Evening star., 1940-03-24

announced the 1910 scientific hon.
ors of its Kober Foundation have
been awarded to DR.. William George
MacCallum Of Baltimore and DIR.
Frederick Fuller Russell OF Boston,
prominent pathologists, in recogni-
ton Of notable contributions to
research in preventive medicine"
DR.. MacCallum, who succeeded
DR.. w. H. WEIGH as Baxley pro-
fessor of pathology at Johns Hop
kins University, was designated
Kober lecturer for the year. The
medal goes to DR.. Russell, Harvard
professor emeritus of preventive
medicine. For many years DR.. Rus
sell served in the Army Medical
Corps and as director, also. Of the
International Health Board of the
Rockefeller Foundation.
In announcing the awards the
Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary. S. j.,
president Of Georgetown, explained
that both selections had been made
this year by the Executive Com
mittee of the Association of Amer
lean Physicians. That body will
present the medal to DR.. Russell at
its annual meeting in Atlantic City,
N. j., on May 8.
Lecture Thursday.
The topic of the 1910 lecture is
Pathology of the Parathyroid
Gland a field of research in which
DR.. MacCallum has gained much
distinction. 1t will be delivered at
Georgetown University Thursday at
8:15 pm. in CASTOR Hall in accord
ance with the terms of the Kober
Foundation.
Members of the Association of
American Physicians, the Associa-
ton OF Military Surgeons and the
Medical Society of the District of
Columbia are particularly invited.
These are the groups which, in al
ternating years, select the lecturer.
The foundation was endowed by the
late DR.. George Martin Kober Of
Washington during his lifetime. He
was an officer in each of the three
medical groups. president also of the
tuberculosis Association Of the Dis
trict and dean of medicine at
Georgetown for more than 40 years.
DR.. Kober devoted most of his life
to preventive problems of health and
medicine.
DR.. Russell is we'll known in
Washington. Early in his long ca
reer with the Army he began the
study of typhoid fever problems.
While at the Army Medical School
here before the World War he SIM
plified and systematized the proce-
dure OF vaccination against typhoid.
His mass demonstration of vacci-
nation met with such success it be-
came standard practice.
Served on G. w. Faculty.
While on duty in Washington
from 1907 to 1913, DR.. Russell served
five years on the medical faculty
OF George Washington University as
professor of bacteriology and path
ology. During the World War he
organized and directed the Armys
Division Of Infectious Diseases and
Laboratory Service. For this he was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal.
In 1920, resigning from the Army
after about % years service, he
joined the staff of the Rockefeller
Institute. AS director of its Inter-
national Health Board from 1923 to
1885, he did much to advance pre-
ventive measures against typhoid
and yellow fever, malaria and the
hookWorm. One of his earliest
achievements in anti-plague work
was achieved in 1911 when he was
sent to Puerto Rico. There he de-
vlsed the well known Russell double
sugar medium.
DR.. Russell joined the Harvard
faculty in 1885 and retired three
years later. He is a native of Au-
burn, N. Y, graduating from Co.
lumbia University and the Uni
versity of Berlin.
Honored by many societies, he
was made doctor of science of
George Washington University and
In 1887 was given the Ruchanan