Problems in the education of the radiologist.

Abstract

R A THER than exto/the virtues and accompli hments of Ross Golden, I should like to recall the part he has played in my l:fe. It goes back many years to the time when I could not even afford the dues when he invited me to become a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and offeredto sponsor me. When it was possible and I later did become a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, it was largely through Ross Golden’s assistance. In 1946, when I first became Chief of Radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. George IV. Holmes having decided finally to retire completely to Belfast, Maine, and not to pa7ticipate in any way at the Massachusetts General Hospital, there were numerous administrative problems that I did not underitand. During that period it was Ross Golden who gave me the staunch support that I needed by providing most remarkable advice and interest in our problems. When I was first elected a Trustee of the American Board of Radiology, most of the examinations were held in Chicago. At that time, I was young enough to be interested in an evening walk, as were Ross Golden and Barney Widmann. After dinner, the three of us would start out for a long walk on Michigan Avenue. lYe might go in either direction-south, well beyond the Field Museum of Natural History or north, as far as the Drake Hotel. For those who do not know Ross Golden well, I should emphasize that he is a very rapid walker. Barney Widmann tended to saunter along. I usually ended up some zo feet behind Ross Golden and about I/ic same distance ahead of Barney Widmann; and as an interlocutor, I passed the bits of conversation back and forth. These were pleasant, stimulating episodes in an era when radiologic education was fraught with difficult problems. Since that time, many joint interests have brought us together. Ross Golden was the first Chairman of the Committee on Administrative Structure of the American College of Radiology, now advanced to the Commission on Administrative Affairs, to which he remains a consultant. Over the years, his contribution to the functioning of this Committee,