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ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY


1955

1 July: Dr. Ernest W. Goodpasture, first Scientific Director, appointed.

1 August: Capt. William Merrill Silliphant, MC, USN, succeeded General DeCoursey as the Director.

14 November: Joint Committee on Aviation Pathology established with headquarters at AFIP.

1958

2 December: World Health Organization-International Reference Center for Soft Tissue Tumors established at AFIP.

1959

13 April: Dr. Robert E. Stowell, second Scientific Director, appointed.

1 August: Col. Frank Marion Townsend, USAF, MC, succeeded Captain Silliphant as the Director.

1962

Extramural research support exceeds $1 million.