american association of pathologists and bacteriologists american association of pathologists and bacteriologists the american association of pathologists and bacteriologists (aapb) was an american national professional association established in 1901, devoted to fundamental science and academic medicine as distinct from clinical medicine. in 1976, they joined with the american society for experimental pathology (asep) to form the american association of pathologists (aap), which in 1992 became the american society for investigative pathology (asip). the aapb took over the journal of the boston society of medical sciences, and renamed it the journal of medical research. the first issue was published in july 1901. in 1924 the council voted to end the journal of medical research and with a grant from the general education board of the rockefeller foundation, the aapb started the american journal of pathology on january 1, 1925, noting on the cover that it was a continuation of the journal of medical research. past presidents of the aapb 1901 - william t. councilman 1902 - william t. howard jr. 1903 - ludvig hektoen 1904 - eugene hodenpyl 1905 - simon flexner 1906 - james ewing 1907 - william h. welch 1908 - aldred s. warthin 1909 - harold c. ernst 1910 - frank burr mallory 1911 - edwin r. lecount 1912 - richard m. pearce jr. 1913 - herbert u. williams 1914 - john j. mackenzie 1915 - leo loeb 1916 - john f. anderson 1914 - william h. park 1918 - eugene l. opie 1919 - oskar klotz 1920 - h. gideon wells 1921 - howard t. karsner 1922 - harry t. marshall 1923 - paul a. lewis 1924 - theobald smith 1925 - harold e. robertson 1926 - augustus b. wadsworth 1927 - hans zinsser 1928 - james w. jobling 1929 - edward bell krumbhaar 1930 - george h. whipple 1931 - george r. callender 1932 - ward j. macneal 1933 - e(lexious) t. bell 1934 - oswald t. avery 1935 - william boyd 1936 - s. burt wolbach 1937 - n. chandler foot 1938 - esmond r. long 1939 - earl b. mckinley (died july 29, 1938; vice-president carl t. weller presided) 1940 - carl t. weller 1941 - s. bayne-jones 1942 - samuel r. haythorn 1943–46 - paul r. cannon 1947 - wiley d. forbus 1948 - malcolm h. soule 1949 - ernst w. goodpasture 1950 - shields warren 1951 - tracy b. mallory 1952 - robert a. moore 1953 - william h. feldman 1954 - james b. mcnaught 1955 - g. lyman duff 1956 - edwin w. schultz 1957 - granville a. bennett 1958 - sidney farber 1959 - alan r. moritz 1960 - douglas h. sprunt 1961 - john g. kidd 1962 - d. murray angevine 1963 - sidney c. madden 1964 - edward a. gall 1965 - william b. wartman 1966 - thomas d. kinney 1967 - patrick j. fitzgerald 1968 - john r. carter 1969 - robert w. wissler 1970 - j. lowell orbison 1971 - robert e. stowell 1972 - chandler a. stetson 1973 - henry d. moon 1974 - kenneth m. brinkhous 1975 - d. w. king jr.