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Words from the President

Joe McDonald

I just received a letter from the Health Physics Society indicating that there will continue to be funding available from the Morgan Trust. As you know, last year Steve Musolino was successful in acquiring funds to bring Professor Maurizio Pelliccioni to Philadelphia. This year, we would again like to invite an "internationally-known expert" to present a Morgan Lecture at our Accelerator Session during the annual meeting in Denver. The designation of "internationally-known expert" does not necessarily mean a person from outside the U.S., but was made clear in the letter that inviting a U.S. member of the HPS would require "very convincing justification!" Please send suggestions for possible Morgan Lecturers to either James Liu or myself.

Also, please keep in mind that one of our goals is to increase the visibility of the section by pursuing recognition for our members. We should all be thinking of worthy candidates for awards such as: Distinguished Scientific Achievement, R.D. Evans Medal, Founders, E.E. Anderson and Fellow Awards. Suggested candidates for any of these awards can be submitted to any of the section officers.