History of Gynecologic Pathology XXVIII

Founders of Pediatric Pathology: Ward Thomas Burdick (1878–1928)

“…From my 30 years of writing historical papers on pathology and laboratory medicine [14,21–24] and from readings recently completed to finish an invited article on the politics of pathology and laboratory medicine in the 1920s [3], it is clear that Hillkowitz was the mouthpiece for the ASCP movement, that Burdick was its meticulous organizer, and that they worked together seamlessly through letter writing campaigns and numerous meetings with the ACS. Burdick's contributions to the field of clinical pathology were deemed so great by his contemporary professional colleagues that the ASCP named its first and still most prestigious award after him (Fig.…”