The meeting was called to order by Dr. Ronald DeLellis, President.

The agenda of the meeting was adopted as printed on page 205 of the program book. Minutes of the previous business meeting held in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 6, 2001 were approved as printed in the 2002 program book.

Dr. DeLellis recognized the foreign dignitaries in attendance. The President’s Report began with a welcome to all registrants to the meeting. He welcomed 20 of the 50 division’s officers which included 47 states and 51 countries. Membership in the Academy is now over 8300 including junior members, due in part to the effective work of our Ambassadors. He announced that the Academy’s two journals are now on-line. Also, this is the first year of electronic submission of Abstracts. The accepted Abstracts will be on-line for at least two years. The USCAP continues to be a vibrant Society. He expressed thanks to Council, Committee chairs and special thanks to Dr. Fred Silva, Jim Crimmins and all the staff at the Augusta office for their unflagging support of the Academy during his time as president.

Those persons receiving Recognition Awards from the Academy for service rendered during the year 2001 were then recognized and thanked.

The Secretary-Treasurer’s report was presented by Dr. Silva. He announced the total registration for this meeting at approximately 3200 which may exceed the all time record. He expressed gratification that the Academy continued to flourish, during another very successful year and thanked the membership for making it such a vibrant organization. At its meeting last Saturday, the Council confirmed the admission of 704 new members, of whom 225 were Regular Members and 479 were Junior members. Membership in the Academy of housestaff and fellows has increased 100% over the last year and a half, due in large part to the activities of the Academy’s Ambassadors. He defined that 48 members were elevated to Emeritus status. Membership on committees is to be commended. He asked the audience to stand in remembrance of the deceased members while he read their names as follows: Tatiana Antonovych, George F. Bale, Kenneth Barwick, William Beautyman, Edward B. Blum, William M. Carney, David Dreizin, W.H. Eyestone, Joseph D. Feldman, Ruben Fijman, G.M. Fraser, Nathan Friedman, William Goodell, William Harris, Jr., Chester Herman, George Katsas, Paul Kneafsey, H. Lee Large, Charles Lupton, Jr., Frank Mantz, Jr., Nicholas Marcopoulos, Mayer Milstoc, Sean Moore, Ernest E. Muirhead, Patricia O’Shea, C. Allen Payne, Thomas Peery, Alan Raftery, Jerald Schenken, Ernest Stark, Donald J. Stevenson, C. Spencer Streett, Santosh Subramaniam, Hubert Swartout, Frank M. Townsend, William Winter, and Hubert Wolfe. The Secretary-Treasurer’s report was adopted by motion, second, and vote.

Dr. Jack Strong, Chairman of the Finance Committee, presented that Committee’s report. He stated that all financial documents for FY 2001 have been examined by the Finance Committee and found to be in good order. The audited financial statement for 2001 has been approved by the Finance Committee, Executive Committee and Council, and filed. The investments and investment policies of the Academy have been reviewed by the Finance Committee and reported to the Council. Financial statements for Laboratory Investigation, Modern Pathology and Diagnostic Pathology were examined, approved, and filed. Due to healthy membership and dues, a financially successful meeting, investment income, and journal profits, the net assets of the Academy increased by slightly over $300,000 in the year ending June, 2001. The budget for FY 2002 was approved with dues remaining unchanged. Dr. Strong stated that all financial reports were available for review. The report of the Finance Committee was accepted by motion, second, and vote.

Dr. Silva presented the report of the Education Committee for Dr. Victor Reuter who was unable to attend. He thanked the members of the committee for their hard work to provide a superior and diverse educational program. He reported that the ACCME visit was successful and the USCAP was granted another four-year certificate. There are 60 short courses offered at the meeting this year with over 4700 enrolled in the short courses. This exceeds the all time record of the San Francisco meeting. The Long Course is well attended this year with over 1000 enrolled. The topic for Long Course 2003 will be Prostate Pathology, and the topic for Long Course 2004 will be Gonadal Pathology. The Special Course on Introductory Molecular Pathology this year is “sold out.” This year was the debut of electronic submission of abstracts, and the number of Abstracts submitted was high. The Specialty Conferences continue to do well and some are available on our web site. As of last Friday we had 20 Companion Societies, but today we are pleased to report there are 21 with the addition of the new International Society of Breast Pathology. The Education Committee remains very committed to the electronic media to enhance our educational product. The report of the Education Committee was accepted by motion, second, and vote.

Dr. Richard Zarbo presented the report of the Publications Committee. The Committee had heard reports from the editors of our journals, Laboratory Investigation and Modern Pathology. Both journals are in the top ten refereed journals in pathology– Laboratory Investigation being number five and Modern Pathology at number seven—with a very active flow of manuscript submission. We are very proud of our editors, Dr. John Eble as Editor of Modern Pathology, and Drs. Jon Morrow and Jose Costa as Co-editors of Laboratory Investigation. The electronic version of both journals have been well received. Modern Pathology turned a profit this year. The publication contract expires in 2003, and we will submit a RFP/RFA for our journals. This year is the Golden Anniversary of Laboratory Investigation. The report of the Publications Committee was accepted by motion, second, and vote.

Editor, Dr. Jon Morrow, of Laboratory Investigation gave a presentation of its history and that it is now 50 years old. He stated that Vol. 1, No.1 had 1250 issues and was “Sold Out.” He gave a brief history of how Laboratory Investigation started. A presentation was made by Dr. Morrow of early Laboratory Investigation articles, the present 2002 issue samples, and what to look forward for the future of Laboratory Investigation. The cost of both subscriptions are minimal and he encouraged everyone to take both journals.

Dr. Silva presented a detailed description of images of the USCAP website. He encouraged everyone to look and make use of the website.

As Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Dr. Powell submitted the following slate of nominees: President-Elect, Dr. Virginia LiVolsi, Vice-President, Dr. Ricardo Lloyd; and as selected by ballot of the membership, Councillors: Drs. Peter Banks, Linda Ferrell and Stuart Schnitt. There being no nominations from the floor, it was moved to close nominations and adopt the slate. This was done by unanimous vote.

Dr. Louis Dehner was introduced as the Academy’s new president, to take office April 1, 2002. Dr. DeLellis presented the gavel to Dr. Dehner. Dr. DeLellis recognized Dr. Deborah Powell and her many accomplishments as President by a presentation of the Academy’s Past-President’s medal.

Other business was reported by Dr. DeLellis that the IAP meeting will be in Amsterdam in October 2002, and he encouraged everyone to attend.