The first official meeting of the International Society for Experimental Hematology

In 1972, 85 scientists from 10 countries came to Milwaukee to participate in the first official meeting of the International Society for Experimental Hematology. We summarize here some of the events leading up to the meeting, fondly recollect the enthusiastic spirit of the meeting and reprint the program, which is not all that different in content from the program of the 21st meeting.