On Mar. 1, 1974, researchers from the University of Washington (UW) published in Transactions in Biomedical Engineering, the…
In Nov. 1973, Dixy Lee Ray, Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission, visited Livermore. Ray, an american scientist…
On Jun. 14, 1972, an end to the continued domestic usage of the pesticide DDT was decreed when…
On Mar. 7, 1970, Medic One went into operation in King County, Washington as an on-the-scene, emergency response…
On Jan. 12, 1970, Seattle begans fluoridation of the water supply. The controversial action came more than a…
On Jan. 1, 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) into law and launched…
In 1969, the Lion’s Eye Bank of Washington, Northern Idaho and Alaska was established at the University of…
In 1969, Advanced Technology Laboratories was founded in 1969 and became one of the leading diagnostic ultrasound imaging…
On Oct. 27, 1967, Dr. Lester R. Sauvage performed the first ﾓbloodlessï¾” open-heart surgery in the Northwest on…
In 1965, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, now known as Battelle Pacific Northwest Division, was founded in 1965…
In 1965, The Hutch Award’s was created in honor of the late Fred Hutchinson, the courageous and inspirational…
On Nov. 12, 1964, Fred Hutchinson, a standout pitcher at Seattle’s Franklin High School and ten year pitching…
On Jun. 1, 1964, the Mini-1 dialysis machine was delivered to the University of Washington (UW) Hospital and…
On Dec. 30, 1963, Dr. Hans Neurath and colleagues at the University of Washington (UW) reported the chemical…
In 1962, the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, now known as the Northwest Kidney Centers was established in Seattle…
On Apr. 25, 1961, Biochemist Dr. Hans Neurath became the first University of Washington School of Medicine faculty…
On Aug. 12, 1960, visiting professor, Dr. E. Donnall Thomas performed a bone marrow transplant at University of…
On Mar. 9, 1960, In Seattle the world’s first long-term dialysis patient Clyde Shields was treated on an…
On Mar. 9, 1960, Dr. Belding Scribner implanted the first Scribner Shunt in the arm of Clyde Shields…
On Nov. 9, 1959, at the instruction of Arthur S. Flemming, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare,…
On May 4, 1959, the first major addition to the University of Washington Health Sciences Building, an eight-story,…
In 1959, Lester R. Sauvage, MD founded the Reconstructive Cardiovascular Research Laboratory as a branch of Providence Seattle…
In 1958, the Kitsap County Science Fair (now Washington State Science and Engineering), sponsored by the Bremerton PTA…
In 1958, Hollister-Stier Laboratories became a subsidiary of Cutter Laboratories. Hollister-Stier Laboratories, located in Spokane, was founded by…
On Oct. 19, 1956, the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI) was founded by William B. Hutchinson, Sr.,…
On Aug. 1, 1956, Dr. K. Alvin Merendino at the University of Washington in Seattle performed the first…
On Jul. 1, 1956, the University of Washington’s Division of Medical Genetics opened in the Department of Medicine…
On May 29, 1956, Physio-Control was incorporated by Dr. K. William Edmark, a Seattle cardiovascular surgeon, who was…
On Jul. 1, 1956, the University of Washington’s Division of Medical Genetics opened in the Department of Medicine…
On Jan. 1, 1956, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital opened the Northwest’s first Poison Control Center to advise callers on…