Meetings of the American Association

for Thoracic Surgery

1918-Chicago................................................................... President, Samuel J. Meltzer

1919-Atlantic City................................................................... President, Willy Meyer

1920-New Orleans................................................................... President, Willy Meyer

1921-Boston....................................................................... President, Rudolph Matas

1922-Washington........................................................... President, Samuel Robinson

1923-Chicago.................................................................. President, Howard Lilienthal

1924-Rochester, Minn..................................................... President, Carl A. Hedblom

1925-Washington........................................................... President, Nathan W. Green

1926-Montreal......................................................... President, Edward W. Archibald

1927-New York.......................................................................... President, Franz Torek

1928-Washington........................................................... President, Evarts A. Graham

1929-St. Louis........................................................................ President, John L. Yates

1930-Philadelphia...................................................... President, Wyman Whittemore

1931-San Francisco...................................................... President, Ethan Flagg Butler

1932-Ann Arbor.............................................................. President, Frederick T. Lord

1933-Washington............................................................ President, George P. Muller

1934-Boston....................................................................... President, George J. Heuer

1935-New York................................................................... President, John Alexander

1936-Rochester, Minn.............................................................. President, Carl Eggers

1937-Saranac Lake.................................................................. President, Leo Eloesser

1938-Atlanta............................................................. President, Stuart W. Harrington

1939-Los Angeles................................................................. President, Harold Brunn

1940-Cleveland.......................................................... President, Adrian V. S. Lambert

1941-Toronto........................................................................ President, Fraser B. Gurd

1944-Chicago...................................................................... President, Frank S. Dolley

1946-Detroit......................................................................... President, Claude S. Beck

1947-St. Louis............................................................................ President, I. A. Bigger

1948-Quebec........................................................................ President, Alton Ochsner

1949-New Orleans...................................................... President, Edward D. Churchill

1950-Denver.................................................................... President, Edward J. O'Brien

1951-Atlantic City................................................................ President, Alfred Blalock

1952-Dallas............................................................................ President, Frank B. Berry

1953-San Francisco.......................................................... President, Robert M. Janes

1954-Montreal........................................................................ President, Emile Holman

1955-Atlantic City.......................................................... President, Edward S. Welles

1956-Miami Beach......................................................... President, Richard H. Meade

1957-Chicago..................................................................... President, Cameron Haight

1958-Boston............................................................................. President, Brian Blades

1959-Los Angeles..................................................... President, Michael E. De Bakey

1960-Miami Beach.......................................................... President, William E. Adams

1961-Philadelphia......................................................... President, John H. Gibbon, Jr.

1962-St. Louis............................... President, Richard H. Sweet (Deceased 1-11-62)

............................................................................................. President, O. Theron Clagett

1963-Houston...................................................................... President, Julian Johnson

1964-Montreal.................................................................... President, Robert E. Gross

1965-New Orleans................................................................. President, John C. Jones

1966-Vancouver, BC........................................................ President, Herbert C. Maier

1967-New York............................................................. President, Frederick G. Kergin

1968-Pittsburgh.................................................................. President, Paul C. Samson

1969-San Francisco.......................................................... President, Edward M. Kent

1970-Washington, DC................................................. President, Hiram T. Langston

1971-Atlanta................................................................. President, Thomas H. Burford

1974-Las Vegas......................................................... President, Lyman A. Brewer, III

1975-New York............................................................. President, Wilfred G. Bigelow

1976-Los Angeles.............................................................. President, David J. Dugan

1977-Toronto................................................................. President, Henry T. Bahnson

1978-New Orleans........................................................ President, J. Gordon Scannell

1979-Boston....................................................................... President, John W. Kirklin

1980-San Francisco............................................................... President, Herbert Sloan

1981-Washington, DC................................................. President, Donald L. Paulson

1982-Phoenix, Arizona............................................. President, Thomas B. Ferguson

1983-Atlanta..................................................................... President, Frank C. Spencer

1984-New York............................................................ President, Dwight C. McGoon

1985-New Orleans......................................................... President, David C. Sabiston

1986-New York................................................................... President, James, R. Malm

1987-Chicago............................................................. President, Norman E. Shumway

1988-Los Angeles.................................................................. President, Paul A. Ebert

1989-Boston................................................................... President, W. Gerald Austen

1990-Toronto................................................................. President, F. Griffith Pearson

1991-Washington, DC..................................................... President, Keith Reemtsma

1992-Los Angeles.................................................... President, John A. Waldhausen

1993-Chicago.................................................................... President, John L. Ochsner

1994-New York............................................................. President, Aldo R. Castaneda

1995-Boston................................................................... President, Robert B. Wallace

1996-San Diego.......................................................... President, Mortimer J. Buckley

1997-Washington, DC.................................................... President, David B. Skinner