TY - JOUR T1 - NEws and notes AU - Benedict WL Y1 - 1945/09/01 N1 - 10.1001/archopht.1945.00890190249013 JO - Archives of Ophthalmology SP - 249 EP - 249 VL - 34 IS - 3 N2 - PERSONAL NEWS  Leslie Dana Gold Medal Award.  —The Leslie Dana Gold Medal, awarded annually for outstanding achievements in the prevention of blindness and the conservation of vision, will be presented this year to Dr. William Zentmayer, of Philadelphia, it is announced by the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Inc.Dr. Zentmayer was selected for this honor by the St. Louis Society for the Blind, through which the medal is offered by Mr. Leslie Dana, of St. Louis. This highly prized token of recognition in the field of public health is given on the recommendation of the Association for Research in Ophthalmology.Despite his eighty years, Dr. Zentmayer is in active practice as an ophthalmologist. He is professor emeritus of diseases of the eye, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and consulting surgeon to Wills Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital and Glen Mills School, all in Philadelphia. He received SN - 0093-0326 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archopht.1945.00890190249013 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1945.00890190249013 ER -