The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-22
Leaders Selected to Aid
 h Gorgas Memorial Fund
Endowment Is Be Created for Great Health Research Institute at Panama and School of Sanitation,
 Which Will Be Located at Tuscaloosa, Former Home of General Gorgas

Robert Jemison, Sr., has accepted the state chairmanship of the Gorgas Memorial campaign, which is to be conducted for Alabamas quota to the endowment of the Gorgas Research institute of Panama and the Gorgas School of Sanitation to be established at Tuscaloosa.
 George Gordon Crawford has &C., cepted the .chairmanship of the state executive Committee and Dr. S w. Welch, state health officer of Ala bama, has accepted chairmanship of the states medical committee.
 To assist in the development of in- terest in the movement to establish a permanent foundation for the Gorgas Memorial institute, Arthur F. Robbins of Washington, executive secretary of the institute. and general director of the movement, accompanied by Dr. Clarence J. Owens, director general of the Southern Commercial Congress, also of Washington, arrived in Bir- mingham yesterday for a series of conferences with the men and women of the state identified with the move ment.
 The Gorgas memorial contemplates the establishment of the worlds greatest center for research into the cause of disease, particularly those associated with the tropics and south ern states. This center is to be To- cated in the City of Panama The movement also plans for the practical application of this research. and tho preventive methods in relation to dis ease. by means of the Gorgas School of Sanitation, which will be located at Tuscaloosa The work of the insti- ute is international in scope and will be developed immediately from the search center In Panama and the edu- cational center in Tuscaloosa
 An International Tribute
 In commenting upon the, work of the Gorgas memorial. DR Owens, who is one of the best known public men of the entire south, and who has fre- quently addressed audiences In this city and elsewhere. in connection with great national and sectional move ments. made the following statement upon his arrival:
 'The tribute of the nations to Will liam Crawford Gorgas. one of the greatest sons of Alabama-the estab- lishment of a memorial. not of stone or of bronze. but living. vital organ ization, which embodies the hope of freeing all the world from disease such Is the Gorgas Memorial institute.
 "Honoring the name of the man who rid one of the most presidential re- gions of the world from diseases. thus making the building of the Panama canal possible, 1t is but fitting that this great memorial institute should be established In Panama and in Ala bama-to stand in Panama at the T bama at the cross-rbads of the south as beacon light of safety and health, throwing its rays into all lands bur dened with disease.
 A Great Health Movement
 ;;'No greater memorial could be erected to General Gosgas--the great est of our generation in the field of Humanitarian service--and no more splendid effort to improve the eco homie welfare of the world can be conceived"
 On their trip through the southern states Mir. Robbins and Dr, Owens will remain for one month in Alabama, and In connection with the men and women of this state who have become interested in the movement, will es- tablish headquarters in Birmingham. Montgomery and Mobile.
 Scale Harris . Director
 Dr. Scale Harris of Birming gham. president of the Southern Medical as- sociation. Is one of the directors of the Gorgas Memorial institute With him as directors are Rear Admiral w. C. Braisted surgeon general of the United States navy (retired), who is president of the board; pr. Franklin H. Martin of Chicago. director gem eral of the American College of Sur geons, who is vice president of the board. The board also includes as di- rectors pr. Belisario Porras. president of the Republic of Panama; Dr. John Bassett Moore of New York city judge of permanent court of interna- tional justice. under the League of Nations Gen. Merritt w. Ireland. sur geon general United States army; pr, Hugh s. Cummings, surgeon general United States public health service; Rear Admiral B. R. stitt, surgeon general United states navy: Dr. Frank Billings secretary American Medical