Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-16
D. {. Medical Leaders
And Services 10 Honor
Parran at Luncheon

Medical leaders of the Army, the
Navy and the District will honor
DR.. Thomas Parran, surgeon gen.
eral of the United States Public
Health Service at a luncheon to-
morrow, given by Dean Walter A.
Bloedorn of George Washington
University School of Medicine.
DR.. Parran will speak at IL am.
on Health in the Postwar Period"
at exercises opening the 122d aca-
demic session of the school, at 1885
H street NV. The luncheon will
follow in the Chinese Room of the
Mayflower Hotel
A list of the guests includes the
executive faculty of the school of
medicine and:
Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk, sur
geon general of the Army; Vice
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, surgeon
general of the Navy; Maj Gen.
Shelley U. Marietta, commanding
officer, Army Medical Center; Rear
Admiral William Chambers, COM
handing officer, Naval Medical Gen.
ter; Brig. Gen. George F. Lull, as
sistant surgeon general of the Army;
DR.. R. c. Williams, assistant sur
geon general, United States Public
Health Service; DR.. Rolla E. Dyer,
director, National Institute of
Health; Commissioner Guy Mason;
DR.. Hugh S. Cumming, director,
Pan-American Sanitary Bureau;
Brig. Gen. James S. Simmons, chief,
Preventive Medicine Service, Office
of the Surgeon General.
Admiral Harold w. Smith, chief
of the research division, bureau of
medicine and surgery, of the Navy;
Admiral Edward R. Stitt, former
surgeon general of the Navy; Rear
Admiral P. S. Rossiter, former sur
geon general of the Navy; Maj
Gen. Merritt w. Ireland, former
surgeon general of the Army; DR..
A. A. Mol, secretary, Pan American
Sanitary Bureau; Capt. Eric G.
Hakanson, commanding officer, re-
search division, Naval Medical
Center; Capt. H. L. Pugh, command
ing officer, Naval Medical School:
Col. Harry Plotz, chief, division of
virus and rickettsial diseases, Army
Medical Center; 1t. Col James E.
Ash, director, Army Medical Mu-
scum; Col. Phillip w. Huntington,
former professor of military science
and tactics and commanding officer
of the Army specialized training
unit, George Washington University;
Col. Joseph Siler, president, Gorgas
Memorial Institute; Col. John D.
LangSton, assistant deputy director,
Selective Service, National Held
quarters.
Col. E. G. Solomon, chief of Vet
Grams Personnel Division, Selective
Service, National Headquarters; Col.
Francis Fits, deputy director,
School Division, Office of the Direc-
tor of Military Training, Armed
Services; DR.. George C.. Rutland,
health officer, District of Columbia;
Joshua Evans, jr, vice president,
Hamilton National Bank; Maj. Paul
o. Tucker, director Civilian Com
ponents Branch, Headquarters, Mil
itary District of Washington; 1t.
j. w. Wight, Bureau of Personnel,
Viz Training Unit; DR.. Alvin r.
Sweeney, superintendent Gallinger
Hospital; Capt. Charles C. Luther,
commanding officer, 2514th Army
Specialized Training Unit, George
Washington University; DR.. Albert
j. Mccartney, minister, Covenant
First Presbyterian Church; 1t. Ray
mond j. Richards, in charge of Viz
Unit, George Washington Univer-
sity; Leo Gregor Schneider, super
intendent, George Washington Uni
versity Hospital; Theodore Wiprud,
secretary, District Medical Society;
DR.. Fred Geier, president, George
Washington Medical Society and,
DR.. Ralph G. Beachley, health Off
Ger, Arlington County.
The following guests are represen-
tatives of George Washington Uni
versity:
Col. Henry P Erwin, trustee;
Mrs. Joshua P. Evans, jr., trustee;
Mr.. Charles Glover, trustee; Mr.
Walter Tuckerman, trustee; DR..
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president; Mr.
Harold G. Sutton, director of ad-
missions; Mr. Henry w. Herzog,
comptroller; Mr.. Fred Nessell, bust
ness manager; Mr.. John R. Mason,
librarian; Mr.. Burnice H. Jarman,
registrar; Mr.. Lester Smith, alumni
secretary; DR.. William j. Mallory,
emeritus professor of medicine; DR..
George B. Roth, emeritus professor
of pharmacology, and DR.. Sterling
Huffin, emeritus professor of med
icine.