Over its 123 year history, the Association has benefited from the wisdom of its presidents and their annual Addresses to the membership. Three such Addresses clearly led to major events in surgery during the last century. President Edward William Archibald’s Address in 1935 was quickly spearheaded by Dr. Evarts Graham of St. Louis and a committee to form the American Board of Surgery within a year. This was a remarkable achievement, not only for its concept but also for the fact that the American Surgical Association had never done anything similar in the past. Dr. Owen H. Wangensteen’s 1969 Address led to the extensive SOSSUS project, undertaken jointly with the American College of Surgeons. Four years later Dr. Jonathan E. Rhoads discussed surgical scholarship which led to the formation of the American Surgical Association Foundation. Since 1982, the Foundation has provided Surgical Fellowships to nineteen promising young surgeon scientists, many of whom have risen in their surgical sub specialty ranks and become Chairs of their respective Departments of Surgery. View previous recipients. The Foundation is directed by an elected Board of Trusteed which has oversight for the review and selection of Foundation Fellowship recipients and all aspects of fundraising including an annual campaign and planned giving opportunities.

Trustees of the ASA Foundation
Vice President     Term 4/30/2008 Chair     Term 4/30/2008 Murray F Brennan, M.D.	Chair     Term 4/30/2008 Haile T Debas, M.D.
Vice President     Term 4/30/2008 Member     Term 4/30/2008 R. Scott Jones, M.D.	Secretary     Term 4/30/2009 Michael W Mulholland, M.D.
Treasurer     Term 4/30/2009 Barbara L Bass, M.D.	Member     Term 4/30/2011 Hiram C Polk, Jr M.D.
Member     Term 4/30/2012 Carlos A Pellegrini, M.D.	Member     Term 4/30/2013 Jay L Grosfeld, M.D.
Ex-officio     Term 4/30/2009 Anthony D Whittemore, M.D.	Ex-officio     Term 4/30/2008 Courtney M Townsend, Jr M.D.

Planned Giving Information
For more than 120 years, the American Surgical Association has been in the forefront of medical education and research and in 1974, the ASA Foundation was created to serve as the philanthropic arm of the American Surgical Association and to assist the Association in its research and education mission. The Planned Giving Program will enhance the Foundation's capability to meet that endowment need.

Contributors to the American Surgical Association Foundation
The American Surgical Association Foundation is very grateful to the over 250 contributors who have generously supported the Foundation and its Research Fellowship Awards Program. For information on how to contribute, please contact

Robert P. Jones, Jr., Ed.D.
Executive Director
(978) 927-8330
Fax: (978) 526-1703
Email Robert P. Jones