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Authorities from eleven states plus applied research, Liberty Mutual Insur
Washington, D.C., have accepted speak ance Company, Boston, will deliver the
er assignments from the fourth annual luncheon address on September 27, with
Gulf Coast Regional Conference on In Doctor Kerr welcoming the group.
dustrial Health which will be held Sep-
One of the principal speakers for the
trmbcr 27 through 29 in Houston's Rice September 28 sessions will be Dr. Sidney
Hotel-
A. Portis, associate clinical professor of
"The overall program is shaping up medicine, University of Illinois. He will
better than for any of the three earlier speak at the noon luncheon on ``Ex
sessions," Conference Chairman Dave haustion in the Young Business Execu
M. Wood commented,' adding that more tive," a subject in which Doctor Portis
than 500 would attend the 1951 meeting. has been widely recognized in profes
Mr. Wood was named by Dr." Denton ' sional circles.
Kerr, chairman of the Houston Cham^ Other speakers who have accepted for
ber of Commerce public health commit the health conference include W. E.
tee, to direct fhe conference.' .
McCormick, B. F. Goodrich Rubber and
Particular emphasis will be placed this Processing Company, Akron, Ohio; Wil
scar on industrial health in civil defense, liam Bradley, American Cyanamid Com
industrial hygiene and industrial medi pany, New York, N.Y.; E. W. Gilliland,
cine in small industries. Industrial nurses chief chemist, John T. Ryan Memorial
from the region also will conduct a Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Warren A.
special session on September 29. The Cook, Zurich General Accident and
Texas State Department of Health is Liability Insurance Company, Ltd., Chi
coordinating an industrial waste and cago; Dr. J. F. McCaHan, assistant sec
stream pollution program for September retary, Council on Industrial Health,
28. American Medical Society, Chicago; Dr.
Labor, management and industrial Everett R. Seale, chairman, dermatology
' Ith) will be the subject for the first section, Baylor University College of
el discussion on Scptemberv27.and *1 Medicine, Houston; Dr. Edward C.
liquid be of particular interest to rep- ' Homblad, managing director, Industrial
resentatives of both management and j Medical Association, Chicago; French
labor, Mr. Wood pointed out. -7
Robertson, regional civil defense coordi
Included among those who will appear on the panel will be Boris Shiskin of the American Federation of Labor, Wash ington, D.C., L. H. Flewcllen, chairman, Texas State Industrial Accident Board, Austin, and Dr. E. A. Irvin, medical director, Cadillac Motor Car Division, General Motors Corporation, Detroit,
nation, Dallas; Col: A. W. Snyder, Hous ton civil defense coordinator, and A. T. Deere, Dow Chemical Company, Free port.
A tenative program has been devel oped for Industrial Waste Day at the conference. The sessions will be concur
Mich.
rent with the health conference sessions
Dr. Charles R. Williams, director of on September 28.
INDUSTRIAL IIKAI.TII CONFEKKNCC ri-ANNLltS
Three member* of the Chamber of Commerce Iniluxtria) health ronOrenre coiurtiinec <!l*cu* arrangements for the Imiuntrial health conference to be held September 27-29 at the Rice Hotel. Left to right. Otto I'agirniiliii; Da>e Woml. chair man. and Jam> A. Hammond, vice-chairman.
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