OFFICERS NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. President

.. Arthur H. Coleman, M.D. San Francisco, California

President-Elect

. Charles C. Bookert, M.D. Clairton, Pennsylvania

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.Philip N. Smith, M.D. Los Angeles, California Norma J. Goodwin, M.D. New York, New York .Charles Johnson, Jr., M.D. Durham, North Carolina .

Term Expires Board of Trustees:

Frank S. Royal, M.D., Chairman Richmond, Virginia .............. Robert E. Dawson, M.D. Durham, North Carolina ............ Alma R. George, M.D. Detroit, Michigan ............... Joshua S. Williams, M.D. Detroit, Michigan ............... James W. Vines, Jr., M.D. San Bernardino, California ........... Barrington B. Barnes, M.D. Washington, D.C. ............... Lucius C. Earles, M.D. Chicago, Illinois ................ William M. Chase, M.D. East Orange, New Jersey ............ Robert Hilliard, M.D. San Antonio, Texas .............. Edith Irby Jones, M.D. Houston, Texas ................ Nelson McGhee, M.D. Atlanta, Georgia ................ Vertis R. Thompson, M.D. Oakland, California .............. Jasper F. Williams, M.D. Chicago, Illinois ................

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PRESIDENTS OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Robert F. Boyd, M.D.Nashville, Tennessee . . . . . . . . . H. T. Noel, M.D.-Nashville, Tennessee . . . 0. D. Porter, M.D.-Bowling Green, Kentucky F. A. Stewart, M.D.-Nashville, Tennessee Charles V. Roman, M.D.-Dallas, Texas John E. Hunter, M.D.-Lexington, Kentucky R. E. Jones, M.D.-Richmond, Virginia Nathan F. Mossell, M.D.... . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... W. H. Wright, M.D.-Baltimore, Maryland P. A. Johnson, M.D.-New York, New York Marcus F. Wheatland, M.D.. Newport, Rhode Island .. ..... Austin M. Curtis, M.D.-Washington, D.C. H. F. Gamble, M.D.Charieston, West Virginia . . . . . . . John A. Kenny, Sr., M.D.. Tuskegee Institute, Alabama ... . . A. M. Brown, M.D.-Birmingham, Alabama F. S. Hargraves, M.D.. Wilson, North Carolina .. ..... Ulysses G. Dailey, M.D.-Chicago, Illinois D. W. Byrd, M.D.-Norfolk, Virginia . .. Geo. W. Cabaniss, M.D.-Washington, D.C. D. A. Ferguson, M.D.-Richmond, Virginia J. W. Jones, M.D.Winston-Salem, North Carolina John P. Turner, M.D.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . . . . . . . H. M. Green, M.D.-Knoxville, Tennessee . . J. Edward Perry, M.D.-Kansas City, Missouri John 0. Plummer, M.D.. Raleigh, North Carolina ... . . . . Michael 0. Dumas, M.D.-Washington, D.C. Walter G. Alexander, M.D.. Orange, New Jersey .... . . . . . Carl G. Roberts, M.D.-Chicago, Illinois . C. V. Freeman, M.D.-Jacksonville, Florida T. Spotuas Burwell, M.D.. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... . . . L. A. West, M.D.-Memphis, Tennessee . . . W. H. Higgins, M.D.Providence, Rhode Island . . . . . . . *Peter M. Murray, M.D.. New York, New York .... . . . . G. Hamilton Francis, M.D.-Norfolk, Virginia Midian 0. Bousfield, M.D.-Chicago, Illinois John H. Hale, M.D.-Nashville, Tennessee W. Harry Barnes, M.D.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... ... . *Roscoe C. Giles, M.D.-Chicago, Illinois Lyndon M. Hill, M.D.-Atlanta, Georgia George W. Bowles, M.D.. York, Pennsylvania ... ..... . Albert W. Dumas, Sr., M.D.. Natchez, Mississippi ... ...... *Arthur N. Vaughn, M.D.-St. Louis, Missouri Henry Eugene Lee, M.D.-Houston, Texas . *T. Manuel Smith, M.D.-Chicago, Illinois Emory I. Robinson, M.D.Los Angeles, California . . . . . . . . *Walter A. Younge, M.D.-St. Louis, Missouri J. A. C. Lattimore, M.D.-Louisville, Kentucky C. Austin Whittier, M.D.-San Antonio, Texas *C. Herbert Marshall, M.D.-Washington, D.C. Henry H. Walker, M.D.Nashville, Tennessee. ........

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DR. HAROLD M. WEST Professor of Biochemistry and Former President of Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee

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WALTER M. BOOKER, A.B., M.A., Ph.D. Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, D.C.

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COUNCIL ON MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HOSPITALS

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Edith Irby Jones, M.D., Chairman, Houston, Texas . Alma R. George, M.D., Detroit, Michigan ... . . . Charles Johnson, Jr., M.D., Durham, North Carolina ... Samuel L. Kountz, M.D., Brooklyn, New York . William M. Matory, M.D., Washington, D.C. ... . . . . Ross M. Miller, M.D., ... . . Compton, California Richard 0. Butcher, M.D., San Diego, California . . . . .

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Alexander A. Williams, M.D., Chairman, Los Angeles, California ... . . . . . A. B. Britton, M.D., Jackson, Mississippi ... . . . . . . . John T. Chissell, M.D., Baltimore, Maryland ... . . . . . . Nathaniel Colston, M.D., Miami, Florida .... . . . . . . . . E. Albert Dumas, M.D., Chicago, Illinois . John E. Jackson, M.D., Oakland, California .......... Wilbur C. Martin, M.D., Detroit, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . E. R. Owens, M.D., Prairie View, Texas .......... Randle E. Pollard, M.D., Milwaukee, Wisconsin ... . . . . . . Tracy Walton, M.D., Washington, D.C . Joshua S. Williams, M.D., Detroit, Michigan ... . . . . . . . Canute C. Bernard, M.D., New York, New York ........ .

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Bernard C. Randolph, M.D., Chairman, St. Louis, Missouri .1976 Rawle Andrews, M.D., . . . . . . . . . Houston, Texas Erman W. Edgecombe, M.D., Washington, D.C. Howard 0. Gray, M.D., Detroit, Michigan .1977 Julius W. Hill, M.D., Los Angeles, California . . . . . . Oswald W. Hoffler, M.D., Norfolk, Virginia . . . . . . . . . George H. Lane, M.D., Milwaukee, Wisconsin .1978 Charles McDonald, M.D., East Greenwich, Rhode Island . . . Jack Moore, M.D., Culver City, California .1980 Chester C. Pryor, M.D., Cincinnati, Ohio . . . . . . . . . Robert Smith, M.D., Pine Bluff, Arizona .1980 M. Jeanne Spurlock, M.D., Nashville, Tennessee .1978 Vertis S. Thompson, M.D., Oakland, California .1977 Herbert L. Thornhill, M.D., Spring Valley, New York .......

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Marilyn Watson, M.D., Chicago, Illinois .... Charles B. Wilkinson, M.D., Kansas City, Kansas .

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John A. Kenney, M.D., Chairman, Washington, D.C. .... . . . Jesse Barber, M.D., Washington, D.C. .... . . . John T. Chissell, M.D., ... . . Baltimore, Maryland Arthur H. Coleman, M.D., ... San Francisco, California Alyce Gullattee, M.D., Washington, D.C. .. .. Edward C. Mazique, M.D., Washington, D.C. .... . . . Philip M. Smith, M.D., Inglewood, California ... . . Nelson McGhee, Jr., M.D., Atlanta, Georgia . . . . . .

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W. Montague Cobb, M.D., Washington, D.C. Assistant Editors:

Calvin Sampson, M.D., Washington, D.C. Axel Hansen, M.D., Nashville, Tennessee Leslie L. Alexander, M.D., Brooklyn, New York Alyce Gullattee, M.D., Washington, D.C. Publication Committee:

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