The American Academy of Neurology at 75 Inclusivity and Evolution

When Joseph A. Resch, a resident in the Neurology and Psychology Department at the University of Minnesota in 1946, complained to director Abraham B. Baker that he wanted to focus on practicing neurology but had no organization he could join to enhance his education, Baker began a challenging process of soliciting interest in a new association that would be more inclusive than the American Neurological Association's membership limited primarily to academic neurologists centered on the East Coast.