Approximately 2000 delegates from all sections of the United States are expected to gather in New Orleans on Feb. 27 for the opening of the 19th annual meeting of the New Orleans Graduate Medical Assembly.
Sessions, to be held at the Municipal Auditorium, will last through March 1. Speakers will include top specialists in various medical fields. Televised programs of medical and surgical clinics, scientific exhibits and technical ex-jhibits will also be featured.
After the convention, many of the delegates will leave New Orleans on a post-clinical tour of the West Indies.
Mayor to Speak
Monday, Feb. 27, the opening session will get under way at 9:45 a. m. The delegates will be wel-' corned by Dr. Donovan C. Browne, president of the assembly. The invocation will be offered by the Rev. Robejt H. Manning, reeently appointed rector oi St. John's Episcopal church, Mount Prospect, 111.
Other addresses of welcome will be given by Mayor deLesseps S. Morrison; Dr. Max M. Green, president of the Louisiana State Medical Society; Dr. A. «*N. Houston, president of the Orleans Parish Medical Society; Dr^J&iUiam_W. Frye, d'ean of the Louisiana State university medical school, and Dr. Maxwell E. Lapham, dean of the Tulane university medical school.
A high light of the opening session will be the presentation of an award to Dr. Woodard D. Beacham, past president of the assembly. The presentation will be made by Dr. Thomas B. Sellers. PHOTO: AMONG THE SPEAKERS at the meeting of the New Orleans Graduate Medical Assembly are (from left) Dr. Alan R. Moritz, Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Joseph A. Johnston, Detroit, Mich.; Dr. John H. Talbott, Buffalo, N. Y,; Dr. Lawrence S. Kubie, New York, and Dr. Rubin H. Flocks, Iowa City, Iowa. PHOTO: ALSO TO BE HEARD are (from left) Dr. Eugene A. Stead Jr., Durham, N. C; Dr. Duncan E. Reid, Boston, Mass.; Dr. C. Foard McGinnes\ Washington, D. C.; Dr. J. Lowry Miller, New York, and Dr. Charles G. Child III, Boston Mass.
