May 1997 AAOS Report
Names in the news
David F. Apple Jr., MD, received the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the American Spinal Injury Association . . . The Ruth
Jackson Orthopaedic Society elected Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD,
president; Mary Lynn Newport, MD, vice president; Dale
E. Jarka, MD, secretary; and Debra A. Zillmer, MD,
treasurer . . . New officers of the Cervical Spine Research Society
are Bruce E. Northrup, MD, president; John F. Raycroft
Jr., MD, president-elect; Harry N. Herkowitz, MD, vice
president; Christopher G. Ullrich, MD, secretary; and Nancy
Epstein, MD, treasurer . . . The Rhode Island Orthopaedic
Society elected Ronald C. Hillegass, MD, president; Edward
Akelman, MD, president-elect; and Michael J. Infantolino,
MD, secretary-treasurer.