PEOPLE AND EVENTS

AFRIATED DIETETICASSOCIATIONSSouth Carolina RDsupdate nutrition needs

"Changing Times in Nutrition"is the theme of the Fall Meet-ing of the South Carolina Di-etetic Association. The meet-ing will be held October 20 to22 in Myrtle Beach. For moreinformation, contact: ChristianStevenson at 800/849-2798.

Indiana group gathersin Terre Haute

The Fall Meeting of the Indi-ana Dietetic Association andthe Indiana Consultant Dieti-tians will be held on November18 and 19 in Terre Haute. Thetheme this year is "Progress inAction." Ellyn Satter, RD, au-thor of Child of Mine, will bethe keynote speaker. Some ofthetopicsthatwillbe discussedinclude diabetes management,geriatric nutrition, quality as-surance, and cystic fibrosis.Formore information, contact:Barb Zonakis,RD, 1651 Thorn-apple Cir, Valparaiso, IN 46383;219/477-5949.

Connecticut RDs planmeeting in November

ington. For more information,contact: Barbara Iskander, Con-necticut Dietetic Association,14 Stirrup Dr, Trumbull, CT06611; 203/452-7792.

ADA ALLIANCES

NSI seeks toeducate Congress

The Nutrition Screening Initia-tive (NSI) is meeting with Con-gressional staffers fromthe Sen-ate Aging Committee and theHouse, Energy, and CommerceSubcommittees on Health toensure that nutrition screeningand treatment is included inthe health care reform basicbenefits package.

To make sure the message isheard, NSI needs your help. Tojoin the fight, call or write yourcongressional representative orany member of the commit-tees. For more information,contact NSI at 2626 Pennsylva-nia Ave NW, Suite 301, Wash-ington, DC 20037; 202/625-1662.

ABOUT PEOPLE

Honors

Vickie Normile, RD, of Camp-bell County Memorial Hospital,Gillette, Wyo, has been electeda director-at-large for the Di-etary Managers Association.

Obituaries

The Journal has learned of thedeaths of the following mem-bers of the Association.

Mary C. Barnes, RD, ofStillwater, Okla. Barnes beganher career as an administrativedietitian at Barnes Hospital inSt Louis, Mo, and soon afterbecame the first dietitian in theOklahoma State University resi-dence halls system. After work-ing as head dietitian of the USArmy's 298th General HospitalUnit at the University of Michi-gan, Ann Arbor, she served al-most4years inEngland, France,and Belgium during World WarII. She was decorated for ser-vice at the Battle of the Bulge.

Barnes returned to Stillwaterin 1946 to work as personneldirector and food purchasingagent for Oklahoma State Uni-versity until retiring in 1971.Degrees: BS, Oklahoma StateUniversity, Stillwater; MS, Co-lumbia University, New York,NY; dietetic internship, Univer-sity Hospitals, Oklahoma City,Okla.

Lyn Fleming, MEd, RD, ofLouisville, Ky. Fleming was aretired dietitian, an educator atSpalding University in Louis-ville, and a past president of theKentucky and Massachusettsdietetic associations. Flemingwas also a US Army veteran ofthe Korean War.

Josephine Lydon, LTC USA,RD, of Winchester, Mass. Lydonwas a 21-year US Army veteranwho retired in 1965 fromLetterman General Hospital atthe Presidio in San Francisco,Calif.

Charles Papafrangos, Jr, RD,of Norman, Okla. Papafrangoswas employed as a dietitian atthe Pottawatomie CountyHealth Department.

Marie Parsil, RD, of Sparta,NJ. Parsil was a consulting di-etitian at the Barn-Hill Conva-lescent Center in Newark until1982. She also worked as a di-etitian at several Scranton hos-pitals from the 1950s through

1970s, and was a dietitian atBellevue Hospital in New YorkCity. Parsil was a past presi-dent of the New Jersey andPennsylvania dietetic associa-tions. BS: Marywood College,Scranton, NJ.

UPDATE

Call for nominations foarHOPE award

The Robert F. Allen Symbol ofHOPE Award (Helping OtherPeople through Empower-ment) honors individuals whohave made outstanding contri-butions to promoting culturaldiversity within health promo-tion or have demonstrated sig-nificant achievement in serv-ingthe health promotion needsof underserved populations.Nominations must be receivedbyNovember 1,1993. Formoreinformation, contact: AmericanJournal of Health Promotion,1812 S RochesterRd, Suite 200,RochesterHills, MI 48307-3532;313/650-9600.

NYU ftod and nutritionworkshops

The Department of Nutrition,Food, and Hotel Managementat New York University, NewYork, NY, is offering severalworkshops on food and nutri-tion such as Practical CostControlfor YourFoodserviceOperation on October 16. Formore information on this orother courses offered, contact:Marjorie Possick, New YorkUniversity, School of Educa-

Deadline for submitting ma-terial for the People andEvents section is the first ofthe month two months be-fore the date of the issue(eg, November 1 for theJanuary issue of the Jour-nal). Send material to: NewsEditor, Journalof TheAmeri-can Dietetic Association, 216W Jackson Blvd, 7th Floor,Chicago, IL 60606-6995; 312/899-0040, ext 4829; or fax,312/899-1757.

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ADA CALENDAR

109376th Annual Meeting, Oct 25-28, Anaheim, Calif.

198477th Annual Meeting, Oct 17-20, Orlando, Fla.

199578th Annual Meeting, Oct 30-Nov 2, Chicago, Ill.

199679th Annual Meeting, Oct 21-24, San Antonio, Tex.

For more information on ADA meetings, contact the MeetingsDepartment at 800/877-1600, ext 4868.

The Connecticut Dietetic As-sociation will hold its Fall Meet-ing on November 22 in Farm-

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tion, 35 W 4th St, 10th Floor,NewYork, NY 10012-1172; 212/998-5592.

Call for abstracts issuedfor gastroenterologyconference

The 10th World Congress ofGastroenterology will be heldon Oct 2-7, 1994, in Los Ange-les, Calif. Abstracts must besubmitted by March 4, 1994.For guidelines and more infor-mation, contact: World Con-gresses of Gastroenterology,PRISM Productions, 5040 PineCreek Dr, Westerville, OH43081-4848; 614/895-1484.

News from the CDC

Recent issues of Morbidity andMortality Weekly Report(MMWR), published by the

Centers for Disease ControlandPrevention (CDC), includedthe following items of interestto dietetics professionals.HIV mortality rate Humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV)and acquired immunodefi-ciency syndrome have causedan increase in the proportion ofall deaths for men and womenbetween the ages of 25 to 44years. In 1991, HIV infectionwas the ninth leading cause ofdeath overall, the third leadingcause of death among personsaged 25 to 44 years, and thesixth leading cause of deathamong women in this age group.For men aged 25 to 44 years,the proportion of deaths causedby HIV infection in 1990 wasnotably higher for blacks andHispanics than for any otherrace or ethnicity. (MMWR, July2, 1993)Salmonella found in infantformula Since May 1993, three

cases of infection with Salmo-nella serotype Tennessee ininfants in Canada and theUnited States have been linkedto consumption of contami-nated powdered infant form-ula. In June 1993, the Food andDrug Administration ordereda recall of all Soyalac Powderinfant formula produced onor after November 4, 1992.(MMWR, July 9, 1993)

EDUCATIONAL EVENTS

Educational events are listedone time only on a space avail-able basis in the next availableissue.

October

HIV/AIDS:Networking SessionAt ADA Annual Meeting, Oct

27, Anaheim, Calif. Contact:Marcy Fenton, RD, 2914 High-land, No. D, Santa Monica, CA90405; 310/392-4289.

November

Enzymes: Uses in CerealTechnology and BakingNov 1 and 2, Chicago, Ill. Con-tact: American Association ofCereal Chemists, 3340 PilotKnob Rd, St Paul, MN 55121-2097; 612/454-7250.

Starch TechnologyNov 1-3, East Brunswick, NJ.Contact: Center for Profes-sional Advancement, PO Box1052, East Brunswick, NJ08816-1052; 908/613-4500.

Team Management ofDiabetes MellitusNov 1-5, Minneapolis, Minn. Tobe repeated: Nov 29-Dec 3,

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Minneapolis, Minn. Contact: In-ternational Diabetes Center,5000 W 39th St, Minneapolis,MN 55416; 612/927-3393.

Gum Chemistry andTechnologyNov 3-5, Chicago, Ill. Contact:Marie McHenry, American As-sociation of Cereal Chemists,3340 Pilot Knob Rd, St Paul,MN55121-2097; 612/454-7250.

Baking TechnologyNov 8-11, East Brunswick, NJ.Contact: Center for Profes-sional Advancement, PO Box1052, East Brunswick, NJ08816-1052; 908/613-4500.

Food MicrobiologyNov 8-10, East Brunswick, NJ.Contact: Center for Profes-sional Advancement, PO Box1052, East Brunswick, NJ08816-1052; 908/61:3-4500; fax.908/238-9113.

Nutrition Issuesin the NinetiesNov 9, Baltimore, Md. Contact:The Johns Hopkins Hospital.Nutrition Dept: CMSC B-100,600 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD21287-3051; 410/955-6343.

Hazard Analysis CriticalControl Points SeminarNov 12, Davis, Calif. Contact:National Association of FreshProduce Processors, 727 NWashington St, Alexandria, VA22314-1977; 703/836-4739.

Managing Water inFood SystemsNov 17-19, Chicago, Ill. Con-tact: Center for ProfessionalAdvancement, PO Box 1052,East Brunswick, NJ 08816-1052; 908/613-4500.

Empowering TeamManagementDiabetes '93. Nov 18 and 19,

Pierre, SD. Contact: HelenKammarmeyer, RR8Box 2060,Rapid City, SD 57702; 605/343-3986.

December

Starch: Structure,Properties, and Food UsesDec 2 and 3, Chicago, Ill. Con-tact: American Association ofCereal Chemists, 3340 PilotKnob Rd, St Paul, MN 55121612/454-7250.

Food Labeling WorkshopDec 3 Kansas City, Mo. To berepeated: Dec 4, Cleveland,Ohio. Contact: Food Proces-sors Institute, 1401 New YorkAve NW, Suite 400, Washing-ton, DC 20005; 202/393-0890.

Nutrition andBiotechnology in HeartDisease and CancerDec 5-7, Chapel Hill. NC. Con-

tact: Institute of Nutrition, tUni-versity of North Carolina, 1POBox 2435, Chapel Hill, NC27515; 919/966-1094.

The Nature andTreatment of BodyImage DisorderDec 6, Braintree, Mass. (,on-tact: Vivianne Farmer or MaryHelen House, l university of Ver-mont, divisionn of ContinuingEducation, (olchnest er Busi-iiess Park, :I) S P'ark D)r,Colchester, VTi (5446-2501;802/656-2088 or 80)/6i:39-3188;fax, 802/656-3891.

Development of Low Fat/Lower Calorie FoodProductsDec 1:3-15, East Brunswick, NJ.Contact: (:Center for Profes-sional Advancement. PO Box1052, East Brunswick, NJ08816-1 052: 0()8/6 13-4500; fax,908/238-91 13.

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