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tive White to ensure that dependents would be guaranteed the choice of seeking care in the private sector and that dependents would not be required to obtain a “certificate of non availability,” as under CHAMPUS, be fore doing so. In addition, the ADA was successful in including an assurance that the bill would guarantee no increase in mili tary dental personnel or facilities and that, when space is available, priority would be given to dependents of the lowest grade or rank. Although the House approved HR 8189, the Senate failed to take action during the remaining months of last year’s lame duck session. Representa tive White has reintroduced the legis lation, which passed last year to the 97th Congress, as well as a second bill, HR 3554, which closely follows the as-yet unreleased Defense Department plan with one major exception—the continuation of “space available” pro visions. The Subcommittee on Personnel and Compensation, which has juris diction over the pending proposals, has not indicated whether it plans to hold hearings on the measures. The subcommittee was restructured this year to incorporate the Subcom mittee on Compensation and Sub committee on Personnel. The reor ganization appointed one subcommit
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tee to deal exclusively with issues pre viously handled by the two panels. Mr. Nichols, a seven-term Con gressman from Alabama's Third Dis trict, was appointed to the House Armed Services Committee in 1969, and has served as chairman of the sub committees on military compensation, Panel on Nonappropriated Funds and Panel on Commissaries and Ex changes. After a brief tenure on the Ag riculture Committee, Representative Nichols now serves exclusively on the Armed Forces Committee. He was first elected to public office in 1959 as a representative to the Alabama house. In 1963, he moved to the state senate, and served as chairman of the military affairs committee. In addition to chair ing the compensation and personnel panel in the 97th Congress, Mr. Nichols is a member of the investiga tions subcommittee and the select panel on NATO. The subcommittee’s ranking minor ity member, Rep. Donald J. Mitchell, was elected to the House in 1972 from New York’s 31st District. After serving as a councilman and mayor of Her kimer, NY, Mr. Mitchell was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1964, where he served as majority whip. Like Chairman Nichols, he serves only on the Armed Forces Committee. He is also a member of the subcommittees
on military investigations and installa tions. Rep. Richard White (D-Tex), spon sor of HR 2181 and HR 3554, is a member of the subcommittee, as well as chairman of the Investigations Sub committee. First elected to the House in 1964 from the 16th District of Texas, Mr. White served two terms in the Texas legislature. An attorney, he in terspersed his political career with private law practice in El Paso, Tex. Representative White also serves on the House Science and Technology Committee and, since 1977, has been one of two Texas zone whips. He is past chairman of the Democratic Re search Organization, and presently serves on its executive committee. Other members of the panel include Democratic Reps. Charles Bennett (Fla), G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery (Miss), Les Aspin (Wis), Antonio Borja Won Pat (Guam), Beverly Byron (Md), and Ike Skelton (Mo). Republican members are Reps. Marjorie Holt (Md), Elwood Hillis (Ind), Larry Hopkins (Ky), Duncan Hunter (Calif), and Thomas Hartnett (SC). Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill) chairs the full committee and Rep. William Dic kinson (R-Ala) is ranking minority member. This column was prepared by Leonard P. Wheat, secretary, ADA Council on Federal Dental Services, and Nanci Langley, staff writer.
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Doctor Walker, of New York City, was elected 31st president of the Associa tion at the 1891 meeting at Saratoga Springs, New York. The scientific session that year included papers on “Electricity as a Therapeutic Agent in the Treatment of Hyperemia and Congestion of the Pulp and Peridental Mem brane,” “Senile Atrophy of the Upper Jaw,” and “Phagocytosis.” Doctor Walker received the DDS degree from the Baltimore College of Den tal Surgery in 1884. He served as president of the Dental Society of the State of New York, the Odontological Society of New York, the First District Dental Society of New York, and the National (Southern) Dental Association. He was born in New York in 1855 and died in 1925. The Populist party (or People’s party) was formed in 1892 as part of an agra rian protest movement. This party nominated James B. Weaver as its candi date for president. In Tennessee, miners took possession of iron mines and freed the convict laborers. Thomas A. Edison applied for a patent on his mo tion picture camera. Each month, The Journal prints the picture of a past president of the American Dental Association with a brief biography and a few historical highlights of his presidential year. The series began in February 1979 with the first president and is continuing in chronological order.
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tee to deal exclusively with issues pre viously handled by the two panels. Mr. Nichols, a seven-term Con gressman from Alabama's Third Dis trict, was appointed to the House Armed Services Committee in 1969, and has served as chairman of the sub committees on military compensation, Panel on Nonappropriated Funds and Panel on Commissaries and Ex changes. After a brief tenure on the Ag riculture Committee, Representative Nichols now serves exclusively on the Armed Forces Committee. He was first elected to public office in 1959 as a representative to the Alabama house. In 1963, he moved to the state senate, and served as chairman of the military affairs committee. In addition to chair ing the compensation and personnel panel in the 97th Congress, Mr. Nichols is a member of the investiga tions subcommittee and the select panel on NATO. The subcommittee’s ranking minor ity member, Rep. Donald J. Mitchell, was elected to the House in 1972 from New York’s 31st District. After serving as a councilman and mayor of Her kimer, NY, Mr. Mitchell was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1964, where he served as majority whip. Like Chairman Nichols, he serves only on the Armed Forces Committee. He is also a member of the subcommittees
on military investigations and installa tions. Rep. Richard White (D-Tex), spon sor of HR 2181 and HR 3554, is a member of the subcommittee, as well as chairman of the Investigations Sub committee. First elected to the House in 1964 from the 16th District of Texas, Mr. White served two terms in the Texas legislature. An attorney, he in terspersed his political career with private law practice in El Paso, Tex. Representative White also serves on the House Science and Technology Committee and, since 1977, has been one of two Texas zone whips. He is past chairman of the Democratic Re search Organization, and presently serves on its executive committee. Other members of the panel include Democratic Reps. Charles Bennett (Fla), G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery (Miss), Les Aspin (Wis), Antonio Borja Won Pat (Guam), Beverly Byron (Md), and Ike Skelton (Mo). Republican members are Reps. Marjorie Holt (Md), Elwood Hillis (Ind), Larry Hopkins (Ky), Duncan Hunter (Calif), and Thomas Hartnett (SC). Rep. Melvin Price (D-Ill) chairs the full committee and Rep. William Dic kinson (R-Ala) is ranking minority member. This column was prepared by Leonard P. Wheat, secretary, ADA Council on Federal Dental Services, and Nanci Langley, staff writer.
W illiam W allace W alker 1 8 9 1 -1 8 9 2
Doctor Walker, of New York City, was elected 31st president of the Associa tion at the 1891 meeting at Saratoga Springs, New York. The scientific session that year included papers on “Electricity as a Therapeutic Agent in the Treatment of Hyperemia and Congestion of the Pulp and Peridental Mem brane,” “Senile Atrophy of the Upper Jaw,” and “Phagocytosis.” Doctor Walker received the DDS degree from the Baltimore College of Den tal Surgery in 1884. He served as president of the Dental Society of the State of New York, the Odontological Society of New York, the First District Dental Society of New York, and the National (Southern) Dental Association. He was born in New York in 1855 and died in 1925. The Populist party (or People’s party) was formed in 1892 as part of an agra rian protest movement. This party nominated James B. Weaver as its candi date for president. In Tennessee, miners took possession of iron mines and freed the convict laborers. Thomas A. Edison applied for a patent on his mo tion picture camera. Each month, The Journal prints the picture of a past president of the American Dental Association with a brief biography and a few historical highlights of his presidential year. The series began in February 1979 with the first president and is continuing in chronological order.
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