These reference documents offer direct information on the Society's history (note – they do not describe parts of the Archives collections). Included are:
ASM Meetings:
Other Reference Documents:
Awards:
In 2016, General Meeting and ICAAC were combined into "ASM Microbe" Meeting
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1900 |
Dec 27-28 |
Baltimore, MD MEETING PROGRAM |
(1855-1921) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA |
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1903 |
Dec 29-30 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Theobald Smith (1859-1934) Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts State Board of Health Boston, MA |
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1904 |
Dec 27-28 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Frederick George Novy (1864-1957) University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI |
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1905 |
Dec 28-29 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
Edwin Oakes Jordan (1866-1936) University of Chicago Chicago, IL
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1906 |
Dec 27-29 |
New York, NY |
Erwin Frink Smith (1854-1927) U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, DC
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1907 |
Dec 31- Jan 2, 1908 |
Chicago, IL |
James Carroll (1854-1907) Columbian University (George Washington University) Washington, DC
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1908 |
Dec 29-31 |
Baltimore, MD |
Harry Luman Russell (1866-1954) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1909 |
Dec 28-30 |
Boston, MA |
Joseph James Kinyoun (1860-1919) George Washington Medical School Washington, DC
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1910 |
Dec 28-30 |
Ithaca, NY |
Veranus Alva Moore (1859-1931) Cornell University Ithaca, NY
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1911 |
Dec 27-29 |
Washington, DC |
Frederick Poole Gorham (1871-1933) Brown University Providence, RI
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1912 |
Dec 31- Jan 2, 1913 |
New York, NY |
William Hallock Park (1863-1939) New York Department of Health; New York University New York, NY
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1913 |
Dec 31- Jan 2, 1914 |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1877-1957) Yale University New Haven, CT
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1914 |
Dec 29- Jan 1, 1915 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Charles Edward Marshall (1866-1927) Massachusetts Agricultural College Amherst, MA
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1915 |
Dec 28-30 |
Urbana, IL |
David Hendricks Bergey (1860-1937) University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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1916 |
Dec 27-29 |
New Haven, CT |
Thomas Jonathan Burrill (1839-1916) University of Illinois Urbana, IL
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1917 |
Dec 27-29 |
Washington, DC |
Leo Frederick Rettger (1874-1954) Yale University New Haven, CT
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1918 |
Dec 27-28 |
Baltimore, MD |
Robert Earle Buchanan (1883-1973) Iowa State University Ames, IA
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1919 |
Dec 29-31 |
Boston, MA |
Samuel Cate Prescott (1872-1962) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA
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1920 |
Dec 28-30 |
Chicago, IL |
Charles Krumwiede, Jr. (1879-1930) New York University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College New York, NY
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1921 |
Dec 27-29 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Frank Charles Harrison (1871-1952) MacDonald College, McGill University Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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1922 |
Dec 28-30 |
Detroit, MI |
Lore Alford Rogers (1875-1975) Bureau of Dairy Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, DC
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1923 |
Dec 27-29 |
New Haven, CT |
Edwin George Hastings (1872-1953) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1924 |
Dec 29-31 |
Washington, DC |
Arthur Parker Hitchens (1877-1949) U.S. Army Medical Corps Washington, DC
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1925 |
Dec 29-31 |
Madison, WI |
Norman MacLeod Harris (1870-1953) Laboratory of Hygiene, Department of Health Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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1926 |
Dec 28-30 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Hans Zinsser (1878-1940) Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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1927 |
Dec 28-30 |
Rochester, NY |
Robert Stanley Breed (1877-1956) New York State Agricultural Experiment Station Geneva, NY
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1928 |
Dec 27-29 |
Richmond, VA |
Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) U.S. Public Health Service Washington, DC
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1929 |
Dec 30- Jan 1, 1930 |
Ames, IA |
Ludvig Hektoen (1863-1951) University of Chicago Chicago, IL
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1930 |
Dec 29-31 |
Boston, MA |
Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1888-1970) University of Rochester Rochester, NY
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1931 |
Dec 28-30 |
Baltimore, MD |
James Howard Brown (1884-1956) Johns Hopkins University Medical School Baltimore, MD
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1932 |
Dec 28-30 |
Ann Arbor, MI |
Edwin Broun Fred (1887-1981) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1933 |
Dec 27-29 |
Philadelphia, PA |
William Mansfield Clark (1884-1964) Johns Hopkins University Medical School Baltimore, MD |
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1934 |
Dec 27-29 |
Chicago, IL |
Milton Joseph Rosenau (1869-1946) Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA
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1935 |
Dec 26-28 |
New York, NY |
Karl Friedrich Meyer (1884-1974) University of California Berkeley, CA and San Francisco, CA
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1936 |
Dec 28-30 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Thomas Milton Rivers (1888-1962) Rockefeller Institute New York, NY
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1937 |
Dec 28-30 |
Washington, DC |
James Morgan Sherman (1890-1956) Cornell University Ithaca, NY
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1938 |
Aug 30-Sep 1 |
San Francisco, CA |
Paul Franklin Clark (1882-1983) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1939 |
Dec 28-30 |
New Haven, CT |
Arthur Trautwein Henrici (1889-1943) University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
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1940 |
Dec 27-29 |
St. Louis, MO |
Charles Thom (1872-1956) Division of Soil Microbiology, U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington, DC
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1941 |
Dec 29-31 |
Baltimore, MD |
Oswald Theodore Avery (1877-1955) Rockefeller Institute New York, NY
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1942 |
Dec 28-30 [meeting canceled]
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Columbus, OH [meeting canceled]
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Selman Abraham Waksman (1888-1973) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
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1943 |
No meeting scheduled
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No meeting scheduled |
Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981) Rockefeller Institute New York, NY
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1944 |
May 3-5 |
New York, NY |
Ira Lawrence Baldwin (1895-1999) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1945 |
May 22-25 [meeting canceled]
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Detroit, MI [meeting canceled]
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Stuart Mudd (1893-1975) University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
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1946 |
May 13-16
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Detroit, MI |
James Craigie (1899-1976) Connaught Laboratories University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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1947 |
May 13-16
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Philadelphia, PA |
Thomas Francis, Jr. (1900-1969) University of Michigan School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI
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1948 |
May 10-14
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Minneapolis, MN |
Harold Joel Conn (1886-1975) New York State Agriculture Experiment Station Geneva, NY
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1949 |
May 17-20
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Cincinnati, OH |
William McDowell Hammon (1904-1989) School of Public Health and Hooper Foundation University of California San Francisco, CA
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1950 |
May 14-18 50th Anniversary of SAB - Chronicles of the Society of American Bacteriologists 1899-1950
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Baltimore, MD |
Barnett Cohen (1891-1952) Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD
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1951 |
May 27-31
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Chicago, IL |
Walter James Nungester (1901-1985) University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI
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1952 |
Apr 27-May 1
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Boston, MA |
Rene Jules Dubos (1901-1976) Rockefeller Institute New York, NY
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1953 |
Aug 10-14 |
San Francisco, CA |
Gail Monroe Dack (1901-1976) University of Chicago Chicago, IL
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1954 |
May 2-7
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Pittsburgh, PA |
Cornelius Bernard van Niel (1897-1985) Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University Pacific Grove, CA
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1955 |
May 8-12
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New York, NY |
Halvor Orin Halvorson (1897-1975) University of Illinois Urbana, IL
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1956 |
Apr 29-May 3
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Houston, TX |
Charles Arthur Stuart (1893-1962) Brown University Providence, RI
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1957 |
Apr 28-May 2
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Detroit, MI |
Perry William Wilson (1902-1981) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1958 |
Apr 27-May 1
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Chicago, IL |
Harry Eagle (1905-1992) U.S. Public Health Service Washington, DC
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1959 |
May 10-14
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St. Louis, MO |
Philip Rarick Edwards (1901-1966) Communicable Disease Center U.S. Public Health Service Atlanta, GA
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1960 |
May 1-5
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Philadelphia, PA |
Charles Albert Evans (1912- University of Washington Seattle, WA
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1961 |
Apr 23-27 |
Chicago, IL |
Herald Rea Cox (1907-1986) Lederle Laboratories Pearl River, NY
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1962 |
May 6-10
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Kansas City, MO |
John Edward Blair (1899-1980) Hospital for Joint Diseases New York, NY
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1963 |
May 5-9
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Cleveland, OH |
Robert Lyman Starkey (1899-1991) Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
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1964 |
May 3-7
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Washington, DC |
John Roger Porter (1909-1979) University of Iowa Medical School Iowa City, IA
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1965 |
Apr 25-29 |
Atlantic City, NJ |
Orville Wyss (1912-1993) University of Texas Austin, TX
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1966 |
May 1-5
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Los Angeles, CA |
Riley Dee Housewright (1913-2003) U.S. Army Biological Laboratories Frederick, MD
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1967 |
Apr 30-May 4 |
New York, NY |
William Bowen Sarles (1906-1987) University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1968 |
May 5-10
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Detroit, MI |
Salvador Edward Luria (1912-1991) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, MA
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1969 |
May 4-9
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Miami Beach, FL |
Dennis Wallace Watson (1914- ) University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
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1970 |
Apr 26-May 1 |
Boston, MA |
Edwin Michael Foster (1917- University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
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1971 |
May 2-7
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Minneapolis, MN |
Robert Edward Hungate (1906-2004) University of California Davis, CA
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1972
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Apr 23-28 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Morris Frank Shaffer (1910-1993) Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA
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1973 |
May 6-11 |
Miami Beach, FL |
Robert George Everett Murray (1919- ) University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada
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1974 |
May 12-17 |
Chicago, IL |
Linzy Leon Campbell (1927- ) University of Delaware Newark, DE |
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1975 |
Apr 27-May 2 |
New York, NY |
Philipp Gerhardt (1921-2008) Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
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1976 |
May 2-7
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Atlantic City, NJ |
Helen Riaboff Whiteley (1921-1990) University of Washington Seattle, WA
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1977 |
May 8-13
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New Orleans, LA |
Harlyn Odell Halvorson (1925-2008) Brandeis University Waltham, MA
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1978 |
May 14-19
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Las Vegas, NV |
Aaron Frederick Rasmussen, Jr. (1915-1984) School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, CA
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1979 |
May 4-11
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Los Angeles, CA Honolulu, HI (May 8-11) with the U.S.-Japan Intersociety Microbiology Congress |
Edwin Herman Lennette (1908-2000) California State Department of Health Berkeley, CA
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1980 |
May 11-16
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Miami Beach, FL |
Willis Avery Wood (1921- ) Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
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1981 |
Mar 1-6 |
Dallas, TX |
Albert Balows (1921-2006) Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, GA
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1982 |
Mar 7-12 |
Atlanta, GA |
Frederick Neidhardt (1931- ) University of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, MI
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1983 |
Mar 6-11 |
New Orleans, LA |
John Charles Sherris (1921- ) University of Washington Seattle, WA
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1984 |
Mar 4-9 |
St. Louis, MO |
Robert Pierce Williams (1920-1993) Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX
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1985 |
Mar 3-8 |
Las Vegas, NV |
Rita Rossi Colwell (1934- ) University of Maryland College Park, MD
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1986 |
Mar 23-28 |
Washington, DC |
Moselio Schaechter (1928- ) Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA
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1987 |
Mar 1-6 |
Atlanta, GA |
Jean E. Brenchley (1944- ) Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA
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1988 |
May 8-13 |
Miami Beach, FL |
Barbara H. Iglewski (1938- ) University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY
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1989 |
May 14-19 |
New Orleans, LA |
Alice S. Huang (1939- ) Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston, MA
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1990 |
May 13-17 |
Anaheim, CA |
Walter R. Dowdle (1930- ) Centers for Disease Control Atlanta, GA
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1991 |
May 5-9 |
Dallas, TX |
Joan W. Bennett (1942- ) Tulane University New Orleans, LA
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1992 |
May 26-30 |
New Orleans, LA |
Richard L. Crowell (1930- ) Hahnemann University School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
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1993 |
May 16-20 |
Atlanta, GA |
John Ingraham (1924- ) University of California Davis, CA
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1994 |
May 22-26 |
Las Vegas, NV |
Gail H. Cassell (1946- ) University of Alabama Birmingham, AL
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1995 |
May 21-25 |
Washington, DC |
David Schlessinger (1936- ) Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO
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1996 |
May 19-23 |
New Orleans, LA |
Carol A. Nacy (1948- ) EntreMed, Inc. Rockville, MD
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1997 |
May 4-8 |
Miami Beach, FL |
Kenneth I. Berns (1938- ) Cornell University Medical College New York, NY
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1998 |
May 17-21 |
Atlanta, GA |
Stanley Falkow (1934- ) Stanford University School of Medicine Palo Alto, CA
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1999 |
May 30-Jun 3 |
Chicago, IL |
Stuart Levy (1938- ) Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA
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2000 |
May 21-25 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Julian Davies (1932- ) University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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2001 |
May 20-24 |
Orlando, FL |
Martha Howe (1945- ) University of Tennessee Memphis, TN
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2002 |
May 19-23 |
Salt Lake City UT |
Abigail Salyers ( ) University of Illinois Urbana, IL
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2003 |
May 18-22 |
Washington, DC |
Ronald Atlas (1946- ) University of Louisville Louisville, KY
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2004 |
May 23-27 |
New Orleans, LA |
Thomas E. Shenk (1947- ) Princeton University Princeton, NJ
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2005 |
Jun 5-9 |
Atlanta, GA |
James Tiedje (1942- ) Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
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2006 |
May 21-25 |
Orlando, FL |
Stanley Maloy (1953- ) San Diego State University San Diego, CA
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2007 |
May 21-25 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Diane E. Griffin (1940- ) Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Baltimore, MD
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2008 |
Jun 1-5 |
Boston, MA |
Clifford W. Houston (1949- ) University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX
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2009 |
May 17-21 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Alison D. O'Brien (1947- ) Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD
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2010 |
May 23-27 |
San Diego, CA
Meeting Program 2010 |
Roberto Kolter ( ) Harvard University Boston, MA
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2011 |
May 21-24 |
New Orleans, LA
Meeting Program 2011 |
Bonnie Bassler ( ) Princeton University Princeton, NJ
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2012 |
Jun 16-19 |
San Francisco, CA
Meeting Program 2012 |
David C. Hooper ( ) Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
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2013 |
May 17-20 |
Denver, CO
Meeting Program 2013 |
Jeffery F. Miller ( ) University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
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2014 |
May 18-21 |
Boston, MA
Meeting Program 2014 Meeting Abstracts |
Jeffery F. Miller ( ) University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
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2015 |
May 30-June 2 |
New Orleans, LA
Meeting Program 2015
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Timothy Donohue ( ) University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
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2016 |
June 16-20 |
**Starting in 2016, General Meeting and ICAAC were combined into one meeting - "ASM Microbe"
Boston, MA
Meeting Program 2016
Meeting Abstracts - Oral Presentations
Meeting Abstracts - Poster Presentations
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Lynn Enquist ( ) Princeton University Princeton, NJ
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2017 |
June 1-5, 2017 |
New Orleans, LA
Meeting Materials |
Susan E. Sharp ( ) Kaiser Permanente Portland, OR |
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2018 |
June 7-11, 2018 |
Atlanta, GA |
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2019 |
June 20-24, 2019 |
San Francisco, CA |
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2020 |
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Virtual |
Microbe Online Summer of Science |
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2021 |
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Virtual |
World Microbe Forum |
Since 1961, the American Society for Microbiology has been sponsoring the annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC). A list of meeting dates and locations is below.
For the 50th Anniversary of the meeting in 2010, ASM produced 50 Years of ICAAC 1961-2010, a publication tracing the evolution and growth of ICAAC and the changes in science during this period.
For information on ICAAC materials available in the Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives, contact the ASM Archivist
**Starting in 2016, General Meeting and ICAAC were combined into one meeting - "ASM Microbe" For information on post-2015 meetings, click here.
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Year |
Dates |
Location
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1st ICAAC - 1961 |
Oct 31-Nov 2 |
New York, NY
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2nd ICAAC - 1962 |
Oct 31-Nov 2 |
Chicago, IL
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3rd ICAAC - 1963 |
Oct 28-30 |
Washington, DC
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4th ICAAC - 1964 |
Oct 26-28 |
New York, NY
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5th ICAAC - 1965 with 4th International Congress of Chemotherapy
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Oct 17-21 |
Washington, DC |
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6th ICAAC - 1966 |
Oct 26-28 |
Philadelphia, PA
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7th ICAAC - 1967 |
Oct 25-27 |
Chicago, IL
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8th ICAAC - 1968 |
Oct 21-23 |
New York, NY
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9th ICAAC - 1969 |
Oct 27-29 |
Washington, DC
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10th ICAAC - 1970 |
Oct 18-21 |
Chicago, IL
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11th ICAAC - 1971 |
Oct 19-22 |
Atlantic City, NJ
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12th ICAAC - 1972 |
Sep 26-29 |
Atlantic City, NJ
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13th ICAAC - 1973 |
Sep 19-21 |
Washington, DC
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14th ICAAC - 1974 |
Sep 11-13 |
San Francisco, CA
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15th ICAAC - 1975 |
Sep 24-26 |
Washington, DC
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16th ICAAC - 1976 |
Oct 27-29 |
Chicago, IL
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17th ICAAC - 1977 |
Oct 12-14 |
New York, NY
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18th ICAAC - 1978 |
Oct 1-4 |
Atlanta, GA
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19th ICAAC - 1979 with 11th International Congress of Chemotherapy
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Oct 1-5 |
Boston, MA
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20th ICAAC - 1980 |
Sep 22-24 |
New Orleans, LA
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21st ICAAC - 1981 |
Nov 4-6 |
Chicago, IL
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22nd ICAAC - 1982 |
Oct 4-6 |
Miami Beach, FL
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23rd ICAAC - 1983 |
Oct 24-26 |
Las Vegas, NV
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24th ICAAC - 1984 |
Oct 8-10 |
Washington, DC
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25th ICAAC - 1985 |
Sep 29-Oct 2 |
Minneapolis, MN
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26th ICAAC - 1986 |
Sep 28-Oct 1 |
New Orleans, LA
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27th ICAAC - 1987 |
Oct 4-7 |
New York, NY
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28th ICAAC - 1988 |
Oct 23-26 |
Los Angeles, CA
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29th ICAAC - 1989 |
Sep 17-20 |
Houston, TX
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30th ICAAC - 1990 |
Oct 21-24 |
Atlanta, GA
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31st ICAAC - 1991 |
Sep 29-Oct 2 |
Chicago, IL
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32nd ICAAC - 1992 |
Oct 11-14 |
Anaheim, CA
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33rd ICAAC - 1993 |
Oct 17-20 |
New Orleans, LA
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34th ICAAC - 1994 |
Oct 4-7 |
Orlando, FL
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35th ICAAC - 1995 |
Sep 17-20 |
San Francisco, CA
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36th ICAAC - 1996 |
Sep 15-18 |
New Orleans, LA
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37th ICAAC - 1997 |
Sep 28-Oct 1 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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38th ICAAC - 1998 |
Sep 24-27 |
San Diego, CA
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39th ICAAC - 1999 |
Sep 26-29 |
San Francisco, CA
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40th ICAAC - 2000 |
Sep 17-20 |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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41st ICAAC - 2001 postponed from September to December 2001 due to the September 11 attacks
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Dec 16-19
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Chicago, IL
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42nd ICAAC - 2002 |
Sep 27-30 |
San Diego, CA
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43rd ICAAC - 2003 |
Sep 14-17 |
Chicago, IL
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44th ICAAC - 2004 |
Oct 30-Nov 2 |
Washington, DC
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45th ICAAC - 2005 postponed from September to December 2005 and location changed from New Orleans to Washington, DC due to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
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Dec 16-19 |
Washington, DC
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46th ICAAC - 2006 |
Sep 27-30 |
San Francisco, CA
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47th ICAAC - 2007 |
Sep 17-20
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Chicago, IL
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48th ICAAC - 2008 with Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
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Oct 25-28 |
Washington, DC
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49th ICAAC - 2009 |
Sep 12-15 |
San Francisco, CA
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50th ICAAC - 2010 |
Sep 12-15 |
Boston, MA
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51st ICAAC - 2011 Meeting Program |
Sep 17-20 |
Chicago, IL
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52nd ICAAC - 2012 MEETING PROGRAM |
Sep 9-12 |
San Francisco, CA |
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53rd ICAAC - 2013 MEETING PROGRAM |
Sep 10-13 |
Denver, CO |
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54th ICAAC - 2014 MEETING PROGRAM |
Sep 5-9 |
Washington, DC |
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55th ICAAC - 2015 with International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC)’s International Congress of Chemotherapy and Infection (ICC) for the joint ICAAC/ICC 2015 meeting MEETING PROGRAM |
Sep 17-21 |
San Diego, CA |
**Starting in 2016, General Meeting and ICAAC were combined into one meeting - "ASM Microbe" For information on post-2015 meetings, go to General Meetings
The American Society for Microbiology sponsors the annual ASM Biothreats Meeting (formerly known as ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting) as a forum for the discussion of new data from the research of microbiological sciences related to biodefense and bioterrorism, the latest information on preventative modalities, therapeutics, and clinical diagnoses related to biothreat agents, and the most recent trends in the management and planning of biodefense programs. A list of meeting dates and locations is below.
For information on the Center for the History of Microbiology/ASM Archives Biological Warfare Collection, click here: Biological Warfare Collection or contact the Archivist, Jeff Karr
2018
The 2018 ASM Biothreats Meeting was held
February 12-14, 2018 in Baltimore, MD
2017
The 2017 ASM Biothreats Meeting** was held
February 6–8, 2017 in Washington, DC
2016
The 14th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 8-10, 2016 in Arlington, VA
2015
The 13th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 9-11, 2015 in Washington, DC
2014
The 12th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
January 27-29, 2014 in Washington, DC
2013
The 11th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 25-27, 2013 in Washington, DC
2012
The 10th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 26-29, 2012 in Washington, DC
2011
The 9th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 6-9, 2011 in Washington, DC
2010
The 8th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 21-24, 2010 in Baltimore, MD
2009
The 7th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 22-25, 2009 in Baltimore, MD
2008
The 6th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 24-27, 2008 in Baltimore, MD
2007
The 5th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 27-March 2, 2007 in Washington, DC
2006
The 4th Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
February 15-18, 2006 in Washington, DC
2005
The 3rd Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
March 20-23, 2005 in Baltimore, MD
2004
The 2nd Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
March 7-10, 2004 in Baltimore, MD
2003
The 1st Annual ASM Biodefense and Emerging Diseases Research Meeting was held
March 9-12, 2003 in Baltimore, MD
1900-1901 Herbert William Conn
1902-1903 Edwin Oakes Jordan
1904-1905 Frederic Poole Gorham
1906-1907 Samuel Cate Prescott
1908-1909 Norman MacLeod Harris
1910-1912 Charles Edward Marshall
1913-1922 Arthur Parker Hitchens
1923-1934 James Morgan Sherman
1935-1942 Ira Lawrence Baldwin
1942-1943 William Bowen Sarles
1943-1944 William Carroll Frazier
1944-1948 Leland Wilbur Parr
1949-1950 John Edward Blair
1950-1952 Henry William Scherp
1953-1956 John Hays Bailey
In 1957, the position of Secretary-Treasurer was split into two separate positions.
1957-1961 Edwin Michael Foster
1961-1967 Philipp Gerhardt
1967-1974 Donald Emerson Shay
1974-1984 J. Mehsen Joseph
1984-1988 Barbara Drake Lago
1988-1994 Cynthia Needham
1994-1998 Anne Morris Hooke
1998-2007 Judy Daly
2007-2016 Joseph Campos
2016-2023 Timothy Donohue
2023-present Robin Patel
1957-1961 John Hays Bailey
1961-1964 Richard Donovick
1964-1970 Harold Boyd Woodruff
1970-1975 Theodore John Carski
1975-1985 Brinton Marshall Miller
1985-1991 Sterling Gaylen Bradley
1991-1999 Samuel Kaplan
1999-2008 Ron Luftig
2008-2017 James M. Tiedje
2017-2023 Marylynn V. Yates
2023-present Victor DiRita
In the Constitution adopted at the first meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists in 1899, Article 4 established two classes of members: active and honorary. Article 5 stated: "Distinguished men of science who have contributed to the advancement of bacteriology shall be eligible for election as honorary members of the Society. Honorary members shall pay no fees." By 1936, the constitutional language referred to “eminent investigators, whose contributions to the science of bacteriology entitle them to the highest honor within the power of the Society to confer.” From 1965 until 1993, Honorary membership was also available to persons who had “served the Society with eminence.”
In 1909, the Constitution was amended to add the category of corresponding member. Election criteria and benefits for honorary and corresponding members were identical. The number of corresponding members was limited to ten.
Although the Constitution and the minutes of the 1909 meeting made no indication as to other requirements for corresponding membership, the intent seems to have been to include foreign scientists of note in the Society (perhaps more to the glory of the young SAB than of those elected). Subsequent constitutions clarified the qualifications for nomination to corresponding membership: “distinguished men and women of science actively engaged in the promotion of the science of bacteriology but not residents of the United States or Canada.” Corresponding members were elected from around 1912 until 1953. The category was abolished in 1965.
Honorary membership has traditionally been the highest recognition the Society can bestow. Some corresponding members were subsequently given honorary membership. For additional information, contact the ASM Archivist
John George Adami (H 1920)
Kei Arima (H 1985)
Oswald Theodore Avery (H 1945)
Ira Lawrence Baldwin (H 1964)
Albert Balows (H 1989)
Horace Albert Barker (H 1980)
Christian Johan Gottfrid Barthel (C 1919)
Stanhope Bayne-Jones (H 1961)
Martinus Willem Beijerinck (C 1925)
Levette Joe Berry (H 1983)
John Edward Blair (H 1970)
Jules Bordet (C 1919)
John Hanna Brewer (H 1979)
Thomas D. Brock (H 1992)
Marvin P. Bryant (H 1997)
Robert Earle Buchanan (H 1959)
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet (H 1967)
Robert Burri (C 1919)
Thomas Jonathan Burrill (H ca. 1911)
William Burrows (H 1975)
Leon Charles Albert Calmette (C 1919)
Charlotte Catherine Campbell (H 1985)
Linzy Leon Campbell (H 1984)
Theodore John Carski (H 1977)
Aldo Castellani (Count of Chisiamaio) (C 1920, H 1965)
Paul Franklin Clark (H 1963)
Rita R. Colwell (H 2000)
Norman Francis Conant (H 1975)
Harold Joel Conn (H 1973)
Herbert William Conn (H 1911)
Charles Donald Cox (H 1989)
Herald Rea Cox (H 1971)
Gail Monroe Dack (H 1969)
Vezeaux de Lavergne (C 1952)
Louis Ladislaus Dienes (H 1972)
Carroll William Dodge (H 1977)
Claude Ernest Dolman (H 1977)
Cornelia Mitchell Downs (H 1971)
Rene Jules Dubos (H 1967)
John Franklin Enders (H 1967)
Alice Catherine Evans (H1975)
Charles Albert Evans (H 1982)
William Howell Ewing (H 1979)
Anthony S. Fauci (H 2008)
Sir Alexander Fleming (H 1945)
Lord Howard Walter Florey (C 1945, H 1965)
Edwin Michael Foster (H 1987)
Thomas Francis, Jr. (H 1968)
William Carroll Frazier (H 1971)
Edwin Broun Fred (H 1960)
Martin Frobisher, Jr. (H 1980)
Sven Gard (H 1977)
Jacob Casson Geiger (H 1973)
Philipp Gerhardt (H 1991)
Howard Gest (H 1989)
Norman Edwin Gibbons (H 1973)
Michael Goldberg (H 2015)
Constantino Gorini (C 1910)
Marie Antoine Alexandre Guilliermond (C 1920)
Halvor Orin Halvorson (H 1969)
Harlyn Odell Halvorson (H 1987)
John Harold Hanks (H 1977)
Felix Haurowitz (H 1976)
Carl-Goran Heden (H 1977)
Michael Heidelberger (H 1976)
Ludvig Hektoen (H 1934)
Gladys Lounsberry Hobby (H 1983)
Riley Dee Housewright (H 1982)
Robert Edward Hungate (H 1979)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Imshensky (H 1968)
Henry Isenberg (H 1998)
Hans Lauritz Jensen (H 1966)
Edwin Oakes Jordan (H 1935)
J. Mehsen Joseph (H 1987)
Sam W. Joseph (H 2007)
Hajime Kadota (H 1987)
Reuben Leon Kahn (H 1977)
Pearl Louella Kendrick (H 1972)
George William Kidder (H 1977)
Joseph James Kinyoun (H ca. 1919)
Baron Shibasaburo Kitasato (C ca. 1925)
Albert Jan Kluyver (C 1937, H 1950)
Stewart Arment Koser (H 1970)
Lester Orville Krampitz (H 1985)
Wlodzimierz Kurylowicz (H 1983)
Franz Lafar (C 1912)
Sir Patrick Playfair Laidlaw (C 1938)
Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (H 1965)
Sir John Charles Grant Ledingham (C 1938)
Edwin Herman Lennette (H 1984)
Herman C. Lichstein (H 1986)
Allan Grant Lochhead (H 1973)
Salvador Edward Luria (H 1981)
Andre Michel Lwoff (H 1968)
Robert A. MacLeod (H 1992)
Thorvald Johannes Marius Madsen (C 1920)
Ivan Malek (H 1970)
Charles R. Manclark (H 1993)
Kevin C. Marshall (H 1995)
Sir Charles James Martin (C 1920)
John Matsen (H 2000)
Leland Swint McClung (H 1981)
Elizabeth Florence McCoy (H 1977)
William David McElroy (H 1982)
Henryk Meisel (H 1977)
Karl Friedrich Meyer (H 1961)
Sir Arnold Ashley Miles (H 1968)
Chu-Chi Ming (H 1997)
Jacques Monod (H 1971)
Veranus Alva Moore (H ca. 1919)
Richard Y. Morita (H 1990)
James W. Moulder (H 1995)
Stuart Mudd (H 1967)
Everitt George Dunne Murray (H 1962)
Robert George Everitt Murray (H 1988)
Georgii Adamovich Nadson (C 1937)
Erwin Neter (H 1982)
Fred Neufeld (C 1925)
Frederick George Novy (H 1937)
Walter James Nungester (H 1983)
George Henry Falkiner Nuttall (C 1920)
Vasilii Leonidovich Omelianskii (C 1925)
Sigurd Orla-Jensen (C 1920)
William Hallock Park (H ca. 1918)
Michael J. Pelczar, Jr. (H 1986)
Margaret Pittman (H 1976)
Robert Pollitzer (H 1968)
Americo Pomales-Lebron (H 1975)
John Roger Porter (H 1979)
David Pramer (H 1998)
Benjamin Prescott (H 1980)
Theophil Mitchell Prudden (H 1900)
Charles Chandler Randall (H 1987)
Kenneth Bryan Raper (H 1983)
Sydney Charles Rittenberg (H 1989)
Lore Alford Rogers (H 1960)
Noel R. Rose (H 1999)
Francis Peyton Rous (H 1964)
William Bowen Sarles (H 1979)
Sir William George Savage (C ca. 1922)
Moselio Schaechter (H 2014)
Hans Schlegel (H 1999)
Leon H. Schmidt (H 1988)
William Thompson Sedgwick (H 1911)
Heinz Paul Richard Seeliger (H 1977)
Morris Frank Shaffer (H 1980)
Nathan Sharon (H 2000)
Donald Emerson Shay (H 1983)
John C. Sherris (H 1990)
James Mackay Shewan (H 1987)
Victor Bruce Darlington Skerman (H 1986)
Hutton D. Slade (H 1988)
David Tillerson Smith (H 1970)
Louis De Spain Smith (H 1979)
Theobald Smith (H 1911)
Anatoliy Aleksandrovich Smorodintsev (C 1946, H 1966)
Peter Henry Andrews Sneath (H 1988)
Roger Yate Stanier (H 1979)
Robert Lyman Starkey (H 1970)
George Miller Sternberg (H 1900)
Hiroshi Tamiya (H 1966)
Theodore Thojtta (C 1937)
Wayne William Umbreit (H 1987)
Hamao Umezawa (H 1987)
Cornelis Bernard van Niel (H 1965)
Victor Clarence Vaughan (H ca. 1911)
Artturi Iimari Virtanen (H 1967)
Selman Abraham Waksman (H 1962)
George Ira Wallace (H 1969)
Dennis Wallace Watson (H 1985)
William Henry Welch (H 1911)
Helen Riaboff Whiteley (H 1991)
Robert Pierce Williams (H 1991)
Joe Bransford Wilson (H 1983)
Perry William Wilson (H 1975)
Sergei Nikolaevitch Winogradsy (C 1925, H 1953)
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (H 1940)
Carl R. Woese (H 1997)
Ralph S. Wolfe (H 1994)
Willis A. Wood (H 1997)
Harold Boyd Woodruff (H 1984)
Orville Wyss (H 1984)
Viola Mae Young-Horvath (H 1989)
Victor Mikhaylovich Zhdanov (H 1976)
Claude Ephraim Zobell (H 1982)
[Note: The Archives contain a number of histories of the development of microbiology in various regions of the country which occasionally include information on local Branches. Reference is made to these regional histories when the material concerning the Branch is fairly substantial.]
See also Regional History Files: United States, or contact the Archivist, Jeff Karr, at jkarr@asmusa.org]
Connecticut Valley:
Bruce, Arthur. 1998. "The Connecticut Valley Branch, ASM: The First Twenty-Five Years." 6 pp.
Central New York:
Anonymous. 1974. "Branch Histories: Central New York." ASM News 40:9, 683-684
Eastern New York:
Anonymous. 1985. "A Brief History of the Eastern New York Branch of the American Society for Microbiology on its Golden Anniversary." 11 pp.
New York City:
Maloney, Edward F. 1975. "History of the New York City Branch, American Society for Microbiology;" in Chase, Merrill, ed. "Microbiology in New York City," 62-68
Northeast:
Anonymous. 1975. "Branch Histories: Northeast." ASM News 41:1, 42-43
See also the appendices in Thomas, Emy. 1999. "Microbiology in the Northeast Branch of the American Society for Microbiology: A Historical Review, 1989-1999," 104-118
Maryland:
Smith, Andrew G. 1975. "History of the Maryland Branch, American Society for Microbiology." ASM News 41:2, 119-121
Smith, Andrew G. 1996. "History of the Maryland Branch, ASM, 1931-1995." 5 pp.
Theobald Smith Society - New Jersey:
Darken, Marjorie, Clara McKee, and Walter J. Nickerson. 1951. "Theobald Smith Society, 1941-1951." 16 pp.
Kull, Frederick C. 1964. "The Theobald Smith Society, 1941-1964." Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science 9:2, 61-67
Waksman, Selman, Robert Starkey, and Richard Donovick. 1965. "Theobald Smith Society;" in Microbiology in New Jersey: Origins and Developments. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology.
Gillespie, Hazel B. 1975. "New Jersey: The Theobald Smith Society (1941-1974)." ASM News 41:1, 43-45
Eastern Pennsylvania:
Miller, Linda A., Harry E. Morton, and James A. Poupard, eds. 1987. "A History of the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, 1920-1987." 97 pp.
Poupard, James A., "A History of Microbiology in Philadelphia: 1880 to 2010: including a detailed history of the Eastern Pennsylvania Branch of the American Society for Microbiology from 1920 to 2010." Xlibrius Corp., Bloomington, IN, 2010. 414 pp. (QR22 U6 P68)
Virginia:
Washington, DC:
Allegheny:
Stolz, John. 1997. "ABASM History." 1 p.
Indiana:
Gregory, Richard L. 1997. "History of the Indiana Branch of the ASM." 4 pp.
Kentucky-Tennessee:
Michigan:
Rights, Fred L. 1974. "Branch Histories: Michigan." ASM News 40:12, 906-907
Western New York:
Anderson, K.E., and S.M. Regina Lanigan. 1975. "Western New York." ASM News 41:3, 231-232
Anderson, K., S.M. Regina Lanigan and Paulette G. Hammond. 1982. "A History of the Western New York Branch of the ASM: The First Decade." 5 p.
Ohio:
Florida:
Streitfeld, Murray M., and Jerry R. Sisler. 1980. "History of the South Florida Branch, ASM." 1 p.
Wodzinski, Rudy J. 1988. "History of the Florida Branch, ASM." 3 pp.
North Carolina:
Fulghum, Robert S., et al. 1997. "History of the North Carolina Branch of American Society for Microbiology: Fifty Years of Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Immunology, 1947-1997." 25 pp.
Puerto Rico:
El Khoury, Alice, et al. 1996 [?]. "The First 39 Years of the Puerto Rico Society of Microbiologists, 1957-1996." 54 pp.
South Carolina:
Lindler, Gene N., and Ann W. Baxter. "South Carolina." ASM News 41:2, 121-123
South Central:
Magee, Lyman A. 1967. "Two Decades of the South Central Branch." 72 pp.
______________ 1974. "South Central." ASM News 40:11, 852-855
______________ 1977. "History of the South Central Branch, American Society for Microbiology." 4 pp.
See also pp. 3-31 in Socolofsky, M.D., and J. Storz. 1997. "A Half Century of Progress in Microbiology: South Central Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, 1947-1997."
Southeastern:
Alaska:
Illinois:
Jensen, Floyd B. 1974. "Illinois Society for Microbiology." ASM News 40:9, 685-687
Anonymous. 1995. "Illinois Society for Microbiology: 60 Years of Commitment, 1935-1995." 17 pp.
Missouri:
North Central:
Williams, Phletus P. 1979. "Abridged History: North Central Branch of ASM." ASM News 45:12, 631-635
Northwest:
Newman, Gayle, ed. 1999. "The Northwest Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, 1945-1998." 125 pp.
Missouri Valley:
Rio Grande:
Brierley, Corale L. 1974. "Branch Histories: New Mexico." ASM News 40:11, 851-852
Rocky Mountain:
Texas:
Cook, Eula Belle Maley. 1966. "The Silver Years: Texas Branch of the American Society for Microbiology." 11 pp.
Cook, E.B.M., C.E. Lankford and V.T. Schuhardt. "Texas." ASM News 40:12, 908-909
Arizona/Southern Nevada:
Northern California:
Archives Committee. 1995. "Northern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology: Sixtieth Anniversary, 1935-1995. Commemorative Edition." 27 pp.
Southern California:
Kurtz, Harry, et al. 1996 [?]. "Sixtieth Anniversary of the Southern California Branch of the American Society for Microbiology." 28 pp.
Hawaii:
Anonymous. 1974. "Branch Histories: Hawaii Branch." ASM News 40:10, 769
Intermountain:
Nicholes, Paul S. 1978. "The History of the Intermountain Branch of the ASM." ASM News 44:7, 364-367
This timeline of important Society landmarks was prepared as a reference document to help with preparations in the years leading up to the Society's Centennial in 1999, at which point it was discontinued.
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1899 |
First meeting, in conjunction w/ meeting of American Society of Naturalists, in New Haven
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1900 |
Dues established at $1.00
First Honorary Members: George M. Sternberg, T. Mitchell Pudden
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1901 |
Dues raised to $1.50
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1902 |
Membership limit set at 100 (Constitutional Amendment)
Affiliation with American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ratified
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1903 |
Committee on Classification established [inferred], (F. D. Chester, Chair)
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1905 |
Membership limit set at 125 (Constitutional Amendment)
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1907 |
First Descriptive Chart (prepared by F.D. Chester, F.P.Gorham, E.F. Smith) approved for distribution
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1909 |
Membership limit set at 150 (Constitutional Amendment)
Class of Corresponding Members established (Constitutional Amendment)
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1910 |
Resolution passed that, "while the purpose of the Society is primarily for the advancement of microbiology as a pure science, this must not be interpreted as excluding papers of applied microbiology..."
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1911 |
Membership limit is now 200
At annual meeting, first grouping of papers into "sessions" (precursor of divisional structure)
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1913 |
Limited on number of members ended
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1915 |
Decision to publish a journal
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1916 |
Journal of Bacteriology appears,edited by C.-E.A Winslow. Dues raised to $5, with $4 for Journal Editors' terms established at 5 years (Constitutional Amendment)
Membership requirements liberalized (no longer "persons who have conducted and published original research")
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1917 |
Abstracts of Bacteriology appears (A. Parker Hitchens, editor)
Local Branches authorized (Constitutional Amendment); first three accepted are Urbana, New Haven (later Connecticut Valley) and Washington, D.C. A New York City Branch was also in existence until around 1924 (re-established in 1934)
Committee on Classification (C.-E. A.Winslow, Chair) proposes preliminary system
Committee appointed (M.J. Rosenau, chair) to cooperate with the National Research Council so that "the Secretary of the Society should be able to keep in close touch with the needs of the government [during the War] in regard to the services of bacteriologists."
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1919 |
Committee on Bacteriological Technic (H.J. Conn, Chairman) replaces Committee on the Descriptive Chart
Employment Bureau proposed
Society incorporated in Indiana
First Director of Local Branches appointed (J.W.M. Bunker)
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1920 |
First major Constitutional revision
New Branch: Philadelphia (later Eastern Pennsylvania)
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1921 |
Life and Sustaining membership categories established (Constitutional Amendment). Sustaining member dues are $50
Bergey submits draft of Manual; committee established to work on it
Employment Bureau established
Committee on the Teaching of Bacteriology appointed (David Bergey, Chair)
Army Medical Museum accepts the Winslow Culture Collection, which will be cared for by Washington branch members. Collection will be known as "Collection of Type Cultures of the Society of American Bacteriologists" Eventually becomes American Type Culture Collection
Funds appropriated for support of a research fellowship in pure bacteriology ($100 per a month)
New Branch: Central New York
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1922 |
First sustaining members join
H.J. Conn is SAB representative to Commission on Standardization of Biological Stains
Manual of Methods (loose-leaf) appears
Report from Bergey's Committee on Determinative Bacteriology recommends that Society publish and accept royalties from the Manual
First division of Annual Meeting program (partially) into two concurrent sections (Agricultural/Industrial; Human and Animal Pathology and Immunology)
Research Fellowship (see 1921) awarded to Miss Ellen Armstrong, who, however, accepted another position. Committee on Fellowship discharged
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1923 |
Bergey's 1st edition
Breed, Novy, and Paul F. Clark represent Society at Pasteur Centennial in Paris and Strasbourg
Council votes to establish monographic series, create position of editor of monographs (Buchanan)
Expenses, risks to be assumed by publisher; Society to receive any profits
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1924 |
Policy adopted that expenses of future meetings be borne by a registration fee to be paid by all members attending
Committee on Teaching of Bacteriology dissolved
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1925 |
Abstracts of Bacteriology discontinued (becomes part of Biological Abstracts)
Program Committee established
Society begins financial support of ATCC
First SAB monograph, General Systematic Bacteriology, by Buchanan, is published by Williams & Wilkins
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1926 |
Dues raised to $7 (per minutes of 1925 mtg, 1-IVA, Folder 7. Ledger for 1928 has level of $7.50)
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1930 |
Buchanan and Alice Evans represent Society at the First International Microbiological Congress in Paris and International Botanical Congress in Cambridge
Second SAB monograph, A Compilation of Culture Media (Levine & Schoenlein) published by W&W; contract between authors & W&W has SAB sharing in any royalties
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1932 |
Pure Culture Study of Bacteria appears. This journal, compiled and edited by the Committee on Bacteriological Technique (published by Biotech Publications beginning in 1939 in Geneva, NY), replaces the loose-leaf continuation service for the Manual of Methods.... It runs until 1950
Establishment of "Permanent Fund" ($20,000 invested in U.S. Gov't Bonds)
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1933 |
Hucker Committee appointed "to look into the practices of the Society."
Office of Advisor to Local Branches established (H.J. Conn). But see also 1919
New Branch: Central Pennsylvania
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1934 |
Report of the Hucker Committee on Policies and Procedures: -Council expanded to include Branch Representatives -Position of Archivist proposed -Newsletter proposed
Constitutional revision committee appointed; Winslow is chair
New York City Branch re-established |
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1935 |
Newsletter of the SAB first sent to members
Archives Committee established
Council votes to turn over Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, along with unexpended royalties, to Bergey, to administer as he sees fit
New Branches: Eastern New York, Illinois, Indiana, North Central, and Northern California-Hawaii
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1936 |
First Eli Lilly Award
Second International Congress (London); Buchanan represents the Society
Local Branch abstracts begin to appear in JB
New Branches: Michigan, Southern California. Maryland Society of Bacteriologists (1931) becomes branch of SAB
Constitutional revision (nothing major)
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1937 |
Bacteriological Reviews appears
Cumulative index of JB by Stanhope Bayne-Jones is published
The Leeuwenhoek Letter (translation by Cohen) published by Society and W&W
Society becomes national group sponsor for 1939 International Congress of Microbiology, to be held in New York
At Buchanan's request, position of editor of monographs is abolished
New Branch: Ohio
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1938 |
Bergey's Manual Trust established; Society no longer associated with publication of Manual Alice in Virusland (Paul F. Clark's Presidential address published at the direction of the Council branches: Eastern Missouri (later Missouri), Missouri Valley
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1939 |
Council establishes status of "Retired" member
Committee on Monographs appointed (Barnett Cohen, chair). Recommends establishment of Publications Board
Hitchens becomes editor of Microbiology Section of Biological Abstracts; Society guarantees $2500 per year in member subscriptions
First Book Reviews appear in Newsletter
Biotech Publications established by Conn to publish Manual of Methods, descriptive chart
Annual Meeting in New Haven (40th Anniversary): seven living charter members honored; first history round table
Third International Congress in New York; Henrici represents Society
President Henrici appoints committee (Rosenau, Chair) to explore certification of public
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1940 |
Committee on Teaching established (becomes Committee on Teaching in 1951)
Membership Committee appointed
Proposed constitutional revision organizes Society into Sections and Divisions, not just Sections
Committee on Certification of Bacteriologists report recommends that no certifying board be established at this time, but that if any organization should indicate its intentions to establish qualifications for medical bacteriologists, Council would take action
New Branch: Kentucky (later Kentucky-Tennessee)
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1941 |
Publications Board established (Constitutional Amendment)
Buchanan again appointed editor of monographs
New Branches: New Jersey (Theobald Smith Society), Texas
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1942 |
War Committee appointed
Annual Meeting cancelled due to travel restrictions
Sub-committee on Use of Motion Pictures in Teaching established
Request from R.G. Leland of AMA Committee on Medical preparedness that SAB "study the qualifications of physicians now engaged in the practice of bacteriology." Society declines
At this point, there is a Committee on Certification
New Branch: Virginia
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1943 |
No meeting scheduled
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1944 |
Winslow resigns as editor-in-chief of JB
Buchanan resigns as editor of monographs
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1945 |
Meeting canceled due to travel restrictions
Society for General Microbiology founded in England
"Handbook of Descriptions of Specialized Fields in Bacteriology" published by government w/ help from War Committee
Council authorizes President and Secretary/Treasurer to represent the Society at hearings on bills before Congress re establishment of National Science or National Research Boards
New Branch: Northwest
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1946 |
Committee on Science Legislation appointed
Constitutional Revision approved by Council, Sent to members: -Add emeritus members -Archives given constitutional mandate -CPC established
Financial Advisory Committee appointed
Annual Meeting Finance Committee established; will handle all receipts/disbursements for Annual Meeting. National Society responsible for deficits, takes any profits
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1947 |
Committee on Certification of Public Health personnel reconstituted and enlarged as Committee on Classification and Problems of personnel (S.R. Damon, chair)
President, Secretary/Treasurer represent Society at Interscience Conference on Science Legislation (sponsored by AAAS)
Society distributes (w/ April Newsletter) War Dept. survey re training, experience, salary of bacteriologists
Annual Meeting: -First Annual Lecture (Ludwig Hektoen Lecture, by Talliaferro) -"Incubator" first appears (through 1973)
Society Incorporated in Washington D.C., March 25
Fourth International Congress held in Denmark; Breed and ? represent Society
First title in "Microbiological Monographs" series appears: Experimental Air-borne Infection (Rosebury)
Resolution on Biological Warfare proposed (by S. Mudd) at Annual Meeting. Committee formed to examine the issue (see Baldwin files, 13 II AT, Folder 23)
New Branches: Intermountain, North Carolina, South Central, Southeastern
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1948 |
American Institute of Biological Sciences founded -- SAB is charter member society
Abstracts of Annual Meeting no longer appear in JB. Now distributed to registered attendees, available to others for $1
Local Branch abstracts no longer appear in JB
System of support for Biological Abstracts discontinued [new system?]
New Branches: Allegheny, North East, Rio de Janeiro (later dissolved)
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1949 |
Committee on Teaching Survey on Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching of Microbiology
Damon Committee (1947) appoints Sub-committee on Certification and Problems of Personnel (Francis/Syverton committee)
Society for Industrial Microbiology organized
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1950 |
Golden Jubilee meeting; Barnett Cohen's Chronicles of the SAB printed and distributed to members by Williams and Wilkins
Francis subcommittee (see 1949) proposes American Institute of Microbiology, w/ specialty board for certification of medical personnel, and other specialty boards to be added as need arises
Dues increased to $9, of which $8 shall be for subscriptions for JB and BR
Society grants $250 to assist in start-up of International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy, official organ of Judicial Commission and IAM's International Committee on Bacteriological Nomenclature. Becomes IJSB, and Society takes over publication in 1970
Fifth International Congress in Rio; Stuart Mudd represents SAB
Commercial Solvents Award authorized (discontinued 1954)
National Science Foundation established; Interscience Committee on Science Legislation (AAAS) dissolved
Revised Publication agreement with Williams and Wilkins
Society authorizes $5000 for clerical support for Secretary/Treasurer; at resignation of Blair, Williams and Wilkins offers to provide business management service
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1951 |
Decision to begin accumulating money to support full-time Executive Secretary
Defense Research Information Service, a "central clearinghouse established through the central office of the SAB [i.e., W&W] to bring microbiologists and interested agencies together in an unofficial but effective way.”
Constitution and by-laws of proposed American Institute of Microbiology
New Branch: Colorado-Wyoming (later Rocky Mountain)
Subcommittee on Certification and Problems of Personnel report includes draft
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1952 |
SAB membership votes to approve proposed American Board of Medical Microbiology. AMA House of Delegates votes not to approve
Society membership in American Institute for Biological Sciences not renewed
Relationship with International Association of Microbiologists formalized
Fourth Division (Bacterial Physiology) added; divisional representatives serve as invited members of Council
Problem of publication of Local Branch Abstracts constantly addressed
Committee on Curricula proposes guidelines for accreditation of UG and Master's programs in bacteriology
Committee on Certification and Problems of Personnel reconstituted (Spaulding, Chair); will address certification of non-(quasi)medical microbiologists while Francis- Syverton Committee continues negotiations with AMA
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1953 |
Applied Microbiology first appears
Sixth International Congress, Rome; Mudd represents Society (?); International Association of Microbiologists becomes International Association of M Microbiological Societies
Second Cumulative index to JB, prepared by J.R. Porter
[date approximate]: Committee on Monographs disbands, position of editor of monographs disappears
New Branch: South Florida (Florida in 1984; see Archives inventory 7-IIC, Folder 7), Mexico (approved by Council: doesn't function until 1960)
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1954 |
Northern California-Hawaii Branch resolves that 1956 Annual Meeting should not be held in Houston because of possibility of racial discrimination against some members. Council votes to hold meeting in Houston
Society is notified by Treasury Dept. that it has never applied for tax-exempt status. Application made, denied, appealed. Taxes paid for years 1947 (date of D.C. incorporation) through 1953 pending appeal.
Spaulding Committee proposes SAB-administered "Board of Medical and Public Health Microbiology"
Pamphlet "Careers in Bacteriology" prepared by Public Relations Committee; updates pamphlet prepared by L.W. Parr (date and copy unavailable)
Sustaining Member dues now $75
Public Health Division established (see also 1956, 1958, 1997)
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1955 |
Francis-Syverton and Spaulding Committees recommend creation of "college" comprised of senior SAB members to establish certifying boards and engage in professional activities. New Committee of Twenty appointed to present recommendations for its creation. (Halvorson implies this was in 1954: see ASM News 33:4, p.16)
American Academy of Microbiology incorporated
Committee appointed to advise Chemical Corps on microbiological questions
President's Fellowships instituted (funded by Difco.)
Public Health "Group" (Division) established on trial basis
Dues increase from $9 to $12
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1956 |
Committee of Twenty proposes Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of American Academy of Microbiology to membership for approval. Approved; first meeting of BOG May 3. Election and certification committees established
Committee on Taxonomy appointed
Committee on International Geophysical Year appointed; member R.H. McBee spends three months in Antarctica
Public Health Division given two years to show sufficient support to justify divisional status
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1957 |
Secretary/Treasurer duties split
SAB Newsletter becomes Bacteriological News
Society applies for affiliate membership in AIBS
First Office of Naval Research lecture delivered at Annual meeting
Tax-status appeal leads to granting of 501(c)(6) status
Manual of Methods of Pure Culture Study of Bacteria becomes Manual of Microbiological Methods; published by McGraw-Hill, not Biotech; as bound volume, not loose-leaf
Society approves one-time assessment of $.50 per member to support travel to 7th
ad hoc Committee on Future Plans of the Society appointed (J.R. Porter, Chair).Will deal primarily w/ publication issues
Limit placed on number of papers at Annual Meeting (400)
AAM establishes Legislation Committee
New Branch; Puerto Rico
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1958 |
Approval of resolution to establish Business office. Office will handle all business currently conducted under Managerial Services contract w/ Williams and Wilkins; publish Bacteriological News; assist local committees in arranging Meeting; Annual Meeting, including sale of exhibit space; operate employment bureau
Constitutional revision: terms of officers and committees begin shortly after Annual Meeting; chair of Publications Board replaces editor of JB on CPC
Committee on Education appointed (L.S. McClung, Chair)
Motion passed that Council consider changing name of Society to Society of American Microbiologists and of JB to Journal of Microbiology
Committee on Monographs re-established (Luria, chair)
7th International Congress held in Stockholm. S. Mudd, J.R. Porter, Secretary Foster and Harry Eagle represent Society
Academy establishes American Board of Microbiology and Council on Education and Laboratories; Nominating Committee appointed
Public Health Division terminated
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1959 |
HQ established in Detroit. Ray Sarber hired as Executive Secretary
Membership cards issued
Council votes against name changes for Society and JB
Journal options first offered to members
Constitutional changes: membership requires BS or equivalent in training; student membership established; Secretary and Membership Committee approve new members (no longer Council); Program Committee chair and vice-chair term specifications moved to bylaws
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1960 |
Society name change approved: becomes effective 12/27 (name change for JB defeated)
First meeting of American Board of Microbiology
JB to accept notices of academic vacancies
Committee on Monographs discharged
Archives deposited in Lilly Library at Indiana University
Division of Virology created (separates from Medical Bacteriology, Immunology and Virology)
Dues increase to $15 (Sustaining Members to $100) to enable enlargement of JB & AM
First photo appears in Bacteriological News
National Registry of Microbiologists established
Committee on Interscience Conferences
First survey of colleges and universities offering degrees in bacteriology or microbiology
First Handbook for the Society written by E.M. Foster
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1961 |
First ICAAC; proceedings published as Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy--1961
Editorial Office established; Robert Day hired as Managing Editor of Publications
AAM establishes Committee on Postdoctoral Programs for Public Health and Medical Laboratory Microbiology (CPEP) and Civil Service Standards Committee (both are subcommittees of Council on Education and Laboratories)
Page charges initiated in JB and AM
HQ to handle rental/sales of scientific films
Society hires professional financial counsel (Brundage, Story & Rose)
Society sponsors (w/ ONR) Symposium on Marine Microbiology
New Branch: Arizona
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1962 |
8th International Congress in Montreal; H.R. Cox, Lederberg & Secretary Gerhardt to represent Society
Headquarters moves to Ann Arbor in own building
Financial structure of annual meeting reorganized
CPEP replaces Council on Education and Laboratories; sponsors first conference on post-doctoral education;
AAM Latin American Fellows Program begun
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1963 |
Bacteriological News becomes ASM News
First Foundation for Microbiology Lectures
Branch Rebate program initiated
ABM establishes Ethics Committee
Eastern Missouri branch expands to include entire state, becomes Missouri branch. Missouri Valley branch now smaller
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1964 |
Society acquires full publishing responsibility for publications program from Williams and Wilkins
Dedication of new ATCC Building during Annual Meeting
History of Microbiology Conference at Indiana
American Board of Microbiology establishes certification program for microbiologists in medical and public health fields
Latin American Visiting Professor Committee organized by AAM
First programs are approved by CPEP (Centers for Disease Control and University of Washington)
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1965 |
First New Brunswick lecture
Constitutional revision: membership to require BS in microbiology or related field; corresponding membership deleted; bylaw re disposition of assets moved to Constitution
ICAAC held with 4th International Congress of Chemotherapy; co-sponsor is International Society of Chemotherapy, with cooperation of Infectious Disease Society of American
First post-"grandfather" certification by ABM
Proposal put forth for "full-time, employed, elected Secretary;" rescinded in 1967
New Branch: Hawaii (leaves Northern California-Hawaii)
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1966 |
Joint Committee of ASM and AAM appointed to evaluate future plans for the two bodies (see 1967, 1968)
Meetings Board established (Constitutional Amendment)
Committee on International Activities
9th International Congress, Moscow: Sarles, Porter and Housewright represent ASM
New Branches: New Mexico (leaves Rocky Mountain), South Carolina
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1967 |
Journal of Virology begins; journal options proliferate
Joint Committee (see 1966) proposes combining headquarters operations for ASM and AAM; relocating HQ to D.C.; hiring Executive Director. Approved by Council and BOG
Publications Office moves to Bethesda
Publications Board establishes policy that "ASM publications overall shall be budgeted so as to pay their own way."
Motion to discharge Committee Advisory to Ft. Detrick defeated. Discussion continues into 1968
NRM begins to publish The Loop
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1968 |
First Executive Director hired (Asger Langlykke)
Headquarters moves to D.C.: 1913 I St. purchased; Academy operations also move to I St., following death of AAM Secretary G.I. Wallace
Joint Committee of ASM-AAM recommends merger of the two bodies. Will require Constitutional revision (see 1970)
American Board of Microbiology becomes American Board of Medical Microbiology (ABMM)
AAM Committee on Laboratory Standards created (see also 1970)
First Carski Award
JV, AM now published monthly
New dues/subscription plan: $15 minimum dues includes one journal subscription
Mail vote affirms motion to dissolve Detrick Committee
Detrick Committee proposes establishment of Public Policy Committee; Council declines
Education Committee revises, publishes "Microbiology" issue of American Biology Teacher (see 1960)
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1969 |
National Registry Committee establishes certification for Specialists in Public Health and Medical Laboratory Microbiology
Harlow Hall Fund Award established by A&I Division
First statistical survey of membership
ad hoc Joint Training and Education Committee (Baldwin, chair) appointed
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1970 |
Infection and Immunity appears
Xth International Congress, Mexico City: Robert Hungate represents Society. Resolution on Biological Warfare accepted by Council. Hungate, Shay, Porter meet informally w/ Soviet scientists
Constitutional revision: Academy becomes part of Society (AAM, Inc., Delaware corporation, dissolved);
ICAAC Committee established; several changes in Council and CPC membership
Joint meetings of ICAAC and IDSA approved
New Committees: Environmental Microbiology; Status of Women; Information Science
Fiscal year shifted to July-to-June
Life Insurance plan for members initiated
Council approves Articles of Incorporation for ASM Foundation, Inc.; approved as 501(c)(3) by IRS in 197
Manual of Clinical Microbiology published by Society
Report of ad hoc Joint Committee (see 1969) proposes establishment of Board of Education and Training: L. Joe Berry chairs committee to evaluate report
Request for establishment of student chapter at Clemson leads to bylaw changes in 1971 permitting student chapters (First one is at Clemson.)
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1971 |
Board of Education and Training established. ABMM, NRM, CPEP and Committee on Guidance for Training in Microbiology all become affiliated w/ BET
International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology taken over by Society
CPC approves moving Publications Office from Bethesda to HQ
Constitutional revision: add BET chair to CPC; amendment process; term of office of president; member nominations for officers
ad hoc Committee on Clinical Microbiology (G.M. Needham, chair) appointed; reports in 1972
Agricultural and Industrial Division becomes Environmental and Applied Microbiology
Latin American Professorship Program initiated by AAM, funded by Foundation for Microbiology
Minimum dues now $20
ASM News begins accepting ads
Bacteriological Proceedings begins using author-prepared copy; title changes to Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the ASM in 1972; will no longer be distributed free to members
CPC rescinds policy that "publications overall be budgeted to pay their own way;" Purpose is to avoid excess (taxable) profits from ad revenue
Diamond Jubilee Committee appointed
ONR Lecture now ASM Lecture
New Branch: New York
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1972 |
ASM News becomes monthly publication; first yearly index appears in December issue. First classified employment ads appear in January. Non-member subscriptions offered
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy begins as journal. ICAAC abstracts published separately
Waksman Fellowships for Graduate Education established
Pasteur Sesquicentennial at Tulane, co-sponsored by Society
ad hoc Committee on ASM Organizational Structure proposes new and expanded divisional structure
Tentative list of Divisions sent out w/ membership renewals; divisions chosen by at least 150 will become established
ad hoc Committee on Public Affairs Policy appointed (Robert Williams, Chair)
Civil Service Standards Committee of AAM created, replaces similar committee of ABMM
Sustaining Member dues increased from $150 to $300
Council approves expansion of Foundation Lecture Program to allow for up to two lecturers per branch per year
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1973 |
Publications Office takes over handling of nonmember subscriptions to all journals (previously done by W&W for all except AAC, IJSB & ASM News)
Conference Committee established
Public Affairs Committee established
Incubator discontinued
ad hoc Committee to study future of Academy, relation to ASM (Rasmussen, Chair)
NRM establishes certification in Food, Dairy and Sanitation Microbiology
Laboratory Standards Committee (see 1968) becomes ASM Committee
First BET Workshops at Annual Meeting
Advisory Committee on Culture Collections established
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1974 |
First ASM-sponsored Conference, "Extrachromosomal Elements in Bacteria."
Fifteen new Divisions established, officers elected
Acker replaces Langlykke as Executive Director
Page charges in journals suspended
First Cumitech appears
Diamond Jubilee: ASM News includes Sustaining Member, Journal and Branch histories; New Society logo appears on medallion honoring 75th anniversary
Microbiology-1974: First in a projected series featuring symposia proceedings (ASM and non-ASM)
ASM Bookstore initiated: selected reviewed books from ASM News offered to members at discount
NSF travel/admin grant to ASM for US/USSR Joint Working Group on Production of Substances by Microbiological Means
Meetings Department established under office of Executive Secretary
Appointment of Steering Committee to establish American Board of Immunology (Erwin Neter, Chair)
New Branch: West Germany
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1975 |
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Wyeth Award (becomes Becton-Dickinson in 1978)
Forty-Year Club established
Placement Committee establishes separate rosters for women and minority applicants
ASM Bookstore discontinued
Special issues of ASM News: Education & Training (March); Publications (July)
IRS approves change from 501(c)(6) to (c)(3) status, provided two amendments to constitution are adopted
Committee appointed to clarify relations between Academy and ASM (particularly re BET), Robert Hungate, chair
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1976 |
Dues increase to $28: $21 of that is Journal credit, $3 for membership, $4 for ASM
Applied Microbiology becomes Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Mycoplasmology Division activated
Membership reaches 25,000
First poster sessions at Annual Meeting (ICAAC follows suit in 1977)
Lilly Award age limit changes from 35 to 40; award increased from $1000 to $2000
American Board of Medical Laboratory Immunology (ABMLI) established
Academy by-laws revised (Hungate Committee); changes in effect 1977, including transfer of Latin American Professorship Program to BET
Clinical Microbiology and Medical Mycology Divisions split off to form Division Group V
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1977 |
New Constitution establishes AAM on equal basis w/ other boards
Fisher Scientific Company Award for Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Branch Rebate program ended
Fiscal year switched to Jan-Dec. (six-month budget necessitated for July-Dec, 1976)
ASM Foundation, Inc. dissolved (no longer needed after tax-status decision of 1975); replaced by Foundation Committee
Manuscript handling fee instituted ($35)
Society adopts resolution concerning regulation of recombinant DNA
Wyeth Award becomes Becton-Dickinson Award
First ASM Congressional Scientific Fellowship awarded
US/USSR Joint Working Group on Production of Substances by Microbiological Means holds three conferences, publishes proceedings
BET establishes Evaluation of Continuing Education Programs (ECEP) to qualify competent programs to award Continuing Education Units
ASM is approved by Liaison Committee on Continuing Medical Education as sponsor of continuing education programs (status unaffected by AMA's withdrawal from LCCME in 1979)
Latin American Professorship Program transferred from AAM to BET
PB and CPC agree that Society will not publish "conventional textbooks"
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1978 |
Bacteriologically Reviews becomes Microbiological Reviews
Movement to hold meetings only in states which have ratified Equal Rights Amendment; Council establishes policy concerning action on "social, moral and political issues.”
Archives book collection moves from Lilly Library, Indiana University to Kuhn Library, University of Maryland Baltimore County
First Graduate Student Travel Grants to Annual Meeting (through Foundation Committee) With new copyright law, authors must now assign copyright to ASM
BET seeks to establish Education Division; Meetings Board agrees to 3 trial paper sessions at 1979 Annual Meeting
Continuing Education programs, conferences accredited by Liaison Committee on Continuing Medical Education
ASM and American Society for Clinical Pathology form Joint Liaison Committee on Continuing Education
Movement to establish Board of Scientific Services
Mailing surcharge instituted for foreign member subscriptions
First Becton-Dickinson Award (formerly Wyeth)
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1979 |
Public and Scientific Affairs Board established
Manuscript handling fee abolished
ICAAC holds joint meeting with International Congress of Chemotherapy
ASM contracts w/ NIAID to undertake extensive manpower survey of all members; results in ASM News, 1982
Annual Meeting is in two parts: in L.A. for first section, in Honolulu for U.S.-Japan Intersociety Microbiology Congress
First ABMLI exam
Search committee appointed to investigate new headquarters building
Mexico and Rio de Janeiro branches dissolved
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1980 |
ABMM, NRM initiate recertification programs
CPC approves proposal for new building for Headquarters (1819 L. ST.)
Virology Division splits into DNA Animal Viruses (S) and RNA Animal Viruses (T)
ASM files amicus curiae brief before Supreme Court in Chakrabarty case (patentability of genetically-engineered organisms)
Minority Predoctoral Fellowships established (funded by Foundation for Microbiology)
Wellcome Visiting Professorship Program initiated
Bylaws Changes: sunset committee; Council must formally approve new main activities; inclusion of PSAB; officers will supervise non-Board-related committees; half of Nominating Committee members must be elected Council Members
Petition approved for Nosocomial Infections Division
ASM disaffiliates from AIBS
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1981 |
Dues increase, from $28 to $45; Journal credit increased to $38
Due to high interest rates, plan to build new HQ building at 1819 L St. abandoned
IAMS becomes International Union of Microbiological Societies
Report of ad hoc committee on branches (Sunset Committee) recommends bylaw changes: establish Branch Organization Committee; set formal rules for branch self-governance; criteria for dissolution of branches
Report of ad hoc committee on ASM NEWS: editorial Board recommended, as well as publication of review articles
Molecular and Cellular Biology appears
PB discusses new journal on Viral Pathogenesis (decides in 1983 not to undertake this), decides not to publish Dictionary of Microbiology
Elesec (BET Committee on Elementary and Secondary Education) first published
Councilors' Colloquia (divisional miniconferences) tried at Annual Meeting
Housewright replaces Acker as Executive Director; Sarber becomes Executive Secretary Emeritus
Petition approved for Bacteriophage Biology Division (M)
ABMM/ABMLI diplomate caucus holds organizational meeting
Exploratory meeting held by virologists to examine establishing virology association. Issue is addressed in Council by report of ad hoc Committee on Affiliation in 1982
NRM attains full category A membership in National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies
Non-book Archives material shipped to UMBC
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1982 |
Byrd Press begins printing all scientific journals; Dartmouth Press begins printing ASM News
Due to space considerations, Office of Education and Training moves to Joseph Henry Building at NAS ASM hosts XIII International Congress in Boston
Page charges reinstituted for JB, IAI, JCM, JV, AEM, AAC(MCB in 1983)
United States Federation of Culture Collections J. Roger Porter Award established
Hoechst-Roussel Award established
First commercial taping of sessions at Annual Meeting
ad hoc Committee on Divisions reports, includes recommendation that Divisions have equal representation with Branches in governance
Placement Committee discontinues separate registries for women and minorities
PSAB inaugurates legislative alert letters to members
PSAB establishes ad hoc subcommittee on the Status of Minority Microbiologists (full Committee status in 1984)
PSAB helps establish ad hoc Group for Medical Research Funding
Fermentation Division renamed Fermentation and Biotechnology
NRM moves to make recertification voluntary, extends period from 3 to 5 years
ASM Conference on Infections and Immunological Diseases of Male Homosexuals
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1983 |
Dues increase to $50 ($41 for journals, $5 for ASM News, $4 for membership services)
Sunset Committee on Boards: recommendations include centralized publicity function; review of policy statements; updated handbooks; long-range (3-5 year) planning
ICAAC Young Investigator Awards established (sponsored by Merck, Sharpe and Dohme)
First Alice Evans Award (Comm. on Status of Women Microbiologists, PSAB)
All ASM Foundation monies (except those given by Foundation for Microbiology) are transferred to general ASM funds
Individual, non-member subscription rate added
Petition for Mycobacteriology Division (U) approved
Elesec discontinued
First report of ad hoc Committee on Ethics
NRM becomes Certification Board of National Registry of Microbiologists
New Branch: Alaska
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1984 |
Revised report of ad hoc Committee on Ethics. CPC adopts code. Permanent committee established
Committee on the Status of Women Microbiologists initiates "The Communicator"
Society begins to accept credit cards for book purchases, meetings registration, membership
First Raymond W. Sarber Fellowship Awards; first Vector Young Investigator TravelAwards
Textbook publishing issue raised again; ad hoc committee appointed
Council approves common set of bylaws for divisions. Each division now to have a representative on Council; one of these representatives to serve on CPC
Headquarters Search Committee explores purchase of 2011 I St. After a confusing vote at March Council Mtg., special meeting held in June, and motion to purchase building is defeated
Sustaining member dues from $150 to $500; Student member dues from $5 to $10
New Divisions: Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology; Medical Immunology (name changed to Diagnostic Immunology almost immediately.) Division of Bacterial Infections and Pathogenesis name change to Pathogenesis of Bacterial Mycotic and Protozoan Infections denied after objection from Division F. New name is Microbial Pathogenesis
South Florida Branch becomes Florida Branch
Civil Service Affairs Committee moves from AAM to PSAB
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1985 |
Dues increase to $57: $8 for membership services, $8 for dues, journal credit remains $41 (Increase associated w/ planned building purchase) Abbott Laboratories Award in Laboratory Diagnostics Behring Diagnostics Award in Clinical Virology-Rickettsiology Report of AAM Sunset Committee (coupled w/ Board S.C.); recommendations include Public Relations office, establishing board of Certification BET establishes core curriculum for baccalaureate programs in microbiology ad hoc Committee on Public Relations established Foundation Lecture program to expand to offering two lecturers/year to each branch; additional funding from ASM Committee on Awards created to supervise all aspects of ASM-associated awards, and to recommend procedures for transferring this function to AAM Bylaws amendments: change in procedure for nomination by petition for elective officers; procedure for handling accusations of ethics violations Center for the History of Microbiology established (jointly w/ UMBC Civil Service Affairs Committee moves from AAM to PSAB Ethics Committee's Ethical Review Process approved by Council "Direct Line," closed-circuit TV program, is piped into hotel room TVs at Annual Meeting and ICAAC |
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1986 |
Issue of ASM response to needs of clinical microbiologists is raised; President Schaechter creates ad hoc Commission on Clinical Microbiology (Dowdle Commission) First Gallup Survey of membership is conducted ABMM revises eligibility requirements and exam procedures West German Branch (founded 1974) dissolves; members become members of Association of General and Applied Microbiology Division name changes: Pathogenesis of Bacterial, Mycotic and Protozoal Infections becomes Microbial Pathogenesis; Bacteriophage Biology becomes Bacteriophage Due to space restrictions, Departments of Public and Scientific Affairs and Education and Professional Development move to leased space Alexander Sonnenwirth Memorial Lecture established First ASM Biotechnology Conference Minority Student Science Career Support Program established |
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1987 |
Bylaws changes: division councilor terms to alternate (to achieve 50% rotation); legal liability protection provided by Society for employees and volunteers; term limit changes (Secretary and Treasurer, from 10 to 9 1/year terms; Board Chairs from 2 5/year terms to 3 3/year terms) As a result of dispute between Southeastern and Florida Branches, Council sets policy for resolving inter-branch disputes. Policy revised following year Canons of Ethics and Ethical Review Process revised PSAB appoints task force to examine PSAB-related findings of Dowdle Commission report (see 1986) Scherago-Rubin Award begun |
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1988 |
Page charges reduced: $55 to $35 for JV, MCB; $35 to $20 for all others Clinical Microbiology Reviews appears "ASM Update," pilot videocassette, is distributed to 7000 members Cetus Corporation Biotechnology Research Award begun First CPC Strategic Planning Sessions; Council approves Mission Statement and Strategic Goals Bylaw Amendments: mail vote allowed for future amendments; ASM Foundation becomes subcommittee of Finance Committee; Biotechnology Conference established Council denies petition to establish Education Division by declining to amend the Constitution to permit creation of nonscientific divisions Standing committees on Divisions and Public Relations established (previously ad hoc) Academy organizes first Critical Issues Workshop Department of Information Management and Analysis established at Headquarters ad hoc Committee on Sustaining Membership established PSAB establishes Task Force on Biotechnology First Education sessions at Annual Meeting (BET Committee on Annual Meeting Planning) Last Behring Diagnostics Award
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1989 |
New Headquarters Building at 1325 Massachusetts Ave. is purchased Division V name change: from Diagnostic Immunology to Clinical and Diagnostic Publications Board to allow Letters to Editor in all journals; requires all authors reporting DNA sequences of genes to get acquisition number from GenBank; votes to test CD-ROM publication of some journals; posts contents of some Continued concern about service to clinical (Division C) members: see minutes, ASM Annual Meeting Program, though still free to members, no longer sent without specific request Academy Board of Governors retreat leads to creation of 8 ad hoc committees to examine issues facing the Academy PSAB establishes State Network |
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1990 |
BET begins audioconference program Council approves PB proposal to publish textbooks, and to pay royalties on all types of books, excluding symposium proceedings
New Brunswick Lecture becomes President's Forum at Annual Meeting
Conference Development Committee folded into Conference Committee (MB
Second Gallup Survey of membership
ad hoc Committee on Biotechnology (this year only)
Book Publication Division established in Headquarters
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1991 |
Dues increase to $75. $10 increase split $8 for Publications, $2 for Membership Services. Student dues to $15 JB published twice monthly New Sustaining Member program: Gold ($1000), Silver ($5000), and Platinum ($10,000) levels of membership established
Annual Meeting now called General Meeting Administration of all awards transferred to AAM
Instructions to authors for journals include requirement that authors make newly described strains, cell lines, etc. available for non-commercial purposes New procedure established for election of Councilors Council of Past Presidents established
ASM organizes National Life Science Education Summit Conference, which leads to formation of Coalition for Life Science Education (CELS) Division N name change: from Aquatic & Terrestrial to Microbial Ecology Academy Newsletter revived (previously published 1957-68) NRM opens certification exams to international microbiologists BET reorganization proposed Implementation of guidelines for industry-sponsored events at ASM meetings Science Journalism Program established PB declines to institute journal in Veterinary Microbiology (also 1992)
Fisher Award (see 1977) becomes ASM Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology First ABMM Professional Recognition Award |
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1992 |
Increases in member rates for JB, JVI and MCB take those rates beyond journal credit amount included in dues Audit Committee now standing Committee Division J name change to Ultrastructure and Functions
ASM Distinguished Service Award established Baxter Diagnostics Microscan Young Investigator Award established Ortho/McNeil Minority Predoctoral Fellowship established Garden and bust of Kitasato dedicated at Headquarters PB establishes ad hoc Ethics Committee CPC's International Affairs Coordinating Committee established
Abbott Award changed in purpose and scope; now Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology First ASM-organized workshops offered at International meeting (3rd Western Pacific Conference on Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases, in Bali) ad hoc Committee on Volunteerism appointed BET Committee on Continuing Education discontinues joint sponsorship of CME programming: will sponsor only General Meeting and ICAAC workshops (1st Retrovirus Conference in 1993 is exception). Joint sponsorship w/ Branches withdrawn in 1993 |
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1993 |
Microbial Literacy Project initiated Proctor and Gamble takes over sponsorship of ASM Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (formerly Fisher Award) Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program established ASM and IDSA agree to hold ICAAC and IDSA Annual Meeting contiguously through 1995 Education Division (Division W) approved Academy Bylaws revised (Williams Committee?) Award Administration restructured: Honorifics to AAM; fellowships to BET; Travel Grants to Meetings
Books Division renamed ASM Press ad hoc Committee appointed to review Divisional Structure Chiron takes over support for Cetus Biotechnology Research Award Sonnenwirth Lecture becomes bioMerieux Vitek Sonnenwirth Memorial Award All journals become available on CD-ROM BET establishes Task Force on Minority Education |
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1994 |
Bylaw revision concerning election of honorary members Branch Organization Committee begins comprehensive review of purpose, structure and function of Branches
Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology appears PSAB Manpower Committee and Westat, Inc. begin national manpower survey Plan approved to restructure divisions BET begins to administer National Center for Infectious Diseases postdoctoral Research program Headquarters now accessible by email |
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1995 |
Dues increase of $5, allocated to public affairs, communication and education programs Constitution/Bylaw revision: -Membership Board established -changes in Council/CPC composition: division & branch representatives; -Books Committee chair member of PB
Abbott-ASM Lifetime Achievement Award in microbiology established ASM Public Communication Award established
CPEP no longer recognized as accrediting agency by U.S. Dept. of Education |
