THE JOU flNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 65:353- 366. 1975 Copyright © 1975 by The Willia ms & Wilkins Co.

Vol. 65. No . 4 Print ed ill U.S.A.

MINUTES

ANNUAL MEETING: THE SOCIETY FOR INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, INC.

May 1-3. 1975. Atlalltic City, New J ersey

FIRST EXECUTIVE SESSION

May 2, 1975

The 36th Annua l Meeting of The SoC'iety for Investigative Dermatology, Inc. convened at the Haddon Hall Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., on May 2, 1975. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 AM

by the Presiden t, Clayton E. Wheeler, Jr. , M .D., who reported that the minutes of the 35th Annual Meeting had been published in The Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Volume 63, pages 309-324, 1974.

Upon a motion du ly made and seconded , it was voted unanimously to accept the minutes as pub­lished .

The report of the Comm ittee on Nominations was read by Dr. J . Graham Smith , the Committee

Chairman . The follow ing slate of officers was proposed : President-Elect: Vice Presiden t: Board of Directors:

Richa rd Dobson, M.D . Adolph Rostenberg, M.D . D. M art in Ca rter, M.D . Kirk D . Wuepper, M.D. Robert A. Briggaman , M .D.

(to rep lace the unexpired term of Rober t Crounse, M.D. )

Barbara A. Gilchrest. M.D. (Resident- Fellow director)

Dr. Sams read the minutes of t he Board of Directors meetings held since the last meeting.

MINUTES OF THE INTERIM MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

December 8, 1974. Palm er House Hotel. Chica!!o. Illin ois

The Board of Directors convened cember 8, 1974, at 7:00 AM. All members of the Board of Directors except for Dr. Ruth K. Freinkel.

Old Business

Sunday, De­officers and were present

l. Number of Yearly Meetings. The Committee to consider this question, consisting of Leonard C. Harber and James H. Herndon and chaired by John A. Kenney, recommended that the Society s hould continue to meet in association with the spring meetings of the AFCR and the ASCI. In addition , they felt that the Society should hold an additional meeting each year, the t ime and place of which would be determined by the Board, but that when poss ible, it be associated with a clinical meeting. Last year Dr . Kenney had proposed to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology that the SID sponsor a symposium. ' The American Academy of Dermatology referred this suggestion to a subcommittee. It was decided that the Secretary- Treasurer would again make a similar request for a symposium entitled "Clinical Relevance of Laboratory Investigation" and sub­mit it to the Education Committee of the AAD. It would not be a meeting composed of refereed papers but would be a symposium composed of highly selected speakers who have the abi lity to s ummarize a relatively complex field and present it in a manner understandable to a ll interested individuals. The majority of these speakers are to be selected from those who present papers at the Annual Meetings of the SID. AFCR, and ASCI.

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2. Joint Journa l with the European Society for Dermatologic Research. The Ad Hoc Committee composed of Irwin M. Freedberg, Ruth K. Frein ­kel , Leonard C. Harber, Gerald D . Weinstein, and chaired by John S. Strauss has recommended t hat certain By-Law changes will need to be made before further negotiations may proceed with the ESDR. The Secretary-Treasurer will circulate the suggested changes to the entire membership at least 30 days prior to the next annua l meeting. Drs. Strauss and Freedberg agreed to continue discus­sion of this with the European group in Amsterdam in June. .

N ew Business

l. Request to Distribute Audio Tape of Papers Presented at Meetings. A request has been re­ceived to offer for sale audio tapes of special lectures and refereed papers presented at the annual meetings of the Society. It was felt that this might cause the a uthor to become stilted in his presentation, and that it might inhibit the freedom of discussers. It was also pointed out that distribu­tion of tapes might infringe upon the rights of these individuals . It was moved and passed that permis-sion be granted to offer for sale recordings of special lectures only, and then only after obtaining the approva l of the lecturer.

2. Fellowship Committee. The Fellowship Com­mittee recommended awarding a second-year fel­lowship to Dr. Frank Kern and this was approved unanimously by the Board. In addition, it was decided that a second fellowship would be offered

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if t he Fina nce Commi ttee fe lt t hat t he Society could a fford it during t he 1975- 76 fi sca l yea r . The Secreta ry-Treasurer is to submit to t he Finance Comm ittee a complete accoun t ing of esti mated income a nd di sbursements for t he 18 mont hs beginning January 1, 1975 .

3. Stephen Rothman Award. An a nonymous Committee has recommended t hat t he Stephen Rothma n Award for 1975 be awarded to Eugene J. Van Scott. This recommendation was a pproved unan imously by the Board.

4. Biomedical Research Impact Statemen t. S ince no further information ha d been rece ived at t he time of t he Board Meeting rega rding t he specifi c question of where so li cited funds were going or t heir spec ifi c in te ntion, t his quest ion was not cons idered furt her. The Secret a ry- Treasurer was instructed to contact Dr. William Epste in to determine if a nd when he will have a statement prepa red . Legal counsel has rul ed t hat soli c ita tion of fund s by letter would not jeopa rdi ze our tax­exe mpt status s ince this wou ld not constit ut e "s ignifi cant" lobby ing.

5. Nationa l Soc iety for M edica l Research. It was voted to donate only $200.00 aga in t hi s yea r because of increased commitments for fell owships, regional meetings, etc.

6. Res ident- Fellow Forum. It was noted t hat the number of individuals attending t he Reside nt- Fe l­low Forum has gradua ll y dec reased ove r the past three or four years and a seri ous question has a ri sen whether t hey shou.ld be con t inued or not. Howeve r, it was fe lt that the res iden ts sti ll represent a very important group for us to t ry to reach s ince they will ma ke up the bulk of our membership and our contributors in t he future . It was agreed t hat the Secretary- Treasurer would send a l et~e r to a ll Chiefs of Dermatology Progra ms requesting that

t hey t ry to send one res ide nt to t he a nnua l meet­ing, even if t hat res ident were not presenting a paper on the prog ra m. Dr. Melodie Buxm a n also agreed to send a lette r to the res ide nts to tell t hem t he nature a nd t he purpose of t he Soc iety and to a dvertise the forthcoming Res ident- Fellow Forum .

7. Public Relat ions Committee. The P ubli c Re­lations Committee has suggested t ha t d erm atology develop a n ex hibit on t he s kin for the Museum of Sc ience and Industry in Chicago. This suggestion came from Dr. Larry Solomon who is Cha irm a n of t he M ed ica l Boa rd of t he Museum a nd has ob­ta ined permiss ion from t he Curator as well as from ' his Board. The SID Boa rd a pproved t his concept a nd fel t t hat it should be pursued.

8. AMA Credi ts for Attending SID Meetings . Dr. J ohn Stra uss agreed to investigate t he poss ibili ty of the SID apply ing for Category I cred its for attendance at t he annua l a nd regiona l meet ing .

9. M eetings 1975 . T he Western Reg iona l Meet­ing is pla nned for ea rly February in Carmel in assoc iat ion with the AFCR. The fir t Cent ral Regiona l Meeting is planned in assoc iat ion with the Cen t ra l S tates Dermatologic Mee t ing, May 17- 18 in Cleve la nd. The First Eastern Regional M eeting is pl a nned in assoc ia tion with t he Atlantic Dermatolog ic Conference to be held in T oronto in t he fall of 1975, and t he third Southern Regional Meeting wi ll be held in assoc iat ion with t he Sou t hern Medi ca l Assoc iatio n Meeting in the fall of 1975.

The concept of Poste r Sess ions to be inst it uted at t he Annua l Meeting in Atla nt ic City in May and at the meet ing in Amsterd a m in June was di s ­cussed . It was po in ted out t hat authors submi tting abstracts for t hese sessions will be cons idered in t he sa me category as a ut hors submitti ng a bstracts for t he formal ora l presentations.

MINUTES OF T HE MEETI G OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

May 1. 1975. Haddon Hall Hotel. Atlantic Cily. N ew J ersey

The Board of D irectors convened on May 1, 1975, at 3:00 PM at t he Ha dd on Hall Hote l, Atlan­tic City, New J ersey, with Dr. Clayton E. Whee ler, Jr. , pres iding. All members of the Board of Direc­tors were present with the exception of Rona ld M . Reisner. M.D. , Walter C. Quevedo, Jr. , Ph.D. , a nd Frank Parker, M.D. Irwin M . Freedberg, M.D. , was present by invitation. Mrs. Marion Sa ms reco rded t he minutes.

The meeting was opened with a report of t he Secretary- Treasurer a nd the reports of standing committees . These reports a re 3.:>pended to t hese minutes. They were a ll accepted by t he Board and rere ad to the membership.

Old Business

1. Meetings. Dr. Sams reported that plans were proceeding smoothly for the SID- E SDR J oint M eeting to be held in Amsterdam , Holl a nd , June 9- 13, 1975. The next annua l meeting is scheduled for April 29 to May 1, 1976, in Atl a nti c City, ew

Jersey, just prior to t he AFCR and ASCI National Meetings . Dr. Sams a lso reported t he s tatus of the Regional Meetings (see Secreta ry-Treasurer's Report with t hese minutes) and concern was ra ised by the Board t hat some of t hese, particu la rly t he Centra l Regiona L had not been su ffic iently adver­t ised. The Board agreed to require t hat each Regiona l Cha irma n advert ise his respective meet­ing by at least two regiona l mai li ngs t hrough the Secretary- Treasurer 's offi ce. In add it ion , an­nouncements should be placed in The J ournal of Investigative Derm ato logy . It is the des ire of the Board that regional meet ings replace the second yearly 'national meeting.

2. Request to Distribute Audio Tapes of P aper Presented at Meetings . It was voted unanimously not to a llow the distribution of tapes of refereed papers. There was al so addit ional disc ussion of whet her distribution should be a llowed even of the special lectures, although this had been agreed upon at the last interim meeting. It was dec ided to

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p ermi t d istribution of spec ia l lectures t his year but t hat t his a pproval would be for only one yea r a nd t he request would need to be considered anew next y ea r .

3 . Cash Awards fo r Res idents P resent ing Papers. Although it was agreed to na me t hese awa rds t h is y ea r for deceased members of t he Society, it was fel t that, in t he fut ure, t hese awa rds should be presented from t he Society and should not be n a m ed for spec ific individua ls .

4. Jo int Journa l wi t h European Society for Dermatologica l Research. Deve lopments regarding establi shment of a join t journa l wi t h t he E SDR were discussed in detail. It is to be recognized t hat: (1) t he SID must not lose cont rol of t he Journa l in w hich we have invested 35 yea rs; (2) representa­tion on t he E di torial Board must be proport iona l to m embership in each respective Society; (3) t he members of t he E SDR must rece ive t he Journal as part of t heir membership dues; and (4) t he E SDR s hould recover income from t he publisher relative to each membership subscrip t ion. These condi­t ions a re to be presented to t he ESDR. T he Ad Hoc Commi ttee consisting of Drs. Strauss, Sam , Dob­son, a nd Freedberg will meet wi t h represen tatives of t he ESDR in Amsterd am in J une.

New Business

1. Discuss ion wit h M r. J ohn Grupenhoff. By s p ec ia l invitation, Mr. John Grupenhoff was as ked to attend t he meeting to give his view of how t he Society should in te ract wi t h congressiona l leaders i n Washington in ord er to convince t hem of t he n eed fo r cont inued fe dera l funding of research . Mr. G rupenhoff is P res iden t of Sc ience a nd H ea lth Communications Group , Inc . a nd was formerly U ndersecreta ry of HEW. H e has recent ly been h ired part-t ime by t he American Academy of Dermatology. Mr. Grupenhoff fe lt t hat we need to e ducate Congress a nd lift our image by collecting s pecific data a nd developing a statement of where we have been and where we are going. We must be well prepared to present our case prior to a ppea ring b efore any of t he congressiona l commi ttees .

2. Divis ion of Research of t he National P rogra m of Dermatology. Dr. Stra uss a lerted t he Board to t he fact t hat it is possible t hat t he National P rogra m for Dermatology ( PD ) a nd t hereby t he

American Academy of Dermatology will , because of reorganization, phase out t heir res ponsib ili ty for t he Div is ion of Resea rch of t he NPD. Afte r consid­erable discuss ion it was decided by t he Board t hat it would be a ppropriate a nd in our best in terests fo r t he Society tQ assume t he res ponsibili ty for re­search planning for t he fut ure. In vi ew of Mr. Grupenhoffs report , it seemed more a ppropriate t han ever t hat the Society assume t he res ponsibil ­ity for DRES. Dr. Stra uss reported t hat Dr. Jose ph M cGuire has agreed to draft a prelimi nary state­ment of the accomplishments of DRES prepa ratory to submission to the app ropriate congressiona l com­in ittee. I-Ie will work wit h Mr. Grupenhoff in developing t he draft.

3. Public Relations Com m ittee. Dr. Marie­Louise J ohnson was asked to attend t he meeting to a mplify her report as Cha irman of t he P ubli c Relations Commi ttee (see report appended to these minutes). T he Board una nimously approved t he concep t of developing a n exhibi t to be housed permanently in t he Museum of Science a nd Indus­try in Chicago a nd appoin ted a n exhibi t subcom­mi ttee of t he P ubli c Relations Commi ttee with Dr. Lawrence Solomon as Cha irman .

4. Coali t ion for Hea lth Funding. A request had been received by t he Secretary- T reasurer t hat t he SID join t he Coali t ion for Hea lt h Fund ing by m eans of a fina ncia l cont ribut ion . After rev iew of t he materi a l it was felt that t his is a very solid a nd wor thwhil e organi zation but t hat its activ it ies a re related more to healt h deli very t ha n to research . Therefore , it was felt t hat an investigative orga ni­zation such as t he SID would not be as a ppropriate as a cl inica l organi zation to fi na ncia lly s upport t his group.

5. Dr. Sams a nnounced t hat t he Ed ucation Commi ttee of t he Ameri can Academy of Derma to 1-ogy had agreed to a sympos ium entitled "C linica l Relevance of La boratory Investigation" and had asked Dr. Sams to orga ni ze a nd cha ir it. Dr. Sams in turn has asked Drs. Dobson a nd Strauss to help him select spea kers from a mong t hose i.ndividua ls present ing pa pers at the Annua l SID, AFCR a nd ASCI M eetings.

6 . A 10% cost of living ra ise was a pproved for t he Edi torial Ass istant , Mrs. Patri cia Novak , a nd for t he Secretary to Dr. Sams, Mrs. Mario'l Sams.

Dr. Sams read the report of t he Secreta ry­T reasurer (ap pended following Minute of F inal Board of Directors M eeting) .

The a mend ments to t he By-Laws, as lis ted at t he end of t his report, were read to t he membership and a pproved as read.

SPECIAL AWARDS

During the first sc ient ific session, the P res ident, Dr. Wheeler, presented t he Stephen Rothman Award to E uge ne J. Van Scott, M.D .

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SECOND EXECUTIVE SESSION

May 3. 1975

The Second Executive Session was called to James H. Herndon, Jr. , M.D., Dallas. Texas, order at 9:00 AM on Saturday, May 3, 1975, by 1975- 1977. President Wheeler. Marvin A. Karasek , Ph.D., Palo Alto, Ca lifornia,

ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The first business was the election of officers. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, it was voted that the nominations be closed and that the officers proposed by the Nominating Committee in the First Executive Session be elected unani-mously.

ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS

The 25 persons (21 for Active and 4 for Individ­ual Sustaining membership) whose names are listed in t he report of the Membership Comm ittee were unanimously elected to membership.

President Wheeler noted that the Finance Com­mittee recommended a dues increase this year. The Board of Directors had expressed a desire to continue t he Regional Meetings and to provide a second fellowship. Since the Secretary-Treasurer had advised that the only way this would be possible would be by a dues increase, the Board of Directors unanimously approved a $15.00 increase in t he yearly dues to $50.00. Twenty dollars of this is for the Journal subscriptions . Following this explanation to the membership , Dr. Wheeler asked for a motion, which . was duly seconded, to increase the annual dues to $50.00. This was passed by the membership present without discussion .

APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES

Dr. Sams read the names of t he new committee appointments , ' so that the composit ion of the committees for 1975- 1976 is as follows:

Committee on Scientific Programs

Peter E. Pochi, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1973- 1976; Chairman.

Kirk D. Wuepper, M.D ., Portland, Oregon , 1974- 1977.

Howard P . Baden , M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1975- 1978.

John S. Strauss, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, (Ex-Officiol.

Committee on Publications

Irwin M. Freedberg, M.D. , Boston , Massachusetts , 1972- 1977; Chairman and Ed itor.

Kenneth A. Arndt, M.D., Boston, Massachusetts, 1975- 1977.

Howard P . Baden, M.D. , Boston , Massac husetts, 1975- 1977.

Arthur Z. Eisen , M.D. , St. Louis , Missouri , 1975- 1977.

Ruth K. Fre inkel, M.D. , Chi cago, Illinois , 1975- 1977.

Irma Gigli , M.D. , Boston , Massachusetts, 1975- 1977.

1975- 1977. Joseph S. McGuire, Jr. , M.D. , New Haven, Con­

necticut, 1975- 1977.

Committee on Finance

G . Thomas Jansen , M.D. , Little Rock , Arkansas, 1971- 1976; Chairman.

Norman Orentreich, M.D., New York, New York , 1972- 1977.

Eugene M . Farber, M.D. , Palo Alto, Ca liforn ia, 1973- 1978.

Mark Allen Everett, M.D., Oklahoma City, Okla­homa, 1974- 1979.

John A. Kenney. M.D., Washington , D.C ., 1975-1980.

Committee on Goals

James H. Herndon, Jr., M.D., Dallas. Texas, 1973- 1976: Chairman.

Richard L. Dobson , M.D ., Buffalo, New York, 1974- 1977.

William L. Epste in , M.D. , San Fra ncisco , Califor­nia, 1975- 1978.

John S. Strauss. M.D. , Boston. Massachusetts. (Ex-Officio).

Adolph Rostenberg, M.D. , Chi cago, Illinois, (Ex­Officio) .

W. Mitchell Sam3, Jr. , M .D. , Denver. Colorado, (Ex-Officiol.

Public Relations Comm ittee

Kenneth A. Arndt, M.D. , Boston, Massachusetts, 1972- 1976; Chai rman.

Alan R. Shali ta, M.D. , New York, New York , 1972- 1977.

Lawrence M. Solomon , M.D. , Chicago. Illi nois, 1973- 1978.

John M. Knox, M.D., Houston, Texas , 1974- 1979. Laurence H. Miller, M.D., Washington, D. C. ,

1975- 1980. W. Mitchell Sams, Jr. , M.D. , Denver. Colorado,

(Ex-Officio) .

M embership Comm ittee

Edgar B. Smith, M .D. , Albuquerque , New M exico, 1973- 1976; Chairman.

Jerome Pomeran z, M.D., Cleveland , Ohio, 1974- 1977.

Charles J. McDonald , M.D. , Providence, Rhode Island , 1975- 1978.

Commit tee on Honorary M embership , 1975- 1976.

Richard K. Winkelmann , M . D. , Rochester, Min­nesota; Chairman.

Denny L. Tuffanelli , M.D. , San Fra nci sco. Ca lifor­nia.

Walter C. Lobitz , Jr., M.D. , Portland , Oregon.

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CLOSING SESSION

May 3, 1975

Following presentat ion of t he last sc ientific pa­per , P res ident Wheeler presen ted $250.00 cash a wa rds to each of t he following Res ident - Fellow m e m bers fo r their poster or ora l pa pers:

1. Dr. Dia ne Baker fo r her poste r presentation e n t it led "Radi oimmunoassay for t he Ep ide r­moly t ic T oxin of S taphy lococcus aureus."

2. Dr. Richa rd Edelson fo r hi s poster presenta­t ion ent it led "Characterization of Lym phocyte Inhibitory Factor 111 Lupus Erythematosus Plasma."

3. Dr. P a ul Schneiderma n fo r his poster presen­tation en t it led " Lym phomato id Papulos is: Immu­nologic and Ultrastructura l S t udies ."

4. Dr. M elodie Buxman fo r her ora l presentation e nt it led "Bovine E pide rma l and H a ir Follicle Tra nsglutaminases: Isoenzymes."

M oney for t hese awards is p rov ided yearly by Dermik La boratories.

Dr. Wheeler exp ressed his gratitude to a ll mem­bers of t he Society for a most frui tful and prod uc­t ive year in office. H e t hen introd uced t he new officers to t he Society members.

As his first du ty as Pres ident , Dr. J ohn S. Stra uss thereupon prese nted t he ret iring P res i­den t, Dr. Wheeler, wit h t he trad itional gave l which had been insc ribed , " Dr. Clayton E. Wheeler , J r ., P reside nt , 1974, T he Society for Investigative Der­mato logy, Inc."

The tota l attendance at the Annua l Meeting was 322, compris ing 267 mem bers and 55 guests. Ad ­journment of t he last sess ion was announced at 4:40 PM.

MINUTES OF T HE FINAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETI NG

May 3. 1975

The Board of Directors met at 4:50 PM on Saturday, M ay 3, 1975, in the Haddon Ha ll Hotel. P resent were J ohn S. Strauss, M. D., Adolph Ros­tenberg, M .D. , W. Mitc hell Sa ms, Jr ., M .D ., Melod ie Buxma n, M .D ., D. M art in Carter, M .D ., Leonard C. H a rber, M .D ., J a mes H . Herndon, J r. , M .D ., Kirk D. Wuepper, M .D., and Robert A. Brigga man, M .D.

Dr. Sams summ arized t he resul ts of t he ques­t ionna ire obta ined during t he P oster Sess ion . In r esponse to t he question of whether individuals p referre d ora l or poster presen tations, t here were 42 who sa id they preferred oral presen tations, 66 w ho sa id t hey preferred poster presentations, a nd 25 who fe lt t here should be a combination of t he two. T his was felt by t he Board of Directors to be a very encouraging result and it was decided to have a nother ha lf-day poster sess ion next year .

Dr. Irwin Braverman was appointed to select workshop chairmen for t he Annual M eeting in Atla ntic City next yea r.

Dr. M elodie Buxma n was a ppointed Cha irma n o f t he Ad Hoc Committee on Res idents a nd Fel­lows in t he Society. Ot her committee members a re.

Barba ra Gilchrest, M. D ., Peter Lynch , M .D., a nd Gera ld K rueger, M.D .

Because t he fo llowing commi ttees have eit her com pleted t heir tasks or are inactive, t he Pres i­den t, J ohn Strauss , in concurrence wit h t he Board, dec ided that they should be discon tinued : Ad Hoc Commi ttee to Disseminate In for mat ion Concern ­ing Biomedica l Research, Ad Hoc Commi ttee on N IAMDD, Ad Hoc Com mittee Concerning the Num ber of Yearly Meetings, and Ad Hoc Com mi t ­tee on Part icipation of Ph. D's in t he Society.

The Audi t ing Commi ttee fo r 1975- 1976 will be the same as t his past yea r wit h Peter J. Lynch, M .D ., T ucson, Ari zona , Cha irma n . Ke nneth H . N eldner, Denver, Colorado, a nd Willia m L. Wes­ton, M .D ., Denver, Colorado, will aga in serve wit h Dr. Lynch.

The next meeting of t he Board of Directors will be S unday, December 7, 1975, at t he time of t he meet ing of t he American Academy of Dermatology in San Francisco, Ca li fornia.

The meeting of t he Board of Directors adjourned a t 5:20 PM .

APPROVED AMENDM ENTS OF T HE BY-LAWS

M ay 2. 1975

ART ICLE VII

CO MMITTEES

SE CTION 3. The committee on Pub lications s hall consist of the Presiden t of the Socie ty, ex offi cio, the Editor, and the Associate Edi tors. A m ajori ty of t he Assoc iate Editors shall have re­ceived cert ificates from the Ameri can Board of

Dermatology . . .. SECTION 3, lines 21- 24. The number of Associ­

a te Editors may vary accordin g to t he recommen­dations of t he Editor , but should not be less t han six or more t han t welve . An Assoc iate Edi tor . ...

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REPORT OF THE SECRET ARY- T REASURER

W. M itchell Sam ". Jr.

M em bership

As of April 30, 1975, the Society had a member­ship of 2273 broken down into the fo llowing cate­gories :

S ix deaths have been reported to t he Secreta ry's offi ce : A. J. Re iches, F . G. Novy , Betra m S hoff, Gustav Lej hanec, F . Ea rl e Kunkel, a nd Ja mes A. Brooks.

Thirty -eight mem bers are in a rrears for t heir 1975 dues. They have been notified t hat t heir na mes will be removed from t he roste r of the Society s ince each was sent a fina l notice 30 days prior to t he Ann ua l M eeting, in acco rda nce with t he By-Laws.

Active Members 1252 Pat ron M embers 23 Res ident - F ellow M embers 819 Inact ive M embers 114 Honora ry Members 35 Corporate S usta ining M embers 14 Individual Susta ining Members 16

During t he year 6 res ignations have been re­ceived .

There were 85 t ransfers from Res ident- Fellow to active mem bership . T his represe nts 33% of t he 260 individua ls no longer eligible for Res ident- Fellow membershi p . They a re:

Herbert B . All en P hil adelphia , Pennsy lvan ia

J ohn P. Anders Trave rse City, Michiga n

Timothy E. Baker F t. Leonard Wood , Mis ouri

Siri rat R. Banuchi Chicago; Illinois

Larry E. Becker El Paso, Texas

An t ra nik Benohanian Montreal, Canada

Bruce J . Berger Princeton, New J ersey

Alan C. Bl a ugrund Albuquerque,' New Mexico

Larry J . Buckel Greenwood , Indiana

David A. Byrne Bloomington, Indiana

Creighton Chandler, Jr. Monroe , Louisiana

Cec ili a A. Chen Balt imore, M aryland

Richa rd C. Childers Ga inesv ille, Florida

Daniel B. Clarke Ft . Knox, Kent ucky

Mark V. Dahl Hopkins, Minnesota

Stephen J. Danziger B ays ide, New York

P a ul B. Dean Grand Junction, Colorado

J ose L. Diaz-Perez Al gorta , Spa in

Luis A. Diaz Rochester, Minnesota

T homas F . Downham , II Taylor, Michigan

Samuel J. D'Urso North Andover, Massachusetts

Randolph G. E merson Decatur, Illinois

Steven D. E mmet San Diego, Californi a

George H. Enge l Oak Brook, Illinois

Kent L. Erickson Beaverton, Oregon

R. J ohn Fox , Jr. Camp S prings , M aryland

George S . Fri tz Corpus Christi, T exas

Don E. Gehle Tacoma , Washington

Charles E. Goodman , Jr. Murfreesboro, Ten nessee

Thomas P ayne H a bif Ports mout h, New Hampshire

P hilip R. H ardin Corpus Christi, Texas

Rita Keefer H a uler Cleveland , Ohio

Leon C. Hodges , Jr. Del Mar, Californi a

J oe l E. Holloway Norman, Oklahoma

David M . Huntley APO San Francisco

Pierre G. J affe Columbi a, South Caolina

T amotsu Kanzaki Memphis , T ennessee

Frank Kern Columbi a , M aryland

Lloyd E. K ing, Jr. Mem phis , T ennessee

Michae l B . K lein West Isli p, New Yo rk

Marilyn C. P. K oehn San M ateo, California

Steven R. Kohn Hackensack, New Je rsey

Frank C. Koranda Denve r, Colorado

Leo poldo Krulig Caracas , Venezuela

Paul A. K rusinski Burlington, Vermont

Pearon G. Lang Columbi a, South Carolina

Stanton S . Leboui tz York , P ennsy lvania

Charles Willi am Lees Nashua, New Ha mpshire

David M. Li pman Ca marill o, Californi a

J ohn R. Luckase n APO San Francisco

N ancy R. M atus E aston, Pennsylva nia

H arold J. McBride Aurora , Illinois

Eliza beth I. McBurney New Orleans, Louisiana

H oward G. Milste in La J oll a, Californi a

Burton A. Moore Little Rock, Arkansas

J oseph W. Musgrave Williamsburg, Virginia

J ames R. Nethercott T oronto, Canada

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John F . O'Brien Staten Island , New York

Joseph H. Robinson S hreveport, Louisiana

Claire Tetrault Montreal , Canada

Mathew Oommen Bijan Safai River Forest, III inois New Yo rk , New York

Eric J. Thomas Old Saybrook, Connecticut

John M. Parker Huntsville, Alabama

John E. Sattgast Mundelein , Illinois Norman J. Tong

San Jose, Californ ia Vincent T . Peng Decatur, Georgia

Stepha nie H. Pincus Brookline, Massachusetts

Gundula Schaumburg-Lever Swampscott, Massachusetts Ronald L. Schneider

James E. Weiss Roseburg, Oregon

Fa ll River, Massachusetts Annie P. Verghese Lanham, Maryland

Steven F. Rabens Encino, Californ ia

Gabriel F. Scialli s Gaithersburg, Maryland

David A. Voron Ronald N. Shore Arcadia , Ca liforn ia

Syrus Rayhan-Zadeh Huntington Beach, California

Toronto, Canada

Charles E. Reaves Robert J. S iragusa Panama City, Florida

John R. Vydareny Grand Rapids , Michigan

Riverside, Californ ia Edward G. Southwick Charles E. Wendt, Jr. Dallas, Texas

Frances Renna Ft. Ord, Californi a Newton Lower Falls, Marek A. Stawiski Arthur P. Zeitlin

Massachusetts Ann Arbor , M ichigan Los Angeles, California

There were 21 applications for active mem ber­ship and 4 applications for individ ual susta ining membership. All of t hese applications were sub­mitted to t he Committee on Membership and have been approved by them.

Eleven active members have requested inactive status and a ll have been members of the Society for at least 20 years: C. D. Bell, Sharat Desai, Elie Friedman, Walter G. Gasner, Frances Keddie , Roy L. Kile, Harry B. Miller, Raymond C. V. Robinson, Conrad Stritzler, Howard H. Volan . and Wendell Willett.

Financial Report

Since 1974 was t he first year that t he Society's fisca l year corresponded with the ca lendar yea r, the on ly possible way to compare with prior years is w ith the year ended May 1, 1973.

December 31, May 1,1973 1974

Cashon Hand $156,208 $148,704 Rece ip ts

Membership Dues $ 21,390 29,900 JID Receipts 44,040 42,500 Interest and 5,826 8,202

Dividends Meeting Fees 2,326 1,900

$ 73,582 $ 82,502 Disbursements

Administrative $ 8,811 $ 14,888 JID Expenses 40,085 39,623 Meeting Expenses 12,3 10 17 ,153 Fellowship 13,500 13,500

$ 74,706 $ 85,164

The decrease in cash on hand for t he two periods is not completely reflected in the receipts and disbursements because of the intervening 8 month period from May 1 to December 31, 1973. In addition, cash on hand in both columns includes

marketable securities calculated at cost ($103,930) whereas their market va lue on December 31, 1974, was $82,206.

The Treasurer foresees increased disbursements during 1975 related to our increased activities in­cluding four regional meetings (budgeted for up to $1,000.00 each), poster board renta l ($800.00), cost associated with t he Joint Meeting with t he ESDR, payments for review articles in the Journal , and a general rise in the cost of supplies, equipment rental, postage, etc.

The Board of Directors wis hes to acknowledge the generous support of Westwood P harmaceuti­cals in providing $16,200.00 in 1974 for resident­fellow membership. The success of this program is retlected in the 85 conversions from resident- fellow membership to active membership fol lowin g completion of tra ining in 1974.

The Society is a lso most gratefu l to the followin g Corporate Susta ining Members for their support:

Burroughs We llcome Company Dermik Laboratories , Inc. Dome Laboratories Hoffman- La Roche, Inc. Eli Lilly and Company Neutrogena Corporation Owen Laboratories Schering Laboratories Searle Laboratories Stiefel Laboratories , Inc . Squibb Institute for Medical Research Syntex Laboratories Texas Pharmacol Company

In addition. t he Patron Members listed below have each contribu ted $100 .00 to support the Society 's activities . Without the financial support of the Corporate Sustaining Members, the Patron Members , and individuals, the Society could not maintain its current high level of involvement in ed ucat ion.

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Isaadore Botv inick Detroit, Michigan

M ari e-Loui se T . J ohnson High F alls, ew York

Trio Risto P at ia la Helsinki , Finland

Theano C. Diceacou Athens, Greece

Naomi M . K anof Washington, D. C.

Herm ann Pinkus Monroe, Michigan

Lyndon M. King Richa rd L . Dobson Buffa lo, New York S ioux F a lls, Sou th D akota Robert Quero

Miami, Florida Willi am L. Epstein Albert M. Lefkovits San Fra ncisco, Californi a New York , New York W. Mitc hell Sa ms, Jr .

Denver, Colorado Robert M. Fine Allan L. Lorincz Decatur, Georgia Oak Lawn, Illinois

Richa rd K . Scher Ami tyv ille. New York Robert W . Goltz

Minneapolis . Minnesota Frederich F . M aag H onolulu , H awa ii

George W . H ambrick, Jr . Balt imore, M aryla nd

Norman Orentreich Walter B . S helley Philadelphia, P ennsy lva ni a New York , New York

Leo Orris Moha mmed K. Ha mda ni Basrah , Iraq New York, New York

J ohn S . Stra uss Boston, M assac husetts

MeetinMS S ince t he last report , t he Annua l M eet ing was

held at t he P ick-Congress Hotel in Chicago on June 21- 23 , 1974, attended by 287 members and guests. There were three spec ia l lecture' in addi ­ti on to t he Herm an Beerman Lecture and 29 papers were presented.

Regio"na l meetings in t.he past year included the Southern Regiona l held wit h t he Southern Medical Assoc iation in At lanta, Georgia , November 16, 1974, and t he Western Regiona l held in assoc iat ion wit h t he Western counte rpart of t he AF CR, ASCI, and AAP , Februa ry 7 in Carmel, Ca lifo rnia. The R egiona l meetin gs provide forums at whi ch Res ident- F ellows and others are encouraged to present t heir investigative efforts with no preempt-

ing of their opportunity to present t he sa me mate ri a l at t he nat iona l meeting. Hopefull y, t hese meetings will encourage Res ident - Fellow mem bers to part icipate more full y in our functions.

At t he Annual M eeting the Res ident- Fellow Forum provides an added inducement for active pa rt icipation of t hi s port ion of our mem bership. H oweve r, because of a decreasing attendance at t hat session, a spec ia l lette r of invitation was ma il ed to all Res ident- Fellows by Dr. Melodie Buxma n, a Res ident- F ellow member of t he Boa rd of Directors. In addition , t he Secretary-Treasurer wrote to a ll Chiefs of derma tology t ra ining pro­gra ms to ask t hem to attempt to send a Resident- Fellow' representative even if he or she were not present ing a paper.

REPORT OF T H E PUBLI CATI ONS COMMITTEE

frwin M. Freedb er/i

On behalf of t he Publ ications Commi ttee of t he Society for Investigative Dermatology and t he Edi to ri al Board of The J ournal of Investigative Dermato logy, I have t he privilege of present ing our report for 1974- 1975.

As I have told you and our Society before, we beli eve t hat t he only real measure of our productiv­ity is re11 ected by The J ournal of Investigative Derm ato logy. Du ring t his yea r, as yo u can see from T able I, we sha ll publish two volumes, t he s ixty­third a nd sixty-fourth of our history. These vol­umes will tota l a pprox imately 945 pages , 114 unsolicited sc ient ific reports and 25 soli cited pa­pers. The latter group is la rgely composed of t he pa pers in the Jul y 1974 issue of the J ourna l which evolved from the 23rd Sympos ium on the Biology of Skin concerning M ammary and Apoc rine Glands.

Comparing the fi gures for t his yea r wi th t hose for the last two years which are also shown in Table l , we see severa l interesting contrasts. The total number of manuscripts rece ived has dec reased , a ret1 ection of the fact t hat we have published only

one spec ial issue t his year . As you will see in a moment, however, t he number of unsolic ited pa­pers, t hose that you send to us wi thout our asking for t hem, has remained qui te stable. We have published more of t hese unsolicited pa pers t his year than last and have published a greatly in ­creased number of book reviews . The AAD/ NPD Report sect ion which sta rted in June one ~' ea r ago has cont inued on a mont hly bas is, and we a re all in terested in knowing what yo u fee l a bout t his joint publication venture which we have under­taken wi th t he Archi ves of Derma tology.

I have presen ted t he resul ts of our edi torial dec isions in a different way this yea r (Ta ble I) . Again , t he acceptance rate is really not a cri t ical issue in t he ove ra ll hea lt h of t he J ourna l bu t it rema ins a li t tle lower than 60 percent. The actual figure is diffi cul t to a rri ve at , for at all times we have much mate ri a l which is being processed . ei t her in t he rev ision or review stage . We cont inue to use a large number of rev iewers, both members and nonmembers of t he Society. They have all given t heir t ime wi t hout compensation to our

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TABLE I. The Journal of Investi{!.ative Dermatolo{!.y

1972- 1973 1973- 1974 1974- 1975

Journal Activity Volumes 59, 60 61, 62 63, 64 M a nuscrip ts Received 194 260 230

U.S. 68% 79% 75% Foreign 32% 21 % 25%

Pages Published 1018 1011 945 Scientifi c Reports 97 95 114 Spec ia l Reports 48 46 25

Total Reports 145 141 139 Book Rev iews 4 18 37 Letters to the Editor 3 5 6 Editorials 4 3 1 AAD/N PD Reports 1 12 Reviewers Utilized 179 228 245

Editorial Decisions Accept 26% Accept following 25%

reV ISion Tota l (acceptance) 46% 51% 58%

Reject 21% Reject following 2%

revision Total (rejection) 20% 23% 42%

Under revision 28% 16% Under review 6% 10%

Society and we must exp ress to them our t hanks. T he reviewers' names appear in Table II.

Table III focu ses attent ion on t he unsoli cited papers which have been hand led by t he Journal over the past seven years. I do not believe t hat these data show anything other t han t hat t he Journa l is on stab le ground . Papers cont inue to be received at a rate of 16 to 18 a month and we have accepted slightly less t han half of t hose we received during this yea r a lthough t he fi gure wi ll be higher once a ll the reviews and rev isions a re completed. During the year we published, fo r t he first time, c ritiques on three papers. This has been done to handle the problems that were s ignifi cant edi tori a l di lemmas and is a tec hnique which I believe will be used frequently in t he future. The last line indi ­cates t hat we have a reasonable number of subscri­bers and , alt hough the data are not ava ilable, I hope a reasonab le proportion of readers.

What about t he future? We sha ll pub lish t he 24th Symposium on the Biology of Skin in July and a Festschri ft issue has been completed and will appea r in November. In addi t ion, we are current ly dealing with several groups regarding future spe­cial issues which can be published as supplemen­t ary issues of the Journal, a procedure we feel is important s ince we do not want to dilute t he amount of original data we publish.

There is one other poss ibili ty for t he futu re which I would like to discuss with you for a moment. During t he past year your Ed itor and severa l members of the Society have been in contact with representatives of t he European Soci­ety for Dermato logica l Resea rch rega rding t he possibili ty of t heir participation in t he publicat ion of The J ournaL of In vestigative Dermatology . T he ESDR has matured during the past few years and t hey have considered several poss ibili t ies which include ina uguration of a new journal, a relat ion­ship with a current ly published E uropean journal, or a ve nture wit h t he SID . It appears now t hat it is a reasonab le poss ibili ty t hat we will be a ble to formulate a relations hip with t he ESDR which wi ll lead to a meaningful part icipa tion by members of both soc iet ies in t he publicat ion of t he J ourna l. At t he sa me t ime we must prese rve t he 35 years of finan cia l, sc ien t ific, and ed itoria l eq ui ty t he Soci­ety for Investigat ive Dermato logy has built in our Journal. Is t his an important event ? I beli eve it is a nd t he reason is quite clear. T he field ofinvestiga­tive dermatology is not a large one and the amount of first-class mate ri a l ava ilable for publica tion is not great. During t he past yea r, we have seen t hat several new dermatologic journals have been la unched. I did not and do not current ly fee l t hey a re needed bu t t hat is not my business . If t he ESDR starts a new journal , I believe t he JID will cont inue to be strong but will not reac h its full potential-with the help of t he ESDR I believe we can publish a journal t hat is withou t peer and one t hat represents t he best of invest igative dermatol­ogy. We will keep in touch with a ll of you th rough t he edito ri a l column as progress is made in t his area during the year. In turn we hope you will le t us kn ow what your t houghts are rega rding t his issue a nd any others tha t you feel are important to t he Journal.

Again, I hope you wi ll all join me in t hanking the members of t he Editoria l Board for t heir contribu­t ions during t he past yea r . Ruth Freinkel, Irm a Gigli , Arthur Eisen , Joseph M cGuire , and M arvin Ka rasek have made my job exc iti ng and poss ible. Kenneth Arndt has brought t he Book Review section to a new level of excell ence, Howard Baden has aga in ass umed the responsibili ty fo r t he forth­com ing Festschri ft issue, and James Herndon has served as t he member of t he Edi tori a l Board responsible for review a rticles. They have a ll agreed to accept renomination to t he Editorial Board. The Editor is responsible for any errors which have been made during the past year. T he person who rea lly must receive credit for anything that has gone we ll is Patricia K. Novak who for the past three years has served the Journa l with imagination , ca re, and dedication.

K enji Adachi Ernst. N. Albert C hester A. Alper T hom as S . Argyri s K azuo Aso F ill more K. Bagatell Robert S. Bart Ma ry Be ll Isadore A. Bernste in Ernst H. Beutner Gopa l M. Bhatnagar David R. B ickers H omer S . B lack Paul Bornstein Irwin M. Braverm an Aiden S. Breathnach R obert A. Brigga man Peter G . Burk Jean B . Burnett Me lodie M . Buxman Mi ch ae l G . Ca ruso S. G. Chakrabati John E. Chimoskey Soo II Chung Willia m Clendenn ing Charles G. Cochrane Nancy H .. Colburn Rud i H . Corm ane Alvin J. Cox David Cra m Virgini a B. Culbertson Farrington Daniels," J r. Richa rd Dobson Dona ld T. Downi ng E li zabeth A. Duell An thony du Vivi er Ann M . Dvorak Harold F. Dvora k Will ia m H. Eaglstein F . J. Ebling Richa rd Edelson Leon M . Edelste in Peter M . E li as W illi a m L. Epstein Dav id S. Feingold Alexa nder A. Fisher B. Allen F laxma n Phillip Frost Hugh H . Fudenberg James E. Fu lton , Jr. Harry V. Gelboin Seymour Ge lfan t Barba ra A. Gilchrest

Scientific Reports Rece ived Accepted Rejected

TABLE II . Reuiewers (1974- 1975)

Mary E. G ilm art in Lowell A. Glasgow Reynold J. M. Gold Vivia n Goldberg Lowell A. Goldsmith Marc E. Goldyne Malcolm Greaves Robert D. Griesemer Kenneth M. H a lpr in George W . Hambrick , Jr . Sven H a mm erstrom Leonard C . H arber Robert A. H a rper Kenneth Hash imoto H arley A. H aynes Sam uel Hellm an Henry Hennings H arry J. Hurley, Jr. Mic hae l J . C . 1m Mi chae l T. Jarratt Robert E. Jordon Gu inter K ahn Vasken M. der Kaloust ian All an P. Kap lan Lloyd E. K ing, Jr. Sidney N. K laus Mart in R. K lemperer Albert M. K ligma n Arthur L. Knight John M. Knox Dennis D . Knu tson Louis Kopito Gera ld G . Krueger Wi llia m E. M. La nds Gera ld S. Lazarus Charl es W. Lees Aaron B. Lerner ' Walter F. Lever A. L. Livingston Willi a m Lev is M aur ice E . Loomans Alden V. Loud Edmund D. Lowney Aure l P. Lupu lescu M arvin A. Lutzn er Charles J. MacDona ld Ian C . Mackenzi e Ian A. Magnus Howard I. Maibach F rederi ck D. Malkinson Klaus E. Ma lten Fried rich March Richard R. Marples

Howard S. Mason Mi che line M .

Mathews-Roth A. Gedeon M atoltsy Mari an E . M elish I. A. M enon David N . Menton Beno Michel M art in C. M ihm , Jr. Laurence H. Mi ller Wi ll ia m M ontagna Michae l L. N ieland Abra ha m Novogrodsky George F. Odla nd M il ton R. Okun Norman Orentre ich Constan t ine E. Orfanos Char les W . Parker Frank Parker J ohn A. Pa rri sh F ranklin Pass Madhukar A. Pathak Boyd J. Pau lsen Roger W. Pearson Nea l S. P enneys Ma rk A. Peppercorn Ha ro ld P erry Stephanie Pincus H erman Pinkus Peter E. Pochi Sey mour H . Pomera n tz J erom e R. Pomera nz Christopher S . Potten Darwin J. P rockop T homas T . Provost Michae l M. P ugli ese Dona ld M . Reisner Walter Quevedo, Jr. G. O. Renshaw Ross Rocklin Hans Rorsm an T heodore Rosett Russell Ross Dan iel Roth S. Irwin Roth Richa rd W . Sagebie l W. Mitche ll Sams, Jr. Bengt Samuelson l. Sarkany Gundula Schaum burg­

Lever Robert J. Scheuplein Cla ude H. Schm idt

TABLE III. Unsolicited scien.tific manuscrip ts

1968- 1969 1969- 1970 1970- 197 1 1971 - 1972

217 202 196 180 56% 54 % 49 % 46 % 31% 33% 43% 33%

Under Review or Rev is ion 13% 13% 9% 20% S ubscribers 2939 3246 3370 3478

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Perry L. Scholni ck Peter H. Schur Jan Schwarz Ma koto Se iji Ala n R. S ha li ta Gera ld S hkl a r Inga S ilberberg Dav id S kerrow Kenneth R. Smith , Jr. R icha rd S. Sne ll Dia ne S . S nyder Arthur J. Sober Lawrence M. Soloma n Dorothy A. Somerville-

Mil ler Jorge n Sondergaard N icholas A. Soter Richard F. S pa rk Irving B. Stern John S . Strauss Willia m D. Stewart Richa rd B. Stoughton Willi am T. S umerlin Gunna r Swan beck Ma rt in J. Sweeney J . All an S wift Joseph T a bachni ck Lew is M. Tanenbaum M arvin Tanzer David Taplin J. L. Turk Frederi ck Urbach Joun i Uitto J ohn J. Voorhees G. S. Wa lton Gera ld D . Weinstein Willi am L. Weston Bert K. Whitten George Wilgram David l. W ilkinson Ra lph D . Winkinson Ralph C . Williams Isaac Wi llis Bertra m M . Winer Richard K. Winke lm ann Norman W. Win kler Bruce Wintroub K la us Wolff Kirk D. Wuepper Alvin S. Ze li ckson Vincent A. Ziboh

1972- 1973 1973- 1974 1974- 1975

172 214 196 46 % 44 % 41% 20 % 25 % 37% 34 % 31% 23 %

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REPORT OF THE COMM ITTEE ON MEMBER HIP

The Membership Commi ttee (Denny L. Tuffa­nelli , Chairman, Edgar B. S mi th, Jerome Pomer­anz, and W. Mitchell Sams, Jr. , (exoffi cio)) ap­proved the transfer of 11 active members to

inactive membership . The following 21 applica­tions for regu la r membership and 4 for indiv idua l sustain ing membership have been rece ived and a pproved :

Active M embership

Gopa l M . B hatnagar, Ph .D . M attapa n, Massachusetts

Sanford Kornwise, M .D. Southfi eld , Michigan

K urt S. Stenn , M.D . Guilford, Connecticut

Jose G. Casas, M .D. Buenos Ai res , Argentina

Marguerite R. Lerner, M.D. New Haven, Connecticut

J ohn A. Ward, Ph.D. Ramsay, New Jersey

Anna Karola Doellinger, M.D. Montreal, Canada

Franci ll e M . MacFarla nd, M.D. Lo ngwood, F lorida

Katherine A. Wier, M.D . Chicago, Illinois

Peter F r itsch , M.D. Paul F. A. Maderson , Ph.D. Brooklyn , New York

Individua l Sustainil1J{ M embership New Haven, Connecticut

Gary Lee Grove, P h.D. Philadelphia , Pen nsylva nia

Stephen H . Ma ndy, M.D. Miami , F lorida Otto H. M ills, Jr.

Philade lphia , Pennsylvan ia Merritt B. Grubb , M.D. Burlington , North Dakota

Henry M enn, M .D. Miami , F lorida

John T. Headington, M .D. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Gisela E. Moellman, P h.D. New Haven, Connecticut

Sharon O. Vigh Placenti a, Californi a

Rollin H. Heinze rling, Ph.D. Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan

John A. Parrish, M.D. Weston, Massachusetts

Frederi ck A. Walden Orange, California

Jacob D. Ka lma nson , Ph .D. Wheeling, West Virgini a

John C. S laughter, M.D. Evansv ille, Indiana

Richard F. Wehr Martinez, Georgia

REPORT ON T HE COMMITTEE ON HO NORARY MEMBERS HIP

Professor J. W. H. Mali of t he Netherla nds, Professor Ha ns Storck of Switze rl a nd , P rofessor N il s T hyresson of Sweden , and Professor A. Kuki ta of Japan we re unanimously nominated fo r hono­r ary membersh ip.

Professor Mal i's researc h has been ma inly in t he area of vascula r diseases of the lower extremities, whe re he has desc ribed ac roa ngioder mati t is, Dutch marga rine d isease, a llergic contact dermati­tis, a nd atop ic dermatitis . He has tra ined an excellent group of young investigators at Nijmegen University.

Professor Storck 's research has been mainly in t he a reas of contact and photocontact a ll ergies, immunologic and circula tory aspects of atopic diseases, microbia l allergy, t he biology of radi a­tion, a nd exper imenta l aspects of melanoma. He has trained a group of excellent young investiga: tors .

Professor T hyresson's research has been ma inly in the areas of the action of thallium on t he ha ir follicle, contact a llergy, acute feb ril e conglobated acne, and atopic dermatitis. He has played and cont inues to play an important role in Sweden in t he national plan for medica l education and post­graduate medical educat ion .

Professor Kukita has just become Professor of Dermat010gy at the Un ivers ity of Tokyo . He has worked in the past with Dr. Thomas B. Fitzpatri ck and developed the rad ioactive tyros ine method for demonstration of tyrosinase. Recently, he has been professor at the Un ivers ity of Sapporo where he

developed a strong department with emphas is on pigment resea rch.

REPORT OF THE COM MITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS

T he Committee on Scientific Programs, consist­ing of 1. A. Bernstein, Ph .D. , Cha irman, Peter E. Pochi , M.D. , and Kirk D. Wuepper, M.D., met in Chicago, Illinois, on December 7, 1974, for prelim i­nary planning and in Denver, Colorado, on Janu­ary 30-31, 1975, to arrange t he sc ientific programs fo r t he 36th Annua l Meeting in Atlantic City, New Jersey, M ay 1-3, 1975, and for the Second Jo in t Meeting of the Society for Invest igative' Dermatol­ogy a nd the E uropean Society for Dermatologica l Research in Amsterdam, T he Netherlands, J une 9- 13, 1975. Clayton E. Wheeler, Jr. , M.D. , Pres i­dent, and W. Mitchell Sams, Jr., M.D. , Secretary­T reasurer, a lso attended the mee t ing in Chicago. Dr. Sams was present at the meeting in Denver. T he Program Committee of the European Society (Drs. G. Moretti, E. Chri stophers, and E. Jung) joined the SID Committee in Denver to plan the program for the Joint Meeting.

Poster sessions, as an innovation, were pro­grammed for both meetings. T his a lternative to the short oral presentation is designed to provide easier communication between the presenter and indi­viduals. This format should a llow more leisurely consideration of the posted data , and, therefore, a more meaningful in terchange of relevant ideas t han generally does occur through the oral presen­tation . Individua ls who attend t hese sess ions and those who present poster displays will be polled for

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t heir reactions to t his technique of sc ienti fic com­munication.

Of the 80 abstracts received for the Annual Meeting, 14 were programmed for oral presenta­tion and 21 for t he poster session. Insofar as poss ible, an aut hor's preference governed t he type of presentation to which a particu lar pa per was assigned. When t he a ut hor indicated no prefer­ence, t he paper was assigned to an oral or to t he poster session depending upon t he Comm ittee's view of which format would present the materia l to the best advantage for t he a u thor and t he audi ­ence.

This yea r t he Program Committee chose t he first recip ient of t he William Montagna Lectureship to honor t he contribu tions of Dr. Montagna to t he fi eld of dermatology and to the welfare of t he Society. Kenneth M . H a lprin , M .D. , was chosen to receive t his award. His paper ent it led "Cell Func­tion , Cycli c N ucleotides and the Epidermis" is part of t he program for t he Annua l M eeti ng. The Comm ittee a lso a rranged a special lecture by Vincent T. Marches i, M.D., P h.D ., for t his pro­gram. For t he Joint M eeting, 131 abstracts we re judged by t he combined Program Commi ttees of t he two Soc ieties. Forty-five papers were pro­grammed for ora l presentat ion a nd 26 for presenta­tio n as · posters. As has traditiona ll y been the practice for select ing papers to be programmed at meetings of t he Society for Investigative Dermatol­ogy, t he individua ls adj udicating abstracts for inclusion in the program of t he Joint Meeting did so without knowledge of the laboratory in which t he work was done or the names of the a uthors.

T he two commi ttees, acting jointly, a lso a r­ranged for 16 works hops to be presented at t he Joint Meeting. The subjects of t he workshops were t he choices, equally, of t he two Program Commit­tees. An effort was made to have t he directors representative of both Societies. By agreement between t he two Program Commi ttees, two specia l lecturers for the program were chosen from the Uni ted States and two from E urope. The special lecturers scheduled included Leonard C. Harber, M.D. , speaking on " Mechanisms of Drug Photo­sensitivity Reactions," Richard L . Dobson, M.D ., speaking on " Funct ion of Eccrine Sweat Glands," Dr. J ohn Vane of t he Uni ted Kingdom speaking on " Prostaglandins," and Dr. Harald Zur H a usen of West Germany speaking on "Tumor Viruses ."

The Committee wishes to note that the submis­sion of supplementa l material was very useful in form ulating decis ions to program or not to program special abstracts and recommends t he increa ed use of t his option by investigators.

REPORT OF T HE FINANCE COMMITI'EE

The F inance Commi ttee composed of E. Willi am Rosenberg, M.D., Chai rm an, G. Thomas Jan en, M.D. , Norman Orentreich, M.D., Eugene M . Far­ber, M.D. , and Mark Allen Everett, M.D. , gave the following report.

The assets of the Society have been primarily in sav ings instit utions, bonds, bond funds, and other senior securi t ies. While t hese did not sha re in t he ra pid market adva nces of the past few yea rs t hey were hurt relat ive ly less t ha n many portfolios during t he past yea r. At its meeting in Decem ber 1974 t he committee decided it was too late to sell and too early to buy securities. The assets of t he Society remain , t herefo re, as t hey were at t he beginning of t he year. Enough fund s were gener­ated and on hand to encourage t he Executive Com mi ttee to proceed with t he awa rding of a fellowship to a young sc ient ist. It was felt t hat fu nds were not adequate to support a second fellowship.

REPORT OF THE GOALS COMM ITTEE

A meeting of the Committee on Goals was held on December 7, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois, with the following members present : Drs. D. Martin Carter, James H. Herndon, Jr. Richard L. Dobson, John S. Strauss, Farrington Daniels, Jr. , a nd W. Mit­chell Sa ms, Jr.

The Goals Committee was as ked by t he Board to deal with four concerns fac ing t he Society : (1) the number of nationa l meetings and the re lationship with t he AFCR and t he AMA; (2) t he concept of regiona l meetings; (3) attempts to make t he na ­t iona l meetings more re levant and interest ing; and (4) attempts to make the Society more useful to the clinician members.

Members of the Goa ls Com mi ttee agreed that t hese concerns are in terre lated and t hat recom­mendat ions could not be made on any quest ions alone . It was acknowledged t hat since Dermatology is a small field, cooperat ion between clinicians ' and investigators' in terests should be encouraged. .

The Society should cont inue to prov ide a sc ien­ti fi c forum where resea rch data can be presented for crit ical peer review. T he relationship with the AFCR and t he ASCI at t he spring meeting should t hus be ma inta ined. The Comm ittee endorsed: t he use of poste r pa pers to fac ili tate exchange of ideas and sc ient ific informatio n; the cont inued presenta­tion of t he Resident-Fellow Forum; and inclusion of invited lectu rers to review invest igative prob­lems of major in terest. The Committee recognizes t hat this meeting primari ly att racts research work­ers.

Whether t he SID-AM A affiliation at a second meeting should cont inue depends upon whether t he Society can find a lternate ways to involve clinicia n members in t he affa irs of t he Societv. With t his in mind , t he Committee endorsed the continuation and promotion of regiona l meeti ng, wit h financial support from the Society. It was hoped that regional programs wou ld encourage presentation of investigative work by residen t- fel­lows and establi shed scientists, as well as of results of clinica l studies. Regiona l meet ings shou ld be publ icized to all persons interested in cutaneous

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biology and medicine, whether or not they a re members of t he Society.

The Committee agreed t hat it wou ld be helpful to a ll members for The J ournal of Investigative Dermatologv to so li cit and publish comprehens ive review art icles dea ling with progress in bas ic prob­le m s in dermatology.

Fina ll y, t he Com mi ttee urged t he Soc iety to pursue mea ns of cooperation with t he American Academy of Dermatology. It was suggested t hat t h e Progra m Commi ttee of t he Academy might approve, fo r t he December meeting, an annua l symposium devoted to presentation of papers e­lected from t hose read at t he nationa l SID meeting and from those published in t he JID . The empha­s is , here , would be to highlight t he year's progress in investigative dermatology for t he benefit of a ll dermatologists.

REPORT OF T HE AUDITING COM MITTEE

The Auditing Commi ttee composed of Pete r J. Lynch, M .D., Cha irman, Kenneth H . Ne ldner, M.D., a nd Willia m L. Weston, M.D. , reviewed and examined the reco rds regarding t he 1974 rece ipts a nd disbursements of t he Society . They a lso exam ­ined t he 1974 a udi tor 's report prepared by t he accoun t ing firm of S iecke, Newman a nd Company, I n c. They found t hat t he finan cial records of the Society have been kept in good order a nd t hat the income and expenses described a re both appropri­ate and reasonab le. They beli eved t hat t he a udi­tor 's report acc urately rev iewed and stated t he financia l status of t he Society .

REPORT OF T HE COMMITTEE ON PUBLI C RELATI ONS

The Committee on Public Relations composed of Marie-Louise Johnson, M .D., Cha irman, Kennet h Arndt , M .D., Alan R. Shali ta, M.D. , Lawrence M . Solomon, M.D ., J ohn M. Knox , M .D., and W. Mitchel l Sams, Jr. , M.D. (ex-offi cio) , reports as fo llows:

Part J- The Exhibit

The Commi ttee on Pub lic Relations of t he Soc i­ety for Investigative Dermatology has reviewed the proposa l of one of its members , Dr. Lawrence M. Solomon, concerning an exhibi t at t he Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. As Chairma n of the Adv isory Com mi ttee on Medica l Exhibi ts of t he Museum , Dr. Solomon is in a privileged position to eva luate our proposa l and to benefit the s pecia lty . At this writing no exh ibi t conce rning t he epidermis is at t he museum, yet severa l groups including The Citizen 's for Awareness of VD, the osteopathic phys icians, and the pod iatri sts, a ll seek to adva nce t heir cause utilizing skin .

As a museum with a constan t ly increasing visitor population, now reviewed by some 3.2 million people annually, it is, in t he considered op inion of the Committee, an ideal forum for a worthy demonstration of dermatologic prob lems. The skin as a showcase for research and demonstration has a

decided advantage. T he wide range of in terest and expertise of t he dermato logist from t he superficia l to the systemic will be apparent . All branches of t he specia lty through their representative societ ies may well want to cont ribu te to a n exhibit on cutaneous medic ine.

For t hose who might resent t he li m it ing as pects of a stationa ry production, provision might be made fo r t rans portation or dupli cat ion of t he exhibit in whole or in part. The ini t ia l suggest ion is for 1000 square feet of space at $100 per squa re foot. It should have a projected li fe of 20 to 30 yea rs and would be fu lly ma in ta ined by the Museum.

The concensus of t he Committee concerning the exhibi t has been transmi tted to t he Boa rd of Directors of t he Society for Investiga tive Dermato l­ogy and to t he Public Relations Com mi ttee of t he American Academy of Dermatology. Cautious ap­proval has been t he first react ion with encourage­men t to exp lore t he poss ibility.

It is t herefore the proposa l of the Com m i ttee to t he membership t hat an offic ia l ad hoc com mi ttee hereinafter ca lled t he Exhibit Committee be es tab­lished to elaborate, with the ass istance of profes­siona l consultation, a deta iled plan of proposed exhibi t , if not an actua l phys ical mock up (Phase I).

The broad recommendations for design offered by the Pub li c Relat ions Committee for considera­t ion is a genera l exhibit on phys iology and fun ction of the skin dramatical ly done by outs ized models a nd stress s imulations, understandab le to sc hool children and informative to adults. There should be t he capab ili ty of cubicl e viewing of audiovisua l materia ls by cassettes which wou ld cover a wide range of dermatologic situations in depth, appeal­ing to t he whole spectrum of potent ia l audience from the in tellige nt child to t he graduate engineer and even to the derma tologist. T hi s part of t he exhibi t cou ld be readi ly augmented, updated, and tra ns ported.

Seed money to t he a mount of $3000 for P hase I wou ld be soli cited from the Dermatology Founda­t ion . S ince we a ll share in t he responsibili ty of fostering good public relations fo r dermatology it is suggested t hat funds, over and above t hose needed for t he Hea lth and Nutrition S urvey , funds t hat originated by government contract fo r a job done

, and have remained in the Dermatology Foundation, might , with t he approva l of t he Counci l of the Nationa l Program for Dermatology and t he Trus­tees of the Foundation, be released for such a spe­cial project that should be embra'ced by the entire specialty.

The sea rch for substant ia l funding wou ld be in tiated when the presentation package was com­plete. It should be underta ken by the Dermatology Foundation which will t hen have something in hand that is marketab le to industry. S ince t he pharmaceut ica l houses have a lready contributed to education to such an extensive degree we might look to t he cosmetic industries which , in t he light

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of recent gove rnmental pressures, may be seeking to cooperate in educationa l spheres . It is poss ible t hat a cosmet ic house might agree to prov ide a ll or part of t he necessa ry funds, since endorsement by a compa ny is qui te apparen t in the exhibi t as presented at t he Museum .

Phase II will be the act ua l construction of the exhibi t undertaken wit h the consul tati ve support of t he fundin g orga ni zation bu t in accorda nce wi th t he pl a n of t he E xhibi t Commi ttee .

Part fl-Other E fforts

In nonfocused attempts to educa te the lay and profess ional publi c a bout Dermatology it is felt that t he popula tion faced may be too heterogene­ous for sporadi c efforts to registe r a measureable impact. It is t he proposa l therefore of t he Commit­tee t hat t here be a sol id regul a r effort to reach t he nondermatologist physician in major medical mag­az ines. It should be poss ible to mold med ical opinion by an orchestrated campaign t hrough letters, edi tori a ls, and a rticl es. Wi thin t he spe­cialty itself and under a guidance of a task force devoted to t his effort we feel t hat t he editors of M edical World News and Hospital Practice would be recept ive to proposals from the Soc iety to beam to t he ·medica l world t he rece nt adva nces in derm ato log ic research . It would include new efforts in hea lt h ca re delivery underscoring t he genera l concern of t he dermatologist t hat t he best derma­tologic expert ise is provided for those in need .

It is fur ther proposed t hat press conferences be ca lled periodica lly, not just at t he tim e of t he Academy, by topi c and grouped experts, to update reporters concerning dermatologic adva nces. This no doubt would reach t he lay public to whom it would be beamed , rather t han phys icians; bu t in a regul ar fashion, tw ice yearly, at a lternating cen­ters, it should prove a s ignifi cant way to keep the spec ialty front and center. For public relations, efforts at cont inuing education and prophylactic medicine are as notewort hy as bench resea rch. It is a nt icipated t hat t he data from the Hea lt h and N ut riti on Survey will cont inue to ge nera te an amaz ing concerned interest .

T o implement these proposa ls it is t he recom­mendation of the Commi ttee t hat two tas k forces be developed each led by a Publi c Rela t ions Com­mittee member. T he Printed Word T ask Force would out line t he in for mation t he Society wants

promulgated a nd t he kind of impact des ired . Together t hey will dev ise edi toria ls, art icles, a nd letters which, a ppea ring concurrent ly in genera l medical magaz ines, will reac h a nondermatologist physician a udience . Wi t hin t heir ranks t hey m ay reassign topics so t hat subgroups wi t h geographi c locali zation may more readily work together to develop one prong of the PR attack. The S poken Word Task Force would organize press conferences by topic, by t a lent , and by loca tion. Frequency and familia rity would be preferred to once yea rly ex cathedra pronunciations . Respons ibili ty fo r con­ten t wi th all tas k forces would rest wit h t he individuals but t he Soc iety would get fa ir pla udi ts.

Su mmary

The Committee on P ubl ic Relations summa ri zes it s activit ies of the yea r as proposing and lay i ng t he ground work for an exhibi t a t t he Museum of Science and Industry . It has probed t he feas ibili ty of orchestrated coverage on dermatologic matte rs in general medica l magazines. It proposes that task forces be established to take adva ntage of t he prepa red so il and to fur ther the efforts made at press conferences wit h a regiona l t hrust a nd more frequent exposure.

REPORT OF T HE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON RESIDENTS AN D FELLOWS IN THE SOCIETY

The Ad H oc Committee on Res idents and Fel­lows in t he Society composed of Isadore A. Bern ­stein , Ph.D. , Cha irman, M elodie M. Buxman , M.D ., Jam es H . Decha rd , M.D. , M arc E. Go ldyne, M .D ., P eter J . Lynch, M.D. , Gerald G. Kruege r, M .D ., and Thomas T . Provost, M .D ., orga n ized t he S ixth Irvin H. Bl ank Res ident- Fellow F orum presented at t he 36th Annua l M eeting of t he Society for Invest igat ive Dermatology . Dr. Kirk D . Wuepper moderated t he program ent it led "Com­plement and Cutaneolls Disease ." Speakers were as foll ows: Michael M. Frank, M .D., Shaun Ruddy, M .D., Thomas T. Provost, M.D ., and Robert E. J ordon, M.D. With the help of Dr. Melodie M . Buxman and the Secretary of the So­ciety, Dr. Sams, a strong effort was made to pub­licize a mong res idents t he t itl es and names of the speakers in the hope of atta ining a large attend­ance. As in previous years, abstracts of the ta lks presented by the four speakers, were mailed to a ll residents two weeks prior to the annua l meeting.