The Wright-Schulte Memorial Lecture
In 1976 a gift to the Society established the Wright-Schulte Lecture. The Lecture commerates Mr. Arthur Schulte (at right, a successful merchant and philanthropist who was the first American patient to receive heparin therapy and his physician, Irving S. Wright, MD (at left).
Dr. Wright's contributions to the field of thrombosis and hemostasis are legendary. He was the driving force in the establishment and success of the International Committee on the Nomenclature of the Blood Clotting Factors (now known as the Scientific and Standardization Committee of the ISTH) and served as it's Chairman during its formative years (1954-1963). He spearheaded and directed the first major trial sponsored by the American Heart Association on oral anticoagulation in acute myocardial infarction. He was the dominant figure from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s in drawing attention in the United States and beyond to the importance of the thrombosis problem and the need to foster and expand research on this subject.
As a result of his motivating influence and organizational abilities, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis was founded in 1969.
The Wright-Schulte Memorial Lecturers
| 1975 Helge Stormorken 1977 V.V. Kakkar 1979 Oscar Ratnoff 1981 Marc Verstraete |
1983 Bjarne Østerud 1985 Nubuo N. Aoki 1987 H. Coen Hemker 1989 Yale Nemerson |
2001 Robin W. Carrell 2003 P. M. Mannucci 2005 David Ginsburg 2007 Richard O. Hynes 2011 James A. Huntington |