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(Stroke. 2001;32:3.)
© 2001 American Heart Association, Inc.

Editorials

Stroke: 1970-1977

Clark H. Millikan, MD

From the Intermountain Stroke Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Correspondence to Dr Clark H. Millikan, Intermountain Stroke Research Foundation, 5770 S 250 E, Suite 315, Salt Lake City, UT 84107-8110.

Key Words: editorial • stroke

The idea for the journal Stroke was conceived in a private conversation between Dr Irving S. Wright, first chairman of the Coordinating Committee for a Nationwide Stroke Program, and Dr Clark H. Millikan, second chairman of that committee, which took place during the Fifth Princeton Conference on Stroke, January 5–7, 1966. They enthusiastically agreed that there was a need for such a journal. It seemed likely that the Coordinating Committee for a Nationwide Stroke Program would become the Stroke Council of the American Heart Association (AHA). Such a council would provide a logical administrative structure on which to found the journal. In December 1966, the Central Committee of AHA approved the request for council status for Stroke, and the AHA Board of Directors took final official action on January 14, 1967, with Clark H. Millikan as chairman of the new Stroke Council .

The Stroke Council met in New York City on January 27, 1967. Among many items on the agenda, the council discussed the pros and cons of starting a professional journal: Stroke. Dr Millikan was empowered to appoint a committee to further study the need for such a journal. He appointed Drs A.B. Baker, Alfred P. Fishman, John W. Goldschmidt, John S. Meyer, and James L. O’Leary, with Irving S. Wright as chairman. Dr Millikan was a member ex officio. This committee met May 8, 1967 at the AHA office in New York City; staff present included Campbell Moses, MD (Executive Director of AHA), John A. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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