ARMY
MEDICAL SERVICE CORPS
In the presence of eminent members of scientific societies, Lieut. Col. Charles S. Gersoni and Majors Raymond J. Karpen and John V. Painter were sworn in March 13 as the first appointed Assistant Chiefs of the Medical Service Corps. In addition to Col. Othmar F. Goriup, Chief of the Corps, and other executives of the Surgeon General's Office, the following were present: Col. Michael J. Blew, M.S.C., Reserve; Francis B. Elder, engineering associate, American Public Health Association; Robert Fischelis, secretary, American Pharmaceutical Association; Ernest Little, president, American Pharmaceutical Association; Norman Loffer, president, American Society of Professional Biologists; F. A. Moulton, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Leland Parr, executive secretary, American Bacteriological Association; Paul Robbins, executive secretary, National Society of Professional Engineers; Joseph F. Sadusk, executive director, Committee on Medical Sciences of the Research and Development Board; George E. Taylor, assistant secretary,