Historical perspectives of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery: Herbert Sloan  Cameron D. Wright, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 145, Issue 6, Pages 1428-1430 (June 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.001 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing graduating class, 1940. Doris Edwards (the class valedictorian) is seated in the first row just to the right of Miss Lawler (as we look at the picture), the standing woman in black who was the director of the nursing school. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 145, 1428-1430DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.001) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Herbert Sloan (left), Cameron Haight (middle), and John Alexander (right) at the University of Michigan, 1947. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 145, 1428-1430DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.001) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Portrait of Herbert Sloan, MD. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 145, 1428-1430DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.001) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 Top, Herbert Sloan, MD, at the John Alexander Society meeting in 2005. Bottom, Signature of Herbert Sloan. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 145, 1428-1430DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.04.001) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions