[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 20, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S4036]
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                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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    SENATE RESOLUTION 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

  Mr. CRAPO submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

                              S. Res. 114

       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 recognizing 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
       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
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) recognizes the scientific, clinical, and public health 
     achievements of the American Thoracic Society as its members 
     and staff commemorate and celebrate the milestone of its 
     100th anniversary;
       (2) recognizes the great impact that the American Thoracic 
     Society has had on improving the lung-related health problems 
     of people in the United States and around the world; and
       (3) congratulates the American Thoracic Society for its 
     achievements and trusts that the organization will continue 
     to offer scientific guidance on lung-related health issues to 
     improve the public health of future generations.

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