Executive Council Meeting of the American Society of Andrology March 5, 1986

              MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANDROLOGY
April 19, 1986
A meeting of the Executive Council of the American Society of Andrology was
~alled to order at 1:03 p.m. by President Steinberger in the Grand Plaza Hotel, Gra.nd
Rapids, MI. Executive Council members present were Bardin, Cameron, Horton,
Marmar, Odell, Robaire, Smith, and Vickery as well as incoming council member Sokol.
Additional council members had been delayed by changes in airline flights. In the
absence of the Secretary, incoming Secretary Marmar recorded the minutes.
Donald Eward, Chairman of the Program and Local Arrangements Committees for
1986, briefly described the layout of the meetings and welcomed the cou'riciI members
to Grand Rapids.
President Steinberger noted that the minutes of the Council meeting of
July 23, 1985, held in Montreal, had been distributed by the Secretary to all Council
members and committee chairs. President Steinberger announced the PANCA meeting
to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil on September 19-23, 1986. She indicated that the
organizers had extended an invitation to all ASA members to attend. No official
delegate from ASA will attend. President Steinberger also announced that the
Executive Council of the International Society of Andrology will meet in Singapore in
the end of October 1986. A congratulatory letter had been sent to the Puigvert
Foundation acknowledging Dr. Puigvert's contributions to the field of andrology at the
time of his retirement.
Treasurer Vickery presented a report on the financial status of the Society. He
noted that members Eward and Nelson had continued to contribute to the endowment
fund. As of December 31, 1985, the Society had $17,225 in the endowment fund and
unrestricted funds totalling $59,857.85 for total assets of $77,082.85. Unfortunately,
the unrestricted assets of the Society decreased by $11,075.76 during the past year.
No major unpaid bills are due. Largely as a consequence of hosting the International
Congress of Andrology during 1985, the total revenues and disbursements during 1985
were considerably larger than in previous years. The final statement of account
concerning the 3rd International Congress of Andr010gy revealed a total income of
$101 ,156.52 coupled with expenditures of $102,070.19 for a net loss of $913.67.
Compliments were extended to all concerned with the 3rd International Congress of
Andrology for conducting the meeting in essentially a break even fashion. As of
April 5, 1986, the net worth of the Society was $101,786.05 although major liabilities
totalling $44,730 and credits totalling $20,000 are not included in the current net worth.
Acceptance of the Treasurer's printed report was moved and seconded; and passed
unanimously.
In the absence of the Secretary, the meeting continued with reports of standing
committees.
The report of the Awards Committee, transmitted by Rosemberg, was read by
President Steinberger. It was announced that the New Investigator Award for 1986
would be awarded to Mark A. Hadley for his paper (abstract E-3) "Polarized Secretion
of Transferrin (Tf) and Androgen Binding Protein (ABP) by Sertoli Cells in Culture"
with co-authors Djakiew, Byers and Dym from the Department of Anatomy and Cell
Biology, Georgetown University. The 1986 Young Andrologist Award will be made to
Dr. Stephen J. Winters, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The 1986 Distinguished Andrologist is
Dr. Alfred D. Jost of the College De France. It was proposed that the 1987
Distinguished Andrologist be Dr. Emil Steinberger and that the 1987 Young Andrologist
be Dr. I1po J . Huhtaniemi, Professor of Physiology at the University of Turku, Finland.