ACCEPTANCE OF PRESIDENCY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Frank H. Douglass
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
Good Fortune ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

THIRTY-THREE men have held this office before me—thirty-three of the greatest names in Pediatrics. With such a heritage I feel very grateful and humble. It has been my good fortune to have known most of these men personally, and to the following three, I am particularly indebted: Dr. J. B. Bilderback, who was my teacher; Dr. Henry Dietrich, under whom I had my residency; and Dr. Jay I. Durand who was the first to interest me in our Academy and who was always an inspiration to me. The founders and officers of the Academy who have served before me have set the purpose of the voyage of the Good Ship American Academy of Pediatrics; the Executive Board of the Academy continually reviews our problems and charts our course; the Execcutive Director and Central Office staff arrange the cargo, but you—the stock holders—must work the cargo if our voyage is to be successful. I will try to the best of my ability to run a happy and efficient ship— and hold her steady as she goes.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1964 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 885-886
Author(s):  
Frank H. Douglass
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Executive Director ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The World ◽  
One Year ◽  
Do So

UPON ASSUMING this office one year ago I stated that the founders and officers of the Academy who had served before me had set the purpose of the voyage of the Good Ship American Academy of pediatrics; the Executive Board of the Academy continually reviews our problems and charts our course, the Executive Director and Central Office staff arrange the cargo, but you, the stockholders, must work the cargo if our voyage is to be successful. Our 1963-64 voyage is completed. I have brought the good ship back to the home port and she is again ready to sail under Captain Harry Towsley. I am happy to tell you that you have worked the cargo well in every port of call. Our committees have been dedicated and active as their reports show. This next year the committee reports will be published in a special booklet as heretofore. I urge every one of you to read these reports so you may better understand what you are getting from your membership. The Executive Board has not wavered one bit from the original purpose of our voyage, though I am sure there are some among us who would have them do so. The Board, your Officers, and even the Academy itself cannot be all things to all people, but we have tried hard to please as many as possible. I can assure you that every effort is made to comply with the wishes of the majority and to carry out the original precepts that made us the largest and most influential organization interested in children in all the world.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 1049-1049
Author(s):  
George B. Logan
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Central Office ◽  
The United States ◽  
Good Sense ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Office Staff ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
American Medicine ◽  
Yearly Change ◽  
Major Division

THIS change of blue to purple ribbon on my badge is a great honor. I thank you for selecting me to serve the Academy in this way. However, acceptance of the presidency at this time gives me some feelings of trepidation, despite your support and the support of a strong Executive Board and Central Office staff. American medicine is undergoing revolutionary changes: scientifically and educationally as well as in its methods of delivery. Pediatrics as a major division of medicine is not exempt from these changes. Government is playing an ever-increasing role in medical activities. Whether we agree with these changes or not is beside the point. The fact is, they are with us. But these changes are not unique to the United States. They seem to be part of worldwide scientific and social alterations. This year, you as Academy members must become accustomed not only to the usual yearly change of a president but also to a change of executive directorship. Dr. Christopherson's years in this office have been years of tremendous accomplishment. We are all confident that Dr. Frazier's will be the same. Those of us to whom the mantles of responsibility are being given are grateful for the firm foundation that has been built by our predecessors in office. We shall, to the best of our ability, face present and future problems with equanimity, dispatch, good sense, and the best possible judgment. As we undertake these tasks we shall always keep before us the section of our Constitution which states: "the object of the Academy shall be to foster and stimulate interest in Pediatrics and correlate all aspects of the work for the welfare of children which properly come within the scope of Pediatrics."

It Doesn't Work!

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-128
Author(s):  
Hugh C. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Child Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Medical Record ◽  
Central Office ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Child Health Care ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
The Family

In the April 1977 issue of Pediatrics (59:636, 1977), Dr. Cunningham recommends that the patient's medical record be given to the family to keep. He urges that the Committee on Standards of Child Health Care consider this subject. For at least 20 years the American Academy of Pediatrics has published for this very purpose, a "Child Health Record." This is publication HE-4 of the Academy and was last revised in 1968. The central office of the Academy tells me that, at the present time, between 50,000 and 100,000 of these are sold annually to physicians for the distribution that Dr. Cunningham recommends.

PROCEEDINGS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-164
Author(s):  
William W. Belford
Keyword(s):  
Child Care ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
National Council ◽  
Unfinished Business ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
White House ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge

AFTER SOME 30 years a member of the Academy and 6 years on the Executive Board, I come to this occasion very much aware of the great honor given me. Those before me have given us their concepts and philosophy of pediatrics and of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and what it has done. I am very humble in my comments about things as they appear to me. In the lives of all of us there is always something to be done—unfinished business. There is unfinished business for the American Academy of Pediatrics too. The last 10 years seem to have increased the number of factors and items of this unfinished business. There is so much to be done for the welfare of children! It is encouraging, though sometimes confusing, that so many groups are interested in the welfare of children besides pediatricians. It is good that the Fellows of the Academy takes part in the activities of these other organizations, for many of these lack pediatric guidance. The Academy's official liaison representatives to these groups are appreciated and we give them our thanks for their unselfish and outstanding efforts. It is evident that this phase of the work in child care will increase, and pediatricians must have an increasing role in the work of these organizations which are interested in various aspects of child health and welfare. The National Council of Organizations for Children and Youth now numbers 596 organizations as members. The recent White House Conference on Children and Youth was a huge affair! It was quite evident that there was a vast amount of knowledge unusued though known to one group but not realized or suspected to be available by others.

Prevention of Smoking

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 1143-1144
Author(s):  
Henry P. Staub
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Health Hazard ◽  
American Cancer Society ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Cancer Society ◽  
The Public ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Younger Generation

In the Newsletter of January 1, 1968, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported that the executive board strongly endorsed time American Cancer Society's anti-smoking resolution. Personally, I cannot agree with the approach of the resolution to the public health hazard of smoking. If the American Academy of Pediatrics (or for that matter, the American Cancer Society) wanted to back effective measures, an entirely different type of resolution would have been adopted, one that would have put the emphasis On reaciling the younger generation.

In Reply:Office-Based Medication Dispensing

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-400
Author(s):  
DANIEL W. SHEA
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Expert Opinion ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Organizational Policy ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
Hard Data ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Building Process ◽  
Ambulatory Medicine ◽  
Practice Activity

The statement was developed by the Committee on Practice and Ambulatory Medicine (of which I was then chairman) with the approval and support of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Executive Board. It was designed to respond to the needs of the membership for direction and guidance in this area of practice activity. Establishing organizational policy on an issue such as this for which there are no hard data requires a consensus building process where expert opinion is solicited, competing views are evaluated, and a thoughtful position is fashioned. Our committee, at all times, sought substance, fairness, and balance in formulating the content of this statement.

COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-159
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
American Academy ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Scientific Committee ◽  
Nutritional Requirements ◽  
Official Journal ◽  
Executive Board ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics

THE Committee on Nutrition of the American Academy of Pediatrics was established as a Scientific Committee by action of the Executive Board on April 1, 1954. It was created through due recognition of the importance of nutrition in the welfare of infants, children and adolescents. It had become evident that there should be an authoritative body, particularly concerned with the science and practice of nutrition in the periods of rapid growth which occupy the attention of pediatricians. In this manner it was hoped that special consideration of factors which affect the nutrition of infants, children and adolescents could be emphasized. The Committee should include persons capable of compiling and appraising the pertinent facts and who also would be sensitive to the needs of practitioners and to the position of purveyors of products intended for the nutrition of infants, children and adolescents. This Committee of the Academy shall offer guidance in selecting means of achieving optimal nutrition in those periods of rapid growth. Consultation and cooperation with other existing authoritative bodies are considered desirable. The Executive Board of the Academy on September 29, 1955, defined the scope and functions of the Committee on Nutrition to include: 1. Compilation of the essential facts which are the scientific basis for practical nutrition of infants, children and adolescents. 2. Publication of the findings of the Committee in a form suitable to convey the information to physicians, such as brief reports and commentaries in the official journal and publications of the Academy. This Committee shall concern itself with standards for nutritional requirements, optimal practices and the interpretation of current knowledge of nutrition as these affect infants, children and adolescents.

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