DR. .1. ¤. MAR·r1N. JR. l EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL . EMORY UNIVERSITY. GEORGIA V r June 1, 1948 I Dy. Qred N. Rankin _ I V 410 beeurity Trust ¤uilding Lexington, Kentucky Dear Dr. Rankin: I flease let me express, along witn your other friends, ; my sincere appreciation of your being elected to the presi- dency of the American Surgical Association. . I regretted tnat you were unable to be at tnis meeting _ but am locking forward to seeing you next year at St. Louis. { Very best wishes, ; l M0st sincerely, 1 Ji D. Martin, Jr., M.D. I