The highlight of this meeting was the merger of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Study Group and the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society. This marriage of the two organizations, with a combined membership of 230 orthopedists, has been in the planning stages for more than a year and a half and was consummated at this meeting.The members of the new Executive Board are President, John M. Roberts; President Elect, Hugh G. Watts; Secretary, Kaye E. Wilkins; Treasurer, Hamlet A. Peterson; Members at Large, Newton C. McCollough III and Colin F. Moseley; Past Presidents, E. William Schmitt and Eugene E. Bleck.