ASH Oral Histories

The ASH oral history project is a series of interviews, conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office in the late 1980s to early 1990s, documenting the history of ASH and the development of the profession of hematology in the United States.

Browse the oral history transcripts below to learn more about the early years of the Society from legends in the field.

Legends in the field

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ASH Oral Histories

Ernest Beutler, MD

William B. Castle, MD

C. Lockard Conley, MD

Eugene P. Cronkite, MD

Louis K. Diamond, MD

Clement A. Finch, MD

Leon Jacobson, MD

William C. Moloney, MD

Samuel I. Rapaport, MD

Joseph F. Ross, MD

R. Wayne Rundles, MD

James L. Tullis, MD

Ralph O. Wallerstein, MD

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