title: A Festschrift honoring Norman M. Rich.
abstract: A Festschrift honoring forty years of government services, twenty-five years as Founding Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland and the seventieth birthday of Norman M. Rich, MD, Facs, DMCC, was held on Friday 26 March, 2004 in conjunction with the 24th Annual USU Surgical Associates Day. This article describes that event and introduces the articles written in celebration of it.
authors.forename: David G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Burris
authors.forename: Donald L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Sturtz
authors.forename: George F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Sheldon
authors.forename: F William
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Blaisdell
mesh_terms: D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014194:Traumatology / Q000266:history*