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IUCr Congress and General Assembly
Kathleen Lonsdale presiding. Just before the Seventh General Assembly in 1966, the then President, J.D. Bernal, resigned for reasons of health. In accordance with By-Law 2.3 (version after amendation by the Sixth General Assembly), Dame Kathleen Lonsdale assumed the office of President until the close of the Seventh General Assembly.