Michigan State Medical Society history

In 1926 a group of Michigan doctors' wives lead by Caroline Bartlett Crane of Kalamazoo met on Mackinac Island to talk about forming an auxiliary to the Medical Society.

1951-52 Judy BreakeyIngham County The average family income was $3,700 per year.

1954-55 Beth MilfordWashtenaw County Elvis Presley cut his first commercial record.

1958-59 Agnes ReaganBerrien County The President and her Alliance penned a letter forecasting the future of Medicine.

On October 7, the MSMS headquarters’ building cornerstone was opened unsealing a Time Capsule which had been inserted 56 years earlier, in 1959.

1968-69 Roxie WestonOakland County The Big Mac went on sale at McDonalds for .49 cents.

1972-73 Marian BarbouGenesee Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in Swimming at the Munich Olympics.

1978-79 Willah WeddonIngham County The Auxiliary began the effort to work more closely with MSMS and was given their own column in Michigan Medicine Magazine.

No more Woman’s Auxiliary to MSMS. Ronald Reagan was elected president in November 1980.

1986-87 Shirley PrustOakland County SFP was Shirley’s slogan. “S” for Save our Seniors, “F” for Focus on Membership and “P” for Press for Tort Reform.

1997-98 Blanche MindlinOakland County Blanche represented MSMSA on the field during a Michigan-Michigan State football game to celebrate “Doctors and Their Families Make a Difference” day.

On September 11, 2001 a series of 4 coordinated terrorist strikes on US soil accumulated into the single deadliest human terror attack in history.

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On November 3, 2008 Barack Obama won the US Presidential election and he made health care a top priority on his domestic agenda.

The White Coat Rally happened on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.

In March, 2012, the Census Bureau estimated the world’s population had hit the 7 billion mark, up one billion in just 13 years.