CHAPTER XXVII 

 SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



THE seventeenth annual meeting of the National Tubercu- 

 losis Association was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 

 New York City, on June 14, 15, 16, and 17, 1921. 

 The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock on Tuesday after- 

 noon by the president, Dr. Gerald B. Webb. 



Following the address of welcome by Dr. Hermann M. Biggs, 

 chairman of the honorary committee of arrangements, the ad- 

 dress of the president was presented and filed for publication in 

 the Transactions. The report of the executive office for the year 

 ending June I, 1921, was read and ordered filed. 



The report of the nominating committee, which had been ap- 

 pointed in March, was presented by the chairman, Dr. Lee K. 

 Frankel. 



In view of the fact that a new constitution and by-laws were 

 ratified by the board of directors at its meeting on March 1 1, 1921, 

 following the recommendation of the committee on reorganiza- 

 tion, it became necessary for the nominating committee to nomi- 

 nate a new board of directors under the new by-laws. The board 

 is to consist of representative directors, nominated by "repre- 

 sented affiliated" associations and, in addition, 50 directors at 

 large. The report of the nominating committee is as follows: 



DIRECTORS TO SERVE ONE YEAR TERM 



Representative Directors: Dr. William N. Anderson, Omaha, Neb.; Mr. 

 George F. Canfield, New York City, N. Y.; Mr. H. M. Cass, Huron, S. D.; 

 Dr. J. W. Coon, Stevens Point, Wis.; Dr. O. C. Gebhart, St. Joseph, Mo.; 

 Dr. Charles R. Grandy, Norfolk, Va.; Major R. J. Guinn, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. 

 Alfred Henry, Indianapolis, Ind.; Dr. G. Walter Holden, Denver, Colo.; Dr. 

 A. T. Laird, Nopeming, Minn.; Dr. Charles H. Lerrigo, Topeka, Kan.; Dr. 

 Thomas McCrae, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. E. D. Merrill, Foxcroft, Me.; Dr. 

 Edward O. Otis, Boston, Mass.; Mr. J. F. Owens, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 

 Mrs. H. E. Pearce, Birmingham, Ala.; Dr. J. W. Pettit, Ottawa, 111.; Dr. D. 



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