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i Office 1942 \ ft J. cv FmOmm i -- i ima Uri On. Dr. Lanza Leaves to Join the Army; Commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel DF|R. ANTHONY J. LANZA, Amatant Medical Director, dating March joined the tepidly growing non- brr of Metropolitan proftwinnal end technical men who ate being called into Government aervioe. Commis sioned at lieutenant colonel in the Army, Dr. Lanza was granted a leave of absence to take charge of Industrial Hygiene in the Bureau of Preventive Medicine, Surgeon General's Office, . Washington, D. CL___ ! Prior to On Lanza's departure, his fellow members of the Official family look opportunity to expeaas their good wishes at as Informal dfamer held h the Carpenter Suite of the Hotel Wal dorf-Astoria. Among thoae who attended were: the President; Second Vice Preridenta -Milligan, Smith, and Campbell; Gen era) Counsel Bates; the Medical Dire^ . tor; Third Vice Prtsidtnts Dublin, Tretheway, and Rogers; A anriant Treasurer Washington; Aaristant Med ical Directors Horan and Wheatley; Assiatant SecretariesTuDy, Fisher, and FaneO; A gistant General Comaela Clayton, ColKna, and Rodgers; Aarist- ant StaristfcsaD Lotka; John B. North rop, Manager of the Claim Divinon; George Gove, Manager of the Coen- ** ... _ J *?.!____ t tmahia to be preamt rent i cf feBdtation and greeting. Thera wan no formal speaking pro gram. However, the President aaid he did not wish to let tba oemrion pam without thanking Dr. Lanza Cor "an oat Handing contribution to the Com pany," and tzpniming the hope that "as our good and scholarly friend, he may aooo return to the Home Office." Mr. Lincoln's tribute was seconded by Assistant Treasurer Washington, who piointed out that "to the acquisition of Dr. Lanza, the Government srffi gain rnuefa, for be is oartain to do the anme fine Job fat Waabbgtan that ha ohraya baa dona far the MetzupoEtan." Dr. Lanza impended with the itelement "all that haa ham said and dona hr* touched me too deeply to my more than thank yon' to the President, Mr. Washington, and aO other mamban of the Official CuoOy who have me to do my bam'* From Mb feBorw Officers, Dr. Lanza rzoshrad a number of parting gifts, including the silver leaves that are the tboulder insignia of a lieutenant ooloorL A aseond testimonial waspaid to Urn by the personnel of the Welfare Divi sion at a Staff meeting of the Division. Third Vice-Prtrident Armstrong re turn hmldHHSadsppvd. Dr. Lanzo thanked und Uk- Staff, both tor hooanng him with it* prvs- and its gifts of books, cipan, end a Defease Bond inscribed, "Another band between you and your frii-nds of 1 Madison Avenue." y'ka industrial bygieoist of note, and an authority on riBonrit, Dr. Lanza mtcrad the service ofthe Metropolitan in 1926, as ah Aariataol Medical Dine- tor. With Dr. Wade Wright 1m* took charge cf the industrial Health-Scr- vios of tha Po&cyholders Service Bureau, and later eras transferred to the Writers DMriuo, where be lia. rinoa asrvad aa chief omeulivt euder Dr. Azmstzong. Dr. Lama eras in the U. S. PuhBe Health Service during the first World War and reorganized the office of Industrial Hygiene, establish ing 16 heanchea in aa many cities, and raoefaiog the rank of senior surgeon-- litotcDSBicoloocL Hi aldad also far the inaugurating of the Division cf Industrial Hygiene for the Commonwealth of Australia. . .. ,*J* " - '*. ____ fe-.i Jr.*. - >.. . . f \ 1 '4 r.- i -v. .-i ' ?. ' Tt