Events of the week

The educational programs are the backbone of Congress, and nurses attending Congress had their choice of more than 50 offerings during the five days. Some of the most popular sessions were on surgical attire, the sensuous manager, sports medicine, and Saturday night trauma. A unique series on perioperative nursing was well attended.

The technical and scientific exhibits, one of the largest in the field, was open Tuesday through Thursday, and the approximately 4,000 exhibitors manned booths of 260 companies. The exhibitors provided a variety of social events, including the traditional exhibitors party. This year the party was a lively discotillion, offering both disco and big band music for dancing.

Each morning. registrants can catch up on what's happening in the Congress News.

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Judy Pfister shows her CNOR plaque to friends.

Awards Banquet At the annual AORN Awards Banquet, 1979- 1980 scholarship winners were honored and several surprise awards were presented. Executive director Jerry G Peers, RN, unveiled her formal oil portrait, a gift of the Congress Exhibitors Advisory Committee. The portrait will hang in the Jerry G Peers Education Cen- ter in Denver. Judy Pfister, RN, AORN assis- tant executive director was made an honorary CNOR in recognition of her work on the OR certification program. Peers accepted a color- ful friendship quilt made by the members of the Michigan Council of AORN chapters.

1979-1980 AORN award winners

AORN-Edith D Hall Scholarships. Rebecca Adams, Louisville, Ky Barbara Bieg, Philadelphia Laura Bunton, Richmond, Ky Lorraine Butler, Hempstead, NY Joy Don Conner. Oklahoma City Karla Coy, Muncie. Ind Sharon Etheridge. Grand Rapids, Mich Judith Finck, Dickinson, ND Phyllis Grillo. San Antonio, Tex Diane Grischeau. Waukegan. 111 Katherine Halverson, Denver Betty Jo Hosford, San Diego Susan Howell, Rock Island. 111 Patricia Hunter, San Diego Lois Jensen, Fort Collins, Colo Barbara Jilg, Wichita, Kan Janice Jobson, Annapolis, Md R Kevin Kitchen, Wichita, Kan

Rita Lonardo, Lawrence, Mass Karen Mill, Morrison, Colo Jeanne Mozur. Baldwinsville, NY Constance Ryan, Brighton, Mass

Newhauser Memorial Award Sharon Nelson, Birmingham, Ala

John F Peers Memorial Award R Kevin Kitchen, Wichita, Kan

Lee Stryker Memorial Orthopedic Scholarship Award

Jeanne Mozur, Baldwinsville, NY Marie Elizabeth Irvin, Tacoma, Wash

Karla Coy, Muncie. Ind

Ruth Rosendall Alward. New York Janice Jobson. Annapolis, Md Sharon Etheridge. Grand Rapids, Mich Rita Lonardo, Lawrence, Mass

Deseret OR Products Dlv-Parke-Davis Scholarship

E J and Dorothy Womack Memorlal Award

Davol Scholarships

Patricia Hunter, San Diego Cheryl Wessel, Framingham. Mass

Devon Industries Scholarship Award Sandra Karli. Hillside, Ill

Purdue Frederick Fellowships Laura Bunton, Richmond, Ky Katherine Halverson, Denver Betty Jo Hosford. San Diego Anne Jenks. Allston, Mass

Deknatel Educational Awards Marie Laviolettee, Worchester, Mass Kathleen Lenarz, Minneapolis Margy Ross, Nashville, Tenn Betty McDonald, Thousand Oaks, Calif Erlinda Rondot. Montreal

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DePuy Writers Awards Sandra Manteuffel Cincinnati Sue Robison. Phoenix, Ariz (Judges were Estelle Beaumont associate edi- tor of Nursing '80, Karen Emilson editor at Appleton-Century-Crofts and Charlotte Isler, clin- ical editor of RN magazine )

Contest First place Nina Waters, AORN of San Francisco

and Marin County Second place Ing Townsend. AORN of Western

Frontier (Wyo) Third place Dodi Fitzgerald, AORN of Phoenix

and the Valley Honorable mention Marlene Crow, AORN of

Eastern Tennessee and Dixie Carrell. AORN of Dallas

Seamless Hospital Products Photographic

John J Perkins Memorial Education Awards AORN of Mohican District (Ohio) AORN of Lincoln (Neb) AORN of Northern New York AORN of Western North Carolina AORN of Central Texas

Announced contribution to AORN's educational Edward Weck and Company

fund Surgikos, a division of Johnson 81 Johnson

Recognized for educational grant funds for courses offered at the Jerry G Peers Education Center in Denver

Ethicon, Inc Announced its presentation of $25,000 to sponsor

educational conference for nursing deans in June

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The week draws to a close

At the Closing Session came farewells to officers and board members. Vice-president Nancy Mehaffy thanked Barbara Gruendemann, retiring president, for "carrying our banner high." Gruendemann presented plaques to Helen Polauf, secretary, and Cynthia Hayes, Shirley Phillips, and Jacqueline Reardon, who are retiring from the Board of Directors. Gruendemann also recognized the administrator and director of nursing from Centinela Hospital, Inglewood, Calif, where she is employed. New officers came on stage. The gavel was passed to Barbara Stanewick, new president, who challenged members to ask themselves what role they should play in the future of the specialty.

Past, present, and future. At the Closing Session, Barbara Stanewick, the new president, shares a relaxed moment with

Barbara Gruendemann, outgoing president, and Nancy Mehaffy, next year's president.

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