Central Chapter Celebrates
its 50th Anniversary

The 2005 Annual Meeting marked the 50th Anniversary of the Central Chapter of the Society of Nuclear Medicine. The Program Committee used this opportunity to look back at the achievements of past leaders in nuclear medicine and use it as a base line for looking forward, to the role of nuclear medicine in the future.

Gary L. Dillehay, MD (right) and Rebecca Sajdak, CNMT
present award to Alexander Gottschalk, MD as the
James L. Quinn III Memorial Lecture

Alexander Gottschalk, MD (1971-72), in offering his James Quinn Memorial Lecture, tracked the history of nuclear medicine by following the career of Paul V. Harper, MD, a pioneer in nuclear medicine who served as the Chapter’s president from 1967-69. Other speakers, in turn, built on the wisdom of the past as they addressed their visions of the future.

Nicholas C. Friedman, MD presents award to Robert
R. Edelman, MD as the Mark Groch Memorial Lecturer

All living past presidents were invited to the meeting and 16 of the 47 past presidents who served the Chapter over the past 50 years were able to attend. All past presidents of the Chapter and Technologist Section were recognized on a PowerPoint Presentation as well as on displays at the meeting. The event was capped off with a 50th Anniversary Celebration Reception to recognize those past presidents who could attend.

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