SOCIETY O. TOXICOLOGY HISTORY - Society of Toxicology

The Committee also is responsible for selecting the recipients of the graduate student
fellowship awards and, this year, 29 applications were received. Five were selected for
interview at the New Orleans meeting. Leonard J. Sauers, University of West Virginia, was
given the Procter & Gamble Fellowship Award of $8,000, and Lisa J. Naser, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, received the Hazleton Laboratories Award of $4,000. The fourth New
Investigators’ Colloquium was, as previously mentioned, highly successful.
For a number of years, Dr. John Autian published a roster of toxicology programs in the Forum
for the Advancement of Toxicology. This publication was discontinued following the 1984
issue and the Committee on Education has assumed the responsibility for preparing a roster,
which will be compiled at the headquarters office and appear in the Newsletter.
The Technical Committee sponsored a symposium on “Neonatal Toxicology” and has now
developed a detailed proposal for a symposium on “Potential Use of Human Tissues for
Toxicity Testing,” which it hopes will be considered by the Program Committee for the 1987
meeting in Washington, D.C. The Committee believes it should concentrate its efforts on
organizing symposia, workshops, and short courses that would be helpful in maintaining and
developing technical skills of toxicologists.
At the banquet on Thursday evening, following a delightful reception by the President of the
Society for recipients of awards, invited guests, officers and councilors, Dr. Pfitzer presented
the following awards:
The Merit Award, established in 1966, is given to a member of SOT who has had a long and
distinguished career in toxicology. As of March 1985, 20 members have been so honored. The
recipient this year was Dr. Ted A. Loomis, University of Washington, School of Medicine,
Seattle, WA. The award consisted of a certificate, a bronze plaque and a cash stipend.
The Achievement Award, established in 1967, is presented to a member of the Society who is
less than 41 years of age and has made significant contributions to toxicology. This year’s
award went to Dr. Sam Kacew, Department of Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Canada. The award consisted of a bronze plaque, a certificate and a cash stipend.
The Frank R Blood Award, established in 1974, was presented to Drs. Calvin C. Willhite,
Regional Research Center, U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Berkeley, CA; Marcia I. Dawson, Bia-
Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA; and Kandace Williams, Dept. of
Pharmacology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, for their paper on Structure-Activity
Relationship of Retinoids in Developmental Toxicology. I. Studies on the Nature of the Polar
Terminus of the Vitamin A Molecule.” (TAP 74:397-410 1984). The recipients received a scroll
and a cash stipend.
The Education Award, established in 1975, was presented to Dr. Robert I. Kneger, Dept. of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, for his outstanding career in teaching
and training toxicologists. The award consisted of a bronze plaque.
The Arnold J. Lehman Award, first given in 1980, is intended to recognize individuals who
have made major contributions in the control of chemical agents, with particular reference to