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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
JOURNAL were to go to a large size, the editorial content would remain the same. Although we have been advised that we might attract more advertisers, a larger size would increase the mailing weight of THE JOURNAL by 60,000 pounds a year. Our foreign postage would increase by more than 850,000 annually, without any increase in information. With these thoughts in mind, we have concluded that we will stay the current size. The second series of THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY was initiated by Adolph Alt in January 1884. We plan to mark the occasion appropriately in January 1984. Although the cover of THE JOURNAL has listed the contents for these 98 years, we plan to change to a clean-cut cover in January 1983 (Fig. 2). Since the Table of Contents will still
NOVEMBER, 1982
contain the same material previously carried in abbreviated form on the cover, no information will be lost. The subscription (and advertising) costs of THE JOURNAL have always been a concern. Our readers, as well as the Editorial Board, consider the advertising material to be as educational as the editorial matter and we maintain strict surveillance. THE JOURNAL offers the lowest subscription rate of any periodical in the field and also the lowest rate per thousand subscribers for advertisers. Despite being a corporation, profits are not maximized because those responsible for THE JOURNAL have always regarded it as primarily educational and not as a commercial enterprise. We have been fortunate in recent years that advances in photocomposition, printing technology, subscription maintenance, and other factors have provided increased efficiency so we have been able to maintain a relatively inexpensive publication. We will attempt to continue this policy. THE JOURNAL has splendid offices that readers and contributors are welcome to visit. We welcome queries concerning editorial policies, advertising rates, distribution, and other publication matters. We hope that you who read THE JOURNAL will continue your proprietary interest. Your opinions are welcome and valued. Please make them known. FRA.I'JK W. NEWELL
THE RICHARD G. SCOBEE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
Fig. 2 (Newell). Preview of the 1983 cover.
JOURNAL
In July 1946, the Army of the United States assigned me to the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. I was assigned to the otolaryngology laboratory but it quickly became evident that the real excitement at the school was in ophthalmology. This excitement was the re-
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sidual effect of a fantastic research pro- mic Foundation. The Heed Foundation gram initiated by a young man who had was chosen to supervise the awarding of completed his service at the School of the initial fellowships because of its expeAviation Medicine the previous fall and rience in the administration of graduate had left behind file drawers full of data, education programs. Additionally, its preliminary and completed papers, and method of operation has been approved new concepts in the diagnosis, classifica- by the appropriate government agencies tion, significance, and treatment ofheter- and it has a history of supporting young ophorias and heterotropias. This young men and women who have gone on to man (he was only 30 years old when he make significant contributions to ophthaldid this work) was Richard Gordon mology. The official title of the fellowship Scobee (1914-1952) who went on to be- will therefore be the Richard G. Scobee come the director of the postgraduate Memorial/Heed Fellowship. training program in ophthalmology at The rules and regulations for the Washington University in St. Louis, the Scobee Fellowship are in the process of director of the motility clinic, the founder being developed but the Directors have of the American Orthoptic Council, and agreed that some of the restrictions of the the author of more than 70 publications, Heed Foundation that have limited the including a textbook, "The Oculorotary actions of the Directors will not be carMuscles," which to this day remains a ried over into the new program. Thus, valuable guide to the management of the fellowship will not be restricted to extraocular muscle disorders. Tragically, United States citizens, nor need it be this enormously productive teacher and pursued within the United States. Furresearcher died of coronary disease at the ther, the Directors can increase or deage of 37 years, leaving behind remark- crease the stipend according to the state ably valuable contributions to ophthal- of the economy. At the present time, applicants for the mology. He also left behind a young wife who had encouraged him and shared the Richard G. Scobee/Heed Fellowship will joys and frustrations of his exciting ca- apply and make inquiries through the reer. That young woman, now Mrs. Mary regular Heed channels (David Shoch, Frances Guthrie Scobee Conner, has cre- M. D., Executive Secretary, 303 E. Chiated the Richard G. Scobee Memorial cago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611). The appliFoundation in memory of her late hus- cations of the successful candidates will band. then be reviewed for those who have The Foundation was formed to pro- expressed a particular interest in mote, aid, and further the education of strabismology or pediatric ophthalmolomen and women who show exceptional gy. The best of these applicants will bepromise in the field of ophthalmology and come the Richard G. Scobee/Heed Felwho also wish to pursue further study in low. Thus, the successful candidate will bethe subspecialty of pediatric ophthalmology generally and in the field of strabis- come both a member in the Society of mus specifically. To accomplish this, the Heed Fellows and a Scobee Fellow. I Foundation has established a Richard G. believe that this double selection process will ensure that the Richard G. Scobee/ Scobee Memorial Fellowship. The initial Directors of the Foundation Heed Fellowship will become one of the are Mrs. Mary Frances Conner and the most prestigious in ophthalmology. current Directors of the Heed OphthalDAVID SHOCH
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
JOURNAL were to go to a large size, the editorial content would remain the same. Although we have been advised that we might attract more advertisers, a larger size would increase the mailing weight of THE JOURNAL by 60,000 pounds a year. Our foreign postage would increase by more than 850,000 annually, without any increase in information. With these thoughts in mind, we have concluded that we will stay the current size. The second series of THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY was initiated by Adolph Alt in January 1884. We plan to mark the occasion appropriately in January 1984. Although the cover of THE JOURNAL has listed the contents for these 98 years, we plan to change to a clean-cut cover in January 1983 (Fig. 2). Since the Table of Contents will still
NOVEMBER, 1982
contain the same material previously carried in abbreviated form on the cover, no information will be lost. The subscription (and advertising) costs of THE JOURNAL have always been a concern. Our readers, as well as the Editorial Board, consider the advertising material to be as educational as the editorial matter and we maintain strict surveillance. THE JOURNAL offers the lowest subscription rate of any periodical in the field and also the lowest rate per thousand subscribers for advertisers. Despite being a corporation, profits are not maximized because those responsible for THE JOURNAL have always regarded it as primarily educational and not as a commercial enterprise. We have been fortunate in recent years that advances in photocomposition, printing technology, subscription maintenance, and other factors have provided increased efficiency so we have been able to maintain a relatively inexpensive publication. We will attempt to continue this policy. THE JOURNAL has splendid offices that readers and contributors are welcome to visit. We welcome queries concerning editorial policies, advertising rates, distribution, and other publication matters. We hope that you who read THE JOURNAL will continue your proprietary interest. Your opinions are welcome and valued. Please make them known. FRA.I'JK W. NEWELL
THE RICHARD G. SCOBEE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
Fig. 2 (Newell). Preview of the 1983 cover.
JOURNAL
In July 1946, the Army of the United States assigned me to the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. I was assigned to the otolaryngology laboratory but it quickly became evident that the real excitement at the school was in ophthalmology. This excitement was the re-
VOL. 94, NO. 5
EDITORIALS
681
sidual effect of a fantastic research pro- mic Foundation. The Heed Foundation gram initiated by a young man who had was chosen to supervise the awarding of completed his service at the School of the initial fellowships because of its expeAviation Medicine the previous fall and rience in the administration of graduate had left behind file drawers full of data, education programs. Additionally, its preliminary and completed papers, and method of operation has been approved new concepts in the diagnosis, classifica- by the appropriate government agencies tion, significance, and treatment ofheter- and it has a history of supporting young ophorias and heterotropias. This young men and women who have gone on to man (he was only 30 years old when he make significant contributions to ophthaldid this work) was Richard Gordon mology. The official title of the fellowship Scobee (1914-1952) who went on to be- will therefore be the Richard G. Scobee come the director of the postgraduate Memorial/Heed Fellowship. training program in ophthalmology at The rules and regulations for the Washington University in St. Louis, the Scobee Fellowship are in the process of director of the motility clinic, the founder being developed but the Directors have of the American Orthoptic Council, and agreed that some of the restrictions of the the author of more than 70 publications, Heed Foundation that have limited the including a textbook, "The Oculorotary actions of the Directors will not be carMuscles," which to this day remains a ried over into the new program. Thus, valuable guide to the management of the fellowship will not be restricted to extraocular muscle disorders. Tragically, United States citizens, nor need it be this enormously productive teacher and pursued within the United States. Furresearcher died of coronary disease at the ther, the Directors can increase or deage of 37 years, leaving behind remark- crease the stipend according to the state ably valuable contributions to ophthal- of the economy. At the present time, applicants for the mology. He also left behind a young wife who had encouraged him and shared the Richard G. Scobee/Heed Fellowship will joys and frustrations of his exciting ca- apply and make inquiries through the reer. That young woman, now Mrs. Mary regular Heed channels (David Shoch, Frances Guthrie Scobee Conner, has cre- M. D., Executive Secretary, 303 E. Chiated the Richard G. Scobee Memorial cago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611). The appliFoundation in memory of her late hus- cations of the successful candidates will band. then be reviewed for those who have The Foundation was formed to pro- expressed a particular interest in mote, aid, and further the education of strabismology or pediatric ophthalmolomen and women who show exceptional gy. The best of these applicants will bepromise in the field of ophthalmology and come the Richard G. Scobee/Heed Felwho also wish to pursue further study in low. Thus, the successful candidate will bethe subspecialty of pediatric ophthalmology generally and in the field of strabis- come both a member in the Society of mus specifically. To accomplish this, the Heed Fellows and a Scobee Fellow. I Foundation has established a Richard G. believe that this double selection process will ensure that the Richard G. Scobee/ Scobee Memorial Fellowship. The initial Directors of the Foundation Heed Fellowship will become one of the are Mrs. Mary Frances Conner and the most prestigious in ophthalmology. current Directors of the Heed OphthalDAVID SHOCH