Ruell Allen Sloan Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Medical Museums 1948-1951 Biographic Profile Born - July 31, 1908 Hartford, Connecticut Died - June 17, 1951 Chevy Chase, Maryland Academic Degrees - MD: University of Rochester School of Medicine 1935 Training - Grasslands Hospital, Valhalla, New York; Long Island Hospital, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Military Appointments - 1935-1942 First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve; 1942-1943 Chief of Laboratory Service, Fort Jay, New York; 1943-1945 Temporary rank of Captain, Medical Corps.; 1945-1947 Executive Officer, Army Institute of Pathology and Chairman, Professional Personnel Research and Development. Temporary rank of Major in 1946 Academic Appointments - 1935-1940 Instructor in Pathology at Harvard Medical School; Associate at the Mallory Institute, at the Boston Children's Hospital, and at the Deaconess Hospital; 1939-1940 Acting Assistant Professor of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; 1940-1942 Assistant Professor of Pathology, the University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York Selected Career Highlights During his time as Chief of Laboratory Service at Fort Jay he began to manifest his interest in planning and administration and was appointed consultant in laboratory Construction to the Surgeon, Second Service Command. After his retirement from the military in 1947, he remained at the Army Institute of Pathology as Assistant Director. In April 1948 he was appointed Curator of the Medical Museum Division of the Institute. Awarded the Army Commendation Ribbon in 1946 for his contributions to the Medical Department. During his time at the Army Institute of Pathology (the precursor to the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology), he was particularly effective in solving problems that arose in the busy war years: the personnel was practically doubled; he developed the production-line system of handling the enormous amount of material that poured in the Institute from all over the world; he was instrumental in developing the Statistical and Machine Records Section which became an important adjunct to the routine and research activities. When notice was received from the surgeon General to begin designing "the best _____ Institute of Pathology in the world", he initiated a comprehensive plan that served as a basis for definitive action on the directive. He truly deserves to be ranked with the builders of what has become the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. Under his direction the International Association of Medical Museums made great strides from the old days of static collection toward the goal of a dynamic activity to serve the professional as well as the public. At the time of his death, his wife, Dr. Margaret Huntington was on duty with the National Research Council at the National Academy of Sciences. Known and respected for his initiative, unobtrusive determination and genial nature.