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•  AAPM milestones
Robert G. Gould
Chair AAPM History Committee
•  Location of the 2nd summer Annual
Meeting in July 1971 of the AAPM
•  AAPM’s 12th Annual Meeting
•  My first scientific presentation at a
national meeting
•  Discussions began in early 1958
–  Gale Adams, Warren Sinclair, John
Laughlin
•  G. D. Adams, “Formation and early
years of the AAPM”, Med Phys 5(4),
290-296 (1978)
Warren Sinclair
Meeting in Los Angeles
June 20, 1958
Persons participating in discussions with
Warren Sinclair at a meeting of the Society of
Nuclear Medicine
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R. M. Adams
G. L. Brownell
R. C. Granke
M.A. Greenfield
E. W. Hackney
H. R. Haymond
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J. A. Hidalgo
R. Loevinger
W. S. Moos
E. Siegel
R. S. Yalow
A. A. Yalow
Yalow
Gale Adams
Steering Committee to Form AAPM
(Formed June 1958)
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G. D. Adams
R. M. Adams
N. A. Baily
C. B. Braestrup
R. O. Gorson
M. A. Greenfield
J. Hale
R. Loevinger
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R. S. Krohmer
J. F. Marvin
W. S. Moos
J. Ovadia
L. E. Preuss
C. S. Simons
W. K. Sinclair
R. S. Yalow
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•  Held prior to the RSNA
•  Adopted temporary constitution
•  Adopted the recommendation of the
steering committee to call the society
the American Association of
Physicists in Medicine
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Date
President
11/17/1958
Adams
General organization meeting
(temporary constitution)
Event
12/07/1960
Sinclair
First edition of The Medical Physicist
11/27/1961
Hale
First scientific sessions
11/29/1962
Williams
First Scientific Committee
11/21/1963
Webster
Competition for AAPM logo
11/10/1965
Laughlin
AAPM incorporated
6/03/1966
Shalek
First mid-year (summer) topical meeting
12/03/1967
Lanzl
AAPM becomes an AIP Affiliated
Society
7/13/1970
Keraikes
First summer annual meeting:
Washington DC
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President: 13
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Gail Adams, 1958-1960
Warren Sinclair, 1961
John Hale, 1962
Marvin Williams, 1963
Edward Webster, 1964
John Laughlin, 1965
Robert Shalek, 1966
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Lawrence Lanzl, 1967
John Cameron, 1968
Robert Gorson, 1969
Jack Krohmer, 1975
Jacques Ovadia, 1976
Peter Wootton, 1978
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TABLEL Charter membership of the AAPM as recorded on 4 December 1959.
G.D. Adams
R.M. Adams
J.H. Anson
S. Aronow
N.A. Baily
L.M. Bates
H.A. Bevis
J. N. Bierly
H. Blatz
J. Blizard
C. B. Braestrup
G. L. Brownell
G.W. Callendine, Jr.
G.H. Cameron
J. R. Cameron
J. C. Carlson
V.G. Castro
L. Chandler
R. K. Clark
A. Cole
C.J. Collica
K. R. Corey
K. E. Corrigan
R.F. Cowing
M. Dauer
F. B. deFriess
W.D. DeVore
W.C. Dewey
J.E. Durlacher
L.A. Du Sault
E.A. Edelsack
W.H. Ellett
E.W. Engelman
R.D. Evans
S. Feitelberg
A. Feldman
T. Fields
E.F. Focht
T.R. Folsom
A.L. Forsaith
M. Fried
R. Garrett
R. Golden
P.N. Goodwin
R.O. Gorson
M.A. Greenfield
E.N. Grisewood
A.W. Hackney
J. Hale
A.A. Halko
H.S. Hayden
H.R. Haymond
R.H. Haynes
J.F. Herrick
J.M. Heslin
F.G. Hickey
G.J. Hine
M. Hodara
A. Jacobson
L.E. Jacobson
M.F. Jahns
R.A. Jalbert
C.D. Janney
W.R. Konneker
J.S. Krohmer
D.B. Kusner
H.C. Lanz
L.H. Lanzl
H.V. Larson
J.S. Laughlin
R. Loevinger
M.K. Loken
W.J. Maclntyre
S.J. Malsky
F.X. Masse
W. Mauderli
J.K. Mayer
A.L. McCrea
M.L. Melton
M.L. Meurk
T.G. Mitchell
R.T. Mooney
V.C. Moore
J.M. Morgan
W.S. Moos
C.J. Mott, Jr.
I.T. Myers
C.E. Newton, Jr.
D.G. Oldfield
A.L. Orvis
J. Ovadia
L. Pape
W.T. Powers
L.E. Preuss
R.S. Quick
E.H. Quimby
J. Rivera
C.V. Robinson
W.C. Roesch
H.H. Rossi
R.J. Schulz
N.E. Scofield
R.J. Shalek
G. Shapiro
K. Shivanandan
E. Siegel
W. Siler
C.S. Simons
W.K. Sinclair
W.E. Siri
L. Stanton
R.E. Steele
E.E. Stickley
L.A. Strait
R.W. Swain
O. Tamuzs
M.S. Tausig
E.R. Testa
J.W. Thomas
E. Tochilin
J.C. Trump
K-C. Tsien
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S.J. Vacirca
J.L. Weatherwax
E.W. Webster
K.D. Williams
M.M.D. Williams
E.D. Witherell
P. Wootton
K.A. Wright "
A.A. Yalow
R.S. Yalow
V.E. Yoder
•  Total # of charter members = 133
Constitution. A Constitution Committee was selected and instructed to provide
that the Board of Directors be renamed the
Executive Board and elected for one-year
terms, and the chairman be renamed as
president and limited to one term. The
Board also added J. S. Laughlin to assist in
writing the Constitution and L. H. Lanzl for
adequate representation of the Chicago
area.
A CR Teaching Committee. A committee was formed to investigate collaboration with the American College of Radiology (ACR) on educational activities
relating to radiological physics.
Examination Of the New Constitution
was the primary concern at the Annual
Meeting, and it was Subsequently mailed
out to members for approval. The mail ballot returns were 72 "aye" and 2 "no."
Third Annual Meeting. The third
annual meeting of the Board and Association required three sessions (4-7 December
1960). Actions included:
Election. The members had retained
the same Board and the same officers were
retained by the Board.
Professional. Warren Sinclair had
prepared a "Questionnaire on Professional
Activities" and arial_zedland distributed
the results.
Placement Service. Jack Krohmer
agreed to undertake the establishment of
the Placement Service.
HPA Contact. Bob Loevinger established a communication link with the
HPA.
IAEA Panel. Ted Webster and Gail
Adams participated in a panel convened by
the IAEA on Isodose measurement and
Medical Physics, Vol. 25, No. 7, July 1998, Part 2
1973
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Charter Member
William D. Coolidge Award Winners
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Robert Shalek, 1973
John Laughlin, 1974
Marvin Williams, 1975
Edith Quimby, 1977
Larry Lanzl, 1978
John Cameron, 1980
Gail Adams, 1982
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Edward Webster, 1983
Robley Evans, 1984
Jack Krohmer, 1985
Warren Sinclair, 1986
Gordon Brownell, 1987
Moses Greenfield,1991
Robert Loevinger, 1995
Leonard Stanton, 1996
Rosalyn Yalow
Peter Wootton
Rosalyn S. Yalow
1921•  Co-developer of radioimmunoassay
(RIA), an extremely sensitive isotopic
method of measuring hormones and
other substances in blood
–  1977 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
•  Graduated from Hunter College in 1941
–  First woman to receive a degree from physics
department
•  Born in England, moved to Houston in
1951 to join M.D. Anderson
•  Moved to Seattle in 1953to become
Radiation Physicist at Swedich Hospital,
switching to University of Washington in
1964
•  20th President of AAPM (1978)
Robert O. Gorson
John Hale
Bob Gorson
•  Professor of Radiology (Medical Physics)
at Thomas Jefferson University
•  Numerous committees concerned with
radiation uses, effects and dosimetry, of
the ACR, RSNA, HPS, AAPM, and NCI
•  11th President of the AAPM (1969)
•  AAPM Award for Achievement in Medical
Physics (1997)
•  AAPM Videographer
–  Conducted more than 125 interviews with
prominent medical physicist and members of
the AAPM
1998
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University of Pennsylvania for 37 years
Helped write the AAPM constitution
3rd President of the AAPM (1962)
AAPM Award for Achievement in Medical
Physics (1998)
•  Initiated scientific sessions at annual
meeting (hence my trip to Houston in
1971)
1989
–  My master thesis advisor
Larry Lanzl
•  Born, raised, educated and spent his entire
medical physics career in Chicago
•  Worked on the Manhattan Project
•  University of Chicago
–  Helped develop both 60Co and linear accelerator
–  Established the graduate program in Medical
Physics
•  9th President of the AAPM
•  President of the IOMP
•  AAPM Coolidge Award (1978)
Jack Krohmer
Jack S. Krohmer
1921-2001
•  17th President of the AAPM (1975)
•  Received gold medals from ACR and the
RSNA
•  Coolidge Award in 1985
•  Beginning in 1961, examined in physics
for the American Board of Radiology
•  ABR trustee in 1981: first nonphysician to
be a trustee
Edith H. Quimby
1891-1982
•  Joined Gioacchino Failla at NY Memorial
Hospital in 1919
•  Seminal research in measuring the
penetration of radiation enabled
physicians to determine the exact dose
needed with the fewest side effects
•  Awards
Edith Quimby
Edward (Ted) Webster
–  AAPM Coolidge Award (1977)
–  RSNA Gold Medal
–  American Radium Society Janeway Medal
•  First woman recipient
•  League of Women Voters
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Edward W. Webster
1922–2005
•  Best known for his work in diagnostic
radiology physics, basic radiation
protection criteria, and radiation risk
estimates
–  Significant contributions to BEIR III
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5th President of the AAPM (1965)
AAPM Coolidge Award winner in 1983
Awarded gold medal by the ACR
My thesis advisor
John Cameron
Robert Loevinger
John R. Cameron
1922-2005
Robert Loevinger
1915-2004
•  Known as "Mr. Dosimetry" for his career
efforts to make radiation treatments for
millions of cancer patients reliable
•  20 years as chief of the National Institute
of Standards and Technology's dosimetry
section
•  Awards
–  AAPM Coolidge Award (1995)
–  Department of Commerce Silver Medal (1980)
–  Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for
Excellence in Technology Transfer (1985)
–  Health Physics Society Distinguished
Scientific Achievement Award (1993)
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University of Wisconsin
Pioneer in the development of TLD
10th president of the AAPM (1968)
Awards
–  AAPM Coolidge Award winner (1980)
–  Roentgen Centennial Medal from RSNA (1995)
•  One of only 4 recipients
–  IOMP Madam Curie Award for activities in
medical physics education in developing
countries (2000)
•  AAPM John Cameron Young Investigator’s
Award
John S. Laughlin, Ph.D.
1918-2004
•  Joined Memorial Sloan-Kettering in 1952
as Chair of Medical Physics
•  7th President of the AAPM (1965)
•  Awards
Arnold Feldman John Laughlin
–  AAPM Coolidge Award (1974)
–  HPS Distinguished Scientific Achievement
Award (1982)
–  SNM Aebersold Award (1984)
–  ACR Gold Medal (1988)
–  ASTRO Gold Medal (1993)
1998
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Arnold Feldman
•  Received the first AAPM Award for Achievement
in Medical Physics in 1996
•  Worked on the Manhattan Project
•  Career at Mayo Clinic, Washington University in
St Louis, and Peoria
•  Still making the news!
•  Not only great talents in Medical
Physics
–  Developed the field
–  Expanded the applications
–  Improved the success in diagnosis and
treatment
•  Creative
Peoria man shares view from the dawn of the
bomb (Rockford Register Star, July 14, 2008)
•  Much effort devoted to teaching
•  Passionate
–  About medical physics
–  Helping cure disease
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