James A. Poupard, Ph.D.
Eastern PA Branch Archives

The first Branch sponsored symposium was held November 6-7, 1969 at the Holiday Inn on City Line Ave. James Prier was chairman with Jay Satz and Richard Gutekunst serving as co-chairs. It was called the “Northeast Regional Conference on Rubella.” More than 200 people attended this first symposium. The symposium was such a success that it was decided to repeat it each November and over the next several years it became an established tradition within the Branch.

On the 5th of November 2021, the Branch held our 50th November Clinical Microbiology Symposium entitled “50 Year Historic Lookback and the View Ahead for New Diagnostics”. James A. Poupard, Ph.D. gave the keynote address on behalf of the Branch Archive Committee and was tasked with condensing the 50 November Clinical Symposia and 6 Basic Science Symposia held during this period. What follws are several different approaches to summarize these symposia in a more complete format. The Basic Science Symposia were held in spring/summer so not be confused with the November Branch Clinical Symposia.

PART ONE: Symposia Listed by Month, Year and Title – 1969 to 2021
PART TWO: Symposia Master List with Additional Information – 1969 to 2021
PART THREE: List of Symposia Chair and Co-Chairs – 1969 to 2021
PART FOUR: Symposia Committee Members Listed by Year of Service – 1969 to 2021

PART ONE: Symposia Listed by Month, Year and Title: 1969 to 2021

1- 1969 Nov. Northeast Regional Conference on Rubella
2- 1970 Nov. Symposium on Immunoglobulins
3- 1971 Nov. Symposium on Australia Antigen
4- 1972 Nov. Virus Tumorigenesis and Immunogenesis
5- 1972 Nov. Symposium on Opportunistic Pathogens
6- 1973 Nov. Symposium on Quality Control in Microbiology
7- 1974 Nov. Modern Methods in Medical Microbiology: Systems and Trends
8- 1975 April Tumor Virus Infections and Immunity
9- 1975 Nov. The Clinical Laboratory as an Aid in Chemotherapy of Infectious Disease
10- 1976 Nov. Infection Control in Health Care Facilities: Microbiological Surveillance
11- 1977 June Infection, Immunity, and Genetics
12- 1977 Nov. Immunoserology in the Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
13- 1978 April Microbial Infection and Immunity
14- 1978 Nov. Diagnosis of Viral Infections: The Role of the Clinical Laboratory
15- 1979 Nov. Clinical Parasitology: Current Concepts in a Changing Science
16- 1980 Nov. New Horizons in Medical Mycology
17- 1981 June Host Defenses to Intracellular Pathogens
18- 1982 Nov. Hepatitis B: The Virus, the Disease and the Vaccine
19- 1983 Nov. Infections in the Compromised Host: Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment
20- 1984 Nov. Urogenital Infections: New Developments in Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment
21- 1985 Nov. Clinical Implications of Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Testing Problems and Epidemiology
22- 1986 Nov. Host Defenses and Immunomodulation to Intracellular Pathogens
23- 1987 Nov. Rapid Methods in Clinical Microbiology: Present Status and Future Trends
24- 1988 Nov. Infection Control: Dilemmas and Practical Solutions
25- 1989 Nov. Emerging Developments in Infectious Diseases: Challenges for the 90’s
26- 1990 April Second Conference on Candida and Candidiasis: Biology, Pathogenesis and Management
27- 1990 Nov. Innovations in Antiviral Development and the Detection of Virus Infections
28- 199l Nov. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Critical Issues for the 90’s
29- 1992 Nov. The Migration of Infectious Diseases: Five Hundred Years After Columbus
30- 1993 Nov. Antimicrobial Resistance — A Crisis in Health Care
31- 1994 Dec. Vaccines: Preventive Strategies for the 21st Century
32- 1995 Nov. Resistance, Epidemiology, Laboratory Methods: The Gram-Positive Perspective
33- 1996 Nov. Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Using Molecular Methods: Impact on the Laboratory and Patient Care
34- 1997 Nov. Chronic Infectious Diseases: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment
35- 1998 Nov. Clinically Relevant Microbiology in the Era of Managed Care
36- 1999 Nov. New Technologies Driving Microbiology into the 21st Century: Applying Genomics, Microarrays & Combinatorial Chemistries to Drug Discovery; Bacterial Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development
37- 2000 Nov. Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Advances in Laboratory Testing, Therapy and Prevention
38- 2001 Nov. Clinical Microbiology Update 2001
39- 2002 Nov. Infections of the Central Nervous System
40- 2003 Nov. Clinical Mycology Update: 2003
41- 2004 Nov. Antimicrobial Resistance & Emerging Infections: A Public Health Perspective
42- 2005 Nov. STDs and Other Genital Tract Infections: Current Status and Future Trends
43- 2006 Nov. Emerging Community and Healthcare-Associated Infectious Diseases
44- 2008 Nov. Challenging Issues in Antimicrobial Resistance
45- 2009 Nov. Molecular Testing in Clinical Microbiology
46- 2010 Nov. Diagnostic and Clinical Challenges of 21^st Century Microbes
47- 2011 Nov. Global Movement of Infectious Pathogens and Improved Laboratory Detection
48- 2012 Nov.  Next Generation of Molecular Methods for the Detection of Bacteria and Viruses
49- 2013 Nov. New Clinical and Diagnostic Features of Familiar Pathogens
50- 2014 Nov. Current Advances in Clinical Microbiology
51- 2015 Nov.  Clinical and Diagnostic Approaches to Pathogens that are Difficult to Cultivate
52- 2016 Nov.  Antimicrobial Stewardship and the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests
53- 2017 Nov. MDROs (Multidrug-Resistant Organisms), The Growing Threat 
54- 2018 Nov. New Automated Methods and Molecular Diagnostics in Clinical Microbiology
55- 2019 Nov. Innovative Approaches to the Detection of Bloodstream Infections
56- 2021 Nov. 50 Year Historic Look-back and the View Ahead for Novel Diagnostics 

Notes on above:

1. A November Symposium was not held in 1981 or 2007 due to technical issues. In 2020, there was no November Symposium due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2. The 1994 Symposium was delayed until December due to a lack of available hotel rooms needed for attendees in November.
3. The 2021 Symposium was the first symposium held in virtual format, which was in response to Covid-19 pandemic public health policies.

The Branch Archives contain a collection of material from each of these symposia. For full details on each symposium, such as actual presentations, each symposium chair and committees, event site, cost etc. see the Branch Archive section of this website. In addition to the actual symposium, many of these also resulted in a book of collected papers. The first symposium was published by Charles C. Thomas, and then starting in 1971 most were published by the University Park Press (through 1978) followed by Plenum Press starting in 1981. Over 20 books were published from the Branch Symposium Series. For a list of publications see the Branch Archive section of this website.

The following is an attempt to characterize the 50 November Clinical Symposia by topic based only on the symposium title. As an example, the word “methodology” appears only in 7 titles, however, methodology is addressed in some way in almost all the symposia. The goal of this section is just to provide an overview of the general range of the 50 symposia topics.

NOTE: One would expect a topic like Parasitology & Mycology to have a higher number in this clinical microbiology series; however, it should be noted that the Branch had many workshops on these topics which helps explain this low number.

PART TWO: Symposia Master List with Additional Information 1969-2021.

1) 1969 Nov. 6-7 Northeast Regional Conference on Rubella
Chairman: James E. Prier Co-Chairmen: J. E. Satz and Richard Gutekunst
Registration $25 Location: Holiday Inn (City Line Ave.)
Publication 1973, Charles C. Thomas Inc., Ed., H. Friedman.

2) 1970 Nov. 12-13 Symposium on Immunoglobulins
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: H. M. Rawnsley
Registration $35 Location: Marriott Hotel (City Line Ave.)

3) 1971 Nov. 8-9 Symposium on Australia Antigen
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Baruch B. Blumberg
Registration $35 Location: Marriott Hotel (City Line Ave.)
Published 1973, University Park Press Eds., J. Prier and H. Friedman.

4) 1972 Virus Tumorigenesis and Immunogenesis
Chairman: Herman Friedman (First Basic Science Symposium.)
Published 1974 Academic Press, Eds. W. Ceglowski and H. Friedman

5) 1972 Nov. 2-3 Symposium on Opportunistic Pathogens
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Earl H. Spaulding
Registration $35 Location: Marriott Hotel (City Line Ave.)
Published 1974, University Park Press, Ed. J. Prier and H. Friedman.

6) 1973 Nov. 15-16 Symposium on Quality Control in Microbiology
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Richard R. Gutekunst
Registration $35 Location: Marriott Hotel (City Line Ave.)
Published 1975, University Park Press, Eds., J. Prier. J. Bartola and H. Friedman.

7) 1974 Nov. 14-15 Modern Methods in Medical Microbiology: Systems and Trends
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Vern Pidcoe
Registration $35 Location: Marriott Hotel (City Line Ave.) Single room $27
Published 1976, University Park Press, Eds., J. Prier. J. Bartola and H. Friedman.

8) 1975 April 24-25 Tumor Virus Infections and Immunity
Chairmen: Herman Friedman and Richard Crowell
Registration $35 Location: Marriott Hotel
Published 1976, University Park Press, Eds., R. Crowell, H. Friedman and J. Prier.

9) 1975 Nov. 20-21 The Clinical Laboratory as an Aid in Chemotherapy of Infectious Disease
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Amedeo Bondi
Registration $50 Location: Hilton Hotel (34th Street) Single room $24
Published 1977, University Park Press, Eds., A. Bondi, J. Bartola and J. Prier.

10) 1976 Nov. 11-12 Infection Control in Health Care Facilities: Microbiological Surveillance
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Co-Chairmen: William Ball & Kenneth Cundy
Registration $50 Location: Hilton Hotel (34th Street) Single room $30
Published 1977, University Park Press, Eds., K. Cundy and W. Bell.

11) 1977 June 6-7 Infection, Immunity, and Genetics
Chairman: Herman Friedman Co-Chairman: James Prier
Registration $48 Location: Marriott Motor Hotel (City Line Ave.)
Published 1978, University Park Press, Eds., H. Friedman, T. J. Linna and J. Prier.

12) 1977 Nov. 10-11 Immunoserology in the Diagnosis of Infectious Disease
Chairman: Jay E. Satz Co-Chairmen: T. Juhani Linna and H. Friedman
Registration $50 Location: Hilton Hotel (34th Street) Single room $30
Published 1979, University Park Press, Eds., H. Friedman, T. J. Linna and J. Prier.

13) 1978 April 17-18 Microbial Infections and Immunity
Co-Chairmen: Herman Friedman and T. Juhani Linna
Registration $40 Location: Marriott Motor Hotel (City Line Ave.)

14) 1978 Nov. 9-10 Diagnosis of Viral Infections: The Role of the Clinical Laboratory
Chairman: Robert R. Strauss Co-Chairs: Steven Specter, David A. Lennette and Kenneth Thompson
Registration $50 Location: Hilton Hotel (34th Street)
Published 1979, University Park Press, Eds., D. A. Lennette, S. Spector and K. Thompson.

15) 1979 Nov. 8-9 Clinical Parasitology: Current Concepts in a Changing Science
Chairman: Robert R. Strauss Co-Chairmen: William Ball and C. Iralu
Registration $75 Location: Hilton Hotel (34th Street)
Published by Branch 1981, Eds., W. Ball and V. Iralu.

16) 1980 Nov. 13-14 New Horizons in Medical Mycology
Chairman: Richard L. Crowell Program Chairperson: Helen Buckley
Location: Marriott Motor Hotel (City Line Ave.)

17) 1981 June 10, 11 & 12 Host Defenses to Intracellular Pathogens
Chairpersons: Toby K. Eisenstein and Herman Friedman
Registration $90 Location: Franklin Plaza Hotel
Published 1983, Plenum Press, Eds., T. Eisenstein, P. Actor and H. Friedman.

18) 1982 Nov. 11-12 Hepatitis B: The Virus, the Disease and the Vaccine
Co-Chairs: Baruch S. Blumberg and Irving Millman
Registration $90 Location: Franklin Plaza Hotel Single room $74
Published 1984, Plenum Press, Eds., I. Millman, T. Eisenstein and B. Blumberg.

19) 1983 Nov. 17-18 Infections in the Compromised Host: Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment
Chairman: Paul Actor Co-Chairmen: Alan Evangelista & James Poupard
Registration $95 Location: Franklin Plaza Hotel Single room $74
Published 1986, Plenum Press, Eds., P. Actor, A. Evangelista, J. Poupard & E. Hinks.

20) 1984 Nov. 15-16 Urogenital Infections: New Developments in Laboratory Diagnosis and Treatment
Chairman: Amedeo Bondi Co-Chairmen: Joseph M. Campos & Donald Stieritz
Registration $110 Location: Franklin Plaza Hotel Single room $76
Published 1987, Plenum Press, Eds., A. Bondi, J. Campos and D. Stieritz.

21) 1985 Nov. 21-22 Clinical Implications of Antimicrobial Resistance: Mechanisms, Testing Problems and Epidemiology
Chairman: Paul Actor Co-Chairs: Eileen T. Hinks and Gerald D. Shockman
Registration $105 Location: Franklin Plaza Hotel
Published 1986, Plenum Press, Eds., P. Actor, E. Hinks and G. Shockman.

22) 1986 Nov. 19, 20 & 21 Host Defenses and Immunomodulation to Intracellular Pathogens
Conveners: Toby K. Eisenstein, Ward E. Bullock and Nabil Hanna
Registration $150 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $75
Published 1988, Plenum Press?, Eds., T. Eisenstein, W. Bullock and N. Hanna.

23) 1987 Nov. 12-13 Rapid Methods in Clinical Microbiology: Present Status and Future Trends
Chairman: Bruce Kleger Co-Chairs: Eileen Hinks and Donald Jungkind
Registration $150 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $78
Published Plenum Press, 1989, Eds. B. Kleger, E. Hinks, D. Jungkind, L. Miller.

24) 1988 Nov. 3-4 Infection Control: Dilemmas and Practical Solutions
Chairman: Kenneth R. Cundy Co-Chairs: Eileen T. Hinks and Bruce Kleger
Registration $150 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $88

25) 1989 Nov. 9-10 Emerging Developments in Infectious Diseases: Challenges for the 90’s
Chairman: Bruce Kleger Co-Chairs: Olarae Giger and Donald Jungkind
Registration $150 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $90

26) 1990 April 1-4 Second Conference On Candida and Candidiasis: Biology, Pathogenesis and Management
Chairperson: Helen R. Buckley
Registration $250 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $94

27) 1990 Nov. 15-16 Innovations in Antiviral Development and the Detection of Virus Infections
Chairman: Timothy M. Block Co-Chairmen: Richard Crowell and Donald J. Jungkind
Registration $195 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $94
Published 1992, Plenum Press, Eds., T. Block, D. Jungkind, R. Crowell, M. Denison, L. Walsh

28) 1991 Nov. 14-15 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing: Critical Issues for the 90’s
Chairman: James A. Poupard Co-Chairs: Bruce Kleger and Lori Walsh
Registration $195 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $108
Published 1994, Plenum Press, Eds., J. Poupard, L. Walsh and B. Kleger.

29) 1992 Nov. 12-13 The Migration of Infectious Diseases: Five Hundred Years After Columbus
Chairman Alan T. Evangelista Co-Chairs: Carl Abramson and Bruce Kleger
Registration $195 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $99

30) 1993 Nov. 11-13 Antimicrobial Resistance — A Crisis in Health Care
Chairman: Donald Jungkind Co-Chairmen: Gary Calandra and Henry Fraimow
Registration $215 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line)
Published 1995, Plenum Press, Eds., D. Jungkind, J. Mortensen, H. Fraimow and G. Calandra.

31) 1994 Dec. 8-9 Vaccines: Preventive Strategies for the 21st Century
Chairperson: Toby K. Eisenstein Co-Chairs: Robert Austrian and Jorg Eichberg
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $90

32) 1995 Nov. 16-17 Resistance, Epidemiology, Laboratory Methods: The Gram-Positive Perspective
Chairperson: Linda A. Miller Co-Chairs: Kathleen G, Beavis and Joel E. Mortensen
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $99

33) 1996 Nov. 14-15 Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases Using Molecular Methods: Impact on the Laboratory and Patient Care
Chairman: Donald Jungkind Co-Chairmen: Alan Evangelista and David Persing
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $99

34) 1997 Nov. 6-7 Chronic Infectious Diseases: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Chairman: Ian A. Critchley Co-Chairman: Paul Actor
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $101

35) 1998 Nov. 19-20 Clinically Relevant Microbiology in the Era of Managed Care
Chairperson: Kathleen Gleason Beavis Co-Chairs: Karen Carroll and Margaret M. Yungbluth
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $113

36) 1999 Nov. 4-5 New Technologies Driving Microbiology into the 21st Century: Applying Genomics, Micro-arrays and Combinatorial Chemistries to Drug Discovery, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development
Chairman: David M. Mosser Co-Chair: Anna Feldman-Rosen
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $105

37) 2000 Nov. 9-10 Chronic Viral Hepatitis: Advances in Laboratory Testing, Therapy and Prevention
Co-Chairs: Timothy M. Block, Mark A, Feitelson and Donald Jungkind
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $107

38) 2001 Nov. 15-16 Clinical Microbiology Update 2001
Co-Chairs: Irving Nachamkin and Donald Stieritz
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $110
First joint symposium with the National Laboratory Training Network assistance.

39) 2002 Nov. 14-15 Infections of the Central Nervous System
Co-Chairs: Laura J. Chandler and Olarae Giger
Registration $225 Location: Adam’s Mark Hotel (City Line) Single room $110

40) 2003 Nov. 6-7 Clinical Mycology Update: 2003
Chairman: Donald D. Stieritz Co-Chair: Karin L. McGowan
Registration $195 Location: Biomedical Research Building University of Pennsylvania

41) 2004 Nov. 9-10 Antimicrobial Resistance and Emerging Infections: A Public Health Perspective
Co-Chairs: Irving Nachamkin and James Poupard
Registration $195 Location: Biomedical Research Building University of Pennsylvania

42) 2005 Nov. 8-9 STDs and Other Genital Tract Infections: Current Status and Future Trends
Co-Chairs: Richard Hodinka and Donald Jungkind
Registration $195 Location: Biomedical Research Building University of Pennsylvania

43) 2006 Nov. 8 Emerging Community and Healthcare-Associated Infectious Diseases
Co-Chairs: Linda A. Miller and Ebbing Lautenbach
Registration $125 Location: Biomedical Research Building University of Pennsylvania

44) 2008 Nov.18 Challenging Issues in Antimicrobial Resistance
Co-chairs: Zoe Wang, Laura Chandler, and Don Jungkind
Location University of Pennsylvania campus.

45) 2009 Nov. 12 Molecular Testing in Clinical Microbiology
Co-chairs: Zoe Wang, Laura Chandler, and Don Jungkind
Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall

46) 2010 Nov.18 Diagnostic and Clinical Challenges of 21^st Century Microbes
Chair: Alan Evangelista
Registration: $125. Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall

47) 2011 Nov.17 Global Movement of Infectious Pathogens and Improved Laboratory Detection
Co-chairs: Alan Evangelists and Laura Chandler
Registration: $125. Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall

48) 2012 Nov.8 Next Generation of Molecular Methods for the Detection of Bacteria and Viruses
Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Donald Jungkind, and Laura Chandler.
Registration: $125

49) 2013 Nov. 7 New Clinical and Diagnostic Features of Familiar Pathogens
Co-chairs: Linda Miller, Irving Nachamkin and Richard Hodinka
Registration: $95

50) 2014 Nov. 7 Current Advances in Clinical Microbiology
Co-chairs: Irving Nachamkin, Alan Evangelista, Laura Chandler
Location: Sheraton Hotel

51) 2015 Nov.13 Clinical and Diagnostic Approaches to Pathogens that are Difficult to Cultivate
Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kaede Ota Sullivan and Kevin Alby.
Location: Sheraton Phil University City Hotel
Registration: $50 for members and $75 nonmembers

52) 2016 Nov.18 Antimicrobial Stewardship and the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Tests
Co-chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kaede Ota Sullivan, Kevin Alby and Amity Roberts
Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall

53) 2017 Nov 19 MDROs (Multidrug-Resistant Organisms), The Growing Threat
Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kevin Alby and Kaede Ota Sullivan
Registration: $50 for members & $75 nonmembers. Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall

54) 2018 Nov. 8 New Automated Methods and Molecular Diagnostics in Clinical Microbiology
Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kevin Alby and Kaede Ola Sullivan.
Registration: $50 for members & $75 nonmembers.  Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall    

55) 2019 Nov.22 Innovative Approaches to the Detection of Bloodstream Infections
Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Mathew Pettengill and Laurel Glaser. 
Registration: $50 for members & $75 nonmembers. Location: Jefferson Alumni Hall.  

56) 2021 Nov.5 50 Year Historic Look-back and the View Ahead for Novel Diagnostics
Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Matthew Pettengill andd Laurel Glaser
Registration: $50 members and $75 non-members. Location: Virtual for the first time due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Notes on above:

1. From 1969 to 2005 all symposia were either two- or three-day meetings.
2. From 2006 until 2021 all symposia were one-day meetings.
3. Range of Registration Fees:

1969 -1979 $25 to $75
1980 -1989 $90 to $150
1990 -1999 $195 to $225
2000 -2009 $195 to $225
2010 -2021 $50 to $125

PART THREE: List of Symposia Chair and Co-Chairs 1969 to 2021

1) 1969 Nov. Chair: James E. Prier Co-Chair: J. E. Satz and Richard Gutekunst
2) 1970 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Program Chair: H. M. Rawnsley
3) 1971 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Baruch B. Blumberg
4) 1972 Chair: Herman Friedman
5) 1972 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Earl H. Spaulding
6) 1973 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Richard R. Gutekunst
7) 1974 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Vern Pidcoe
8) 1975 April Chairs: Herman Friedman and Richard Crowell
9) 1975 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Program Chairman: Amedeo Bondi
10) 1976 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Co-Chairmen: William Ball and Kenneth Cundy
11) 1977 June Chair: Herman Friedman Co-Chairman: James Prier
12) 1977 Nov. Chair: Jay E. Satz Co-Chairmen: T. Juhani Linna and H. Friedman
13) 1978 April Co-Chairs: Herman Friedman and T. Juhani Linna
14) 1978 Nov. Chair: Robert R. Strauss Co-Chairs: S. Specter, D. E. Lennett and K. Thompson
15) 1979 Nov. Chair: Robert R. Strauss Co-Chairmen: William Ball and C. Iralu
16) 1980 Nov. Chair: Richard L. Crowell Program Chairperson: Helen Buckley
17) 1981 June Chair: Toby K. Eisenstein Co-Chairman: Herman Friedman
18) 1982 Nov. Co-Chairs: Baruch S. Blumberg and Irving Millman
19) 1983 Nov. Chair: Paul Actor Co-Chairmen: Alan Evangelista and James Poupard
20) 1984 Nov. Chair: Amedeo Bondi Co-Chairmen: Joseph M. Campos and Donald D. Stieritz
21) 1985 Nov. Chair: Paul Actor Co-Chairs: Eileen T. Hinks and Gerald D. Shockman
22) 1986 Nov. Conveners: Toby K. Eisenstein, Ward E. Bullock and Nabil Hanna
23) 1987 Nov. Chair: Bruce Kleger Co-Chairs: Eileen Hinks and Donald Jungkind
24) 1988 Nov. Chair: Kenneth R. Cundy Co-Chairs: Eileen T. Hinks and Bruce Kleger
25) 1989 Nov. Chair: Bruce Kleger Co-Chairs: Olarae Giger and Donald Jungkind
26) 1990 April Chair: Helen R. Buckley
27) 1990 Nov. Chair: Timothy M. Block Co-Chairmen: Richard Crowell and Donald J. Jungkind
28) 199l Nov. Chair: James A. Poupard Co-Chairs: Bruce Kleger and Lori Walsh
29) 1992 Nov. Chair Alan T. Evangelista Co-Chairs: Carl Abramson and Bruce Kleger
30) 1993 Nov. Chair: Donald Jungkind Co-Chairmen: Gary Calandra and Henry Fraimow
31) 1994 Dec. Chair: Toby K. Eisenstein Co-Chairmen: Robert Austrian & Jorg Eichberg
32) 1995 Nov. Chair: Linda A. Miller Co-Chairs: Kathleen G, Beavis and Joel E. Mortensen
33) 1996 Nov. Chair: Donald Jungkind Co-Chairmen: Alan Evangelista and David Persing
34) 1997 Nov. Chair: Ian A. Critchley Co-Chairman: Paul Actor
35) 1998 Nov. Chair: Kathleen Beavis Co-Chair: Karen Carroll and Margaret M. Yungbluth
36) 1999 Nov. Chair: David M. Mosser Co-Chair: Anna Feldman-Rosen
37) 2000 Nov. Co-Chairs: Tim Block, Mark Feitelson and Donald Jungkind
38) 2001 Nov. Co-Chairs: Irving Nachamkin and Donald Stieritz
39) 2002 Nov. Co-Chair: Laura J. Chandler and Olarae Giger
40) 2003 Nov. Chair: Donald D. Stieritz Co-Chair: Karin L. McGowan
41) 2004 Nov. Co-Chairs: Irving Nachamkin and James Poupard
42) 2005 Nov. Co-Chairs: Richard Hodinka and Donald Jungkind
43) 2006 Nov. Co-Chairs: Linda A. Miller and Ebbing Lautenbach
44) 2008 Nov. Co-chairs: Irving Nachamkin, Alan Evangelista and Laura Chandler
45) 2009 Nov.  Co-chairs: Zoe Wang, Laura Chandler and Don Jungkind
46)-2010 Nov. Chair:  Alan Evangelista
47) 2011 Nov. Co-chairs:  Alan Evangelista, and Laura Chandler
48) 2012 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Donald Jungkind, and Laura Chandler
49) 2013 Nov. Co-chairs: Linda Miller, Irving Nachamkin, and Richard Hodinka
50) 2014 Nov. Co-chairs: Irving Nachamkin, Alan Evangelista, and Laura Chandler
51) 2015 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kaede Ota Sullivan and Kevin Alby
52) 2016 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kaede Ota Sullivan, Kevin Alby, and Amity Roberts
53) 2017 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kevin Alby, and Kaede Ota Sullivan
54) 2018 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Kevin Alby, and Kaede Ota Sullivan
55) 2019 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Mathew Pettengill, and Laurel Glaser
56) 2021 Nov. Co-Chairs: Alan Evangelista, Matthew Pettengill, and Laurel Glaser

PART FOUR: Symposia Committee Members Listed by Year of Service 1969-2021

A year in brackets [xx] designates the person served as a symposium chairperson or as co-chair for that year.

Note some members have two listings for one year such as “90, 90” which indicates that it was a year when the Branch had both a Clinical and Basic Science Symposium and the person served on both committees.

Abramson, Carl 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 90, 91 [92] 03
Actor, Paul 81 [83] 84 [85] 86, 89, 90, 90, 91, 93, 94 [97] 99, 00, 01
Alame, Diane 19
Alby, Kevin (15, 16, 17, 18)
Aries, Kathleen 88
Austrian, Robert [94]
Axler, David A. 05, 06
Badger, Alison 86
Ball, William [76] 77, 78 [79]
Barbagallo, Stephanie 06
Bartola, Josephine 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 90, 91, 93
Beavis, Kathleen G. [95] 96, 97 [98] 99
Beilstein, Henry 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03
Berman, Richard E. 03
Block, Timothy M. [90] [00]
Blumberg, Baruch S. [71] [82]
Bondi, Amedeo [75] [84]
Brillinger, Beth 00
Bromke, Bruno J. 00, 01, 02
Buchenhorst, Jean 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21
Buckley, Helen [80] 83 [90]
Bullock, Ward E. [86]
Burdash, Nick 88, 89
Buttaro, Bettina 06
Calandra, Gary [93]
Calderone, Richard A. 90
Campbell, George 89
Campos, Joseph M. [84]
Carroll, Karen [98]
Carthey, Blitz 00
Ceglowski, Walter S. 70, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86, 87
Cerwinka, Paul L. 92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 00, 01, 03, 04
Chaffin, LaJean 90
Chandler, Laura J. [02] 03, 04, 08, 10, 13, 15. 16, 17, [02] [08] [09] [11 & 12]  [14]
Collins, Frank M. 81
Critchley, Ian A. [97] 98, 99, 00
Crowell, Richard L 74, [75] [80] [81] [90]
Cundy, Kenneth R. 74, 75, [76], 77, 78, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 [88] 89, 90, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00, 01, 03, 02, 04, 05, 06
Deforest, Ada 90
Denison, Mark 90
Edelstein, Paul 88
Edwards, John J. 90
Eichberg, Jorg [94]
Eisenstein, Toby K. 77, 78, [81] 82, 83, 84, 85 [86] [94]
Escott, Shoolah 01, 03, 04, 05, 06
Evangelista, Alan [83] 84,87,89,90,91 [92] 95 [96] 97,98 [08] [10,11 &12]  [14 to 19]  [21]
Feitelson, Mark A. [00]
Fraimow, Henry [93] 97
Frey, Carrie L. 90
Friedman, Harvey 90
Friedman, Herman …70, 71 [72] 74 [75] 75, [77] [78] [81]
Giger, Olarae 88 [89] 91, 92, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00 [02] 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11; 13 15, 17. 18 19 [02]
Glaser, Laurel 18 [19,21]
Gorman, Jessica A. 90
Gots, Joseph 80
Grappel, Sarah F. 81, 90
Gutekunst, Richard R. [69] 70, 71, 72 [73] 74, 75, 76
Haller, Gary 87, 88
Halstead, Diane C. 89, 91, 92
Hanna, Nabil [86]
Harris, Rebecca 21
Hartwig, Kareen 99, 00, 01
Hinks, Eileen T. 83, 84 [85] 86 [87] [88]
Hodinka, Richard [05] 11 [13]
Howard, Dexter H. 90
Iacocca, Victor 87
Iralu, Charles [79]
Johnson, Caroline C. 93
Jungkind, Donald 80 [87] 88 [89] [90] [93] [96] 97, 98, 99 [00] 01, 02, 03 [05] [09] 11 [12]
Kleger, Bruce 86 [87] [88] [89] 90, 90 [91] [92] 93, 94, 96
Kline, Morton 82
Kontra, Joseph 21
Korzeniowski, Denise 03, 04, 05, 06, 08
Kutzler, Michele 21
Lautenbach, Ebbing [06]
Lennette, David A. [78]
Levison, Matthew 97
Lindao, Daniel 87 19 21
Linna, T. Juhani 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 [77] 77, 78 [78]
Maier, Edward L. 72
Mandle, Robert M. 77, 78
Manson, Lionel 78
Marble, Amy 95
Mark, A. [00]
McGowan, Karin L. 89 [03]
McHale, Barbara 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00
Miller, Linda A. 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93 [95] 97, 04 [06] 10, 11 [13] 15,16, 17,18.19, 21
Millman, Irving [82]
Mitchell, Robert J. 70
Mortensen, Joel E. 91, 92, 93, 94 [95] 96
Mosser, David M. [99] [11]
Nachamkin, Irving 87 & 92 to 00 [01] 02 03 [04] 05,06 [08 ] 10,11 [13] 14 to 19, 21
Neimeister, Ron 87
Nisbet, Louis 83
Pagano, Joseph 79, 80, 81, 87
Paumet, Fabienne 16, 18, 19, 21
Perkins, Kathryn 83, 85
Persing, David [96]
Pettengill, Mathew 18 [19] [21]
Phillips, Michael 78
Pidcoe, Vern ….70, 71, 72, 73, [74] 75, 76
Poupard, James A. [83] 85, 86, 87, 88. 89 [91] 92, 95, 00 [04] 10, 16, 17, 21
Prier, James E. [69] 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 [77] 87, 91
Raichle, Linda 93
Rawnsley, Howard M. [70] 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
Reboli, Annette 93
Rest, Richard F. 97, 98, 99
Rittenhouse, Stephen F. 91, 95
Roberts, Amity 15 [16]
Rosen, Anna-Feldman 88, 89, 90, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 [99] 00, 01, 02 03, 04, 05, 06
Russel, Lynn 92, 94, 95
Saluk, Paul H. 81
Satz, Jay E. [69][70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77]
Shockman, Gerald D. [85] 93
Smith, Harry L. 77, 78, 79
Spaulding, Earle H. [72]
Specter, Steven [78]
Stieritz, Donald 77, 78, 79, 80, [84] 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 00 [01] 02 [03] 04, 05, 06, 08
Strauss, Robert R. [78] [79] 80, 81
Sullivan, Kaede Ota 15 [16, 17, 18]
Szymczak, Betsy 03, 04, 05, 06
Talbot, George H. 88
Tam, Vincent 21
Tashchner, Robert 71
Tassoni, Ernest M. 76
Thompson, Kenneth 77, 78 [78]
Utrup, Linda J. 92
Walsh, Lori 89, 90 [91] 92, 95
Wang, Zoe [09] 10, 13, 15
Warren, Nancy 04
Wheelock, E. Frederick 78
Willett, Norman P. 72, 73, 75, 76, 82, 88, 91, 92
Wood, Craig 93
Youngbluth, Margaret M. [98]
Zajac, Barbara 84

SOME SYMPOSIUM TRIVIA

1. The shortest and longest Symposium Title:

SHORTEST = 3 WORDS (1970)

“Symposium on Immunoglobulins”

LONGEST = 22 WORDS (1999)

“New Technologies Driving Microbiology into the 21st Century: Applying Genomics, Microarrays & Combinatorial Chemistries to Drug Discovery, Bacterial Pathogenesis and Vaccine Development.”

2. COLON CRAZY

The colon invades the symposium title! Prior to 1974, there were no colons in symposium titles. As titles became longer, use of a colon served the need to make the title easier to read. The first colon entered in a 1974 title. For the remaining five years of the 70’s, three years had colons. In the 80’s, six of 10 years had a colon in the title, and seven of the ten symposia in the 90’s had a colon. In first 5 years of the 2000s, four symposia titles had a colon. Then they disappeared! This is assumed to be due to the rumor that the Branch had become colon crazy.

VISIT THE BRANCH ARCHIVES

The Branch Archives contain a collection of material from most of these symposia. For full details on each symposium, such as actual presenters and titles of their talk, start by consulting the Branch Archives section of the Branch website with its guide to the collections.