Michael R. Mardiney, Jr., M.D. James I,. McDonald, M.D.

Thomas C. McPherson, Ph.D. Louis Mendelson, M.D. Don Q. Mitchell, M.D. Esther 8. Muello, M.D. Richard A. Nichlas, M.D. Louis A. Petrucco, M.D. Joseph Pflanzer, M.D. Marshall Plaut, M.D. Melvyn Ranish, M.D. Harold Richardson, M.D. N. A. Romanoff, M.D. Richard Rosenthal, M.D. Rosalinda Rubinsztain, M.D. Louis L. Ruff, M.D. Garry H. Rupp, M.D. Arlene Schneider, M.D. Albert J. Schroeder, M.D. Leonard B. Schultz, M.D. Ramuel Schur, M.D. F. Harry Schurman, M.D. Eli Selikoff, M.D. Predeep Sharma, M.D. Irving Shemano, Ph.D. Jacob Siegel, M.D. Robert I. Slott, M.D. Richard S. Smith, Ph.D. Daniel J. Stechschulte, M.D. Constantine Stefanides, M.D. Rishon Stember, M.D. Richard J. Summers, M.D. Lee Puan Tan, M.D. Albino F. Tiburcio, Jr., M.D. Martin Turkish, M.D. Gerald E. Vanderpool, M.D. Joseph R. Vilseck, M.D. Lewis Walker, M.D. D. Robert Webb, M.D. Harvey Weisslitz, M.D. James Willoughby, M.D. Aubrey, Worrell, M.D.

Dr. Ataualpa Reis and Dr. Rosa Sin-Loy became Corresponding Members. Mr. Charles Clark, Ms. .Joanne Tignall, and Mr. Barry Wawrzyn became Affiliate Members. Article

II, Section 6 of the Constitution

of the Academy was changed to read :

Honorary Fellows shall be elected for life. They shall consist of those physicians and othrrs who are distinguished by their contributions of exceptional merit and position of

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honor and influence in medicine in general, or in allergy in particular. Honolnry Fellows shrill be nominated by the Committee on Awnrds, Memorials and Commemorative Lectureships and elected by the Ezeczctiwe Committee. Honorary Fellows shall not have the right to hold office, to vote, or to sponsor applicants for membership categories unless they have been advanced to Honorary status from Fellowship, in which case they shall retain their previous rights. They shall pay no dws, hut may receive the official Journal of the Academy at cost, if they so choose.

The following

(Xficers of the Academy were elected :

President-Elect \‘ice-President Secretary Treasurer Historian Executive Committee Member (to serve for three years)

The following

Sheldon C. Siegel, M.D. Bert B. Schoenkerman, M.D. Thomas E. Van Metre, Jr., M.D. Philip S. Norman, M.D. Roy Patterson, M.D. Samuel 0. Freedman, M.D.

resolutions were adopted by the membership :

Participants in competitive athletics with asthma and other allergic conditions should not be disqualified because of the use, with medical supervision, of therapeutic doses of ephedrine before and during athletic competition. While recognizing that acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) is a valuable drug, the American Academy of Allergy recommends that a formulation containing aspirin and advertisements promoting the formulation should clearly indicate that the preparation contains aspirin and that aspirin can be harmful to some persons. Roy Patterson, M.D., Historirrn