Ex concilio

By the time this issue reaches the reader, each Diplomate of the American Board of Family practice will have received a personal letter from me stating that, having attained the age of 65 and after 25 years of daily grinding for family practice, I have requested of our Board of Directors that I be allowed to “decompress” and start to pursue some personal interests that for a major portion of my life have been neglected. As of January 1, 1990, the Executive Directorship will be in the extremely component hands of a great family physician and friend, Paul R. Young, M.D. Paul has been with the Board full-time for the last 18 months and is now ready and capable to assume the administrative duties pertaining to this office. I will also be devoting a Journal for the next 5 years. I will also be devoting a good bit of my time to the pursuit of international activities in family practice.