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Industrial Hygiene Foundation 1969 Annual Report ! ! TABLE OF CONTENTS National industrial Hygiene Week........................... ii President's Message ................................................ 1 IHF Programs ........................................................... Experimental Research Range Finding Toxicity Studies Mental Health Project Small Plant Health Services 2 IHF Services ............................................................. Engineering Information Health Facilities Surveys Central Data Repository 5 IHF Activities............................................................ 34th Annual Meeting 5th Engineering Discussional Membership Service Meetings 6 IHF Publications ................................................. 7 Board of Trustees .................. 8 Committees ............................................................... 9 Minutes of Annual Membership Meeting................. 11 Financial Summary ................................................. 12 Members .................................................................. 13 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, INC. 5231 CENTRE AVENUE PITTSBURGH, PA. 15232 I NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE WEEK OCTOBER 12- 18, 1969 iloint i&PBoIulum To authorize the President to designate the period beginning October 12. 1960. and ending October 18. 1969, as "National Industrial Hygiene Week". Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatit'es of the United States of America in Congress assembled. That, in recog nition of the need to preserve the Nation's primary natural resource--its employed population--and in recognition of those individuals and organizations seeking (o protect and improve the health of the Nation's work force through the coordinated scientific measures, technological and engineering controls which characterize industrial hygiene, the President is author ized and requested to issue a proclamation designating the period beginning October 12, 1969. and ending October 18. 1969, as "National Industrial Hygiene Week.'' and calling upon the people of the United States and interested groups and organizations to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Public Law 91-92 91 st Congress, S. J. Res. 150 October 17, 1969 II PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Since the founding of our organization, industrial hygiene and occupational medicine i.e., occupational health have at tempted to introduce the maximum possible degree of scien tific logic and measurement into the evaluation and control of industrial plant environments to the betterment of working conditions and human relations. A most significant development during 1969 has been the NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE WEEK. This Presidential and Congressional act is most gratifying and represents an important step in reaching every citizen with the "good news" of positive accomplishments in environmental and occupa tional health. The chief importance of this concerted action on the part of those responsible for our national administration and legislation has been to illustrate the ability of our system to support an idea--however technical and complex scien } tifically--which involves significant benefit to the great ma jority of our nation's adult citizens who work. While industrial hygiene is gaining recognition, steps are also under way to insure that our concern with protection of ! employees from potential adverse effects of their working and living environment is accompanied by similar concern over the conservation of their health. Some of the scientific, medical and engineering approaches used in solving environ mentally related health problems in industry may also be use ful in studying nonoccupational illness, over ten times as com Dr. Robert T. P. deTreville mon, which is often based on genetotrophic or "host" fac tors, with little or no apparent relation to physical or chemical working environments. The great majority of illness problems still cannot be dealt with by scientific means and must be handled expediently by those whose medical or technical training or experience pro vides them a basis for professional judgement; in recent years, however, this situation has been changed by the intro duction of improved scientific methods into occupational health practice and research. Most important of these include epidemiology and biostatistics, but automated medical ex amination procedures are becoming useful in evaluating I early alterations in biological functions or measurements s which occur prior to onset of clinical disease symptoms in work populations in which internal "norms" have been de fined. It is becoming possible to compare many potentially abnormal medical and laboratory findings with "baselines" established previously on workers, and thus to identify and protect individuals most likely to develop chronic diseases and disability of all types, regardless of employment. The ef fects of personal health and safety .habits (such as smoking, unsupervised self-medication, improper nutrition) are now correctly considered important to employee health conser vation. In addition, we recognize that the emotional climate at home and at work greatly affects patterns of illness which arise out of failure on the part of employed individuals to cope with their life situatons (e.g., the so-called "giving-up/ given-up" complex). Through soundly conceived and managed preventive health measures, the benefits of industrial health are being extended to the maximum practicable advantage of all who work and live in our increasingly technological industrial society. i fcqF PROGRAMS Dr. Paul Gross, Director of the Research Laboratory, reviews slides of lungs of rats that had inhaled fibrous glass dust. EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ALUMINUM Laboratory animals (rats, hamsters and guinea pigs) have been exposed to high concentrations of metallic aluminum dusts. In only one species did this exposure result in fi brosis. There is reason to believe that much of the fibrosis is related to the presence of endogenous lipids (cholesterol type) rather than to the dust per se. Follow-up of animals as long as 18 months shows substantial reduction in the amount of aluminum dust stored in the lungs. The rate of clearance, however, requires quantitation and will be in vestigated in continuing studies. (Sponsors: Aluminum Company of America, Reynolds Metals Company, Silberline Manufacturing Company, Inc., U. S. Bronze Powders, Inc. and Valley Metallurgical Processing Company, Inc.) EMPHYSEMA The chief purpose of the third and fourth years of the em physema research was evaluation of the retention of dusts in the lungs of emphysematous versus nonemphysematous laboratory animals by biochemical analysis. This was to confirm an impression by light microscopy that lungs dam aged by emphysema do, in fact, retain less dust than those of control animals. This impression, which resulted from the first two years of the study, was reported in an article "Emphysema and Pneumoconiosis: An Experimental Study on Their Interrelationship" (Arch. Environ. Health 18:340349, March 1969). In addition, a paper, "Experimental Em physema as a Tool in the Study of Pneumoconiosis" was presented at the Johannesburg, South Africa Pneumoco niosis Conference, April 23-May 2, 1969. Work to date has continued to support this hypothesis. (Sponsors: American Iron & Steel Institute and Bituminous Coal Research, Inc.) FIBROUS DUSTS Results to date of studies on the bioeffects of certain fi brous dusts (quartz, chrysotile asbestos, talc, ceramic aluminum, silicate, silicon carbide, glass and brucite on the lungs of experimental animals were reported in a paper, "The Pulmonary Response to Fibrous Dusts of Diverse Composition," presented at the American Industrial Hy giene Association Conference in May, 1969, and is sched uled for publication. This investigation concerns the com parative pathogenicity of fibrous dusts in general and the determination of the locus of pathogenicity in asbestos dusts including studies both of the inflammatory and the oncogenic components. (Sponsors: Johns-Manville Cor poration, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc., U. S. Public Health Service.) FIBROUS GLASS Inhalation studies in rats and hamsters of very heavy con centrations of fibrous glass dust (with or without binders) have shown the dust to be biologically "inert." Rats given intratracheal injections of fibrous glass dust develop a transient proliferative bronchiolitis. However, such tran sient bronchiolitis also occurs with fibrous ceramic alumi num silicate which has previously been proven to be bio logically "inert." Another phase of this investigation in volves the separation, identification and quantitation of dusts inclusive of fibrous particulates and ferruginous bodies recovered from human lungs by a special technique of dust isolation and analysis. The lungs from 20 long-term workers with fibrous glass and the lungs from 20 Pitts burghers (hospital deaths) will be so studied. These data will be correlated with any pulmonary lesion present and with any occupational dust exposure. Also to be studied are the effects of fibrous glass on an existing emphysema. Rats were made emphysematous and then exposed to dust concentrations; these animals are still under observation. Epidemiological studies on industrial workers with over 30 years exposure have shown that, aside from a predictable aging effect, there is no evidence of any adverse health effect of heavy versus moderate or light dust exposure in the random samples of employees studied. A comprehen sive general health and cardiopulmonary examination has been performed on a subsample in the oldest age category (i.e., 50 plus years) having had the greatest and least ex posure to dust from fibrous glass manufacturing and proc essing during their long-term employment. Results are being analyzed and will be reported. (Sponsors: Certainteed Products Corporation, Johns-Manville Corporation, Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, PPG Industries.) ASBESTOS Batches of chrysotile, amosite and crocidolite were pre pared as metal-free dust, hammer-milled dust, heat-treated dust and chemically-treated dust. A weighed amount of each dust was suspended in distilled water to make stand ard suspensions. Intratracheal and intrapleural injections were performed under light ether anesthesia on experi mental rats and hamsters and these animals are now un der observation. The purpose is to determine the locus of pathogenicity in asbestos dust in regard to both, its ability to produce fibrosis and cancer. (Sponsor: U.S. Public Health Service.) LIPID-COATED QUARTZ Quartz dust coated with lipids extracted from the lungs of animals with "acute" silicosis has been injected intratracheally into rats and the pulmonary reaction so obtained will be compared with that observed following intratracheal injections with the same dose of uncoated dust. The spe cific aim of this research is to determine alterations in the biologic potential, qualitatively and quantitatively, of quartz particles of respirable size coated with endogenous lipids. (Sponsor: Department of Health, Education & Welfare, Na tional Institutes of Health.) 3 I Biochemist-Toxicologist, Dr. Jiri Tuma, pre pares suspensions of naked fibers. dustry. These toxicity studies include acute oral adminis tration, skin penetration, primary skin irritation, eye injury and concentrated vapor inhalation and are conducted upon request, at cost, for member companies only. Such addi tional studies as metabolism, behavioral changes and feed ing studies may be performed, if required. n ti Charting information for current toxicologi cal studies is Research Associate, Mari anne Kaschak. MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT IHF is conducting a continuing education study on em ployee mental health and industrial nursing practices with the American Institutes for Research, supported by a fiveyear grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. The first two years of this study were concerned primarily with the collection and analysis of data on the practices and self evaluation of occupational health nurses who are en countering and dealing with emotional and psychological problems of employees by one means or another. The third year has been devoted primarily to 1) analysis and inter pretation of occupational health nursing questionnaires; 2) "case study" data supplied through the cooperation of Foundation members; and 3) the selection and sequenc ing of content for a self-instructional training course. Ac tivities during the fourth year, 1969-1970, are being de voted almost exclusively to the preparation and evaluation of course materials and this phase will continue into the fifth year. SMALL PLANT HEALTH SERVICES In a continuing effort to develop an effective employee health program for small plants, IHF President, Dr. Robert T. P. deTreville, chaired the American Academy of Occu pational Medicine's (AAOM) ad hoc committee on small plants during 1969. A study is being made of small plant service needs to determine how environmental matters are handled in an attempt to identify a satisfactory model, or if one not be found, to develop such. IHF expects to ex pand small plant programs in 1970, in collaboration with the AAOM and all other health organizations concerned with this problem. SERVICES ENGINEERING Industrial Hygiene Engineer, John A. Jurgiel A U. S. Department of Labor release on "Questions and Answers on the Walsh-Healey Safety and Health Stand ards" states that the key test in attempting to meet the in tent and purpose of the regulations wilr be "good faith" on the part of the employer. In addition, it states that if a company does not have a certified industrial hygienist on its payroll, it must show that it has access to, and utilizes the services of, such expertise or has persons specially trained to handle its hazard exposures. Membership in IHF and proper use of IHF's consultant engineering serv ices should satisfy these requirements. Even members that have a full staff of industrial health personnel utilize the services of IHF to augment internal industrial hygiene staff capabilities. An IHF survey by JOHN A. JURGIEL provides management an up-to-date and objective review of the company's industrial hygiene program, its total plant and/ or corporate facilities. HEALTH FACILITIES SURVEYS INFORMATION IHF conducts, for members only upon request, a survey of company employee health programs and advises if qualifications of personnel and facilities appear to meet minimum standards of good occupational health for the particular industry. Arrangements for scheduling such sur veys may be made through either IHF Executive Vice Presi dent HARRY M. BOWMAN or DR. ROBERT T. P. DETREVILLE, President. More than 45,000 environmental and occupational health abstracts, carefully filed and indexed, are available to provide rapid access to information needed by Foundation members. Reorganization of the IHF Library has included classification and cataloging of over 1,100 health-related volumes; and increasing the journal collection for abstracting in the monthly Industrial Hygiene Digest has con tributed to the expansion of these services. An inter-library loan system is also in effect. MRS. MADE LINE C. CAREY, IHF's Information Specialist and Managing Editor of the Industrial Hygiene Digest may be contacted by members desiring literature searches or either information services. These studies which are performed either without charge or at cost may also include an evaluation if re quested. CENTRAL DATA REPOSITORY IHF has been designated industry's respository of anony mous occupational health data for assisting the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) in setting and validating threshold limit values. Toxicologic information on substances under evaluation by the ACGIH sent to IHF are evaluated by the Foundation's staff and advisors prior to forwarding to the ACGIH. The repository is a valuable aid to industry insomuch as information re ceived may be handled expeditiously by the Foundation without reference to any particular industry. DR. PAUL GROSS, Director of IHF's Research Laboratory, who is a member of the ACGIH Threshold Limits Committee, assists in transmitting such data. ACTIVITIES 34th ANNUAL MEETING Four hundred members and guests attended IHF's 34th Annual Meeting on October 14-15, 1969 at Chatham Cen ter, Pittsburgh. In recognition of the combined efforts of thousands of occupational physicians, nurses and indus trial hygienists, President Richard M. Nixon, with the full approval of Congress, devoted a special week to honor t them and their contributions to our society--NATIONAL ii INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE WEEK, October 12-18, 1969--the week of the Foundation's 34th Annual Meeting. The first-day Management Conference fea tured a luncheon and an address by As sistant Surgeon General, Dr. John J. Hanlon Tine m r r n i^i may ne pnAT r r m i nv rnPYPirjrr I mV (t ?ti e 17 II,C m nc) ! I The Scientific Conference provides oppor tunity to review progress in the technical areas of environmental and occupational health. Dr. Robert T. P. deTreville, President, (right) and Mr. Harry M. Bowman, Executive Vice President, (center) discuss Foundation pro grams with a conferee. 5th ENGINEERING DISCUSSIONAL Sponsored by the Foundation's Engineering Committee, a discussional on "The Control of Environ mental Health Hazards" was held January 14-16, 1969 in Pittsburgh. Topics on noise, air scrubbers, dust collectors, air pollution measurements and techniques of stack and community air sampling were covered by 45 representatives from IHF member companies. This type of workshop affords an excel lent opportunity to review industrial hygiene engineering problems common to all industries in an effort to "learn from one another" and to develop solutions which will be beneficial to all. MEMBERSHIP SERVICE MEETINGS The Foundation's facilities provide an excellent meeting place for discussion of occupational health problems and several member companies held meetings at IHF head quarters during the year. The Foundation's full-time staff of occupational health specialists participate and supple ment expertise of industry's own health service personnel. Members may contact Mr. Harry M. Bowman. Executive Vice President, or any member of the Foundation's staff to discuss or arrange for such meetings. 6 A meeting in session in the IHF Board Room PUBLICATIONS (Partial Listing) l Industrial Hygiene Digest A journal, issued monthly, containing environ mental and occupational health abstracts of articles appearing in current literature. A monthly index is included and an annual in dex is published separately. Distribution is re stricted to member companies and to a limited group of subscribers not eligible for regular membership, such as governmental agencies, educational institutions, and hospitals. Industrial Hygiene Highlights Vol.l Definitive, full-length reference text in indus trial hygiene technology. Exceptionally good investment in continuing education on the part of professionals in the field. (Price: $20:00) Transactions of Annual Meetings Publications List Membership Information Brochure Engineering Information Exchange Capsule Technical Bulletins Chemical-Toxicological Series, 8-69: "Suggested Principles and Procedures for Developing Data for Threshold Limit Values for Air" Legal Series, 8-69: "Current Federal Workmen's Compensation and Health and Safety Legislation" Medical Series, 15-69: "Current Concepts of Biostatistical Services for Industry" Medical Series, 16-70: "Proceedings of Fibrous Dust Seminar" Nursing Series, 2-69: "Employee Mental Health and Industrial Nursing Practices: A Pilot Study of Cur rent Practices" BOARD OF TRUSTEE^ Chairman Dr. G. Arthur Webb Mellon Institute, Camegie-Mellon University Dr. Miles O. Colwell Aluminum Company of America Vice Chairmen Mr. Andrew Kalmykow American Insurance Association Secretary Treasurer Mr. Wayne T. Brooks American Iron and Steel Institute Mr. Edward R. Weidlein, Jr. Union Carbide Corporation President Dr. Robert T. P. deTreville Industrial Hygiene Foundation Mr. Earle T. Andrews* Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation (ITT) Dr. Anna M. Baetjer* The Johns Hopkins University Dr. G. L. Barthauer Consolidation Coal Company, Inc. Mr. Robert D. Blasier Westinghouse Electric Corporation Dr. Daniel C. Braun U. S. Steel Corporation Dr. C. P. Carpenter Mellon Institute, CarnegieMellon Unjversity Mr. Walter Pj Cartun Emhart Corporation Mr. Paul D. Colombo Ford Motor Company Dr. Lester V. Cralley Aluminum Company of America Mr. E. K. Davidson** Davidson Sand and Gravel Company Mr. Frederick H. Deeg American Mutual Insurance Alliance Trustee Emeritus Past Chairman Dr. Philip Drinker* Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire Dr. John C. Duffy IBM Corporation Mr. John R. Englehorn St. Joseph Lead Company Mr. Andrew Fletcher* St. Joseph Lead Company Dr. F. D. Gassaway Gulf Oil Corporation Dr. Theodore F. Hatch* Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire Mr. W. G. Hazard Owens-Illinois, Inc. Mr. Hugh M. Jackson Johns-Manville Corporation Mr. E. W. Merry Mine Safety Appliances Company Dr. Norton Nelson New York University Medical Center Dr. Robert B. O'Connor U. S. Steel Corporation Mr. R. Verne Righter General Motors Corporation B Mr. Elgin D. Sallee American Can Company Dr. H. H. Schrenk* Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Miss Alda Sica, R. N. U. S. Steel Corporation Dr. G. R. Simmons Western Electric Company, Inc. Dr. Kenneth W. Smith* The Brush Beryllium Company Mr. Douglas Soutar American Smelting and Refining Company Dr. William L. Sutton Eastman Kodak Company Mr. Leo Teplow American Iron and Steel Institute Mr. John Vyverberg Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Mr. Theodore C. Waters, Sr.* Baltimore. Maryland Dr. George M. Wheatley Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Dr. John A. Zapp, Jr. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc. COMMITTEES CHEMICAL-TOXICOLOGICAL Chairman Dr. C. P. Carpenter Mellon Institute, C-MU Co-Chairman . Dr. John A. Zapp, Jr. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. Dr. Anna M. Baetjer The Johns Hopkins University Mr. Harry M. Donaldson The Brush Beryllium Company Mr. H. H. Fawcett National Academy of Sciences Mr. H. R. Hoyle The Dow Chemical Company Dr. Emil A. Pfitzer University of Cincinnati (Secretary) Mr. J. C. Radcliffe Ford Motor Company Dr. William E. Rinehart Ethyl Corporation Dr. H. H. Schrenk Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Dr. Herbert E. Stokinger U. S. Public Health Service Chairman Mr. W. G. Hazard Owens-Illinois, Inc. ENGINEERING Co-Chairman Mr. H. Wilbur Speicher Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mr. Richard I. Bleier American Mutual Insurance Alliance Dr. Lester V. Cralley Aluminum Company of America Mr. N. V. Hendricks Standard Oil Company (N. J.) Mr. John A. Jurgiel IHF (Secretary) Mr. Kenneth M. Morse U. S. Steel Corporation Mr. James L. Parsons E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc. Mr. Leo Riconda General Mills, Inc. Mr. Kenneth E. Robinson General Motors Technical Center Mr. Elgin D. Sallee American Can Company Mr. Samuel H. Thomas Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Mr. Herbert T. Walworth Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company Mr. George M. Wilkening Bell Telephone Laboratories LEGAL Chairman Mr. Andrew Kalmykow American Insurance Association Mr. Ashley Cole Union Carbide Corporation Mr. W. C. Hartman Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Mr. James L. Hill Ford Motor Company Mr. Edward E. Kuebler Kuebler & DelDeo Mr. L. L. Lewis U. S. Steel Corporation Mr. C. L. Sheckler Johns-Manville Corporation Mr. Douglas Soutar American Smelting & Refining Company Mr. James S. Stickles American Mutual Insurance Alliance Mr. Frank C. Wachter Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation (ITT) Mr. P. J. Winschel Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay Mr. Theodore C. Waters, Sr. Baltimore, Maryland Chairman Dr. Daniel C. Braun U. S. Steel Corporation MEDICAL Co-Chairman Dr. Carl U. Dernehl Union Carbide Corporation Dr. Miles O. Colwell Aluminum Company of America Dr. Lee B. Grant PPG Industries Dr. Paul Gross IHF (Secretary) Dr. Robert J. Halen Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Dr. George Roush, Jr. Ethyl Corporation Dr. 0. A. Sander Marquette University Dr. S. D. Steiner General Motors Corporation Dr. Robert C. Thompson General Electric Company 9 Mary Louise Brown, R. N. U. S. Public Health Service Margaret S. Bruder, R. N. Allis-Chalmers Company Mrs. Madeline C. Carey IHF (Secretary) Dr. Robert T. P. deTreville (Member, ex-officio) Mr. Robert D. Blasier Westinghouse Electric Corporation Mr. Walter P. Cartun Emhart Corporation Mr. John R. Englehorn St. Joseph Lead Company Dr. Donald J. Birmingham Professor, Department of Dermatology Wayne University Dr. Arend Bouhuys Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology Yale University Dr. Antonio Ciocco Professor of Biostatistics University of Pittsburgh. GSPH Dr. Philip Enterline Professor of Biostatistics University of Pittsburgh, GSPH Dr. Ian T. T. Higgins Professor of Epidemiology University of Michigan NURSING Chairman Miss Alda Sica, R.N. U. S. Steel Corporation Dorothy Dean, R. N. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation Helen Kunzler, R. N. U. S. Steel Corporation PUBLICATIONS Chairman Dr. Lester V. Cralley Aluminum Company of America Kenneth H. Fagerhaugh Carnegie-Mellon University MEMBERSHIP Chairman Mr. Douglas Soutar American Smelting & Refining Company - Dr. F. D. Gassaway Gulf Oil Corporation Mr. Hugh M. Jackson Johns-Manville Corporation Mr. R. Verne Righter General Motors Corporation IHF SCIENCE ADVISORS Dr. Robert A. Kehoe Professor Emeritus Occupational Medicine University of Cincinnati Dr. David Minard Head. Department of Occupational Health University of Pittsburgh. GSPH Dr. Norton Nelson Director Institute of Environmental Medicine New York University Dr. Emil Pfitzer Chief of Toxicology University of Cincinnati Dr. W. Donald Ross Professor of Psychiatry University of, Cincinnati 10 t Winifred McLanahan, R. N. Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic Iva Pleasants, R. N. (Sec'y) American Institutes for Research Daniel R. Pfoutz Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Mrs. Glenora E. Rossell University of Pittsburgh Libraries Mr. Leo Teplow American Iron & Steel Institute Mr. John Vyverberg Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation Mr. E. R. Weidlein, Jr. Union Carbide Corporation Dr. Joseph Sataloff Professor of Otolaryngology. Jefferson Medical College Dr. Henry F. Smyth. Jr. Professor of Industrial Toxicology--University of Pittsburgh. GSPH Dr. James H. Sterner Chairman, Department of Environmental Health--University of Texas at Houston Dr. Jack A. Wolford Chief, Social Psychiatry Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic Dr. George W. Wright Head, Medical Research Department--St. Luke's Hospital INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION OF AMERICA, INC. MINUTES ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING OF MEMBERS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania October 14,1969 The Annual Business Meeting of IHF members was called to order at 3:45 pm by Board Chair man, Dr. G. Arthur Webb, who called for a quorum report. Mr. Harry M. Bowman an nounced that sufficient proxies had been re ceived and were in order to constitute a quo rum for conducting the business of the Foun dation's Membership. The minutes of the October 15, 1968, meet ing were approved as printed on motion made and seconded. The Treasurer's Report, presented by Mr. Bowman, was accepted and approved as presented. Committee Reports were presented by the respective Chairmen: Miss Alda Sica, R. N. (Nursing); Dr. Daniel C. Braun (Medical); Dr. Lester V. Cralley (Engineering); Dr. Robert T. P. deTreville for.Mr. Douglas Soutar (Mem bership); and Mr. Andrew Kalmykow (Legal). Dr. deTreville commented on the impor tance of expanding our membership to more fully represent industry in IHF's efforts. Par ticularly significant is acceptance by both Houses of Congress of IHF's proposal for a National Industrial Hygiene Week, coincident with this IHF Annual Meeting. The change in IHF's name to Industrial Health Foundation and our proposal for National Industrial Health Week annually beginning in 1970 should help improve IHF's image, which cannot help but assist our membership drive. Entering the *70's, we will be calling on every Foundation member to assist the Foundation's Member ship Committee in this essential task, success of which will have such far-reaching benefi cial effects. Dr. John A. Zapp, Jr., Co-Chairman of the Chem-Tox Committee, presented the follow ing resolution, which was approved unani mously on motion by Mr. E. K. Davison, sec onded by Dr. Miles O. Colwell: WHEREAS Dr. Joseph F. Treon served the Industrial Hygiene Foundation diligently, faith fully, and with outstanding competence as a member of its Board of Trustees, and as Chair man of the IHF Chemical-Toxicological Com mittee from 1961 until his untimely death on March 31,1969, RESOLVED that the Membership of the In dustrial Hygiene Foundation at this, its An nual Meeting on October 14, 1969, formally recognizes the many contributions made to the Foundation by Dr. Treon, and records herewith its thanks and appreciation for them. RESOLVED FURTHER that the Membership of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation honors Dr. Treon not only for his many scientific and professional achievements, but recognizes also his unfailing patience and courtesy, his uncompromising loyality to what he held to be the truth, and his devotion in the service of his religion, his family, his employers, and his fellow man. The approval of the resolution was followed immediately by the Chairman's call for a standing silent prayer of all members present. Dr. Webb also directed that a copy of these memorial minutes be provided to Mrs. Treon. Dr. Anna M. Baetjer, Committee Chairman, presented the report of the Nominating Com mittee, the slate of nominees for the Board of Trustees: For a three-year term: Mr. Douglas Soutar; Dr. John A. Zapp, Jr.; Dr. Norton Nelson; Dr. John Duffy; and Dr. George M. Wheatley. For a two-year term: Mr. Leo Teplow. No nominations were presented from the floor. A motion by Mr. Davison, seconded by Dr. Colwell, to close nominations and instruct the Secretary to cast a unanimous ballot for the entire slate was approved without dissent. Mr. Bowman reported to the Membership on the action taken by the Board of Trustees, October 13, 1969, to proceed with legally changing the name of Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc., to Industrial Health Foundation, Inc., to more truly rep resent the mission and program of the Foun dation. A vote on the name change was de ferred, pending comment from our legal coun sel; however, those present responded favor ably, without dissenting vote, to the Chair man's request for an indication of approval to proceed with details necessary to such a change. The meeting adjourned on approved motion at 4:25 pm. Respectfully submitted, Wayne T. Brooks, Secretary ii