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In this article, a photo of the ACMG Board of Directors was run with an incorrect caption. The photo appears below with the correct caption. The editor regrets the error.

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First meeting of the Board of Directors, September 14, 1991—Lowes Hotel,Santa Monica, CA. Top row: left to right—Stephen Goodman, Patricia Murphy, Michael Watson, Lynn Fleisher, Michael Kaback, Rodney Howell, Robert Greenstein, James Hanson, and Kurt Hirschhorn. Middle row: left to right—Jessica Davis, Maimon Cohen, David Rimoin, and Elaine Strauss. Front row: left to right—Sherman Elias, Laird Jackson, Arthur Beaudet, and Reed Pyeritz.