History of the American Journal of Ophthalmology: A 100th Anniversary Update

Raymond Baumhart, President of Loyola University, Chicago; William K. Beatty, Professor of Medical Bibliography, Northwestern University; Frederick C. Blodi, MD, Former Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Ophthalmology; Virginia S. Boyce, former Executive Director of the National Society to Prevent Blindness; Paul Bregeat, MD, Vice President of Academia Ophthalmologica International; Sidney Davidson, FRCS, Master, Oxford Ophthalmological Congress; Ian Fraser, FRCS, Former Honorary Secretary, Oxford Ophthalmological Congress; Edward Grom, MD, Professor and Chairman of Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario, Caracas, Venezuela; William R. Hensyl, Managing Editor, Dictionaries, Williams & Wilkins; Charles Huggins, Nobel Laureate, The University of Chicago; Cecile Kramer, Director, The Archibald Church Medical Library, Northwestern University; Sir Stephen Miller, Former Editor, British Journal of Ophthalmology; Thomas Moore, Honorary President, National Society to Prevent Blindness; Alvaro Rodriguez, MD, President, Pan American Association of Ophthalmology; Bernard Schwartz, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Survey of Ophthalmology; Bruce E. Spivey, MD, Executive Vice-President, American Academy of Ophthalmology; and David F. Weeks, President, Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc. In an encomium, Francis Heed Adler, MD, former Editor-in-Chief of Archives of Ophthalmology, said this of Dr Newell: “Dr. Newell took a small journal with an excellent reputation and made it the outstanding eye publication in the world—this has been accomplished by assiduous attention to excellence, careful referee supervision and meticulous editing.” First Series 1862–1864 Editor-in-Chief Julius Homberger Second Series 1884–1918 Editor-in-Chief G. Adolf Alt Third Series 1918–Present Editor-in-Chief Edward L. Jackson 1918–1927 William H. Crisp 1928–1930 Lawrence T. Post 1931–1940 Derrick T. Vail 1941–1965 Frank W. Newell 1965–1991 Michael A. Kass 1992 Bradley R. Straatsma 1993–2002 Thomas J. Liesegang 2002–2015 Richard K. Parrish II 2016– Table 1 Editors-in-Chief of the American Journal of Ophthalmology Board Member Years Served Position Thomas M. Aaberg 1978–2002 Senior Associate Richard L. Abbott 2003–2006 Associate Nisha Acharya 2014–2015 Executive Ron A. Adelman 2015– Frances Heed Adler 1963–1996 Natalie Afshari 2014– Lloyd P. Aiello 1999–2006 Mathea R. Allensmith 1973–1987 Wallace Lee Alward 1999–2008 Pierre Amalric 1996–1999 Douglas R. Anderson 1973–1990 Makoto Araie 2000–2004 Sophie J. Bakri 2010–