Special Notice to Former Recipients of Association Annual Awards

AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS Special Notice to Former Recipients of Association Annual Awards

The Chairman of the Awards Committee in charge of selecting LOUIS tL BAUER FOUNDERS AWARD the recipients for the Association's Ten Annual Awards requests / all former recipients of these awards to make nominations for Established by Eaton Laboratories Division of +he I~orwich Pharm- acal Company, to honor Doctor Bauer, the founder of the Aero- the specific award which he has received. space Medical Aasociatlon. It is given annually for; the most sig- These nominations are in addition to nominations made by nificant contribution in Space Medicine. members of the Awards Committee. Since the responsibility 1961ELf. Col. Stanley C. White, USAF, MC and privilege of submitting nominations is restricted to previous 1962EDon Fllckinger, M.D. winners and Committee members, it is most desirable and, in 1963--Col. Paul A. Campbell, USAF, MC fact, most necessary that 'these individuals take action and send 1964~Col. William K. Douglas, USAF, MC their recommendations now, so that the Committee will have 1965~Hubertus Strughold, M.D. ample time for review and selection. Former recipients should forward their nominations, accom- HARRY G. MOSELEY AWARD panied by curriculum vitae and adequate supporting material, to The award was established to honor the memory of Colonel Mose- the Chairman of the Awards Committee: lay, in recognition of his material accomplishments in Flight Safety. George J. Kidere, M.D. It is given annually for the most outstanding contribution to Flight Safety. Honorarium and trophy sponsored by the Lockheed Aircraft Uni+ed Air Lines, Inc. Corporation. P.O. Box 8800 1961~Capt. Carl E. Wilbur, MC, USN Chlcago 66, Illlnois 1962~Col. F. M. Townsend, USAF, MC 1963~Brig. Gen. Kenneth E. Plefcher, USAF, MC No particular form for supplying supporting material will be 1964--Capt. W. Harley Davidson, USAF, MC provided; however, it should definitely be accompanied by a 1965~apf. Richard E. Luehrs, MC, USN statement of the special accomplishments and the basis for which it is believed the Award is deserved (approximately 250-300 THEODORE C. LYSTER AWARD words). For those who have copying equipment at their dis- posal, the Chairman would appreciate receiving twelve (12) Established +o honor the memory of Brigadier General Theodore C. Lyster, the first Chief Surgeon, Aviation Section, United States copies for circulating to the Committee members. If this is not Army Signal Corps. It |s given for oufstanding achievement in the possible, a clear, sharp original which can be duplicated is re- general field of Aerospace Medicine. Honorarium sponsored by the quested. Nominations must be received by November 15, Purdue Frederick Company, Keith Loring Genfilcore Memorial Fund. ! 965. *1947~Louis H. Bauer, M.D. 1948--Wilbur R. Franks, M.D. The following policies regarding nominations for awards are I949~Mai. General Harry G. Armstrong, USAF, MC furnished for guidance: 1950--Capt. Ashton Graybiel, MC, USN 1. Except in the case of the Theodore C. Lyster Award, which 1951~Rear Adm. B. Groesbeclc, Jr., MC, USN shall be open to both members and non-members, nominees for 1952EKenneth A. Evelyn, M.D. awards must be members of the Association. 1953~Capt. Wilbur E. Kellum, MC, USN 2. The Chairman of the Awards Committee is ineligible for *1954--W. R. StovML M.D. an award during his tenure of office. 1955~Brig. General Otis O. Benson,Jr., USAF, MC 3. Individuals are eligible for only one award in any one year, 1956---Brig. General Don Flickinger, USAF, MC 19S7~Capt. Charles F. Gall MC, USN and are not eligible for additional awards in subsequent years 19SB---Hubertus Strughold, M.D. until after a minimum five-year interval. 1959~Capt. Clifford P. Phoebus, MC, USN 4. Individual nominees only are eligible to receive awards-- 1960~Air Commodore A. A. G. Corbel, RCAF not a team of people or a group of scientists. 1961~Air Commodore William K. Stewart, RAF 5. It is possible for an employee of a company, which com- 1962~Robert J. Benford, M.D. pany is the sponsor of an award, to be eligible to receive that 1963~Maj. General M. Samuel White, USAF, MC particular award. 1964--William Randolph Lovelace, II, M.D. 1965~William J. Kennard, M.D. For immediate reference, a list of the Association's Annual Awards and recipients follows: ARNOLD D. TUTTLE AWARD Established by United Air Lines in memory of Colonel Turtle. Awarded for original research that has made annually the most significant contribution toward the solution of a challenging problem Annua/Awards in Aerospace Medicine. 1952EEdward H. Lambert, M.D. RAYMOND F. LONGACRE AWARD 1953--James P. Henry, M.D. 1954-~John P. Marbarger, Ph.D. Established to honor the memory of Major Raymond F. Longacre, 19SS~Fred A. Hitchcock, Ph.D. USA. It is given annually for outstanding accomplishment, in the 1956---W. H. Johnson, Ph.D. psychological and psychiatric aspects of Aerospace Medicine. Hon- 1957~Mai. David G. Simons, USAF, MC orarium sponsored by Ell Lilly and .Company. 1958~Siegfrlod J. Gerathewohl, Ph.D. 1947~Ross A. McFarland, Ph.D. 1959~Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. 1948--Detlev W. Bronk, Ph.D. 1960--Herman J. Schaefer, Ph.D. 1949~Sir Charles P. Symends 1961~Lt. Col. Charles A. Berry, USAF, MC 1950~Donald W. Hastings, M.D. 1962---Clayton S. White, M.D. 1951~Col. Neeley C. Mashburn, USAF, MC (Ref.) 1963~Charles I. Barron, M.D. 1952~Sir Frederick Bartleff 1964---Vincent M. Downey, M.D. 1953~Walter F. Grefher, Ph.D. 1965ECapt. A~hton Graybiel, MC, USN 1954~John C. Flanagan, Ph.D. 1955--Roy R. Grinker, M.D. TAMISIEA AWARD 1956--Saul B. Sells, Ph.D. JOHN A. 1957EBrlg. Gen. Eu~jenG. Reinartz, USAF, MC (Rat.) Established by the Civil Aviation Medical Association in memory *1958mCol. Harry G. Moseley, USAF, MC of Doctor Tamisiea, one of the pioneers in civil aviation medicine. 1959~--~pt. George E. Ruff, USAF, MC Awarded annually to the outs§ Aviation :Medical Examiner 1960--Brant Clark, Ph.D. who has contributed most +o the advancement of the art and 1961~Capt. Philip B. Phillips, MC, USN science of aviation medicine in its application +o the general 1962~George T. Hauty, Ph.D. aviation field. *1963~Henry A. Irnus, Ph.D. 1963~Herber+ F. Fenwick, M.D. 1964~Frederick H. Rohles, M.D. 1964--Delazon S. Bostwlck, M.D. 1965~Anchard F. Zeller, Ph.D. 1965---Neal E. Baxter, M.D. 804 Aerospace Medicine * August 1965 AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS

JULIAN E. WARD MEMORIAL AWARD TABLE I. DEPLOYMENT OF PHYSICIAN MONITORS Established by the Society of USAF Flight Sucgeons ~n memory DU'P,ING GEMINI FLIGHTS of its first member to have lost his life in an aircraft accident end to honor all FlicjM Surgeons whose lives are lost in the pursuit of GT-3 ( Cape ) GT-4 ( Houston ) GT-5 ( Houston ) flying activities relating to the practice of aerospace medicine. Awarded annually to a resident in aviation medicine or to an in- Mission Control Center dividual who has completed residency training in aerospace medi- C. A. Berry, Director C. A. Berry, Director C.A. Berry, Director cine not more than one year prior fo the date of award. The award is for superior performance end/or oufstnndincj achievement in the J. R. Wamsley A.D. Catterson G.F. Kelly art end science of aerospace medicine during residency training. J. F. Zieglschmid D.O. Coons A.D. Catterson 1963--Cdr. Frank H. Austin, Jr., MC, USN 1964~Maj. Samuel J. Brewer, USAF, MC Staff Support Room 1965~npf. Ronald E. Costin, USAF, MC G. B. Smith S.S. Puma S.S. Puma ERIC LILJENCRANTZ AWARD George Armstrong K.N. Beers K.N. Beers The award was established by Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc., in mem- ~V. R. Carpentier W.R. Carpentier J.J. Droescher ory of Commander Erie Liljencrantz, MC, USN, whose brilliant R. R. Hessberg L. Dietlein R.R. Conley career in Aviation Medicine was cut short by his death in an J. Gordon J.F. Zieglschmid airplane accident in 1942. It is given for the best paper on basic research in the problems of acceleration and altitude. R. Moser J. Billingham 1957mCol. John P. Stapp, USAF, MC 195B--Bricj. Gee. Victor A. Byrnes, USAF, MC (Ret.) Canary Islands 1959--Capt. Edward L. Beckman, MC, USN 1960~James D. Hardy, Ph.D. E. L. Beckman R.H. Shamburek P.F. Nugent 1961--Capt. Ashton Graybiel, MC, USN R. H. Shamburek W. Waiters J.F. Wittmer 1962uWilbur R. Franks, M.D. 1963--Earl W. Wood, M.D. Canarvon, Australia 1964~Capt. Ralph L Christy, MC, USN 1965--David M. Clark, D.Sc. R. A. Pollard R.A. Pollard L.N. Walsh W. Bishop Murray-Alston C.A. Jernigan HOWARD K. EDWARDS AWARD Murray-Alston L.N. Walsh Established by the Aviation Insurance Agency in memory of Doc- tor Edwards. Awarded annually for the outstanding practice of CSQ: Tracking Ship--Coastal Sentry Quebec clinical aviation medicine pertaining +o professional airline pilots. 1961~George J. Kidera, M.D. C. A. Jemigan G.F. Humbert R.M. Chubb 1962~Otis B. Schreuder, M.D. J. E. Hertzog C.H. Sawyer C.L. Ewing 1963--Ludwig G. Lederer, M.D. 1964--Andre Allard, M.D. Hawaii 1965~John E. Smith, M.D. A. D. Catterson C.A. Jernigan Q.W. Jones WALTER M. BOOTHBY AWARD H. R. Unger D.F. Morss L.J. Enders Established by the Aviation Insurance Agency in memory of Doc- K. N. Beers tor 8oothby. Awarded annually for o~standincj research directed at the promotion of health and prevention of disease in professional RKV: Tracking Ship--Rose Knott Victor airline pilots. 1961~Johe E. Smith, M.D. G. F. Kelly G.F. Kelly D.F. Morss 1962~Ross A. McFarland, Ph.D. D. E. Graveline L.J. Enders F.R. Ritzinger 1963--Jan H. Tilllsch, M.D. 1964~Louis R. Krasno, M.D. Guamas 1965~Earl T. Carter, M.D. R. R. Burwell G.F. Kelly ][. W. Ord *Deceased. G. D. Young P.F. Nugent J.A. Ionno J. F. Zieglschmid Medical Support for Gemini Corpus Christi, Texas R. M. Chubb D.E. Craveline (No Monitors to Dr. Charles A. Berry, Chief of Center Medical Programs at G. F. Humbert C.E. Gossett be used. ) NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas, has recently G. Allen sent us a list of the physicians, both military and civilian, who have taken part in the GT space flights, and of those who have been assigned to assist in the GT-5 mission in mid-August. Dr. Baxter, writing in his president's report on the successful GT-4 News of Members Solicited mission (July issue), mentioned that many of the Aerospace The Washington Staff will be grateful to mem- Medical Association's members were closely involved in its suc- bers of the Association who may be kind enough cess, not only in much of the experimentation and research lead- ing up to the present program, but also participating during the to forward information suitable for the "News of actual flight, such as the medical monitors who watch over the Members" column. Honors or awards, election to physical well-being of our astronauts as they orbit the earth. office of professional or scientific societies, books, During each flight, our members in the medical branches of all monographs, or articles published in other jour- three services, and many civilian physician specialists, have been nals, promotions, vocation or avocational events deployed on a world-wide basis to advise and to record the information so vital to future space exploration. The table shows or achievements, changes in duty, changes in affil- the physicians who have taken part in the first two missions and iation-all these are grist to our mill--and of those who are assigned for the forthcoming one. interest to your friends and associates. Please Dr. D. O. Coons, assistant to Dr. Berry, will serve as trouble send all such items to Aerospace Medical Associ- shooter during the GT-5 mission, going wherever the need in- ation, Washington National Airport, Washington dicates. Dr. H. Minners, who in previous flights was on the re- covery ship, will in all probability be flown by helicopter to the D. C. 20001 designated ship for the GT-5 flight. Aerospace Medicine 9August 1965 805 AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS

The medical in-flight program in Apollo Challenges in Manned Space Flight: is designed to expand the scope of investigation and to verify the data and tech- Apollo and Beyond niques of preceding flights. Currently, 16 medical experiments are either approved or under feasibility study for the early Apollo The annual lecture presented at the Current Programs flights and these are planned to yield Space Medicine Branch Luncheon, April additional information regarding pulmo- 28, 1965, during the Meeting of the Aero- Now I would like to touch on some aspects of our current programs. There nary functions, metabolism blood flow and space Medical Association at the New cellular effects. We will also be were three experiments in the recent assessing York Hilton, was an address given by Dr. the effectiveness of countermeasures. George E. MueUer, Associate Adminis- Gemini mission, two in the biological sci- trator for Manned Space Flight, National ences and one in re-entry physics. Two of Growth Capability Aeronautics and Space Administration. the three--the re-entry experiment and Excerpts from Dr. Mueller's address fol- one on blood irradiation--provided good In planning for future activities in space, low: data. we keep in mind the rapid growth in our Today I would like to discuss the rapid Considerable stress is placed on the capability. Initially, our space payloads rate of current progress in our space pro- qualification of the design and manufac- were limited to a few pounds. Now, the gram, some aspects of experiment planning ture of parts of the space vehicle. We Saturn I, can place in orbit a payload of in manned space flight, the philosophy of must put equivalent emphasis on the re- more than 10 tons. Next year, the Saturn the medical and biological research view of design and manufacture of experi- IB will carry payloads of 18 tons, and the planned for Gemini and Apollo, and the mental equipment, as well as its compati- following year we will have the Saturn V, opportunities for such research in future bility with the space craft and conditions with a capacity of 140 tons. When we add programs. of flight. The flight crew personnel must the Air Force vehicles to this total, by the How well are we doing? Since the be- prepare themselves as completely in ad- end of the decade we will have the capa- ginning of this year, very well indeed. It vance for experimental activities as for bility of placing a thousand tons of pay- has frequently been observed that in pro- other phases of the mission. load in orbit. There is no need, therefore, jecting scientific and technological prog- As we look to the future of Manned to limit our vision to small experiments, ress, we have been optimistic regarding Space Flight, certain critical questions and our judgment will be on the basis of short-term accomplishments, but pessimis- emerge. Among them are: Can man sur- their importance to human knowledge. tic regarding those of a longer-term na- vive and remain operationally efficient dur- Thus, our capabilities for exploration of ture. ing extended space travel? Can we provide the moon will be increasing. The early Certainly the first part of this observa- him with the equipment and techniques missions in the Apollo program will be tion has been borne out often in the space that will insure his survival? Can we main- limited to stays of a day or two on the program in recent years. All of us re- tain, and even enhance, his contribution moon's surface. But as we progress, it member many examples of milestones that to the man-machine system? We are opti- will be possible to extend this duration took longer to reach than predicted at the mistic on all counts. Our experience with to weeks and longer. beginning of a program. Now, however, Mercury and now with Gemini, limited as as we approach the later phases of pro- it is, leads to that optimism. Benefits in Area of Medicine grams such as Gemini and Apollo, major Our program of medical and behavioral One of the questions frequently asked milestones are being passed on schedule in-flight investigation has been defined in regarding our efforts in space has been for the most part and an increasing num- much greater depth over the past few the benefit to mankind generally from the ber are being reached ahead of schedule. months. The overall objectives of this pro- substantial investment required to develop gram are to determine the effects of space and use the capability to propel men and Significance of Success flight on man, the mechanisms by which equipment beyond the reach of earth grav- The significance of the flight successes is these effects are mediated, the means of ity. In one area, at least, these benefits are that, after seven years, the United States predicting their occurrence and severity, easy to discern. I refer, of course, to the has entered a period in which successful and the means of alleviating or correcting benefits in the area of medicine. As tech- performance of launch vehicles and space- them. The attainment of these objectives nology has made it possible to sustain man craft is expected as a matter of course; will answer our questions regarding man's physically in the hostile conditions of space, we are surprised ff the flight hardware does survival and his operational efficiency and we have had to study with fresh perspec- not perform well. will provide us with the information that tive the total human system. As you This success depends to a very large de- is critical to future space system design, know, these studies have involved the degree on the cooperation of many people operational procedures, and selection and velopment of new medical techniques. One and many organizations, throughout the training criteria. of the greatest contributions of the national country and the world. More than 90 per space effort may well be an increasing un- Medical Experiments cent of the work is performed by con- derstanding of the dynamics of the human tractors, industry, universities and other Within the constraints of the Gemini- system as a whole. Four conditions lead non-profit organizations. About 20,000 program, this experimentation has been us toward this conclusion. contractors, with total employment ap- expanded to include preliminary evaluation First, healthy human beings are now proaching 400,000, take part in the NASA of some critical areas thus far identified, being studied over a long period of time program. for example, cardiovascular and musculo- and quantitative data is being obtained A considerable amount of support and skeletal. Three medical experiments sched- on reactions of the human system to the cooperation is provided by the Department uled on the next flight, GT-4, are directed environmental factors encountered in a of Defense, the three military services, the at these areas. Heart action will be evalu- stressful situation. Second, biotechnology Departments of State and Commerce, ated by the phonocardiogram; the effect of is making it possible to measure man's Atomic Energy Commission, National Sci- the prescribed exercise regime on the car- total reactions as a dynamic organism. As ence Foundation, Smithsonian Institution, diovascular system will be measured, and the sophistication of instrumentation con- Federal Communications Commission, U.S. pre- and post-flight bone densitometry tinues to improve, the rate of change of Information Agency, and Space Science measurements will yield information re- living cells can be measured with increas- Board of the National Academy of Sci- garding the question of calcium mobiliza- ing precision and comprehensiveness. ences. Professional societies such as the tion. On subsequent Gemini flights other Third, in the space environment the human Aerospace Medical Association play an im- experiments will be conducted to evaluate organism has six degrees of freedom of portant role and finally, more than half of the effects of spaceflight on body fluids, motion, free from external forces. In the nations of the world participate in the vestibular functioning, and on the sleep this environment, it will be possible to U.S. space program. mechanism. validate mathematical models that will 806 Aerospace Medicine 9August 1965 AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS provide new standards of man's responses In conclusion, we are doing very well at ward with plans for future programs, we to dynamic situations. With these standards present in our space program, better than are increasingly aware of the possibilities as guides against which to measure the might have been expected not so long ago. for expansion of these investigations. pattern of human system function on earth, The pace or progress is continuing to Space research has already provided pos- it may be possible to augment significantly accelerate and an increasing number of itive results of value to medicine on earth the ability of medicine to prognosticate milestones are being passed on or ahead and there is clear evidence of rapid in- symptoms before they occur. Fourth, final- of schedule. The Gemini program is open- crease in the vohtme and significance of ly, the increased interaction between the ing the door to a new phase of investiga- these results. And, as we look to the fu- physical and biological sciences should ad- tion of the medical and biological aspects ture, we can see continuing opportunities. vance understanding in such cases as mo- of space flight, which will be continued With your enthusiastic support and par- lecular biology, mathematical biology, and expanded in Apollo. As we move for- ticipation, I know we will seize them. neurophysiology, bionics and electrobiol- ogy.

Accomplishments In Medicine Blind Volunteers Participate making comparisons and recording the reactions of the blind to rotating and tilting Let me llst a few of the specific benefits in New Naval Research environments using the School's Corlolis that have already come to pass. Acceleration Platform. Ground-based studies of weightlessness Experiments have shed new light on such matters as Research has been conducted on deaf body fluid shifts and the mechanisms by Twelve volunteers from the Florida people and people with normal hearing which the cardiovascular system responds School for the Blind at St. Augustine, and vision, and the current studies on the to stressful and subgravity environments. Florida, took part in new experimental reactions of the blind will give further One of the findings is that the healthy research programs conducted at the U.S. knowledge on the role of the inner organs human heart is capable of greater sus- Naval School of Aviation Medicine in of balance and their relationship to vision tained increases in rate without undesirable Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Ashton Graybiel, and other body functions. Experiments effect than had been formerly thought pos- Director of Research at the School, Dr. included spins for 45 minutes at 5, 7 and sible. In another area research in elee- Brant Clark, visiting professor from San 9 rpm's, in a special chair attached to troencephalography has been accelerated Jose State College, California, and Dr. the Slow Rotating Room, during which through miniaturization and there is broad- Earl F. Miller, Head of the Physiological the blind subject was required to indicate er understanding of changes that occur. Optics Branch, School of Aviation Medi- vertical and horizontal position in rela- One promising area is the development of cine, are collaborating on new studies, tion to the earth's surface. automatic systems of interpretation that would make possible application of elec- troencephalography on a wide scale. NASA is conducting a program to develop a system for the computerized reduction storage and analysis of medical information. The data is prepared in a manner that permits interchange of ground-based and in-flight information for comparison and prediction. Such a standardized method of recording and electronic storage could be expanded with the possibility of immediate retrieval for the analysis of world- wide problems. Miniaturization of equipment is another area with significant possibilities. Bioin- strumentation developed for the space program permits the gathering of data on a continuous basis. The ability to record such information as heart action, blood pressure, temperature, respiration efficiency may lend itself to numerous clinical applications. Accelerometers employed in space guidance and control systems are being used to study the protective value of football helmets, automotive safety devices, and tremor patterns of patients with Parkin- son's disease. The use of spacesuit tech- nology is being investigated in animal subjects in developing a means of external assistance to the cardiovascular system during cardiac surgery. Components sim- ilar to those in space suits are used to ap- ply varying pressures to the body to main- tain blood flow. These are but a few examples of how space research has provided and is pro- viding direct benefits to medicine. I ex- pect that those are just the beginning of the medical benefits to all mankind that will be flowing in increasing volume from our efforts in space. Aerospace Medicine 9August 1965 807 AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS

in the world; it was here that Major Army Medical Museum Historical Landmark Frederick F. Russell was instrumental in the development of vaccination for typhoid The Medical Museum of the Armed plain, without ornamentation" and "'severe- fever for use in the armed forces; and it Forces Institute of Pathology, formerly the ly simple in style." During its 80-year his- was here that Brevet Lt. Col. Joseph J. Army Medical Museum, has been officially tory, it has housed the Medical Museum Woodward made the first photomicro- designated a Registered National Histor- for most of its life, the present National graphs in America, which helped blaze a ical Landmark. Library of Medicine (formerly the Army trail to a better understanding of disease." A plaque and certificate noting the de- Surgeon General's Library), the Army The Museum, which still houses some of signation were presented to Brig. Gen. Joe Medical School, the central bureau of the the offices and laboratories of the Armed M. Rlumberg, Director of the AFIP, by International Association of Medical Forces Institute of Pathology as well as T. Sutton Jett, Director of the National Museums, and, for some time, the Army three main public exhibit halls and several Capital Regional Office of the National Institute of Pathology. smaller exhibit rooms, attracts more than Park Service, in ceremonies at the Museum A total of 575 historic structures and 700,000 visitors each year. recently. The designation is made through sites have been designated by the Secre- the Park Service by the Department of tary of the Interior as eligible to become Board Examination Interior. Registered National Historic Landmarks. Schedules The American Board of Preventive Med- icine has announced the schedules for the next examinations to be given in the various sub-specialties as follows: Aerospace Medicine--April 15, 16, 17, 1966, The Dunes, Las Vegas, Nevada. Final date for filing applications, No- vember 1, 1965. Occupational Medicine--April 23, 24, 25, 1966, Detroit, Michigan. Final date for filing applications, November 1, 1965. General Preventive Medicine--Part II (for those who have successfully completed Part I)---Orals, October 16, 1965, Con- rad Hilton Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. Part ImVarious Schools of Public Health, ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM A NATIONAL HISTORICAL LANDMARK--T. Suffon Jeff (left), Spring of 1966. Application filing date Director of the National Capital Regional Office of the National Park Service, presents --November 1, 1965. Brig. Gen. doe M. Blumberg, Director of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, with a Public Health---Various Schools of Pub- certificate officially designating the Army Medical Museum (now the Medical Museum of lic Health, Spring 1986. Final date for the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology) as a Registered National Historical Landmark. filing applications, November 1, 1965. A bronze plaque commemorating the designation is shown. (Dates for examinations at the Schools of Public Health are generally set by The Army Medical Museum, now These sites were selected from more than each School. ) known as the Armed Forces Institute of 2,000 sites and structures studied by his- Requests for information and all appli- Pathology, started during the Civil War torians of the National Park Service. The cations should be sent to the American when Surgeon General William A. Ham- Service, through the Interior Department, Board of Preventive Medicine, Inc., John mond ordered Brigade Surgeon John Hill received the authority to identify such C. Hume, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer, 615 Brinton to start a museum in which speci- places of national importance in the His- North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland mens of military wounds could be col- toric Sites Act of 1935. 21205. lected. The collection of specimens started The Registry of National Historic Land- NEW FEES with three bones and numbers more than marks resulted from the Act. Participation The Board has found it necessary to a million and a half today, which together in the Registry, indicated by the accept- increase fees for certification. The new with extensive case histories, make the ance of a certificate and bronze plaque, is schedule will go into effect on January 1, voluntary. There are eight sites in the collection one of the world's best sources 1966. New fees are as follows: National Capital area now participating in of information on disease and trauma in Application fee ...... $35.00 men of military age. the Registry, among them: Decatur House, Examination fee Part I ...... 65.00 The museum steadily grew throughout (Octagon House), St. John's Church (La- Examination fee Part II ...... 65.00 its early history until the rapid expansion fayette Square), ~Voodrow Wilson House, Certificate fee ...... 10.00 Old Naval Observatory, Clara Barton of its laboratory and research activities Re-examination fees, each part during the two world wars led to the re- House, and Accokeek Creek (Indian) taken ...... 50.00 Site. Sponsors of the program hope to organization of the Museum in 1946 as Examination fees for additional the Army Institute of Pathology. It was create public interest in the physical sur- affiliated specialties, each reorganized again in 1949 into a tri- vival of America's past in order to preserve specialty ...... 65.00 service organization and was renamed the them. Participation in the Registry does Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. The not affect the ownership of the Landmark. Medical Museum became one of the four In accepting the certificate and plaque, AEROSPACE MEDICINE maior departments within the Institute. Gen. Blumberg cited the Museum's EXAMINATIONS~April 15, 16 The Museum building, known as the dominant role in many areas of American "Old Red Brick" and located on the Mall medicine. "When Maior Walter Reed did and 17, 1966 at 701 Independence Ave. SW, was com- his brilliant work on yellow fever, he was FILING DEADLINEmNovember I, pleted in 1887. Although its profusion of at that time Curator of the Army Medical 196S brick and terra cotta embellishment makes Museum," Gen. Blumberg said. "It was the building one of the most architectural- here that Deputy Surgeon General John PI.ACE--37th Aerospace Medical ly elaborate buildings in modern Washing- Shaw Billings, also a Museum Curator, Association Annual Meeting ton, the building was described, at the began the collection of historical micro- Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada time of its construction, as "'exceedingly scopes that today is unique and the largest 808 Aerospace Medicine 9August 1965 AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS

two trainees who started their year of resi- Flight Nurses in the Headlines dency at the Cape on July 1. Captain Tucker joined the USAF Nurse Bioastronautics Nurse Cited Captain Tucker, a flight nurse and gen- Corps in August 1957, and has since eral duty nurse, was assigned to the Office served as Supervisor of the Medical Ward Captain Pearl E. Tucker, USAF, NC, of the Deputy for Bioastronautics, Air at Warren AFB Hospital (Wyoming); as received an ot~eial commendation letter Force Eastern Test Range, with duty sta- Charge Nurse, Pediatric Ward, Tachikawa, from the Commander of the Air Force Sys- tion at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. Japan; has completed the Flight Nurse tems Command citing her for noteworthy She is Charge Nurse of the Intensive Care Course at Brooks, and has been assigned accomplishment. The letter was presented Unit, which is located in the Bioastronautic to Recruiting Duty in Detroit, Michigan. to Captain Tucker by Col. Elmer W. Rich- Operational Support Unit Facilities at the Her background before joining the Air ardson, Vice Commander, Air Force East- Cape. This intensive care unit is activated Force was unusually varied. She gradu- ern Test Range, in ceremonies at Patrick and maintained in a state of readiness dur- ated from the Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) ing the pre-launch and launch phases of General Hospital School of Nursing in all Manned Space Flight Missions. Cap- 1946, received a Bachelors' Degree in Sci- tain Tucker assists the physicians of the ence from Marywood College, Scranton, medical evaluation team with the examina- Pennsylvania, in 1949, and a Master's de- tions of crew members prior to insertion in gree in Education from Philadelphia's the space craft, and at the medical ex- Temple University in 1955. During those aminations following the space flight. years she was a private duty nurse at Almost as soon as she began her duty at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital for three Cape Kennedy, Captain Tucker became years, a Science Instructor at Polytechnic interested in the establishment of a resi- Hospital School of Nursing, Harrisburg, dency course in aerospace nursing. She Pennsylvania, for two years, Educational developed the course, outlined and detailed Director there for another two years, and curriculum, vigorously and persistently was Assistant Educational Director for pressing the need and desirability of such Philadelphia General Hospital from 1953 training, until it reached the highest level to 1955. She served as a missionary nurse of command, where it was approved and at the Santa Casa de Misericordia, Goiaz, accepted by the Surgeon General. Details Brazil, for one year and the following year of the course were discussed in full by was Clinical Instructor at Memorial Hos- General Strickland in his talk before the pital, Wilmington, Delaware. Capt. Tucker Receives Commendation from Flight Nurse Section at their meeting in Col. Richardson. New York. (See page 702, July 1965. ) AFB, in early June. The letter from Gen- New Space Nurses eral B. A. Schriever stated in part: "Your outstanding initiative, dynamic methods Named Course Supervisor Begin Residency and extensive professional knowledge of academic nursing policies were directly Captain Tucker has been named Course responsible for the Surgeon General's ac- Supervisor, and because of her personal in- ceptance of this 52 week course in Aero- terest in the program, she was also permit- space Nursing." ted to assist with the selection of the first

Special Events Mark Nurse Corps Anniversary

NURSE RESIDENTS IN AEROSPACE MEDI- CINE assigned to new training program are Captains Nancy d. Barron, (I.) and Dorothy R. Novotny, both of the USAF Nurse Corps.

Captain Tucker brings unbounded en- thusiasm to her work and will no doubt communicate this same feeling to the two Air Force nurses who are entering the aerospace nursing field, Captain Nancy J. Barron, USAF Nurse Corps, formerly assigned to the USAF Hospital, Andrews AFB, Washington, D. C., now assigned as Nurse Resident in Aerospace Nursing Course, Bioastronautics Operation Support Unit, Air Force Eastern Test Range, Pat- rick AFB, Florida; and Captain Dorothy CHILDREN CELEBRATE 16th ANNIVERSARY of USAF NURSE CORPS--Lt. Col. Agnes M. R. Novotny, USAF Nurse Corps, former Arrlngton, Chief Nurse and Consultant, Headquarters Command, Andrews AFB, Washington, Master Instructor in Operating Room D. C., and Ist Lt. Virginia M. Wood, celebrate Nurse Corps 16th Anniversary by sharing cake Course, USAF Medical Service School, with children of the Pediatric Ward at USAF Hospital Andrews. Gunter AFB, Alabama. Aerospace Medicine 9August 1965 809 AEROSPACE MEDICAL NEWS

Wings for Nigerian Nurse

Designed especially for the members of the Aerospace Med- ical Association, this unique, attractive and practical emblematic jewelry is now available through the Washington office. Association emblems appearing on the jewelry articles illustrated be- 1st. Lt. Mary M. Otusanya, Nigerian low are of lustrous gold finish with hard-fired Vitreous Enamel colors. Air Force (center), is pictured with Col- Illustrations are actual size. onel Harold V. Ellingson, Commander, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, and Lt. Colonel Ellen M. Respini, Chief, Flight (Left) Nursing Branch, during graduation cere- Official Emblem Lapel Button $1.50 monies at Brooks AFB, Texas, on May 20, 1965. At the present time, Lt. Otusanya (Right) is the only nurse in the Nigerian Air Force. Midget Tie Clip $1.75 Upon returning to her country, she will plan and organize the training for future Sun Ray Tie Clip, Lustrous Nigerian Air Force nurses. Gold Finish Lt. Otusanya was one of 40 nurses en- $1.75 rolled in the six-week Flight Nurse Course taught at the USAF School of Aerospace Sun Ray Cuff Links, Lustrous Medicine. During this course, qualified Gold Finish graduate nurses receive education and $2.50 practice in all aspects of aeromedical evacuation. After graduation, they are pre- Complete Set--Tie Clip and pared to serve as senior members of the Cuff Links, Gift Boxed $4.00 Air Force medical team on all aeromedica7 evacuation flights. Onyx Effect Tie Clip, Emblem Lt. Colonel Leota H. Clark, Command Mounted on Rich Black Nurse, Air Force Systems Command, An- drews AFB, Washington, D. C., gave the Background $2.00 graduation address. Captain Nancy A. Weaver, Otis AFB, Massachusetts, was the honor graduate. Diplomas and flight nurse Onyx Effect Cuff Links, Emblem wings were awarded to the graduate by Mounted on Rich Black Colonel Harold V. Ellingson and Lt. Background $3.00 Colonel Ellen M. Respini. Complete Set--Tie Clip and Cuff Links, Gift Boxed $4.50

...... EMBLEMATIC JEWELRY ORDER FORM ===== 9 mmgwmm AEROSPACE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Washington National Airport DATE Washington, D. C. 20001 Please enter my order for the following items: [] Lapel Button ...... $1.50 [] Sun Ray--Complete Set ...... $4.00 PLAN NOW TO ATTEND! [] Midget Tie Clip ...... $1.75 [] Onyx Effect Tie Clip ...... $2.00 37th ANNUAL MEETING [] Sun Ray Tie Cllp ...... $1.75 [] Onyx EfFect CufF Links...... $3.00 Aerospace Medical Association [] Sun Ray CufF Links...... $2.50 [] Onyx--Complete Set ...... $4.50 Please print or type name and address: Dates: April 18-21, 1966 NAME STREET Place: Dunes, Las Vegas, Nev. CITY __ STATE..... _ZIP CODE ;10 Aerospace Medicine . August 1965