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Show ( ,' - 1 . ; ' y.J f. Of,4" r 4 I If ' - Dr. Creed Haymond Creed Ilaminiid Again leads Folio Qomiiiiitea The appointment of Dr. Creed Haymond as Utah State Chairman Chair-man for the 1953 March of Dimes was announced today by Basil O'Connor, president of the National Foundation for Infantile Infan-tile Paralysis. This marks the third consecutive consecu-tive year that the Salt Lake City dentist will head the National Na-tional Foundation's fund-raising campaign in the . state. In his capacity as state chairman. Dr. Haymond will coordinate the activities of city and county campaign directors during the January appeal. "We are fortunate in having Dr. Haymond to lead the March of Dimes in Utah," Mr. O'Connor O'Con-nor said in announcing the appointment. ap-pointment. "The ever-increasing cost of financing the National Foundation's patient-care, research re-search and education programs has resulted in a corresponding need of greater March of Dimes support. Under Dr. Haymond's i leadership I feel certain the people of Utah again will rise to meet the challenge." During the most recent March of Dimes, Utah contributed $270,762.52 of the $41,432,605.80 raised nationally, an increase of 59.9 per cent over the previous year. In accepting the appointment. Dr. Haymond said: "The great humanitarian work made possible pos-sible by the March of Dimes deserves de-serves the support of every resident res-ident of Utah. I personally feel it is my obligation to devote time and energy to help con-1 tinue this work." Son of a pioneer Salt Lake City family. Dr. Haymond at- tended the University of Utah and completed his dental training train-ing at the University of Pennsylvania. Pen-nsylvania. After ! 26 years in practice, he left Salt Lake City i in 1945 to preside over the Northern States Mission of the Mormon Church in Chicago. He returned to practice dentistry in 1950 after graduate studies at Northwestern University. In addition to his civic, fraternal fra-ternal and church activities, Dr. Haymond is secretary of thi Utah State Health Council and also chairman of the public relations committee of the Utah State Dental Association. His home is at 1745 Yale-crest Yale-crest Avenue, Salt Lake City. |