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American Association for the History of Medicine

The Bulletin regrets to announce the death of Stanley W. Jackson, president of the AAHM, on 24 May 2000. Dr. Jackson's Presidential Address will be published in the Spring 2001 issue of the Bulletin.

Committee Chairs --2000-2001

Annual Meetings Committee: William Summers (Chair), James Bono, Charlotte Borst, K. Codell Carter, Amalie Kass, Alison Li

Clinician-Historian Committee: Paul Berman (Chair)

Electronic Media Committee: Russell Maulitz (Chair), William Helfand, Joel Howell, Edward Morman, David Pearson, Christine Ruggere, Susan Lawrence (Webmaster)

Estes Award Committee: John Parascandola (Chair), John Swann, John Riddle

Finance Committee: William Helfand (Chair), Thomas Bonner, Margaret Marsh

Garrison Lecture Committee: Susan Lederer (Chair), Hughes Evans, David Barnes, Barron Lerner, Martha Baldwin

Lifetime Achievement Award: Ann LaBerge (Chair), Bruce Fye, Barbara Rosenkrantz

Local Arrangements Committee: Curtis Worthington (Co-Chair), Peter McCandless (Co-Chair), Jane Brown, Timothy Fitzharris, H. Biemann Othersen, Jr., John Newell, Jr., Amy McCandless, Charles Bryan, Elizabeth Young Newsom, Kay Carter, Rachel Tebalt

Newsletter: Dale Smith (Editor)

Nominating Committee: Margaret Humphreys (Chair), Thomas Gariepy, Amalie Kass

Osler Medal Committee: Robert Kaiser (Chair), Ann Carmichael, Christopher Crenner, Christopher Feudtner, Jennifer Gunn

Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award: Gert Brieger (Chair), Rosemary Stevens, Gerald Grob

Program Committee: Rima Apple (Co-Chair), Janet Golden (Co-Chair), Warwick Anderson, Jacalyn Duffin, Monica Green, Maneesha Lal, Peter McCandless (liaison with Local Arrangements Committee)

Shryock Medal Committee: Thomas Broman (Chair), Joel Howell, Barbara Clow, Monica Green, Susan Smith

Welch Medal Committee: Mary Lindemann (Chair), Chandak Sengoopta, Rosemary Stevens, Micaela Sullivan-Fowler, George Weisz

Women Historians Committee: Allison Hepler (Chair)

J. Worth Estes Award

The award is made annually for the best paper published in a journal or book collection of essays in the history of pharmacology during the previous two years. "History of pharmacology" is broadly defined to include ancient and traditional materia medica, folk medicines, herbal medicine, the pharmaceuticals and medications of the modern era, pharmaceutics, and the like. It shall encompass the discovery, basic investigations, characteristics, properties, preparations, and therapeutic applications of medicaments.

While the award committee will be monitoring the journals and books where such articles might appear, committee members welcome nominations of eligible papers. The nomination should consist of a supporting letter, along with a copy of the article. For the current award, candidate papers will be those published in 1999 and 2000.

The award will be presented at the annual meeting of the AAHM in the form of a written acknowledgment. A generous contribution in honor of Worth Estes from an AAHM member allows the award to be accompanied by a check for $500.

Nominations should be directed to the Estes Award Committee Chair: Dr. John Parascandola, Public Health Service Historian, 18-23 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Deadline for receipt of nominations: 16 January 2001.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR
THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Seventy-fourth Annual Meeting,
19-22 April 2001
Charleston, South Carolina

For further information, contact Co-Chairs
Local Arrangements Committee
Curtis Worthington, M.D.
Medical University of South Carolina
171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425
(tel.: 803-792-2290; e-mail: worthiwc@musc.edu)
and
Peter McCandless, Ph.D.
Department of History, College of Charleston
Charleston, SC 29424
(tel.: 803-953-8032; e-mail: mccandlessp@cofc.edu)

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