APDR History 2001

During my time as an officer in APDR it was my privilege to meet many brilliant and creative people, and to help guide the organization in a number of ways. It was during this time that the RSNA initially decided to no longer perform administrative management duties for multiple societies, including the AUR family of societies. This caused quite a bit of heartburn and prompted us to contact various organizations-and all charged much higher rates than we had under the RSNA. Later, the RSNA leadership decided to continue managing the APDR, AUR, and SCARD. Also, the leaders of each of the affiliated societies entered in to negotiations that eventually created a formal relationship with RSNA called the Academic Council.

Not only am I honored to be able to present this portion of the tribute to Bill Thompson, but I also Appreciate this opportunity to have the venue to tell the story of his sentimental role in the founding of the APDR.