FLUORIDE 30 (2)
 1997, p 140		 International Society for Fluoride Research Table of Contents
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With pleasure we learn that Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, has awarded the Rutgers Medal, the university's highest honor, to Professor Albert Schatz, the microbiologist who, over 50 years ago, discovered the antibiotic streptomycin while working as a graduate student in one of the university's basement laboratories. The antibiotic was subsequently manufactured and used to virtually wipe out the dreaded disease of tuberculosis. The citation which accompanied the medal states:

As a descendant of emigrant farming parents from Czarist Russia, you expressed an early interest in agriculture and soil microbiology. These interests brought you to the College of Agriculture of Rutgers University where you earned your Bachelor of Science degree in soil chemistry, followed by the Doctor of Philosophy degree in soil microbiology after studying under the direction of Professor Selman A Waksman, another emigrant of Czarist Russia. It was during this latter period, in l944, that you became the co-discoverer of the irnportant antibiotic, streptomycin, the first useful chemo-therapeutic substance for the treatment of the "Great White Plague," or tuberculosis. This great discovery was made possible, in part, by your courageous use of virulent pathogenic cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in your bioassay procedures. The isolation of the special strain of Streptomyces griseus that produced streptomycin, followed by its isolation and purification, led to the discovery of its in vivo efficacy against tuberculosis. The worldwide impact of this discovery is now part of medical history. Many institutions and countries have recognized the importance of your discovery and bestowed upon you awards, medals, prizes and honorary degrees. You, thus, have brought distinction and honor to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

By virtue of my office as President of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and with deep personal appreciation of your service to mankind, I am pleased to present you the Rutgers University Award for which this medal is the symbol.

Francis L Lawrence
President


CALL FOR PAPERS: Members are reminded of the 2nd International Workshop on Fluorosis and Defluoridation of Water, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 19-22,1997. Full papers should be submitted before August 15,1997, to Dr Eli Dahi of the International Organizing Committee, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Lyngby, Denmark. Phone+4545255929 Fax+4545255922 E-mail cdc@unidhp.uni-c.dk The Registration fee is US$200 (US$150 for authors).


CORRECTION: In the report "Fluorosis in children and sources of fluoride around Lake Elementaita Region of Kenya" by R W Kahama et al., pages 19-25 in the last issue of Fluoride (February 1997), the concentration expressions µg/mL-1 and µg/g-1 throughout the article should beµg/mL and µg/g (without the -1 superscripts). We extend our sincere apologies to the authors and to our readers for having made this error. - The Editors

FLUORIDE 30 (2)
 1997, p 140		 International Society for Fluoride Research
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