1924

Establishment of American Heart Association, following orientation of public health cardiologists and led by Lewis Connor of NYC and guided by the successful antituberculosis movement; its prevention campaign initially focused on rheumatic heart disease and expanded to include prevention of arteriosclerosis and coronary artery disease (Fye 2, 54-58, 64-65; Howell II, 773-75). AHA was reorganized in 1947 to allow lay persons to be members and to serve on board of directors (Howell II, 775). Founding of Journal of Clinical Investigation with Rockefeller support through 1928; JCI struggled along with only 319 subscribers in 1926 and 577 in 1933 (Howell III, 685-86).