Call to the Annual Meeting Radiological Society of North America

Abstract

The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America will be held this year at the Palmer House in Chicago, Dec. 2-7, 1956. As President of the Society, I take pleasure in inviting you, your families, and your friends to attend this meeting. The program is planned with the idea of bringing to you the latest developments in our science with correlation of fundamentals as they apply to everyday radiological practice. To achieve this, a number of symposia and panels have been organized, with outstanding men as participants. The arrangement of the meeting adheres to the usual plan, with three sections. Section A, Clinical Radiology, and Section B, Radiophysics and Radiobiology, meet on four mornings, Tuesday to Friday, inclusive. Sections A and B meet in combined afternoon sessions from Monday through Thursday. These sessions are planned to be of interest to both radiologists and radiophysicists. A third section— known as Section C—will meet on Wednesday afternoon and devote itself to discussion of the last-minute advances in radiophysics. Both Sections Band C are under the able direction of Lauriston S. Taylor. Two features of the Monday morning General Session we hope will prove most interesting: The Historical Lecture and the Memorial Fund Lecture, the latter planned by the Memorial Fund Trustees to stimulate interest in the fund which was started many years ago to help young researchers in our specialty. The Society is to be honored this year by one of its past presidents, Dr. Lowell S. Goin, who will deliver the annual Carman man Lecture on Tuesday evening, December 3. On the same evening, the ceremony of bestowing the Gold Medal of the Society will be conducted, and announcement of the awards for Scientific Exhibits will be made. An increased number of Refresher Courses have been arranged by the committee under the efficient chairmanship of Dr. Robert D. Moreton. Some repeat courses are to be offered, and there are to be many new ones. The announcement of these courses appears elsewhere in this issue of Radiology. Make your choices and your reservations early. Business sessions of the Society, with membership attendance imperative, will be held promptly at 4: 30 P.M. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons. The Scientific Exhibits give promise of more than usual interest, with some new features being worked out by Chairman Dr. Ivan J. Miller. The manufacturers will again have the advantage of the large commercial exhibits display facilities of the Palmer House, with Dr. John H. Gilmore as chairman of the Committee. Our good friends in Chicago, under the general chairmanship of Dr. Erich M. Uhlmann, are enthusiastically arranging for our pleasure and well being. The entertainment for the ladies, under the co-chairmen Mrs. Erich M. Uhlmann, Mrs. Warren W. Furey, and Mrs. John H. Gilmore, will be of the bountiful Chicago variety.