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NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. [[image - logo for National Medical Association, "SINCE 1895"]] OFFICERS 1977-1978 Charles C. Bookert, M.D. President Jesse B. Barber, Jr., M.D. President-Elect E. A. R. Lord, M.D. 1st Vice President Harold Ramsey, M.D. Second Vice President Canute C. Bernard, M.D. Third Vice President Carleton C. Richards, M.D. Treasurer Eugene W. Dorsey, M.D. Executive Secretary Norma Goodwin, M.D. Speaker, House of Delegates Charles Johnson, Jr., M.D. Vice Speaker, House of Delegates Henry Wiggins, M.D. Secretary, House of Delegates BOARD OF TRUSTEES Frank S. Royal, M.D. Chairman James W. Vines, Jr., M.D. Secretary Barrington B. Barnes, M.D. William M. Chase, M.D. Arthur H. Coleman, M.D. Robert Dawson, M.D. Lucius C. Earles, III, M.D. Alma R. George, M.D. Robert L. M. Hilliard, M.D. Edith Irby Jones, M.D. Philip M. Smith, M.D. Vertis R. Thompson, M.D. Joshua S. Williams, M.D. [[image - 4 men holding hands]] Scenes from 82nd (1977) Annual Convention. [[image - 2 men and a woman holding hands]] Mrs. T. Newton Ricketts and Montague Cobb, Editor Emeritus, congratulating Benjamin Hooks. [[image - 2 men shaking hands]] Dr. Royal congratulating Benjamin Hooks. [[image - 5 men standing by a podium that has "Los Angeles" on it]] Charles C. Bookert, M.D., being sworn in as President. Onlookers, from left, Drs. Royal, Coleman, Bookert, Smith and Moore. 163