Harold Ensign Bennet Pardee (1886–1973) (Fig. 1) was born in New York City on December 11, 1886, the son of Dr. Ensign Bennet Pardee and Clare Burton Pardee.1, 2 He received his A.B. degree from Columbia College in 1906, at the age of 18, and his M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1909. During three years of postgraduate training at The New York Hospital, he became interested i...

Address correspondence to Dr. Harold A. Frazier II, Department of Urology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2150 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20037 USA NSQIP and urology outcomes Harold A. Frazier, II, MD Department of Urology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, USA Referring to the article publishe...

The Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Data Engineering (TCDE) is elected for a two-year period. The mandate of the current Chair, David Lomet, expires at the end of this year and the process of electing a Chair for the period 2013-2014 has begun. A Nominating Committee consisting of Paul Larson and Masaru Kitsuregawa has been struck. The Nominating Committee invites nomi...