PEDIATRICS Vol. 1 No. 2 February 1948, pp. 265-269
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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS

BUSINESS SESSION—PRESIDENT LEE FORREST HILL PRESIDING

Dr. Poncher: Dr. Davison, Chairman of the Committee on Awards is unable to be present so the awards will be presented by individual members of the committee. The first Mead Johnson Award will be presented by Dr. Waldo E. Nelson.

Dr. Nelson: Mr. President, Dr. Poncher, members of the Academy. The first Mead Johnson Award for the year 1947 has been made for work in the field of pediatric cardiology. While the specific and immediate factor responsible for the decision of your Committee was the development of a surgical method for the correction of a congenital malformation of the great blood vessels, there were other features which lent support and confidence in the selection of this candidate. The recipient has attained a place of prominence and authority in the field of cardiology and of rheumatic fever. Her influence in this phase of pediatric activity has come to be a substantial one. It is my privilege to announce that this Award has been made to Dr. Helen B. Taussig of Baltimore. Dr. Vivian Tappan, a long-time associate and friend of Dr. Taussig, will accept the Award for her.

Dr. Tappan: I need not tell you how much I regret that illness, fortunately not too serious, has led to Dr. Taussig's absence today, for I, as one of you, had looked forward to hearing her discuss some new phase of congenital cardiology. It is with awareness of the truly great contribution which Dr. Taussig has made in pediatric cardiology that I shall now read her paper—"The Tetralogy of Fallot—Indications for Operation and the Care for the Cyanotic Infant." (Manuscript to be published as an original article.)

Dr. Henry G. Poncher: It is my privilege to announce the recipient of the second Mead Johnson Award. This has been made to Dr. Louis K. Diamond of Boston because of his outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric hematology. Under the stimulus of Dr. Kenneth Blackfan one of the first pediatric clinics devoted exclusively to hematology was started at the Children's Hospital in Boston.