Evening star., 1932-04-01
DIR. ALES HRDL|CKA
AWARDED HONORBy
KOBER FOUNDATION
Smithsonian Scientist Made
Lecturer for 1882 for
Research Work.
ELLIOTT PROCTOR JOSLIN
is GIVEN YEARS MEDAL
Harvard Professor Recognized for
Advancement in Combating
Diabetes Mellitus.

For outstanding contributions to
progress and achievement in the medi-
cal sciences, the 1882 honors of the
kooer Foundation are awarded to DR..
Ales Hrdlicka, curator Of physical an
thropology Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton, and DR.. Elliott Proctor Joslin of
Boston, noted authority on diabetes
HllelLIuS' IL was announced today
through Georgetown University.
The awards are made under the terms
OF foundation for the promotion of
scientific research in medicine endowed
In 1873 by the late DR.. George M. Kober
OF washington, who died last wear. For
more than 40 years dean and later dean
emeritus OF medicine at Georgetown
Dr. Kober spent the greater part of his
lie and private fortune in advancing
knowledge OF the great scourges of hu-
man life: He was formerly president
OF the National Association for the
FreVentlon OF tuberculosis, president
Ior many years Of the local tuberculosis
ASSOCIATION and the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia.
Designated as Lecturer.
Dr.: Hrdlicka, who is regarded as the
worlds foremost authority on anthro-
pology was designated as the Kober
Foundatlon lecturer for this year. His
selection was made by the Executive
Committee of the Medical Society of
the District of Columbia, of which he is
a member. The lecturer last year was
DR.. Fred G. Novy, professor of bac-
ter1ology, University OF Michigan
The Kober Medal goes to DR.. Joslin,
who is clinical professor OF medicine at
Harvard University. /; was awarded to
the member Of the Association of
American Physicians who did most dur
ing the year to advance the cause of
medical science. The presentation will
be made to DR.. Joslin at the asSocia-
tion's annual meeting in Atlantic City,
N. j., on May 8.
Announcement was made at George
town that DR.. Hrdlicka will deliver the
first Kober lecture the evening of April
IL at the university before the Medical
Society of the District and other scien-
fists and medical men. His subject will
be Disease, Medicine and Surgery
Among the American Aborigines'
DR.. Hrdlicka in 1926 was awarded the
famous Huxley Medal of the Royal An
thropological Society Of Great Britain
and Ireland. He went to London at
that time to deliver his scientific ad-
dress
Last Summer the Smithsonian scien-
tist returned from explorations on
islands of the Alaska Peninsula which
went far toward clearing up the paths
followed by man in entering and peo-
pling the North American Continent.
DR.. Hrdlicka's works on the genesis Of
man and allied subjects have wider
range than the writings Of perhaps any
other savant. He has led anthropo-
logical expeditions In the remotest cor
ners of the world and is particularly
noted for his physiological, medical and
anthropological observations among the
Indians of North and South America.
the Eskimo, American whites and
Negroes.
Member Of Many Societies.
DR.. Hrdlicka is a member OF the
Washington Anthropological Associ-
alton, as well as the foremost medical
and scientific societies of the world.
The record of his years of work in ex-
ploration and research is too well known
to bear repetition.
The Kober Medal last year was
awarded to DR.. Henry Sewell, dean
emeritus of medicine of the University
of Colorado. 1t was given in recognl-
ton of his tuberculosis researches.
Dr. Joslin Is q graduate Of Yale
Shefield Scientific School and also OF
the Harvard Medical School. He has
been a practicing physician and faculty
member at Harvard since 1898. Recog-
nized as one of the worlds leading
authorities on diabetes mellitus, DR..
Joslin has been also a great educator
in the management of the disease. His
text book on diabetes is mainStay OF
both physician and medical student.
1t was believed that his life work repre-
sents a type OF sustained and scholarly
performance for which DR.. Kober
would have been glad to see awarded
his annual prize.
DR.. JoSlin is a distant connection Of
Theodore Joslin, secretary to President
Hoover, who also comes from Boston.