In 1970, immunologist Frank Dixon was appointed chair of the biomedical research operations at the Scripps Clinic and…
In 1970, Dr. Colin McLeod became the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s (OMRF) first full-time president which marked a…
In 1970, University of Oklahoma’s first Health Sciences building was constructed in Oklahoma City. Today, this public university…
In 1969, the Lion’s Eye Bank of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska was established at the University of…
In 1969, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry began recording every incidence of cancer in southeastern Michigan. It…
In 1969, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was founded in Lubbock, Texas. In 1974 construction began on…
In 1968, Medtronic annual sales skyrocketed to more than $12 million, with the company reporting net income in…
In 1968, Virginia Commonwealth University was created through the merger of Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College…
On Oct. 27, 1967, Dr. Lester R. Sauvage performed the first ‘bloodless’ open-heart surgery in the Northwest on…
On Jan. 15, 1967, Dr. William Lakey performed Alberta’s first organ transplant, a kidney, at the University of…
In 1967, the construction of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies was completed. the original Institute buildings were…
In 1966, the Drug Efficacy Study of the National Research Council’s Division of Medical Sciences, which was tasked…
In 1966, Mark Hatfield served in the State Legislature from 1951-1957; was secretary of state from 1957-1959. He…
In 1966, a group of St. Jude patients were the first acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients to ever…
In 1966, Kimishige (“Kimi”) Ishizaka, along with his wife Teruko (‘Terry’) Ishizaka, first described a new antibody isotype:…
On Sept. 9, 1965, Simon Fraser University was founded. The university is named after Simon Fraser, loyalist, fur…
In 1965, The Hutch Award’s was created in honor of the late Fred Hutchinson, the courageous and inspirational…
On Nov. 23, 1964, Dr. Michael DeBakey and his team performed the first successful coronary artery bypass graft…
On Nov. 12, 1964, Fred Hutchinson, a standout pitcher at Seattle’s Franklin High School and ten year pitching…
On Jun. 20, 1964, a team of researchers led by Dr. Thomas Brock, then a professor at the…
On Jun. 1, 1964, the Mini-1 dialysis machine was delivered to the University of Washington (UW) Hospital and…
On Jan. 16, 1964, a team of doctors led by Dr. James D. Hardy, professor of surgery and…
In 1964, a new herpesvirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), was discovered in cultured tumor cells derived from a Burkitt…
In 1964, the anticancer drug melphalan (L-PAM) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 1964, Dr. Petar Alaupovic from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) created a classification and naming system…
In 1963, a group of physicians from Honolulu’s Straub Clinic and other civic leaders established the first organization…
In 1963, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the…
In 1963, Australian pathologist R.D.K. Reye first described this syndrome. National surveillance led to strict warnings regarding aspirin…
In 1963, The Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of Greater New York Study began. HIP was the first randomized…
On Feb. 4, 1962, St.ﾠ Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened it’s doors.This was the day that Danny Thomas…