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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 114 

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Thoracic Society, celebrating its achievements, and encouraging the Society to continue offering its guidance on lung-related health issues to the people of the United 

States and to the world. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 20, 2005 

Mr. CRAPO submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

RESOLUTION

Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the American Thoracic 

Society, celebrating its achievements, and encouraging 

the Society to continue offering its guidance on lungrelated health issues to the people of the United States 

and to the world.

Whereas in 1905, Drs. Olser, Trudeau, Janeway, and Knopf, 

leaders in the fight in the United States against tuberculosis, created the American Sanatorium Association, an 

organization dedicated to the improvement of tuberculosis 

care and treatment at tuberculosis sanatoriums in the 

United States; 

Whereas in 1939, the name of the American Sanatorium Association was changed to the American Trudeau Society, 

honoring Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau and recog-
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nizing the growing scientific interest in the study of lung 

diseases beyond tuberculosis, and in 1960 the American 

Trudeau Society became the American Thoracic Society 

in keeping with the evolution of the medical specialty 

area from phthisiology to pulmonology, that is, from tuberculosis to the whole range of respiratory disorders; 

Whereas in 1917, to fulfill its mission as a scientific society, 

the American Sanatorium Association began the publication of an academic journal, the American Review of Tuberculosis, a text that carried articles on the classification 

of tuberculosis, diagnostic standards, and related topics 

on the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of tuberculosis, and in the following years, the journal was renamed the American Review of Tuberculosis and Pulmonary Disease, and finally, the American Journal of 

Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; 

Whereas in 1989, the American Thoracic Society began publication of the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and 

Molecular Biology to recognize the contribution of basic 

research to the field of respiratory medicine; 

Whereas the American Thoracic Society hosts the largest 

global scientific meeting dedicated to highlighting and 

disseminating research findings and clinical advances in 

the prevention, detection, treatment, and cure of respiratory diseases; 

Whereas the American Thoracic Society continues to meet its 

clinical and scientific mission through its publication of 

academic journals and clinical statements on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and the cure of respiratory-related disorders, and through providing continued medical 

education in respiratory medicine; and 
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Whereas the American Thoracic Society has a long tradition 

of working in collaboration with the Federal Government 

to improve the respiratory health of all Americans: Now, 

therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes the scientific, clinical, and public 

3 health achievements of the American Thoracic Soci4 ety as its members and staff commemorate and cele5 brate the milestone of its 100th anniversary; 

6 (2) recognizes the great impact that the Amer7 ican Thoracic Society has had on improving the 

8 lung-related health problems of people in the United 

9 States and around the world; and 

10 (3) congratulates the American Thoracic Soci11 ety for its achievements and trusts that the organi12 zation will continue to offer scientific guidance on 

13 lung-related health issues to improve the public 

14 health of future generations.

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