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“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” --Robert Frost

Over the last four months, I have attempted to intro- duce you to the diversity of our AsMA family based on country of citizenship, membership in our Affiliate Organizations, and membership in our Constituent Organizations. Many of you have asked how to be more involved in our family business. The easiest way is to join one or more of our Standing Committees. Below are all of our committees with a brief explanation of their Fanancy Anzalone, M.D., M.P.H. function. Aerospace Human Factors Committee The field of aerospace human factors includes a multi- Communications Committee disciplinary approach involving behavioral, biomedical, This committee oversees the communications program psychosocial, physiological, and engineering factors. This of AsMA including brochures, books, and electronic committee is responsible for performing studies, spon- media. soring panels and seminars, and preparing reports, Corporate and Sustaining Membership Committee resolutions, and recommendations concerned with This committee is responsible for initiating programs improving human factors input in the concept, design, and activities whose purposes and objectives are to in- development, testing and evaluation, and operational crease and represent the interests of the corporate and deployment of aerospace programs and systems. sustaining members. Air Transport Medicine Committee Education and Training Committee This committee is responsible for performing studies This committee promotes international aerospace med- and preparing reports, resolutions, and recommenda- icine and allied disciplines through excellence in educa- tions on biomedical aspects of air transport operations. tion and training conducted or cosponsored by the Its efforts concentrate on the promotion of international Association and consistent with the Association's objec- health, safety, and care through the mechanism of collect- tives. It establishes procedures to ensure the dissemina- ing information, analyzing data, and recommending so- tion of educational and training related information and lutions leading to improving health and safety in air materials to the membership; coordinates the transport operations. Association's education and training needs with the Aviation Safety Committee Scientific Program Committee; and coordinates the The goal of this committee is to improve the safety of Association's Continuing Medical Education (CME) role. aviation activities. The committee directs its efforts to Finance Committee identifying and resolving specific, important aviation This committee updates and reviews the Association's safety issues, national or international in scope, which financial balance sheets on an ongoing basis, provides an represent a significant threat to the health and safety of overview of the Association's financial position to the people involved in aviation activities, either as Council at its regular meetings, and brings forward or re- crewmembers or passengers, through educational and views potential new courses of financial action. regulatory processes. History and Archives Committee Awards Committee This committee is responsible for acquiring, preserving, The Awards Committee obtains and reviews nomina- and maintaining those items of historical significance tions for the various awards and honorary citations pre- which represent and depict the achievements of the sented by the Association and makes recommendations Association and its members. This responsibility is exer- to the Council. cised through historical research, commemorative pre- Bylaws Committee sentations, and fostering the preservation of library, This committee is a fact-finding committee on matters archival, and museum collections. pertaining to the Constitution and Bylaws. It studies pro- International Activities Committee posed amendments to the Bylaws referred by the This committee is responsible for initiation, coordina- Council, and make its recommendations to the tion, and promotion of international scientific and techni- Association through the Council. These are then pre- cal meetings to promote international cooperation and sented through specific channels to the membership for understanding in the field of aerospace medicine. approval at the annual business meeting. See PRESIDENT, p. 1007.

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NASA’s Human Research Program the world attended the Symposium, and the the theme of the day, that provided opportu- Hosts the 18th Humans in Space presentations were characterized by the nities for detailed discussions among investi- many papers with multinational, multi- gators. The panels and poster sessions are Symposium in Houston, TX, April agency, multi-institutional, and multidisci- listed below (p. 1007). 11-15, 2011 pline authorship. Dr. Jeffrey R. Davis, Several panels were of special historical sig- Symposium Chair, opened the meeting. nificance for this symposium. A commemo- The NASA Human Research Program Opening ceremonies speakers included for- ration of the 50th anniversary of the first (HRP) along with partners in the Houston mer Michael Coats, Director, human spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin featured area [University of Houston; Universities NASA Johnson Space Center, and Dr. Chiaki Russian scientists from the Institute of Space Research Association; National Space Mukai, astronaut and Manager of the Space Biomedical Problems of the Russian Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI); Biomedical Research Office, JAXA, who rep- Academy of Sciences who have been with University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB); resented Dr. Jean-Michel Contant, IAA the USSR/Russian space program since Wyle Integrated Science and Engineering Secretary General. those “first” years and U.S. scientists who Group; and NASA JSC Engineering Dr. Joe Kerwin, former Navy pilot, flight were with the program in the early days of Directorate, Systems Architecture and surgeon, astronaut, and first U.S. physician human spaceflight and international cooper- Integration Office] were successful in their in space on the 1973 28-day mission, ation. A commemoration of the 30th anniver- bid to host the 18th International Academy was keynote speaker. He addressed the im- sary of the first flight featured of Astronautics (IAA) Humans in Space portance of research on the International a video film of former President George H. Symposium in April 2011, which was held at Space Station (ISS) “now” so that when the W. Bush, who reminisced on the first flight the Westin Galleria Houston. The first “Man first exploration crew is on the launch pad in April 1981 and hailed the great contribu- in Space” Symposium was in Paris in 1962, 2 we will have confidence – in the systems, the tions of the Space Shuttle Program and the years after the founding of the IAA. Aims of medical care, the resolution of current ISS to biomedical and other research that has the IAA are to “foster the development of as- problems, and the entire crew’s ability to benefited spaceflight and life on Earth. tronautics for peaceful purposes; recognize perform – that the mission will be a success. Former astronaut Robert Crippen, recipient individuals who have distinguished them- He emphasized the importance of being an of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor selves in a related branch of science or tech- international team; of having adequate fund- and Pilot of the first (and other) space shuttle nology; provide a program through which ing and sharing data, including past data; missions, presented a fascinating description members may contribute to international en- and of effectively using our investment in of his experiences as an astronaut. In these deavors; and cooperate in the advancement space, the ISS. sessions, Roger Launius, Chief Historian of of aero-space science.” The scientific sessions were comprised of NASA and Senior Curator for Human Space More than 500 scientists/researchers, flight panels in the mornings consisting of presen- Flight at the Smithsonian National Air and surgeons, engineers, , program tations around a central theme and poster Space Museum, wowed the audience with managers, teachers, and others from around presentations in the afternoons, focused on See NASA, p. 1007.

Meetings Calendar October 6-8, 2011; CAMA Annual Scientific Meeting; Tucson, AZ. European School of Info: [email protected] October 17-19, 2011; Air Medical Transport Conference; St. Louis, Aviation Medicine MO. Association of Air Medical Services. Info: http://www.aams.org October 24-26, 2011; 49th Annual SAFE Symposium; Reno, NV. Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. Info: [email protected]; http://www.safe- association.com Training Courses 2012 for JAA/FAA Aero Medical Examiners Future AsMA Meetings Aviation Medicine/ Travel Medicine May 13-17, 2012 Atlanta Hilton Diploma Course 21 17 – 25 March 2012 Atlanta, GA May 12-16, 2013 AME Class 2 Chicago Sheraton Basic Course 22 1 – 9 September 2012 Chicago, IL May 11-15, 2014 AME Class 1 San Diego Hilton Advanced Course 22 8 – 16 December 2012 San Diego

May 10-14, 2015 Venue: Lufthansa Aeromedical Center, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Hotel Lake Buena Vista, FL Frankfurt Airport. Application forms and further details under www.flugmed.org or www.eusam.org. Abstract Submission NOW OPEN! www.asma.org The 83rd Annual AsMA Scientific Meeting will be International Aero Medical Seminar (FAA) held in Atlanta, GA, May 13-17, 2012. in Berlin 23 – 26 August 2012 ABSTRACT DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 31.

1006 Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine • Vol. 82, No. 10 • October 2011 NASA, from p. 1006. resented countries around the globe. The art • Commercial Spaceflight lively historical presentations on both eras, was displayed in a “Youth Art Gallery,” and • Strategy for Research in Space Physiology providing information many of us had for- attendees were treated to some of the win- • Space Technology and Habitats gotten or had never known. ning music compositions at a performance The panel on commercial spaceflight pro- by the Clear Lake High School orchestra. vided a vision of a future aspect of the U.S. Peace Prizes were presented “to the artworks spaceflight program. Former NASA astro- that best express a vision of how cooperation naut Kenneth Bowersox, Shuttle Mission in human space exploration can help create PRESIDENT, from p. 1005. Specialist, Pilot, and Commander of the 6th peace on Earth” by a representative of the United National Economic and Social Membership Committee ISS mission, who is currently Vice President, This committee is responsible for Space Exploration Technologies Corporation Council. In addition, Dr. Ron McNeel, (Space-X), described two of Space-X’s launch NSBRI, organized a very successful poster initiating programs and activities vehicles: Falcon 1, which can carry up to 800 competition for graduate students. The 46 whose purposes and objectives are pounds to low Earth orbit, and Falcon 9, posters representing 25 academic institutions to increase membership in the were scored by judges from the United which is designed for human spaceflight. Association and to promote public John Curry, former NASA flight director for States, Canada, China, Germany, and Japan; Shuttle and ISS programs, who is currently and the winners represented Texas A&M relations. This committee acts in an working with Sierra Nevada Corporation, University, MIT, Drexel University, and Bei advisory capacity to the Executive described their Dream Chaser program, Hang University (Beijing). Committee and the Council in mat- based on a reusable “winged” (airfoil) space- In summary, the NASA Human Research Program and its cooperating organizations in ters relating to the establishment of craft capable of carrying a crew of seven to eligibility requirements for all classes the ISS, to be launched by an Atlas 5 rocket the Houston area hosted the 18th Humans in starting in 2014. Dr. James Vanderploeg, for- Space Symposium: The Next Golden Age. of membership. mer NASA flight surgeon and currently This international meeting promoted Nominating Committee Associate Professor at UTMB, Medical progress in research for human spaceflight The Nominating Committee is re- and exploration and facilitated multi-na- Director of Wyle, and Chief Medical Officer sponsible for nominating the elected of Virgin Galactic, described the medical re- tional cooperation. Attendees represented 16 quirements and testing for Virgin Galactic nations around the globe. The meeting of- officers and elective members of “Founders,” that is the first 100 paid passen- fered many opportunities for multi-national, Council. The committee is composed gers for commercial suborbital spaceflights. multi-organizational, multi-center, and of past presidents and representa- In the evenings, symposium attendees were multi-disciplinary interaction: it was a step toward “Integration and Coordination (and tives from constituent organizations. treated to three special presentations. The The report of this committee is pre- Hubble IMAX movie was shown at the Cooperation) in the Next Golden Age of Houston Museum of Natural Science and as- Human Space Flight.” sented orally and in writing at the tronaut John Grunsfeld, who was instrumen- Selected Symposium presentations will be opening ceremonies of the annual tal in repair of the Hubble Telescope, shared published in a future issue of Acta meeting. The vote takes place at the Astronautica (journal of the IAA). Authors’ his personal experiences in that gripping business meeting. story that transformed astronomy. Dr. Neil abstracts are accessible at: de Grasse Tyson, noted science popularizer, http://www.dsls.usra.edu/meetings/IAA/ Resolutions Committee Director of the Hayden Planetarium, and pdf/program.pdf This committee reviews and ap- Visiting Research Scientist and Lecturer at proves all resolutions and presents Princeton University, spoke at the University 18th Humans in Space Symposium - Panel them to Council for its consideration of Houston. And Dr. David F. Dinges, Sessions: and approval prior to presenting Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the • Education and Outreach University of Pennsylvania School of • Advances in Behavioral Health and them to the membership for vote at Medicine, described the fascinating life and Performance the annual business meeting. career of Fridtjof Nansen, Ph.D., the great • International Commemoration of the 50th Science and Technology Committee Norwegian polar explorer, scientist, and Anniversary of the First Human Spaceflight This committee is responsible for humanitarian. by Yuri Gagarin informing and educating the To involve “the next generation of space • and Operations life scientists,” two special events encour- • Circadian Adaptation to Martian Sol Association regarding interdisci- aged international student participation in • Planetary Protection and Astrobiology plinary problems in the areas of space life sciences and in the Symposium. • Space Radiation systems analysis and technology Dr. Jancy McPhee conceived and managed • Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary utilization, as well as aeromedical, an international art competition for youth of the First Space Shuttle Flight ages 10-17 from around the world. Panels of • Space Shuttle Contributions to Space Life biomedical, and human factor international experts judged the remarkable Sciences requirements. works of art in the genres of music, litera- • Spaceflight Impact on Mammalian If you find one that interests you, I ture, video, and 3D video, and winners rep- Physiology recommend you contact the Committee Chair and get to work. 18th HUMANS IN SPACE SYMPOSIUM - TOPIC AREAS AND POSTER SESSIONS If you have any questions, con- Pre-launch Transit and Surface A (continued) cerns, or suggestions, you can reach Human Factors & Behavior and Nutrition and Metabolism me at [email protected] or call me Performance Sensorimotor at 786-338-8777. Space Medicine and Operations Transit and Surface B Space Radiation Human Factors & Behavior and Space Technology and Habitat CAMA Annual Scientific Meeting Performance Tucson, Arizona Space Biology Launch, Landing, and Egress Space Medicine and Operations October 6-8, 2011 Cardiovascular Space Radiation “Cognition, Sleep Disorders and Sensorimotor Recovery and Rehabilitation Fatigue in Aviation: Transit and Surface A Muscle and Exercise A Comprehensive View” Bone Bone Superb Faculty Cardiovascular Cardiovascular AME Seminar Credit Immune Sensorimotor Inquiries welcome: Muscle and Exercise Space Technology and Habitats [email protected]

Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine • Vol. 82, No. 10 • October 2011 1007 Nominations Sought for 2012 AsMA Awards 4. An individual can only receive one award in any one year. The same individual may receive an award more than once, so long as five years The Awards Committee of the Aerospace Medical Association, which is have elapsed between the last time that award was won by that same responsible for selecting the annual winners of special awards, has set a awardee. The exception is the Bauer Award, as this award is only given January 15 deadline for receiving nominations for awards to be presented once to an individual. at the 2012 Annual Scientific Meeting in Atlanta, GA. The names of 5. Nominations are good for three years from the original award nomi- prospective award winners should be submitted as far in advance of the nation. They may be updated. If substantial material has changed for the deadline as possible. To view a list of past recipients go to the AsMA same award within that three-year cycle—a new nomination should be website: http://www.asma.org/pdf/awrdwin.pdf submitted. 6. The form is available on the AsMA website. You may either submit Nominations can be made by any member of AsMA. the nomination directly from the website or you may download the nomi- Rules: nation form into your computer for e-mailing as a pdf document attach- 1. The nominee must be a current member of the Association by Feb. 1 ment. Nomination forms sent via e-mail should be addressed to the in the year in which the award may be given, with the sole exception that Awards Committee Chair, Kris Belland, D.O., at [email protected]; and the Sidney D. Leverett, Jr., Environmental Science Award is open to non- Ms. Gisselle Vargas at AsMA Headquarters ([email protected]). If e-mail is members. not available, you can send a hard copy of the form via normal mail to: 2. Employees of a company sponsoring an award are eligible to receive Aerospace Medical Association, 320 South Henry St., Alexandria, VA the award. Self-nomination is not allowed. Deceased members may be 22314; or fax to the AsMA Home Office: (703)739-9652. Any auxiliary nominated. biographical material in electronic or hard copy attachments must be lim- 3. Nominations for the Tuttle and Environmental Science Awards must ited to 3 typed pages and will be retained in Association files. cite a specific paper printed in Aviation, Space, and Environmental 7. Nominations received after Jan. 15th will be considered for awards to Medicine. The award will be given to the first author, with co-authors that be presented at the next annual meeting. are AsMA members receiving co-author recognition. ANNUAL AWARDS descriptions online.

COMBINED COUNCIL IN ANCHORAGE--The outgoing and incoming members of Council posed for a group photo, courtesy of Eduard Ricaurte.

1008 Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine • Vol. 82, No. 10 • October 2011 Send information for publication on this page to: Corporate News Aerospace Medical Association 320 S. Henry Street NEWS OF CORPORATE MEMBERS Alexandria, VA 22314-3579

Cam Lock Ltd. Becomes Newest understanding of the challenges involved with Wyle Office Raises Funds for Corporate Member conducting experiments in space. The course Warrior Foundation includes four core elements: altitude physiol- Cam Lock Limited recently became the ogy, G-tolerance, space launch and reentry Wyle’s San Diego office recently hosted 130 newest Corporate & Sustaining Member of the training, and distraction management. golfers at its 6th annual charity golf tourna- Aerospace Medical Association. Cam Lock Altitude physiology training enables trainees ment benefitting the Warrior Foundation at specializes in personal life support systems. to experience hypoxia or oxygen-deprivation NAS North Island’s Sea-N-Air Golf They are a division of Camberly Group, PLC, first hand with an altitude chamber flight to Course. The San Diego-based Warrior and are based in Hampshire, UK. They are an 25,000 ft. Trainees also learn safety protocols in Foundation, which helps wounded and dis- established supplier to the international de- a loss of cabin pressure event. G-tolerance abled military who have served and sacrificed fense aerospace industry, providing protection flights introduce trainees to the physiological for our country, will receive the tournament’s for aircrew of helicopters, fixed wing, and and acceleration effects of spaceflight and proceeds through the Navy League. Twelve transport aircraft. In addition to this, Cam teach ways to mitigate the symptoms of grav- San Diego employees and two employees of Lock has developed products for the personal ity-induced loss of consciousness. Herring & Herring APC paid for fees that en- protective equipment market, including filter Simulated spaceflights are conducted on the abled 22 Warriors to play in the tourney. respirator masks, breathing apparatus, gas de- NASTAR Phoenix STS-400 centrifuge, where —To learn more, please see Wyle’s blog: tection instrumentation, and dive masks. They trainees learn to handle the maximum www.wyle.com/News/Pages/NBE-Blog.aspx. also offer training courses in all aspects of acceleration G loads encountered during launch and reentry. Participants also complete their products and issue a certificate of compe- Environics Announces Free tency upon completion, also retaining a record a distraction/time management exercise to of the training in their database. For more in- demonstrate the need for teamwork, planning, Mobility Suite for Android formation on this company, please visit their and practice prior to conducting suborbital Environics Inc. recently announced the re- website at www.camlockuk.com/index.asp. research experiments in order to maximize mission success during short-duration lease of the Environics Mobility Suite, an app suborbital flights. for use on Android devices. The initial release Mayo Clinic Wins Grant to Gauge —To read more, please visit www.etcusa.com/ of the app is for use on any Android device Genetic Risk corp/pressreleases/NR072511.html. and allows complete control of the Environics Series 6100 (a computerized multi-gas calibra- Mayo Clinic researchers will receive more Archinoetics Hosts Students tion system) when it is in remote mode. This than $3 million in a 4-year grant from the initial version offers a simple menu-driven National Human Genome Research Institute In June, Archinoetics hosted students from system that allows full control of all the exist- to translate recent genomic discoveries into the UH Pacific Alliance program, which serves ing commands in Concentration Mode, Flow tools for individualized medicine. Recent ad- individuals with disabilities, and the UH Mode, and Ozone Commands. It further allows vances in the genetics of heart and blood ves- College of Engineering internship program. advanced users to input commands and to sel diseases will be integrated into electronic Students learned about mechanical engineer- create and run programs. Future versions will medical records so doctors can more accu- ing, saw the 3D printer, heard about careers in allow full control of the Series 6100 regardless rately determine patients’ risk of heart attacks, software engineering and graphic design, of the set mode. Future plans include the abil- blood vessel diseases, and adverse reactions to learned more about hardware engineering ity to run other Environics systems on the heart medications. The grant is part of the sec- from circuit design to building, toured the sen- Android Mobile Suite. An iPhone-based appli- ond phase of the Electronic Medical Records sors lab, and learned about sleep and fatigue. cation is also in development. and Genomics Network, also known as —Taken from http://archinoetics.com/2011/08/ —For more info, visit www.environics.com/ eMERGE, a multisite effort to use data from a 16/student-tours-for-stem/. news---events/news-and-announcements/. large number of medical records to enable genome-wide association studies. Mayo re- HeartSine Named One of UK’s Top Lockheed Martin Emphasizes Tech searchers will work with other eMERGE sites and is one of seven institutions in the Innovators & Engineering Careers eMERGE network that received a grant. HeartSine Technologies, based near George Lockheed Martin showcased the impor- —For more information, please visit www. Best Belfast City Airport, was recently named tance and value of careers in the technology mayoclinic.org/news2011-rst/6408.html. as one of the UK’s most innovative businesses. and engineering fields to San Francisco Bay They have been shortlisted for the coveted area students recently at the NASA IT Summit ETC Completes First Suborbital Orange Innovation Award in the 10th annual 2011 Education Blast Off. The session, at- Scientist Training Program National Business Awards. The firm has been tended by more than 200 middle and high shortlisted because of its innovative approach school students, promoted science, technology, The NASTAR® Center completed the first to the design, development, and manufacture engineering, and math (S.T.E.M.) careers and dedicated NASTAR Suborbital Scientist of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). is one of Lockheed Martin’s many STEM ac- Training Program for the ATSA Suborbital The technology within HeartSine’s leading- tivities in support of NASA programs. During Observatory project with eight team members edge cardiac defibrillation products means it the program, a team of experts from Lockheed from the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), The competes successfully in the global healthcare Martin’s Information Systems & Global Citadel, and other South Carolina colleges. market. Solutions and Space Systems Company pre- The ATSA project will use a reusable subor- The Orange Innovation Award recognizes sented the latest advances in information tech- bital spacecraft with a specially designed tele- businesses that have gone beyond the ordi- nology (IT), such as cloud computing and scope for space-based observations above the nary in their development and implemented cyber security solutions, and talked about ca- atmosphere of Earth while avoiding some cutting edge innovation in terms of products, reers in the IT and engineering fields. In addi- operational constraints of satellite telescope services, or company culture. The company tion, the Lockheed Martin team played a host systems. This was the first dedicated NASTAR will now prepare to make its presentation in of interactive cyber security-related versions of Suborbital Scientist training program of its person before an independent, expert judging popular games with the students to reinforce kind focused on a single project. panel this month before the winners are an- the role that cyber security plays in all technol- The 3-day NASTAR Suborbital Scientist nounced at an awards ceremony in November. ogy initiatives. course equips individuals with hands-on —For more information, please see www. —To read more, see www.lockheedmartin.com/ knowledge and skills to safely cope with the newsletter.co.uk/news/business/heartsine_listed_ news/press_releases/2011/08-17-2011-NASA-IT- rigors of suborbital spaceflight and gives an among_uk_s_top_innovators_1_2925422. Summit.html.

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Walton L. Jones, M.D., Past AsMA the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board Medical Association, the Rhode Island President, Has Died (NTSB) and was the first person to occupy Medical Society, the Association of Military that position. During his tenure at the NTSB, Surgeons of the U.S., the New England Society We have just learned that Walton L. Jones, he assisted the agency in identifying and ad- of Allergy, the U.S. Naval Institute, and the M.D., a Past President of the Aerospace dressing critical medical issues in transporta- Naval Historical Foundation. He was Medical Association tion safety, including injury prevention, med- President of the Philadelphia branch of the (AsMA) from 1980-81, ication use by transportation operators, Aero-Medical Association in 1952, and became died May 5, 2010, at his hypoxia in aviation operations, medical certifi- a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association home in Ft. Myers, FL. A cation of commercial drivers, substance de- (AsMA) in 1954 and of the American College native of Georgia, he pendence in pilots, and obstructive sleep of Physicians in 1963. He also served on earned his M.D. degree apnea screening and evaluation, among many AsMA’s Executive Council from 1966-69. He from Emory University, others. He presented testimony to the U.S. received the Sir Henry Wellcome Medal and Atlanta, GA, in 1942. Congress on behalf of the Safety Board, and Prize in 1963 from the Association of Military After entering the Navy, was honored by the agency with the Dr. John Surgeons of the U.S. he interned at the U.S. K. Lauber Award for technical excellence in Naval Hospital in accident investigation. Lyman H. Connor, who had been a member Charleston, SC, and became a Navy Flight Prior to his work at NTSB, Dr. Garber was a since 1993. Surgeon in 1944. After World War II, he served U.S. Air Force flight surgeon, Chief of Flight as Medical Officer for the 9th Marine Aircraft Medicine, and Chief of Aerospace Medicine at H. Lee Harris, M.D., a native of Kentucky, Wing, Cherry Point, NJ. Later, he became various locations. He is a graduate of Duke earned a B.S. degree and his M.D. at the Flight Surgeon in the Office of Flight Safety, University with a B.A. in Psychology/ University of Oregon in 1947 and 1951, respec- Chief of Naval Operations. From 1953-55, he Sociology in 1982, Emory University School of tively. He served in the USAF during World was Senior Medical Officer on the aircraft car- Medicine with an M.D. in 1987, Harvard War II as a Captain. He belonged to the rier U.S.S. Randolph. University School of Public Health with an Soaring Society of America and had a special In 1955 Dr. Jones became Head of the M.P.H. in Occupational and Environmental interest in high-altitude soaring and mountain Aviation Medicine Equipment Branch in the Medicine in 1991, and the Georgia Institute of wave phenomena. He was in general practice Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and Technology with an M.S.M.E. in Bioengin- and was an Aviation Medical Examiner. He was also Aeromedical Assistant in the Bureau eering in 1996. He is a member of the Human was a member of the Board of Trustees of the of Naval Weapons, both in Washington, DC. Factors and Ergonomics Society, the American Oregon State Medical Association, a member In 1964, he was sent to NASA, where he Society of Safety Engineers, and the of the American Academy of General Practice, served until 1966. During his time at NASA, Association for the Advancement of and a member of the American Medical he was made Director of Biotechnology and Automotive Medicine, and is a Fellow of the Association, as well as being a member of Human Research, where he developed two- Aerospace Medical Association. He has re- AsMA. gas sensors for monitoring and controlling the ceived the Harry G. Moseley award for out- atmosphere in space stations. These sensors standing contributions to flight safety. Manfred Hoffrichter, M.D., who was a native were adjusted for use in U.S. submarines. He of Germany and a Fellow of AsMA. He was also helped advance the design of pressure Capt. Lawrence Marinelli, MC, USNR-Ret., an Aviation Medical Examiner and also suits, exposure suits, and ejection seats and es- has been elected as the President of the worked in the fields of general practice and cape capsules. He assisted in developing the Southwest Region of the Association of the preventive medicine. He had been a member closed-loop control of the human centrifuge at at the annual meeting of since 1959. Johnsville, PA, and the low-pressure and heat this organization in New Orleans in July. He is chambers at the Navy’s Air Crew Equipment a Fellow and Life Member of AsMA as well as Harry J. Moore, M.B.B.S., died in November Laboratory in Philadelphia. a member and past Selector of IAASM. He is 2010. Born in Australia, he earned his degree Dr. Jones retired from the Navy in 1966, also a past President of the Airline Medical at Sydney University NSW in 1947 and served after 22 years. He then joined NASA and was Directors Association and is currently the at Royal Perth Hospital. He was a member of Deputy Director of Life Sciences from 1970-75 Chairman of the Awards Committee of the Australian General Practitioners and then Director of NASA’s Occupational AMDA. Association, the Aerospace Medical Medicine Program. He received NASA’s Association (AsMA), the Space Medicine Exceptional Service Medal in 1979 for his Obituary Listings Association, and the Flight Nurses Section work with that program. He retired from (now the Aerospace Nursing Society). NASA in 1985, after 18 years there. Due to the changes in Emeritus status, the Dr. Jones joined AsMA in 1944 and became Home Office sent out letters to all Emeritus Wayne R. Otto, M.D., MMC, died at the age a Fellow in 1957. He received AsMA’s Louis members. We have subsequently received no- of 87 in November 2010. He was an Aviation H. Bauer Founder’s Award in 1970 and was tification of members who have passed away. Medical Examiner and served as a Captain in the President of the Space Medicine These are the members, both regular and the U.S. Army. He was a Fellow of AsMA. Association from 1974-75. Among his other Emeritus, who AsMA has recently learned INDEX TO ADVERTISERS awards are the 1956 Founders Medal of the have died within the past year: Association of Military Surgeons and the 1970 Aerospace Medical Association John Jeffries Award of the American Institute Sidney I. Brody, M.D., died in October 2010. Award Rules ...... 1008 of Aeronautics and Astronautics. A native of Pennsylvania, he earned a B.A. at Call for Papers ...... v the University of Pennsylvania in 1936 and re- Corporate Members ...... 1012 ceived his M.D. at the Hahnemann Medical Foundation ...... iv News of Members College in Philadelphia in 1941. He was a vet- Information for Authors . . . . .Cover III eran of World War II and is thought to have Membership Application ...... iii Mitchell A. Garber, M.D., M.P.H., been the first doctor to have flown the Navy’s Euorpean School of Aviation M.S.M.E, has recently accepted a position as a earliest operational jet aircraft, the Phantom I. 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1010 Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine • Vol. 82, No. 10 • October 2011 IN MEMORIAM Changes to Emeritus Membership Requirements Paul S. Stoner, M.D., M.P.H., died in August During the Annual Business Meeting, con- Our Association values the Emeritus mem- 2011. A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Stoner ducted on May 10, 2011 at the Annual bers’ vast knowledge and experiences. We be- earned a B.S. degree at Dickinson College in Scientific Meeting in Anchorage, AK, the lieve that our Emeritus members have much 1978 and his M.D. at Temple Medical School AsMA membership voted to approve the rec- to offer the Association and should be al- in 1982. He took the AMP course at Brooks ommended changes to the Association lowed to continue voting as active AsMA City-Base, TX, in 1983 and served an intern- Bylaws related to Emeritus Membership. The members as well as the opportunity to hold ship in General Surgery at Wilford Hall USAF approved Bylaws for Emeritus Membership office, should they choose to do so. The ap- Medical Center, San Antonio, TX. He served are provided here: proved changes return the right to vote as ac- in both Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a tive members and hold office within the flight surgeon in Saudi Arabia and also served ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP Association. The requirement to be fully re- as Medical Group Commander for an Air SECTION 1. Categories, Qualifications, and tired was removed because many of our Expeditionary Force deployment to Qatar. He Election for Membership. members who would otherwise qualify for received an M.P.H. in 1994 from the Harvard E. Emeritus Member: The Executive Director Emeritus membership could not apply be- School of Public Health and completed a resi- shall have the authority to grant Emeritus cause they continue to work. The member- dency in aerospace medicine at Brooks City- Membership in this Association as consistent with ship believed these members were being un- Base, TX, in 1996. In 1998, he became the U.S. the conditions and appropriate fee for Emeritus fairly penalized and so this requirement was Air Force aerospace medicine liaison officer at Membership as established by the Council. At age removed from the new Bylaws language. NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston 65, those individuals who have been members for All current Emeritus members will con- and served there as Chief of the Flight a minimum of 25 years are eligible to apply. Such tinue as Emeritus members. However, to Medicine Clinic until 2009, when he joined the Emeritus Members shall be entitled to vote and maintain your active Emeritus status you Space Medicine Division. He was a Diplomate hold office and shall retain all rights and privileges must provide AsMA payment of $50.00 US. of the American Board of Preventive Medicine of regular members in good standing. Membership Current Emeritus members who do not pro- certified in Aerospace Medicine and a mem- entitles Emeritus Members to the electronic ver- vide the $50.00 US payment by December ber of the Society of USAF Flight Surgeons. sion of the official journal of the Association via 31, 2011 will go to an inactive membership Within AsMA, he was a member of the the Aerospace Medical Association website. The status. Annual membership payment can be Registration Committee and an Associate print version of the official journal of the made in the following ways: Fellow. Association shall be available to Emeritus • Credit card payment via the AsMA web- Members via a subscription at a rate to be deter- site Members’ Login (www.asma.org) Robert Eugene “Van” van Patten, born in mined by the Executive Committee. • Credit card payment via phone call to Albion, MI, died August 2011 in Kettering, AsMA Membership Department: OH. He served in the U.S. Navy during World Several significant changes should be evi- Gloria Carter – (703) 739-2240 x106 War II, then earned a dent: Sheryl Kildall – (703) 739-2240 x107 B.S. in Mechanical 1) the requirement to be “fully retired” has Please be sure to update your contact infor- Engineering and a been removed; mation such as e-mail address and phone Ph.D. in aeromedical 2) age requirement changed from 62 to 65; numbers when making payment so that we engineering. He went 3) AsMA membership requirement can ensure you receive all communications on to work at Wright- changed from 20 years to 25 years; from the AsMA Home Office efficiently. Patterson AFB, OH, 4) right to vote as active members and hold AsMA members who believe they meet the where he retired in office returned to Emeritus members; and new requirements and would like to apply 1989. Author of over 5) an appropriate membership fee was for Emeritus Member status should contact 100 scientific papers-- added. the AsMA Membership Department many published in An annual Emeritus membership fee of We value our Emeritus Members and we ASEM-- and holder of 11 patents, Van was re- $50.00 US was approved to help offset the look forward to more engagement on Associ- cently honored as a ‘Giant of Acceleration’ at administrative costs of maintaining member- ation issues from them in the future. the National Aerospace and Training Center, ship records in the AsMA membership data- Southampton, PA. He was also a U.S. Coast base, blast e-mail costs, electronic journal Jeffrey C. Sventek, MS, CAsP Guard Auxiliary Communications Officer and costs and postage costs. Executive Director a published aviation and military historian. Reminder for Prospective Upcoming FAA AME New Members Associate Fellows Seminars

Donnelly-Boylen, Kevin M., B.A., The Chair of the Associate Fellows Oct. 6-8, 2011 Washington, DC Group reminds prospective candidates Tuscon, AZ Engler, Solangia, San Antonio, TX that applications are currently being CAMA Hays, Russell B., CDR, MC, USN, accepted from qualified members of Pensacola, FL the Aerospace Medical Association for Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2011 Ivory, Eleanor Ann, Dr., M.A., Marlborough, Associate Fellowship. Members who Oklahoma City, OK UK have made a positive contribution to Komorowski, Matthieu, M.D., Koeln, Basic Germany the Association and have been a Lapish, Joanna M., M.D., Auckland, New member for at least 5 years are eligible Nov. 18-20, 2011 Zealand and encouraged to submit their appli- Portland, OR Menger, Richard P., M.D., Shreveport, LA cation. N/NP/P Mulcahy, Robert, B.A., Galveston, TX To apply, please submit a current Powers, Kyle, Ft. Pierce, FL Curriculum Vitae (CV) or resume di- PLEASE NOTE: AsMA only takes regis- Previc, Fred H., Ph.D., San Antonio, TX rectly to the Associate Fellows Group trations for the FAA seminar held in Ramos, Alex, Capt., USAF, BSC, Arlington, VA Membership Committee at associate- Reyes, David, M.D., Albuquerque, NM [email protected]. The deadline for conjunction with our annual meeting Savoia-McHugh, Lee A., M.D., Pensacola, FL submitting your application is close of in May. For all others, please visit the Stein, Matt, USAF, Chicago, IL FAA’s site at: www.faa.gov/other_visit/ Thomas, Ashley K., Capt., USAF, APO, AE business EST on 30 November 2011. Trevino, Tiffany D., M.Sgt., USAF, Corpus To learn more about Associate aviation_industry/designees_ Christi, TX Fellowship, please visit our website at: delegations/designee_types/ame/ Twomey, Carolyn L., R.N., Richmond, VA http://www.asmaafg.org seminar_schedule/. Walter, Christine D., B.S., Southampton, PA

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