30 A HISTORY OF NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION 



The officers elected at the meeting in Atlantic City were: Dr. 

 Edward L. Trudeau, of Saranac Lake, N. Y., president; Dr. 

 William Osier, of Baltimore, and Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, of New 

 York, vice-presidents; General George M. Sternberg, of Wash- 

 ington, D. C., treasurer; Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs, of Balti- 

 more, secretary. The first board of directors consisted of Drs. 

 Norman Bridge, of California; S. B. Solly, of Colorado; John 

 P. C. Foster, of Connecticut; George M. Sternberg, of Washing- 

 ton, D. C.; Arnold C. Klebs and Robert H. Babcock, of Illinois; 

 J. N. Hurty, of Indiana; William H. Welch, William Osier, 

 Henry Barton Jacobs, and John S. Fulton, of Maryland; Henry 

 M. Bracken, of Minnesota; William Porter, of Missouri; Edward 

 O. Otis and Vincent Y. Bowditch, of Massachusetts; Mr. Fred- 

 erick L. Hoffman, of New Jersey; Drs. Hermann M. Biggs, S. A. 

 Knopf, Edward L. Trudeau and Mr. Edward T. Devine, of New 

 York; Drs. Charles L. Minor, of North Carolina; Charles O. 

 Probst, of Ohio; Lawrence F. Flick, Mazyck P. Ravenel, H. S. 

 Anders and Leonard Pearson, of Pennsylvania; M. M. Smith, 

 of Texas; Col. George E. Bushnell, of the United States Army 

 Hospital, and Surgeon General Walter Wyman, of the United 

 States Marine Hospital Service. 



It was decided that the membership of the Association should 

 consist of three classes: (i) Members those who are elected by 

 the Board of Directors and who pay annual membership dues 

 of $5.00; (2) Life Members those who pay $200 and are already 

 members of the Association; (3) Honorary Members persons 

 distinguished for original researches relating to tuberculosis, 

 eminent as sanitarians or as philanthropists, who have given 

 material aid in the study and prevention of tuberculosis. 



The government of the Association, the planning of work, the 

 arrangement for meetings and congresses, and everything apper- 

 taining to legislation and direction, was to be left in the hands of 

 the board of directors, and committees were to have the power to 

 execute only what was directed by the board. 



The board of directors was empowered, however, to appoint 

 an executive committee of seven members, to which was to be 

 entrusted the executive work of the Association. This com- 

 mittee was chosen at the meeting in Atlantic City and consisted 

 of Drs. Edward L. Trudeau, Henry Barton Jacobs, Edward O. 



