In his December 10, 1970 letter to Drs. Bulger, Kinney and Anlyan at Duke University, Dr. D. Robert Howard proposes to change the name of the Duke PA Program from "assistant" to "associate" to "differentiate the professional type of physician's...
This June 22, 1972 letter from Dr. Howard to Dr. John Blackburn, Chancellor of Duke University, provides information about the current status of the PA Program including a long range funding plan (attachment I). "The establishment of a revolving fund...
In his letter to Dr. William Anlyan at Duke dated May 15, 1972, Dr. John Kernodle, Vice Chairman of the AMA Board of Trustees, relates the concerns of AMA leadership about using the term "associate" by the PA program at Duke and elsewhere. He writes...
Letter sent by Thomas E. Piemme, APAP president, to member programs to update them on various activities including (1) announcement of a scientific meeting of the Association and the Academy in November 1973 at the Washington Hilton Hotel; (2)...