Military Section

Military Section

the Associatiort and to serve as a forum for student opinion on the subject matter of the reports. The consensus expressed in the workshops served as ...

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the Associatiort and to serve as a forum for student opinion on the subject matter of the reports. The consensus expressed in the workshops served as a basis for student testimony before the reference committees considering the various reports. Student interest in the workshop sessions was evidenced by the length of discussions-up to seven hours. Concluding committee reports, the adoption of resolutions 'a nd election of officers highligh ted the final session held all day Monday, May 19, and recessed until the second annual student banquet held that evening. Nearly 400 students and guests attended the banquet, sponsored by the Upjohn Company. A high point of the program was the presentation of the APhA Outstanding Student Chapter Award by Fred B. Gable, chairman of the com~ mittee on student chapters. A $200 check and an engraved plaque were presented to Daniel E. Furtado, president of the winning APhA-CPhA student chapter at the University of California in San Francisco. Following the presentation, Chair-

man Fink installed the following 196970 officers-President Gary H. Lawless, Drake University; President-elect Raymond L. Sattler, University of California; Vice President Donald R. Killingsworth; Auburn University; Secretary-Treasurer Ann C. Bonham, University of Oklahoma; Delegate Carey V. Post, University of Houston, and Alternate Delegates Michael L. Carver of the University of the Pacific, Edward L. Lynsky of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, and Linda L. Wells of the University of Wyoming. William R. Whitten, member of the APhA Board of Trustees, presented the feature address, pointing to future needs of the !profession and urging present students to prepare themselves for the roles they must take in the profession of tomorrow. Student APhA sessions concluded on Tuesday, May 20, with meetings of the new executive committee and the regional meeting planning committeea newly formed body which met to plan and coordinate the ,1 969-70 regional meetings of the Student APhA. Among significant action taken via committee recommendations or reso-

lutions, the Student APhA delegation urged more Association support of dnig abuse education programs by student chapters, empowered the executive committee to explore the feasibility of hosting a 1971 Congress of the International Pharmaceutical Students' Federation, directed that future Student APhA goals and objectives he studied, finalized formal recognition of the Student APhA's regional structure, criticized a proposed congressional cut in the Health Profession Loan and Scholarship Fund and urged continued APhA efforts in obtaining the listing of pharmacy on the Critical and Essential Occupation roster. At the first House session in which Student APhA was represented by its newly authorized five delegates, student spokesmen, empowered by a resolution previously passed by the student membership, succeeded in having the House add a section on cCSmoking and Health" to report of the committee on public health. The add ended section recommends cCthat pharmacists examine what effect the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies has on public health." •

Armed Forces," and Statler on c'Pharmacy Services for the Veteran." The fourth and concluding session was held jointly with the Academy of General Practice and ASHP. Papers were presented at this session on a variety of subjects of importance and interest to hospital pharmacists.

New officers elected for the military section were Statler, chainnan; Lieutenant Colonel Paul E. Hibberd, USAF, BSC, chairman-elect; Commander Theodore W. Tober, MSC, USN, vice chairman, and Captain Boris Osheroff, USPHS, secretarytreasurer. •

military section he APhA military section was well represented at the opening session (May 19th) at the luncheon meeting . where Captain William Briner (USPHS) was presented with the annual Military Section Literary Award as author of the paper entitled HPrep_ aration of 1-125 Labeled Microaggregated Human Serum Albumin for Use in Studies of Reticuloendothelial Function in Man." The educational grant from Eli Lilly and Company, represented by M.L. Meisner, was presented to Captain Briner by Colonel J.W. McNamara, MSC, USA, outgoing chairman of the section. Lieutenant L. Smith, MSC, USN, chief pharmacist, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, spoke at the opening session on HModified Unit Dose System for Military Hospitals." The second session was a joint one with ASHP. This was the second general session of ASHP with papers presented r'})by several well-known pharmacist-authors. The third session was a luncheon meeting with papers presented by Lieutenant Colonel R.W. Featherston, RCAMC, and Robert A. Statler, VA. Featherston, as director of the Canadian Military Pharmacists, spoke on "The Pharmacists in the Canadian

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New officers of the APhA military section include (left to right) Capt. Boris

J . Osheroff (USPHS), secretary-treasurer; Cmdr. Theodore W. Tober (USN), vice chairman; Robert A. Statler (Veterans Administration), chairman, and Lt. Col. Paul E. Hibberd (USAF), chairman-elect.

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