ABSA special collection at the
National Agricultural Library (NAL)
This collection contains conference, administrative, and publication records for the American Biological Safety Association. Materials include photographs of conference attendees (with captions), conference publications, membership directories, ABSA newsletters, ABSA governing laws, digital copies of "Safety Bulletin," and administrative files for ABSA regarding conference planning, annual meetings, membership, meeting minutes, newsletters, and the Arnold G. Wedum Memorial Lecture materials.
Historical Information
The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was founded in 1984 to promote biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world. However, the discipline of biosafety has a much longer past. For a fascinating look at the history (and pre-history) of ABSA, please refer to these articles from JABSA (Journal of the American Biological Safety Association):
- A History of the American Biological Safety Association Part I: The
First Ten Biological Safety Conferences 1955 - 1965
Manuel S. Barbeito and Richard H. Kruse, 1997, JABSA, 2(3): 7-19. - A History of the American Biological Safety Association Part II: Safety
Conferences 1966 - 1977
Richard H. Kruse and Manuel S. Barbeito, 1997, JABSA 2(4): 10-25. - A History of the American Biological Safety Association Part III:
Safety Conferences 1978 - 1987
Richard H. Kruse and Manuel S. Barbeito, 1997, JABSA 3(1): 11-25.
Songer Bibliography (MS Access Database 14.5MB)
ABSA Past Presidents
1985 Everett Hanel
1986 Jerry Tulis, PhD
1987 Jonathan Richmond, PhD, RBP
1988 John H. Richardson, PhD, RBP
1989 Joseph Songer
1990 Diane Fleming, PhD, RBP, CBSP
1991 Emmett Barkley, PhD
1992 Gerald Spahn, PhD, CBSP
1993 Jerome Schmidt, PhD, CBSP
1994 Mary Cipriano, RBP, CBSP
1995 Manny Barbeito, CBSP
1996 Byron Tepper, PhD, CBSP
1997 Joseph Van Houten, PhD, RBP, CBSP
1998 Richard Knudsen
1999 Marilyn Misenhimer
2000 Jack Keene, DrPH, RBP, CBSP
2001 Debra Hunt, DrPH, RBP, CBSP
2002 Maureen (Best) Ellis, RBP
2003 Barbara Johnson, PhD, RBP
2004 Stefan Wagener, PhD, RBP, CBSP
2005 Betsy Gilman-Duane, RBP, CBSP
2006 Glenn Funk, PhD, CBSP
2007 Bob Hawley, PhD, RBP, CBSP
2008 Chris Thompson, RBP, CBSP
2009 Bob Ellis, PhD, CBSP
2010 Ben Fontes, MPH
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