American Lung Association parts ways with its research division
SAN DIEGO (April 26, 1999 11:19 a.m. EDT http://www.nandotimes.com) - After
nearly a century working together, the American Lung Association and its
lesser-known research division, the American Thoracic Society, have parted
ways.
Leaders of the groups voted unanimously Saturday and Sunday, the start of
their weeklong annual conference, to end a partnership that dates to 1905.
Leaders of the American Thoracic Society decided they would be better off
as an independent research organization, leaving the high-profile advocacy
and public education efforts to the lung association.
"This is not a divorce with all the negative implications, but it is a
separation," said Dr. Edward R. Block, president of the ATS.
The groups are to announce details of their new arrangement Tuesday. Block
said it includes a $19 million payment by the thoracic society to the lung
association to acquire ownership of assets such as the conference and two
journals.
The thoracic society, with annual revenue of $15 million, makes up nearly
40 percent of the budget of the lung association's national office, based
in New York.
The society's contribution, however, is much smaller when considered in the
context of the overall budget of the lung association, which takes in
nearly $200 million each year through its nationwide chapters.
Both organizations formed at the beginning of the century to combat
tuberculosis, then ravaging the nation, and have worked as a single
organization since 1905.
By BEN FOX
Copyright 1999 Nando Media
Copyright 1999 Associated Press
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