On June 25, 1930, two days after founding the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Executive Board met at the University Club in Detroit, MI. After other business, the Executive Board moved that the new President, Dr Isaac Abt, appoint several committees, one of which was the Committee on Hospitals and Dispensaries. The committee was appointed and soon started its work. It delivered its first report at the annual meeting of 1931. At that time, it proposed to gather information on hospitals in the United States and recommend ways in which they could improve their care of children. The Committee has continued to function ever since. In 1955, it was renamed the Committee on Hospital Care.

COMMITTEE

Committee on Hospitals and Dispensaries
Henry J. Gerstenberger, MD, FAAP, 1930-1932
Clifford G. Grulee, MD, FAAP, 1932-1938
George F. Munns, MD, FAAP, 1938-1941
John A. Bigler, MD, FAAP, 1941-1947
Peter G. Danis, MD, FAAP, 1947-1948
Aims C. McGuinness, MD, FAAP, 1948-1949
Peter G. Danis, MD, FAAP, 1949-1952
Glidden L. Brooks, MD, FAAP, 1952-1953
Lendon Snedeker, MD, FAAP, 1953-1955

CHAIRPERSONS

Committee on Hospital Care
Lendon Snedeker, MD, FAAP, 1955-1959
Robert M. Heavenrich, MD, FAAP, 1959-1964
Richard W. Olmsted, MD, FAAP, 1964-1969
Marshall B. Kreidberg, MD, FAAP, 1969-1972
Joseph M. Garfunkel, MD, FAAP, 1972-1974
Delmar Pascoe, MD, FAAP, 1974-1976
Arno R. Hohn, MD, FAAP, 1976-1981
Paul S. Bergeson, MD, FAAP, 1981-1985
Hugh E. Evans, MD, FAAP, 1985-1988
David L. Dudgeon, MD, FAAP, 1988-1992
James E. Shira, MD, FAAP, 1992-1997
Henry A. Schaeffer, MD, FAAP, 1997-1999
John M. Neff, MD, FAAP, 1999-2003
Erin R. Stucky, MD, FAAP, 2003-2007
Jerrold M. Eichner, MD, FAAP, 2007-present