ISN history

“Metabolism of the Nervous System” * Pergamon, London, 1957 (ed.

The W.F.N. formed a Commission of Neurochemistry in 1959, of which the first Secretary was the Belgian neurochemist, Armand Lowenthal.

“Inhibition of the Nervous System & g-Aminobutyric acid” Pergamon, New York, 1960 (ed.

“Chemical Pathology of the Nervous System” * Pergamon, London, 1961 (ed.

“Comparative Neurochemistry” * Pergamon, London, 1964 (ed.

“Variation in Chemical Composition of the Nervous System as determined by Developmental & Genetic Factors” Pergamon Press, London, 1966 (ed.

These societies had thus an active neurochemical input, which is reflected perhaps in the initiative for the first I.S.N. conference in Strasbourg (1967) emerging from a joint meeting between the Provisional Organizing Committee of I.S.N. and the W.F.N. Commission of Neurochemistry.

1, 1970, with the agreement that Pergamon should continue to publish it for five years, after which another five years would follow if there were mutual agreement.

Then in 1971 Roger Marchbanks and Alan Davison made a formal written proposal for a federal structure for neurochemical societies, with I.S.N. remaining as the main focal point for meetings and international activities, but also acting as the central co-ordinating body.

By the end of 1973, Brian Ansell had restored a sound financial base with regular properly audited Treasurers reports, but the income was still low, due essentially to poor returns from the journal.

The growth of neurochemical journals. * The numbers of pages are distorted to some extent in that J. Neurochem. (in 1976) And Neurochem.

Charitable Status was approved in October 1977, which meant that the Society had to pay no tax on income or donations after that.

Indeed, Tower (1981) is of the opinion that it was essentially the availability of the new, techniques which enabled neurochemistry to emerge as a, distinct discipline.

Newsletter, March, 1982. “An amicable agreement has been reached between the publisher of Pergamon Press, R. Maxwell, and the Chairman of I.S.N., E. Kvamme, whereby the dispute arising out of the transfer of the publishing arrangements for the Journal of Neurochemistry has been settled out of court.

The Society was able also in 1984 to fund small specialised meetings and Lectureships: the Small Conferences Committee was chaired initially by Anders Hamberger and the Lectureship Committee by Nico van Gelder.

A more detailed history of the I.S.N. was written to commemorate its first 20 years by Henry McIlwain (1985). Although this is a history of an academic society, there were many earlier threads which generated the need for such a society and are therefore described briefly.

Raven, New York.Tower, D.B. (1987). The American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN): Antecedents, Founding and Early Years.

They were selected by the Officers until 1989 when the Travel Grants Committee was formed, chaired first by Elizabeth Bock and now by Pierre Morrell.

Of that amount, $ 60,000 was donated by FIDIA and $ 60,000 by I.S.N. Unfortunately the current world economic recession has made it impossible for FIDIA to maintain its contribution, so the Society allocated $ 70,000 for travel grants to the 1993 meeting in Montpellier.

The Inclusive Schools Network was born as a result of the great success of Inclusive Schools Week (ISW) inaugurated in 2001.

In 2007, under the leadership of the Collaborative and EDC, the Inclusive Schools Network (ISN) was formed in the spirit of continuing the dialogue started during Inclusive Schools Week throughout the year.

In 2010, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco proclaimed the first week of December as the annual “San Francisco Inclusive Schools Week.”