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  • 1971

    • Dr. Arthur Bédard

      1971-06-22

      Dr. Bédard was the Director of the Urology Department of Quebec City’s Hôtel-Dieu Hospital starting in 1942.

       

       

       

       

    • Executives

      1971-06-22

      Vice-President: William J. Staubitz

      Treasurer: Clarence Schneiderman

      Secretary: Alan H. Irvine

       

      Members-at-large:

      Pierre E. Bertrand

      Hjalmar W. Johnson

      Alfred D. Williams

      John Leslie T. Russell

      Andrew W. Bruce

      William H.Lakey

       

    • Committees

      1971-06-22

      Local Arrangements: Dr. Jules W. Charron (1971-1972)

      Programme: Dr. Kenneth J. MacKinnon (1971-1972)

      Time & Place: Dr. Alan H. Irvine (1971-1975)

      RCPSC: Dr. Alan H. Irvine               (1971-1973)       

      Necrologist : Dr. William K. Kerr (1971-71)  

       

       

  • 1972

    • 27th Meeting, Montreal, QC

      1972-05-28

      27th annual meeting held in Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montréal, QC

      • The President and 2 MALs of the Executive Committee are unable to attend the Winter Executive Meeting due to bad weather and an airline strike
      • The Secretary becomes the chair of the Time & Place Committee 
      • The potential need for periodic teleconferences with the Executives in order to assist the Secretary with making decisions between semi-annual meetings is first realized
      • The Scientific Program now starts Sunday afternoon and runs for full days on Monday and Tuesday

       

      1971 Minutes

    • Dr. Gordon F. Mack

      1972-06-22

      Dr. Mack was born in Halifax in 1921. He studied at Dalhousie, and was a third-generation physician in his family. In the Second World War, he acted as Surgeon Lieutenant in the RCNVR. He completed his graduate work in urology at the Victoria Hospital in Montréal and later held a senior staff appointment at Halifax Hospitals, and became professor and head of the Urology Department at Dalhousie and Head of Urology at Victoria General.

       

       

       

       

    • Executives

      1972-06-22

      Vice-president: Lloyd N. McAninch

      Treasurer: Jules W. Charron

      Secretary: William H. Lakey

       

      Members-at-large:

      W. Alan Ernst

      C.E. Abbott

      Alfred D. Williams

      John Leslie T. Russell

      Pierre E. Bertrand

      Hjalmar W. Johnson

    • Committees

      1972-06-22

      Local organizing: G. John Ankenman

      Scientific Program: Hjalmer W. Johnson

      Research: Kenneth J. MacKinnon

  • 1973

    • 28th Meeting, Vancouver, BC

      1973-06-10

      28th annual meeting held in Vancouver, BC

      • The Canadian Urological Association Scholarship Foundation (CUASF) is started in order to further research in urology
      • A suitable amount was added to the CUA annual dues (determined annually) to be placed into the Scholarship Fund until suitable capital is raised 

       

       

       

       

       

       

      1972 Minutes 1972 Executives Minutes January 1972 Executive Minutes May

    • Dr. Kenneth J. MacKinnon

      1973-06-22

      Dr. MacKinnon was born in Antigonish in 1921. He graduated from Dalhousie University and worked in Antigonish before moving to Montréal. He did his post-grad work in urology at McGill in 1953, and was appointed Urologist-in-Chief at the Royal Victoria Hospital in 1959, and professor and chairman of the Urology Division at McGill in 1969. In 1958, he was part of the first team that successfully transplanted a kidney in Canada. In 1979, he moved to Nairobi, Kenya, to act as Executive Director of the Aga Khan Hospital. He returned to Nova Scotia in 1982, and became Chief of Staff at Halifax Infirmary and professor of urology at Dalhousie.

    • Awards

      1973-06-22

      Honorary Membership:  Dr. Wyland F. Leadbetter (USA)