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Dear Colleagues Greetings from South Florida to all of the members of EAST. As I was finishing up my second Presidents Message for EAST News I received a very sad e-mail about the passing of a great surgeon who had contributed so much to our wonderful orga- nization. Dr. Jack Templeton died on May 16th at his home in Bryn Mawr Pennsylva- nia. Dr. Templeton known as Jack was the president and chairman of the John Templeton Foundation and formerly a pedi- atric surgeon and director of the trauma program at Childrens Hos- pital of Philadelphia. The John Templeton Foundation was created in 1987 by his father Sir John Templeton the pioneer global investor and philanthropist who created the Templeton Fund in 1954. The Founda- tion serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries on what scientists and philosophers call the big questions of human purpose and ulti- mate reality a vision derived from Sir John Templetons optimism about the possibility of acquiring new spiritual information and from his commitment to rigorous scientific research and related scholarship. Several years ago Jack charged EAST to Understand how injury occurs and through science identify effective interventions and em- power the country through this knowledge. Both EAST and the EAST Foundation are truly appreciative of the support of Drs. Jack and Pina Templeton which has aided in the growth and development of both organizations. Through the support of the Templetons EAST and the EAST Foundation are able to award on an annual basis the John M. Templeton Jr. MD Injury Prevention Research Scholarship of the EAST Foundation and the Cox-Templeton Injury Prevention Paper Compe- tition. I would like all of you to keep this quiet giant and his family in your thoughts. His physical presence will be missed at the Annual Scientific Assembly and his countless contributions to EAST will always be remembered. Our nation has once again been subject to several mass casualty events this spring and I want to commend all of you who have re- sponded to your communitys call during these catastrophes. On this subject I want to share with you a special invitation that our organiza- tion received in early April from the National Security Council Staff of the White House. Dr. Alexander Eastman and I participated in a Round- Message from the President 2015 ISSUE TWO Stanley J. Kurek Jr. DO FACS In This Issue Strategic Goals Continued on page 2 E A S T E R N A S S O C I A T I O N F O R T H E S U R G E R Y O F T R A U M A news 1 LEADERSHIP Prepare young surgeon to become leaders 2 DEVELOPMENT Promote unique programs for the career development of young surgical leaders 3 SCHOLARSHIP Provide education and training across the con- tinuum of acute surgical care 4 FELLOWSHIP Encourage a sense of community for personal professional growth 5 COLLABORATION Work with our stakehold- ers to advance patient care and trauma systems EAST Foundation Update 2016 STN Nurse Fellow Applications Traumacasts Get Resuscitated Multicenter Trials In Memoriam Last Call to Abstracts