Dr. Solomon Lowenstein, executive director of the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, will be the principal speaker at one of the sessions of the thirtieth annual meeting of the National Jewish Hospital at Denver, which is to be held at Hotel Biltmore, Sunday.
According to Judge Samuel D. Levy, of the Children’s Court, chairman of the New York Committee of the hospital, trustees of the institution from all parts of the country will attend the three sessions. In the morning, Dr. H. J. Corper, research director of the hospital, will summarize the studies completed by the department during the year and will describe for the first time to a lay audience the employment of the potato instead of the guinea pig in the detection of tuberculosis. Paul Felix Warburg, New York treasurer, will submit his report on local finances. Dr. William S. Friedman, founder and present president of the hospital, will preside.
The luncheon session will be devoted to a testimonial to Ben Altheimer, who was eighty years old on March 6, and who for more than thirty years has been the treasurer of the hospital. Among the luncheon speakers will be Adolph S. Ochs, Ludwig Vogelstein, Dr. Nathan Krass and Dr. Samuel Schulman. Following the luncheon, Dr. I. D. Bronfin, medical director of the hospital, will submit a report on the services rendered by the institution during the last year. Dr. William Rosenau of Baltimore also will address the afternoon meeting.
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