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2004 Senior Physiologists Committee Report
The primary responsibility of the Senior Physiologists
Committee is to contact members who reach their 70th, 80th, 90th, or 100th
birthdays during the year. The letter of greeting includes an invitation to
inform the membership of the APS about the whereabouts and activities of the
senior physiologist. The invitation is usually open-ended, and is meant to
encourage the senior physiologist to include historical and philosophical
commentary. In 2003 a total of 179 individuals were contacted by members of
the Committee; 27 response letters were printed in The Physiologist. Some of
the recipients are members of the Committee.
Anecdotal evidence, insufficient for peer review in the
Society’s journals, attests to the popularity of the publication of these
responses. The members of the Committee were asked a few years ago to survey
the non-senior membership at their institutions about the popularity of the
feature. Graduate students, fellows, and younger faculty reported that they
read the letters regularly, and more senior faculty also report their
delight at the many interesting stories the letters contain.
The Senior Physiologists Committee also reviews
applications for the Senior Physiologists Award, a $500 grant named for G.
Edgar Folk, Jr., which is designed to support the activities of a senior
member.
Donald J. Marsh, Chair
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