As many of you have heard at business meetings since at least 2021, our financial advisors have deemed it essential to the long-term operational and financial stability of the AAHM that we merge the “American Association for the History of Medicine” and “History of Medicine Foundation” components of what we generally refer to as the AAHM.
The American Association for the History of Medicine, as a 501c3, is formally based in New York. The History of Medicine Foundation, as a 501c3, is formally based in Ohio (it was established in 1990 as a fund-raising complement to the American Association for the History of Medicine, but as a separate 501c3).* Working with legal counsel in recent years, it became clear that our most advantageous option would be to dissolve the New York entity and merge it into the Ohio entity, such that a single entity, the American Association for the History of Medicine, formally based in Ohio, would emerge from this process. This would happen in a manner such that this would be legally simultaneous.
Council voted unanimously in favor of the attached “Plan of Agreement” at its February 2025 meeting. The next step is for membership to vote on it, and this will take place at the AAHM 2025 annual meeting as part of the business meeting, held on Saturday, May 3 from 2:45 to 3:30 pm. We will need a 2/3 vote in the affirmative (among those voting) to move this forward, and we will need at least 100 votes in the affirmative to constitute a quorum to move this forward. Please join us for this important meeting so we make quorum and can move forward with this important project. Snacks and coffee will be provided! The Meeting Agenda is also attached.
