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Las Vegas Welcomes APhA
he welcome banner is up and the neon lights are T ablaze- everything is being readied for the 109th annual APHA meeting in the fascinating, fabulous desert oasis of Las Vegas, Nevada. Here for four-anda-half jam-packed days, March 26- 30, APHA members will discuss current problems, plan courses of action, hear outstanding speakers, participate in scientific discussions, visit well-planned and well-executed scientific and technical exhibits and relax in an atmosphere where top names of show business tumble over each other in the spotlight. No one hotel will be headquarters for conventiongoers, instead six hotels along the famous multimilliondollar Vegas Strip will serve as "home" base- the Dunes, Flamingo, Sahara, Sands, Stardust and Thunderbird. APHA business sessions as well as its social gatherings will be concentrated in the new, modern, six-million-dollar Las Vegas Convention Center. Condensed, streamlined and effectively programmed, Hubert H. Humphrey
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the 109th annual meeting will be officially convened Monday afternoon when President J. Warren Lansdowne gavels the general session to order, the Honorable Oran Cragson, mayor of Las Vegas, welcomes APHA members to the sparkling city of the Nevada desert and Frank Bollig, convention chairman, greets them with a highlighted outline of the days ahead. Topping off the general session and immediately following it will be a reception honoring President and Mrs. J. Warren Lansdowne. Special music and refreshments are planned for the occasion. An international note will be sounded on Wednesday when Sir Hugh N. Linstead, member of the British Parliament, secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, addresses the main general session . Sir Hugh, a pharmacist himself, will discuss pharmaceutical problems from the international aspect. On the same program the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, senior United States Senator from Minnesota and assistant majority leader of the Senate, will throw a governmental spotlight on the profession today. Senator Humphrey, too, is a pharmacist having re ceived his degree from the Denver College of Pharmacy. Before beginning his career in politics he worked in a community pharmacy in Huron, South Dakota. Rounding out the Wednesday program will be the presentation of plaques and certificates to winners of the 1961 National Pharmacy Week contest. Slated to speak at the annual banquet on Thursday evening is the Honorable Grant Sawyer, governor of Nevada. He will share the spotlight with winners of the Kilmer and Ebert Prizes and of the Research Achievement Awards. Highlight of the evening wil1 be the remarks of president-elect, George F. Archan1bault, who will set the stage for the year to come. Concluding the meeting on Friday will be the final general session. At that time members will hear the reports of the' House of Delegates and the Women's Auxiliary and will install APHA officers for 1062-63.
house of delegates Three sessions of the House of Delegates are scheduled for this 50th anniversary year for the policy-making body of APHA. Grover C. Bowles, Jr., chairman of the House, will raise the curtain on the opening session on Monday afternoon. High points are expected to be the address of the chairman and reports by Secretary William S. Apple and Treasurer Hugo H. Schaefer. Committee reports and a look at National Poison Prevention Week as presented by Henry L. Verhulst, secretary of the steering committee for NPPW, are on the agenda for the second session of the House of Delegates, slated for Wednesday afternoon following the general session. The House of Delegates will complete its business on Friday morning when it elects and installs officers, hears final committee reports and ballots for APHA's secretary, treasurer and honorary president.
section highlights Seven sections will fit full programs into the five days of meeting. Heading the list is the newly organized section on the general practice of pharmacy whose program has been geared for the practicing pharmacist. Symposiums will include the pharmacist and his community responsibility, employeeemployer relations and the changing concept of pharmaceutical service. The first symposium will be moderated by pharmacist and California assemblyman Byron Rumford and will include panelists William H . Baumer, co-author of a new book, Politics Is Your Business, and Santa Monica, California mayor
and pharmacist Thomas M. McCarthy. The latter symposium includes discussions by Paul C. Olsen on sources from which medications ordered by physicians are obtained, a challenge to pharmaceutical education by Jack Orr and a current review of pharmaceutical organizations by Robert E. Abrams. Other papers on the section program will outline a survey of drug sales in nonprofessional outlets, draw a blueprint for establishing the community pharmacy as a health education center and present a standard cost analysis of some 1,783 pharmacies. Section meetings, which have been arranged so as to not conflict with any meetings of the American College of Apothecaries, will be held Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Pharmacists are expected to learn the latest developments in pharmaceutical sciences at the scientific section program with its eight scheduled sessions, its presentation of 130 papers and four symposiums and its annual business meeting. The four symposiums have each been programmed for a different day. On Monday afternoon Takeru Higuchi will preside over the session dealing with "Problems Related to Increasing Drug Solubility and Other Equilibria of Pharmaceutical Interest;" Joseph Swintosky will handle the symposium on "Drug Absorption, Metabolism and Excretion" on Tuesday afternoon; Wednesday morning S. Morris Kupchan will direct the third symposium on "Biologically-Active Natural Products and Derived Synthetic Drugs" and Edward R. Garrett will preside over the final symposium on "Chemical Kinetics and Mechanisms of Degradation of Drugs and Compounds of Biochemical Interest" on Thursday
morning. The scientific papers will range from a discussion of the effect of ultrasonic waves on the stability of surface active agents to an evaluation of technics in color stability studies and from the effects of certain compounds on experimental muscular dystrophy to a design for standardizing data in clinical trials. Highlighting the annual business meeting will be an address by the recipient of the Kilmer prize and the election and installation of officers. Two symposiums and a luncheon are on the agenda for the industrial pharmacy section. Moderating "The Changing Times of Tableting" scheduled for Tuesda y morning will be Jack Cooper while C.]. Lintner will head the Thursday afternoon symposium on "Strengthening Technical Communications." W.C. Sugg, guest spe2.ker for the Thursday luncheon, will set the scene for the symposium to follow when he discusses the changing image of the pharmaceutical industry. The military pharmacy section has arranged two luncheons, one on Monday and the other on Wednesday. Addresses by pharmacy consultants to the surgeons general of the armed forces and the Public Health Service and to the medical director of the Veterans Administration will headline the Monday luncheon. Concluding this session will be the section's annual business meeting. Rear Admiral William 1. Knickerbocker, commander, Defense Medical Supply Center, will give the feature address at the Wednesday luncheon. The section on pharmaceutical technology (formerly named the section on practical pharmacy) will feature a symposium on incompatibilities of manufactured products on Tuesday afternoon and feature a variety of
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papers at sessions on Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon and all day Thursday the section on historical pharmacy will hold joint meetings with the American Institute of the Hist ory of Pharmacy. The Tuesday and Thursday afternoon sessions will be under the direction of the section officers with AIHP officers conducting the Thursday morning session. Slated for presenta tion are 17 papers, five of them giving the history of pharmacy colleges, three of them concerned with collections and exhibits, three of them dealing with state associations and the others dis-
cussing drugs of the Bible, Mrs. Masters' " Tuscarora Rice," botanical gardens of Andre Michaux, the five-year program, men of science on postage stamps and professionalism in pharmacy. The annual business meeting a nd election of officers will conclude the Thursday session. A new fea ture will be introduced at the student section meetings when a series of six forums will be held simultaneously on Tuesday a ft ernoon. Subjects t o be covered include the potential of a prepharmacy society, the improvement of interprofessional relations, the need for student API-I A brancesh
fraternity, sorority and alumni special functions Programmed for th e APH A convention week in Las Vegas a re many fraternity , sorority a nd a lumni luncheons, breakfasts a nd dinners. The' number of th ese specia l functions has been increasing each year a nd in Las Vegas there a re more group s th a n ever planning eve nts. The list b elow covers onl y those whose a rra ngements have been made to date. Ann ouncements of fun ct ions for other a lumni or fraten la l organization s will be made later. Tuesday, March 27
12 :00 noon 12:00 noon 12: 30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6: 00 p.m.
Ohio State University Alumni Luncheon University of California School of Pharmacy Luncheon Jefferson Medical College Hospita l Pharmacy Alumni Luncheon University of Minnesota Alumni Luncheon Wisconsin Reception and Dinner
Tower Room Sahara Convention Hall "A" Dunes Champagne Room Thunderbird Room 10 Goldfield Room Tropicana
Wednesday, March 28
7:30 a.m .
Phi Delta Chi Fraternity Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Lambda Kappa Sigma Breakfast
8: 00 a .m.
Kappa Psi Fraternity Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Rho Pi Phi Breakfast
12:00 noon 12:00 noon
12 :00 noon
Ferris Institute Alumni Lunch eon New York State Council of Hospital Pharmacists Luncheon Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science Luncheon Purdue University Alumni Luncheon
12:15 p.m . 6:30 p.m.
University of Maryland Luncheon Rho Chi Banquet
12 :00 noon
Pan American Room Stardust Champagne Room Thunderbird Camellia Room Thunderbird Dubonnet Room Thunderbird Convention Hall "A" Dunes Room 10 Room 12 Champagne Room Thunderbird Camellia Room Thunderbird Room 2 Room 4
Thursday, March 29
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Columbia University College of Pharmacy Breakfast University of Florida College of Pharmacy Alumni Breakfast
Room 2 Silver Room Flamingo
Friday, March 30
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the student's role in pharmacy organi zation, his contribution in recruitment for API-IA and the effect of unions on the profession of pharmacy. In addition the students will hold four other sessions with committee reports and special speakers receiving priority . S. J ohn Byington, assistant director of API-IA's division of communications, will outline the ways by which students can improve pharmacy's public image; Donald D oyle will discuss the student's role in pharmacy legislation and Milo R. Atkin will describe a functional community pharmacy internship program. Serving as adviser to the student section for the third year is Milton Neuroth, chairman of APHA 's committee on student branches. Winding up its sessions on Thursday morning the student section will elect a nd install new officers.
related and affiliated groups Meeting in conjunction with APHA's annual meeting are vari ous related and affili ated groups including th e American Society of Hospital Pharmacis ts, American College of Apothecaries, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Institute of the H ist ory of Pharmacy, Na tional Association of Boards of Pharmacy , National Conference of State Pharmaceutical Association Secretaries and Metropolitan D rug Association Secretaries. ASHP offers a star-studded program for its members from its opening session on Monday morning t o its closing session on Thursday morni ng. Among the high spots will be talks by the Reverend Henry Kuizenga, minister of the First Presbyt erian Church of San Anselmo, California and by F rank S. Grover, immediate past president of the American Hospital Association. Other highlights include a discussion on automation by Vernon O. Trygsta d; Mark Blumberg, MD, senior health economist of Stanford Research Institute, and Morton Slavin of Project MEDIC, Syst ems Development Corporation. A special presentation will be made to Don E. Francke, editor of t he American Jou rnal of Hospital Pharmacy, as the Journal marks two decades of progress . Featured speaker at the special session will be Glenn Sonnedecker, direct or of AIHP. Don Francke will also be honored at a reception on Tuesday evening at the Stardust Hotel. Grover C. Bowles, Jr., chairman of API-IA's H ouse of Delegates, will be given the 1962 H.A.K. Whitney lecture award on \Vednesday evening when ASH P holds its annual H.A .K. Whitney award reception and dinner at the Stardust H otel. Rounding out the program will be business sessions for the House of Delegates, a breakfast and general sessions for discussion of all phases of hospital pharmacy .
1962 local convention committee Lester J. Hilp, assistant chairman , Reno John I. Black, Winnemucca N.E. Broadbent, Ely John P. Cannan, Reno Robert D. Quinn, Elko A.J. Rafael, Las Vegas
hospitality and reception committee Jack D. Heinz, co-chairman , Las Vegas Stewart E. Paquette, co-chairman , Las Vegas Ted H. Brandt, Las Vegas Robert N. Broadbent, Boulder City Vernon J. Christenson, Boulder City A.A. Wheeler, Las Vegas
entertainment committee Frank M. Bollig and Peter Codner go over last minute arrangements for the APhA annual meeting .
Frank M. Bollig, general chairman, Las Vegas Peter Codner, secretary, Reno
women's committee
executive committee Milo G. Banovich, Reno Chester L. Cochran, Carson City Hugh H. Densmore, Carson City Melvin W. Griffiths, Las Vegas F. Ted Lemons, Reno Alden T. Sharp, Las Vegas
finance committee Roy V. Schwab, chairm an, Los Ange les W.E. Ferron, assi stant ch airman , Las Vegas
Joseph Stetler, director of the legal and socio-economic division of the American Medical Association, will be the featured speaker on the ACA program on Wednesday , March 28, when he discusses positive programs for health care of the aged. Other highlights of the four-session program, which has been dovetailed with that of the section on general practice of pharmacy, include a panel on what practitioners and teachers of pharmacy expect of each other, a discussion of highlights of a new classification of drugs, a look at dental prescribing and ACA's dental program, a panel on the fee concept in operation and pictures and films of newly opened pharmacies and their operations. Social event for ACA members will be the annual dinner of the group, which will be at the Hotel Tropicana and take in the famous Folies Bergere dinner show on Wednesday evening. For the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, its 58th annual meeting will mark a special occasion. Patrick H. Costello, secretary of NABP, will be honored at a testimonial luncheon commemorating 20 years of service as secretary and recognizing the many important contributions and services he has given to pharmacy. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, March 27, in the rotunda of the Con-
Harvey G. Parvin, chairman , Las Vegas Murdell C. Earl, Las Vegas Joseph Shapiro, Las Vegas Don E. Spangler, Las Vegas Jack E. Staggs, Las Vegas
Mrs. Mildred R. Smith, chairman , Las Vegas Mrs. John I. Black, Winnemucca Mrs. Frank N. Bollig, Las Vegas Mrs. Peter Codner, Reno Mrs. Floyd Dietlein, Las Vegas Mrs. Lola Gastanaga, Reno Mrs. Stan D. Kozloski , Sparks Mrs. Harvey G. Parvin, Las Vegas Mrs. A.J. Rafael, Las Vegas Mrs. George Rich, Las Vegas Mrs. Alden T. Sharp, Las Vega s
venti on Center. Dr. Costello will retire on July 1 as secretary of NABP, following a career of leadership which has reached into every level of the profession and which has made him recipient of pharmacy's highest awards and honors. NABP is extending a cordial invitation to all of Costello's friends and colleagues to participate in this testimonial luncheon. Tickets will be available at the APHA convention registration desk. Focal point on the N ABP program will be the Bureau of Law Enforcement program on Tuesday morning, featuring a discussion of control over the distribution of prescription drugs . Panelists include John T . Kelly, legislative counsel for PMA, Harry A Kimbriel, executive vice president of NWDA, t he Honorable Stanley Mosk, attorney general of California, and Paul Pumpian. A seminar on licensure examination, committee reports and the election and installation of officers will round out the program. A full schedule has been arranged for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy which will hold its 63rd convention in conjunction with APHA's annual meeting in Las Vegas. Three general sessions will feature reports of officers and committees, addresses by the president and vice president and election of officers. Special group meetings will be conducted by the
sections of teachers on biological sciences, on chemistry, of graduate instruction, of pharmacy, of pharmacy administration and the conference of teachers. The general sessions begin Monday morning and continue on Tuesday. The special sections all meet Monday afternoon. A symposium on the historical perspective of current developments in pharmacy and a panel which will attempt to identify figures out of pharmacy's past after the fashion of a quiz show are on the agenda for the annual historical program of AIHP when it meets jointly with the section on historical pharmacy on Thursday morning. The group will hold its annual business meeting on W ednesda y morning when a special memorial tribute will be paid to R oy Bird Cook, honorary president of AI HP, who died November 23. Both the Metropolitan Drug Association Secretaries and the National Conference of State Pharmaceutical Association Secretaries will hold meetings on Wednesday and T hursday. Opening session for both will be a joint round table discussion session on Wednesday morning, followed by a reception and luncheon. On Thursday each group will meet separately with the state group discussing welfare programs in' the morning and going into executive session in the afternoon. Vol. NS2, No.3, March 1962
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Hoover Dam , man' s answer to the challenge of the desert, is located just 30 miles outside of Las Vegas.
Dude ranches provide opportunities for reraxa tion and scenic horseback rides through the mesquite and sagebrush.
women 's auxiliary Board meetings, committee meetings, general sessions and a special Hunt Breakfast, make up the schedule for the Women's Auxiliary. Beginning on Sunday, March 25, with a board meeting, Auxiliary members will find never a dull moment in Las Vegas and on the agenda for the week. In addition to the Sunday session, the board will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Committee meetings are slated for Monday afternoon and a general session on Thursday morning. The special Hunt Breakfast on T uesday morning at 10 a .m. will featu re 51 different dishes and will be served in the Pan American Room of the Stardust Hotel.
Thursday fabulous fashions will be shown at the special ladies luncheon at the Flamingo Hotel and on Thursday evening the ladies will join the men for the APHA banquet.
the lad ies' prog ram
pharmaceutical wholesalers association
There'll be fun, relaxation and enjoyment for the ladies attending the APHA meeting in Las Vegas. In addition to all the excitement, shows and activities the adult world's Disneyland has to offer, a special program of entertainment has been arranged for the ladies. A tour of Hoover dam will take the feminine contingent past a war-born magnesium plant, through Boulder City where a picture on the construction of Hoover Dam will be shown, on to Lake Mead for a panoramic view of the man-made lake and then to Hoover Dam itself. This tour is being offered on Monday and Thursday afternoons. All ladies are invited to the special Hunt Breakfast of the Women's Auxiliary on Tuesday morning. On
Just preceding APHA's meeting will be the annual convention of the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association. Opening with cocktails and a banquet on Thursday, March 22, the convention will wind up with a business session on Saturday afternoon. All sessions will be held at the Dunes Hotel. Featured luncheon speakers will include Stafford L. Warren, MD, dean of the school of Medicine of the University of California at Los Angeles on Friday, March 23, and George M. Fister, MD, president-elect of the American Medical Association on Saturday, March 24. Other highlights include the president's reception on Friday evening, March 23, and two general sessions with speakers from the pharmaceutical
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industry, advertising, publication and educational fields.
convention registration The registration desk will be located in the lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center and will be open all afternoon and evening on Sunday for registration. To avoid any registration inconvenience everyone who arrives on Sunday is urged to come to the Convention Center after checking into his hotel. The convention registration desk will open at 12 noon Sunday and will remain open until 10 p.m. for the convenience of those arriving in the evening. Throughout the week the desk will be open as follows- Monday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The registration fee- $15 per person for members, nonmembers, wives and guests- includes admission to all meetings, exhibits, annual banquet and women's activities. Coupon books covering admission to the individual
events will be provided at the time of registration as well as the official convention badges which will permit attendance at the general programs and admission to the exhibit area. The new streamlined program will give everyone an opportunity to attend all official JUH·dions from the president's reception through the banquet. For this reason no refunds on unused tickets (including banquet tickets) will be given. APHA student members may register without charge but the student registration does not include admission to the annual banquet. Separate banquet tickets will be available for $10. Wives and guests of student members may register at the regular fee of $15 which includes the banquet ticket.
convention information A show reservation desk for the dinner and midnight shows at the various hotels will be open in the registration area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday. Reservations for shows can be made at this desk. Those arriving on Sunday can make reservations even for the Sunday evening dinner
Magnificent ,swimming their offer .of cooling .are a big attraction at convention hptels and
or late shows (see page 168) when they arrive. Those attending the convention will find that there are any number of excellent restaurants within the hotels as well as elsewhere that provide excellent food at reasonable prices in delightful and interesting settings. An information desk staffed by the local committee will be provided in the convention registration area in the lobby. Medical service, lost and found, city and travel information, hotel accommodation and message inquiries will be handled at this desk. In addition there will be a separate desk in this area where tickets for special events may be purchased or exchanged.
travel information Las Vegas is located on a main arterial highway, easily reached by car, bus, air or rail. I t is on th e main line of the Union Pacific Railroad between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. With its new 10,000 foot runway, McCarran Field is serviced directly by jets of the nation's major airlines, including TWA, United, National, Delta, Western, Bonanza and Pacific. Those who arrive on Sunday by air will be met by members of the local convention committee at the airport. APHA members are urged to identify themselves to the committee members at the airport and receive complimentary limousine service to their hotels. This service has been arranged for Sunday only. A special shuttle bus between the six convention hotels and the Convention Center will be in operation from Sunday noon to Friday noon. Schedules for the buses which will stop to pick up passengers only at the six designated convention hotels and the Convention Center will be posted in each hotel and the Convention Center. The schedules will also be published in the Daily
Bulletin which will provide information on last-minute changes in program, news notes and a day-to-day listing of registrations. As for the weather in Las Vegas temperatures will hover between a low of 55 0 at night to a high in the 70's during the day. Humidity is practically an unknown quantity in this dry atmosphere and rain is a rarity. Clothes are casual during the day but at night most everyone dresses. APHA social events will be informal dress. For those who may wish to go formal the white tuxedo coat is tabu in Las Vegas; the black tuxedo is accepted. As is customary! special suites will be provided for the Sisters, students and ladies. The lounge for the Sisters will be at the Convention Center while the lounge for the ladies, local committee and ASHP will be at the Stardust Hotel. Exact locations will be announced in the Daily Bulletin and the program. Students will be housed at the Algiers Hotel where rooms will be available in dormitory style, three to a room at a special rate of $4 per student per room per day. The student lounge will also be located at the Algiers. With the final general session concluding at noon on Friday conventioners will have a weekend to enjoy the various attractions of Las Vegas, to tour the desert country, see Death Valley Scotty's fabulous castle in the desert, visit Hoover Dam, go boating on Lake Mead, go skiing on the slopes of the Charleston mountains, spend a weekend on a dude ranch or travel on to see the splendor of Grand Canyon. An exciting program has been planned in the country's most elaborate and enchanting entertainment center. Pharmacists are invited to come and take part in setting the course for the coming year and in planning the professional future of pharmacy . •
pools with· rehrxation all official motels. .
Fabulous and i ncredi ble, Death Valley Scotty~ s castle seems almost a mi r age to the tourist seei ng it fo r the'f irst t i me.
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the 109th annual meeting will be officially convened Monday afternoon when President J. Warren Lansdowne gavels the general session to order, the Honorable Oran Cragson, mayor of Las Vegas, welcomes APHA members to the sparkling city of the Nevada desert and Frank Bollig, convention chairman, greets them with a highlighted outline of the days ahead. Topping off the general session and immediately following it will be a reception honoring President and Mrs. J. Warren Lansdowne. Special music and refreshments are planned for the occasion. An international note will be sounded on Wednesday when Sir Hugh N. Linstead, member of the British Parliament, secretary of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain and president of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, addresses the main general session . Sir Hugh, a pharmacist himself, will discuss pharmaceutical problems from the international aspect. On the same program the Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, senior United States Senator from Minnesota and assistant majority leader of the Senate, will throw a governmental spotlight on the profession today. Senator Humphrey, too, is a pharmacist having re ceived his degree from the Denver College of Pharmacy. Before beginning his career in politics he worked in a community pharmacy in Huron, South Dakota. Rounding out the Wednesday program will be the presentation of plaques and certificates to winners of the 1961 National Pharmacy Week contest. Slated to speak at the annual banquet on Thursday evening is the Honorable Grant Sawyer, governor of Nevada. He will share the spotlight with winners of the Kilmer and Ebert Prizes and of the Research Achievement Awards. Highlight of the evening wil1 be the remarks of president-elect, George F. Archan1bault, who will set the stage for the year to come. Concluding the meeting on Friday will be the final general session. At that time members will hear the reports of the' House of Delegates and the Women's Auxiliary and will install APHA officers for 1062-63.
house of delegates Three sessions of the House of Delegates are scheduled for this 50th anniversary year for the policy-making body of APHA. Grover C. Bowles, Jr., chairman of the House, will raise the curtain on the opening session on Monday afternoon. High points are expected to be the address of the chairman and reports by Secretary William S. Apple and Treasurer Hugo H. Schaefer. Committee reports and a look at National Poison Prevention Week as presented by Henry L. Verhulst, secretary of the steering committee for NPPW, are on the agenda for the second session of the House of Delegates, slated for Wednesday afternoon following the general session. The House of Delegates will complete its business on Friday morning when it elects and installs officers, hears final committee reports and ballots for APHA's secretary, treasurer and honorary president.
section highlights Seven sections will fit full programs into the five days of meeting. Heading the list is the newly organized section on the general practice of pharmacy whose program has been geared for the practicing pharmacist. Symposiums will include the pharmacist and his community responsibility, employeeemployer relations and the changing concept of pharmaceutical service. The first symposium will be moderated by pharmacist and California assemblyman Byron Rumford and will include panelists William H . Baumer, co-author of a new book, Politics Is Your Business, and Santa Monica, California mayor
and pharmacist Thomas M. McCarthy. The latter symposium includes discussions by Paul C. Olsen on sources from which medications ordered by physicians are obtained, a challenge to pharmaceutical education by Jack Orr and a current review of pharmaceutical organizations by Robert E. Abrams. Other papers on the section program will outline a survey of drug sales in nonprofessional outlets, draw a blueprint for establishing the community pharmacy as a health education center and present a standard cost analysis of some 1,783 pharmacies. Section meetings, which have been arranged so as to not conflict with any meetings of the American College of Apothecaries, will be held Monday morning, Tuesday afternoon and Thursday morning. Pharmacists are expected to learn the latest developments in pharmaceutical sciences at the scientific section program with its eight scheduled sessions, its presentation of 130 papers and four symposiums and its annual business meeting. The four symposiums have each been programmed for a different day. On Monday afternoon Takeru Higuchi will preside over the session dealing with "Problems Related to Increasing Drug Solubility and Other Equilibria of Pharmaceutical Interest;" Joseph Swintosky will handle the symposium on "Drug Absorption, Metabolism and Excretion" on Tuesday afternoon; Wednesday morning S. Morris Kupchan will direct the third symposium on "Biologically-Active Natural Products and Derived Synthetic Drugs" and Edward R. Garrett will preside over the final symposium on "Chemical Kinetics and Mechanisms of Degradation of Drugs and Compounds of Biochemical Interest" on Thursday
morning. The scientific papers will range from a discussion of the effect of ultrasonic waves on the stability of surface active agents to an evaluation of technics in color stability studies and from the effects of certain compounds on experimental muscular dystrophy to a design for standardizing data in clinical trials. Highlighting the annual business meeting will be an address by the recipient of the Kilmer prize and the election and installation of officers. Two symposiums and a luncheon are on the agenda for the industrial pharmacy section. Moderating "The Changing Times of Tableting" scheduled for Tuesda y morning will be Jack Cooper while C.]. Lintner will head the Thursday afternoon symposium on "Strengthening Technical Communications." W.C. Sugg, guest spe2.ker for the Thursday luncheon, will set the scene for the symposium to follow when he discusses the changing image of the pharmaceutical industry. The military pharmacy section has arranged two luncheons, one on Monday and the other on Wednesday. Addresses by pharmacy consultants to the surgeons general of the armed forces and the Public Health Service and to the medical director of the Veterans Administration will headline the Monday luncheon. Concluding this session will be the section's annual business meeting. Rear Admiral William 1. Knickerbocker, commander, Defense Medical Supply Center, will give the feature address at the Wednesday luncheon. The section on pharmaceutical technology (formerly named the section on practical pharmacy) will feature a symposium on incompatibilities of manufactured products on Tuesday afternoon and feature a variety of
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papers at sessions on Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoon. On Tuesday afternoon and all day Thursday the section on historical pharmacy will hold joint meetings with the American Institute of the Hist ory of Pharmacy. The Tuesday and Thursday afternoon sessions will be under the direction of the section officers with AIHP officers conducting the Thursday morning session. Slated for presenta tion are 17 papers, five of them giving the history of pharmacy colleges, three of them concerned with collections and exhibits, three of them dealing with state associations and the others dis-
cussing drugs of the Bible, Mrs. Masters' " Tuscarora Rice," botanical gardens of Andre Michaux, the five-year program, men of science on postage stamps and professionalism in pharmacy. The annual business meeting a nd election of officers will conclude the Thursday session. A new fea ture will be introduced at the student section meetings when a series of six forums will be held simultaneously on Tuesday a ft ernoon. Subjects t o be covered include the potential of a prepharmacy society, the improvement of interprofessional relations, the need for student API-I A brancesh
fraternity, sorority and alumni special functions Programmed for th e APH A convention week in Las Vegas a re many fraternity , sorority a nd a lumni luncheons, breakfasts a nd dinners. The' number of th ese specia l functions has been increasing each year a nd in Las Vegas there a re more group s th a n ever planning eve nts. The list b elow covers onl y those whose a rra ngements have been made to date. Ann ouncements of fun ct ions for other a lumni or fraten la l organization s will be made later. Tuesday, March 27
12 :00 noon 12:00 noon 12: 30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 6: 00 p.m.
Ohio State University Alumni Luncheon University of California School of Pharmacy Luncheon Jefferson Medical College Hospita l Pharmacy Alumni Luncheon University of Minnesota Alumni Luncheon Wisconsin Reception and Dinner
Tower Room Sahara Convention Hall "A" Dunes Champagne Room Thunderbird Room 10 Goldfield Room Tropicana
Wednesday, March 28
7:30 a.m .
Phi Delta Chi Fraternity Breakfast
7:30 a.m.
Lambda Kappa Sigma Breakfast
8: 00 a .m.
Kappa Psi Fraternity Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Breakfast
9:00 a.m.
Rho Pi Phi Breakfast
12:00 noon 12:00 noon
12 :00 noon
Ferris Institute Alumni Lunch eon New York State Council of Hospital Pharmacists Luncheon Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science Luncheon Purdue University Alumni Luncheon
12:15 p.m . 6:30 p.m.
University of Maryland Luncheon Rho Chi Banquet
12 :00 noon
Pan American Room Stardust Champagne Room Thunderbird Camellia Room Thunderbird Dubonnet Room Thunderbird Convention Hall "A" Dunes Room 10 Room 12 Champagne Room Thunderbird Camellia Room Thunderbird Room 2 Room 4
Thursday, March 29
8:00 a.m. 8: 00 a.m .
Columbia University College of Pharmacy Breakfast University of Florida College of Pharmacy Alumni Breakfast
Room 2 Silver Room Flamingo
Friday, March 30
1:30 p.m.
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the student's role in pharmacy organi zation, his contribution in recruitment for API-IA and the effect of unions on the profession of pharmacy. In addition the students will hold four other sessions with committee reports and special speakers receiving priority . S. J ohn Byington, assistant director of API-IA's division of communications, will outline the ways by which students can improve pharmacy's public image; Donald D oyle will discuss the student's role in pharmacy legislation and Milo R. Atkin will describe a functional community pharmacy internship program. Serving as adviser to the student section for the third year is Milton Neuroth, chairman of APHA 's committee on student branches. Winding up its sessions on Thursday morning the student section will elect a nd install new officers.
related and affiliated groups Meeting in conjunction with APHA's annual meeting are vari ous related and affili ated groups including th e American Society of Hospital Pharmacis ts, American College of Apothecaries, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American Institute of the H ist ory of Pharmacy, Na tional Association of Boards of Pharmacy , National Conference of State Pharmaceutical Association Secretaries and Metropolitan D rug Association Secretaries. ASHP offers a star-studded program for its members from its opening session on Monday morning t o its closing session on Thursday morni ng. Among the high spots will be talks by the Reverend Henry Kuizenga, minister of the First Presbyt erian Church of San Anselmo, California and by F rank S. Grover, immediate past president of the American Hospital Association. Other highlights include a discussion on automation by Vernon O. Trygsta d; Mark Blumberg, MD, senior health economist of Stanford Research Institute, and Morton Slavin of Project MEDIC, Syst ems Development Corporation. A special presentation will be made to Don E. Francke, editor of t he American Jou rnal of Hospital Pharmacy, as the Journal marks two decades of progress . Featured speaker at the special session will be Glenn Sonnedecker, direct or of AIHP. Don Francke will also be honored at a reception on Tuesday evening at the Stardust Hotel. Grover C. Bowles, Jr., chairman of API-IA's H ouse of Delegates, will be given the 1962 H.A.K. Whitney lecture award on \Vednesday evening when ASH P holds its annual H.A .K. Whitney award reception and dinner at the Stardust H otel. Rounding out the program will be business sessions for the House of Delegates, a breakfast and general sessions for discussion of all phases of hospital pharmacy .
1962 local convention committee Lester J. Hilp, assistant chairman , Reno John I. Black, Winnemucca N.E. Broadbent, Ely John P. Cannan, Reno Robert D. Quinn, Elko A.J. Rafael, Las Vegas
hospitality and reception committee Jack D. Heinz, co-chairman , Las Vegas Stewart E. Paquette, co-chairman , Las Vegas Ted H. Brandt, Las Vegas Robert N. Broadbent, Boulder City Vernon J. Christenson, Boulder City A.A. Wheeler, Las Vegas
entertainment committee Frank M. Bollig and Peter Codner go over last minute arrangements for the APhA annual meeting .
Frank M. Bollig, general chairman, Las Vegas Peter Codner, secretary, Reno
women's committee
executive committee Milo G. Banovich, Reno Chester L. Cochran, Carson City Hugh H. Densmore, Carson City Melvin W. Griffiths, Las Vegas F. Ted Lemons, Reno Alden T. Sharp, Las Vegas
finance committee Roy V. Schwab, chairm an, Los Ange les W.E. Ferron, assi stant ch airman , Las Vegas
Joseph Stetler, director of the legal and socio-economic division of the American Medical Association, will be the featured speaker on the ACA program on Wednesday , March 28, when he discusses positive programs for health care of the aged. Other highlights of the four-session program, which has been dovetailed with that of the section on general practice of pharmacy, include a panel on what practitioners and teachers of pharmacy expect of each other, a discussion of highlights of a new classification of drugs, a look at dental prescribing and ACA's dental program, a panel on the fee concept in operation and pictures and films of newly opened pharmacies and their operations. Social event for ACA members will be the annual dinner of the group, which will be at the Hotel Tropicana and take in the famous Folies Bergere dinner show on Wednesday evening. For the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, its 58th annual meeting will mark a special occasion. Patrick H. Costello, secretary of NABP, will be honored at a testimonial luncheon commemorating 20 years of service as secretary and recognizing the many important contributions and services he has given to pharmacy. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, March 27, in the rotunda of the Con-
Harvey G. Parvin, chairman , Las Vegas Murdell C. Earl, Las Vegas Joseph Shapiro, Las Vegas Don E. Spangler, Las Vegas Jack E. Staggs, Las Vegas
Mrs. Mildred R. Smith, chairman , Las Vegas Mrs. John I. Black, Winnemucca Mrs. Frank N. Bollig, Las Vegas Mrs. Peter Codner, Reno Mrs. Floyd Dietlein, Las Vegas Mrs. Lola Gastanaga, Reno Mrs. Stan D. Kozloski , Sparks Mrs. Harvey G. Parvin, Las Vegas Mrs. A.J. Rafael, Las Vegas Mrs. George Rich, Las Vegas Mrs. Alden T. Sharp, Las Vega s
venti on Center. Dr. Costello will retire on July 1 as secretary of NABP, following a career of leadership which has reached into every level of the profession and which has made him recipient of pharmacy's highest awards and honors. NABP is extending a cordial invitation to all of Costello's friends and colleagues to participate in this testimonial luncheon. Tickets will be available at the APHA convention registration desk. Focal point on the N ABP program will be the Bureau of Law Enforcement program on Tuesday morning, featuring a discussion of control over the distribution of prescription drugs . Panelists include John T . Kelly, legislative counsel for PMA, Harry A Kimbriel, executive vice president of NWDA, t he Honorable Stanley Mosk, attorney general of California, and Paul Pumpian. A seminar on licensure examination, committee reports and the election and installation of officers will round out the program. A full schedule has been arranged for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy which will hold its 63rd convention in conjunction with APHA's annual meeting in Las Vegas. Three general sessions will feature reports of officers and committees, addresses by the president and vice president and election of officers. Special group meetings will be conducted by the
sections of teachers on biological sciences, on chemistry, of graduate instruction, of pharmacy, of pharmacy administration and the conference of teachers. The general sessions begin Monday morning and continue on Tuesday. The special sections all meet Monday afternoon. A symposium on the historical perspective of current developments in pharmacy and a panel which will attempt to identify figures out of pharmacy's past after the fashion of a quiz show are on the agenda for the annual historical program of AIHP when it meets jointly with the section on historical pharmacy on Thursday morning. The group will hold its annual business meeting on W ednesda y morning when a special memorial tribute will be paid to R oy Bird Cook, honorary president of AI HP, who died November 23. Both the Metropolitan Drug Association Secretaries and the National Conference of State Pharmaceutical Association Secretaries will hold meetings on Wednesday and T hursday. Opening session for both will be a joint round table discussion session on Wednesday morning, followed by a reception and luncheon. On Thursday each group will meet separately with the state group discussing welfare programs in' the morning and going into executive session in the afternoon. Vol. NS2, No.3, March 1962
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Hoover Dam , man' s answer to the challenge of the desert, is located just 30 miles outside of Las Vegas.
Dude ranches provide opportunities for reraxa tion and scenic horseback rides through the mesquite and sagebrush.
women 's auxiliary Board meetings, committee meetings, general sessions and a special Hunt Breakfast, make up the schedule for the Women's Auxiliary. Beginning on Sunday, March 25, with a board meeting, Auxiliary members will find never a dull moment in Las Vegas and on the agenda for the week. In addition to the Sunday session, the board will meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Committee meetings are slated for Monday afternoon and a general session on Thursday morning. The special Hunt Breakfast on T uesday morning at 10 a .m. will featu re 51 different dishes and will be served in the Pan American Room of the Stardust Hotel.
Thursday fabulous fashions will be shown at the special ladies luncheon at the Flamingo Hotel and on Thursday evening the ladies will join the men for the APHA banquet.
the lad ies' prog ram
pharmaceutical wholesalers association
There'll be fun, relaxation and enjoyment for the ladies attending the APHA meeting in Las Vegas. In addition to all the excitement, shows and activities the adult world's Disneyland has to offer, a special program of entertainment has been arranged for the ladies. A tour of Hoover dam will take the feminine contingent past a war-born magnesium plant, through Boulder City where a picture on the construction of Hoover Dam will be shown, on to Lake Mead for a panoramic view of the man-made lake and then to Hoover Dam itself. This tour is being offered on Monday and Thursday afternoons. All ladies are invited to the special Hunt Breakfast of the Women's Auxiliary on Tuesday morning. On
Just preceding APHA's meeting will be the annual convention of the Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association. Opening with cocktails and a banquet on Thursday, March 22, the convention will wind up with a business session on Saturday afternoon. All sessions will be held at the Dunes Hotel. Featured luncheon speakers will include Stafford L. Warren, MD, dean of the school of Medicine of the University of California at Los Angeles on Friday, March 23, and George M. Fister, MD, president-elect of the American Medical Association on Saturday, March 24. Other highlights include the president's reception on Friday evening, March 23, and two general sessions with speakers from the pharmaceutical
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convention registration The registration desk will be located in the lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center and will be open all afternoon and evening on Sunday for registration. To avoid any registration inconvenience everyone who arrives on Sunday is urged to come to the Convention Center after checking into his hotel. The convention registration desk will open at 12 noon Sunday and will remain open until 10 p.m. for the convenience of those arriving in the evening. Throughout the week the desk will be open as follows- Monday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The registration fee- $15 per person for members, nonmembers, wives and guests- includes admission to all meetings, exhibits, annual banquet and women's activities. Coupon books covering admission to the individual
events will be provided at the time of registration as well as the official convention badges which will permit attendance at the general programs and admission to the exhibit area. The new streamlined program will give everyone an opportunity to attend all official JUH·dions from the president's reception through the banquet. For this reason no refunds on unused tickets (including banquet tickets) will be given. APHA student members may register without charge but the student registration does not include admission to the annual banquet. Separate banquet tickets will be available for $10. Wives and guests of student members may register at the regular fee of $15 which includes the banquet ticket.
convention information A show reservation desk for the dinner and midnight shows at the various hotels will be open in the registration area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday. Reservations for shows can be made at this desk. Those arriving on Sunday can make reservations even for the Sunday evening dinner
Magnificent ,swimming their offer .of cooling .are a big attraction at convention hptels and
or late shows (see page 168) when they arrive. Those attending the convention will find that there are any number of excellent restaurants within the hotels as well as elsewhere that provide excellent food at reasonable prices in delightful and interesting settings. An information desk staffed by the local committee will be provided in the convention registration area in the lobby. Medical service, lost and found, city and travel information, hotel accommodation and message inquiries will be handled at this desk. In addition there will be a separate desk in this area where tickets for special events may be purchased or exchanged.
travel information Las Vegas is located on a main arterial highway, easily reached by car, bus, air or rail. I t is on th e main line of the Union Pacific Railroad between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. With its new 10,000 foot runway, McCarran Field is serviced directly by jets of the nation's major airlines, including TWA, United, National, Delta, Western, Bonanza and Pacific. Those who arrive on Sunday by air will be met by members of the local convention committee at the airport. APHA members are urged to identify themselves to the committee members at the airport and receive complimentary limousine service to their hotels. This service has been arranged for Sunday only. A special shuttle bus between the six convention hotels and the Convention Center will be in operation from Sunday noon to Friday noon. Schedules for the buses which will stop to pick up passengers only at the six designated convention hotels and the Convention Center will be posted in each hotel and the Convention Center. The schedules will also be published in the Daily
Bulletin which will provide information on last-minute changes in program, news notes and a day-to-day listing of registrations. As for the weather in Las Vegas temperatures will hover between a low of 55 0 at night to a high in the 70's during the day. Humidity is practically an unknown quantity in this dry atmosphere and rain is a rarity. Clothes are casual during the day but at night most everyone dresses. APHA social events will be informal dress. For those who may wish to go formal the white tuxedo coat is tabu in Las Vegas; the black tuxedo is accepted. As is customary! special suites will be provided for the Sisters, students and ladies. The lounge for the Sisters will be at the Convention Center while the lounge for the ladies, local committee and ASHP will be at the Stardust Hotel. Exact locations will be announced in the Daily Bulletin and the program. Students will be housed at the Algiers Hotel where rooms will be available in dormitory style, three to a room at a special rate of $4 per student per room per day. The student lounge will also be located at the Algiers. With the final general session concluding at noon on Friday conventioners will have a weekend to enjoy the various attractions of Las Vegas, to tour the desert country, see Death Valley Scotty's fabulous castle in the desert, visit Hoover Dam, go boating on Lake Mead, go skiing on the slopes of the Charleston mountains, spend a weekend on a dude ranch or travel on to see the splendor of Grand Canyon. An exciting program has been planned in the country's most elaborate and enchanting entertainment center. Pharmacists are invited to come and take part in setting the course for the coming year and in planning the professional future of pharmacy . •
pools with· rehrxation all official motels. .
Fabulous and i ncredi ble, Death Valley Scotty~ s castle seems almost a mi r age to the tourist seei ng it fo r the'f irst t i me.
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