This article provides information on several issues including the awards given to several people, obituaries, and conference proceedings. The "American Public Health Association: 100th Annual Meeting" will be held on November 11-17, 1972 at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Vaun A. Newill has been named head of the health effects research program in the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. His new post will investigate the health effects of water and air pollution, solid wastes problems, pesticides, radiation, and noise. An obituary for Samuel J. Gelman, executive vice president of the Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York is also presented.