1979 Photomicrography Competition
Top 20
Honorable Mentions
Judges
Verlin Y. Yamamoto
Associate Chief, Medical Media Division
U.S. Veterans Administation
Verlin Yamamoto, Associate Chief, Medical Media Division, Learning Resources Service of the U.S. Veterans Administration Central Office, is responsible for Medical Medial Production Services at some 100 VA hospitals throughout the country. He is a registered biological photographer, a Fellow of the Biological Photographic Association of which he is the past president, former editor of their Journal, and a Louis Schmidt laureate. He is also a member of the Health Sciences Communications Association, the Association of Medical Illustrations, and the Federal Design Council.
John P. Vetter
Director, Medical Media Services
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
John Vetter is director of Medical Media Services at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. He is also director of the Biomedical Workshops for the Biological Photographic Association. A registered biological photographer, Mr. Vetter is the author of numerous articles dealing with medical photography and related subjects. For many years he has lectured on photomicrography, gross specimen photography and related subjects in colleges and universities throughout the United States and England.
Martin L. Scott
Advisor in Scientific Applications of Photography
Eastman Kodak
Martin L. Scott is an advisor in scientific applications of photography at the Eastman Kodak Company, specializing in photomicrography, medical photography and archival properties of photographic materials. He has done research in graphic arts processes, and has a patent in gravure printing technique. He designed films for photogrammetry and infrared photography in color. He is co-founder of the Rochester Microscopical Society.
Rick Ellis
Research Microscoppist
McCrone Associates
Rick Ellis is a research microscoppist at Walter C. McCrone Associates, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. He is a graduate of Northeastern Illinois University. Actively involved in optical microscopy and micrography, his photomicropgrapghs have appeared in various national publications. Mr. Ellis is a member of the State Microscopical Society of Illinois, and the Midwest Society of Electron Microscopists.
