History - 1954

Many people remember a meeting at Fergus Falls, Minn.  By general consensus on July 30, 1992,n 1954 is the most likely year.  Information from Jim Wilkus, Fergus Falls' Administrator in 1993 and from June Shaver enables us to conclude that Robert Hyslop chaired the Fergus Falls meeting, probably in 1954.

The 1954 NACM Annual Conference was held on October 31-November 3 at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago.  Harold E. Scherer of Monroe, Wis. was president.

Subjects discussed included:

• First report of a clinic using Electronic Data Processing (EDP);
  
• Standard forms; and
  
• Professional liability insurance.
  
  

The American College of Clinic Managers was activated in 1954-1955.

New  clinic on the Minnesota scene in 1954 was Pine and Lakes Clinics, P.A., in Pine River.

We have an institute program for the 1954 Midwest Institute held at Michigan State College, "sponsored by the National Association of Clinic Managers in cooperation with Michigan State College."  Chairman of this Midwest Institute was W. Burdell Baker of the Wichita Clinic in Kansas.  Robert L. Newell was among the discussion leaders.  Three general sessions were featured covering the following subjects:  symposium on partnership type of organization; symposium on association type of organization ; and symposium on the foundation and corporate types of organization.

Housing for this conference was provided through "hotel-type rooms are available to Institute guests at the special rate of $3.50 per person/day when two persons occupy the room."  Additional costs were registration at $10, dinners at $2.60 and lunches at 1.80.

Minnesota's membership in NACM numbered 19 people in 16 clinics among NACM membership totaling 310.