The annual ASCI meeting: does nostalgia have a future?
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Published April 1, 2008
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2008;118(4):1231-1233. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI35024.
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The annual ASCI meeting: does nostalgia have a future?

Abstract

For many academic physician-scientists, the yearly Tri-Societies meeting of the ASCI, AAP, and AFCR during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s was an annual rite of spring and the focal point of the academic year. In this brief essay, I set down some miscellaneous recollections of these meetings and some thoughts about why they were of such central importance in the careers of those of my generation.

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Robert J. Lefkowitz

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AAP councilors in 1993, many of whom are also ASCI members.

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AAP councilors in 1993, many of whom are also ASCI members. Back row: Ar...
Back row: Arthur Rubenstein, J. Claude Bennett, Robert Glickman, Robert Schrier, Stuart Kornfeld. Front row: Robert Lefkowitz, Leon Rosenberg, Jean Wilson, David Hathaway, and Anthony Fauci.