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NCABB History...
On August 30, 1972, several North Carolinians attending the AABB meeting in Washington, DC had a breakfast meeting to explore possibilities for reorganizing the NC Association of Blood Banks. This Association was primarily comprised of institutional members and was established in late 1959-60, but was inactive at the time. The 21 people at breakfast envisioned an active organization capable of education and dissemination of information throughout the state. It was their belief that the success of this organization was dependent on the individual members, more so than institutions.
A steering committee, selected by the breakfast attendees, met October 7, 1972 in Raleigh and decided to proceed to reorganization. The committee was made up of the following individuals: Cammie Cribb (Durham VA), Jerry Hunter (Forsyth Memorial, W-S), Theresa Kuszak and Michael Leaken (Charlotte Memorial), Eugenia Petteway (Rex, Raleigh), Marue Summerlin (Moses Cone Greensboro) Roy Weaver (Cape Fear Valley, Fayetteville), Mary Wientjes (UNC Chapel Hill) Mary Shepherd (Serologicals - Asheville), Betty Baker (American Red Cross-Charlotte) and John Credle (VA Oteen). They notified the board of directors of the NC Association of Blood Banks and created a By-Laws committee and interim officers: Mary Shepherd -President, Roy Weaver -President elect, Dr. Michael Leaken -Treasurer, and Eugenia Petteway -Secretary. The membership dues were set at $5 per year with charter members accepted until May 3, 1973, which was the date set for the first annual meeting of the new organization. To illuminate the founding vision of an association of individual members, it was renamed the North Carolina Association of Blood Bankers.
Today NCABB, Inc, is over 30 years old, and remains an active, educational, non-profit organization of individual blood bankers throughout North Carolina, with many ex-patriots of the state who continue their membership. Members can be found in diverse settings: hospitals both large and small, private and public, as well as universities, and blood centers. The NCABB remains committed to being a strong voice and a source of local education for blood bank professionals in the state with the goal of building on the proud history of the organization.
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Highlights of the Most Recent Years
NCABB, Inc. officially obtained non-profit status in 1999, and was incorporated in 2001. This website was developed in 2002. Although annual meetings can be eventful, there are two that stand out from all the rest. One meeting was scheduled for two days after 9/11/01, when many speakers could not fly in to speak, and every break found the attendees gathered around televisions set up in the lobby of the hotel. The second occurred in 1989, the first year that the organization established the Petteway-Shepherd award. Dr Patrick Mollison was flow in from England to receive the award and to speak. Held in Wrightsville Beach, Hurricane Hugo threatened off the Georgia and South Carolina coast. Although the hotel was boarding up the windows, the meeting began on time. As Hugo approached, the hotel insisted that the meeting had to be canceled. Dr. Mollison was rushed off to Charlotte for safety, however Hurricane Hugo changed course and moved across land – through South Carolina, and making a direct hit on the Charlotte area. It was probably one of Dr Mollison’s most eventful speaking engagements!
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Frances Widmann, Allene McNeil, Becky High-Shipp,
and Eugenia Petteway
Rennie Habel and Linda Braddy
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Past Presidents
Petteway-Shephard Award
Frances Widmann Award
Annual Meeting Locations
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Past Presidents
2007 Mary Lee Campbell MT (ASCP) SBB
2006 Rennie Habel, MT (ASCP) SBB
2005 Julie Simmons MT (ASCP) SBB
2004 Nicholas Bandarenko, MD
2003 Deborah Davis MHS, SBB
2002 Rebecca Bullock MT (ASCP) SBB
2001 Allene McNeil MT (ASCP) SBB
2000 Cheryl Bowman MT (ASCP) SBB
1999 Jerry Squires MD PhD
1998 Theresa Wright MT (ASCP) SBB
1997 Elizabeth ‘Rennie’ Horne MT (ASCP) SBB
1996 Melinda Adams MT (ASCP)
1995 Frances Widmann, MD
1994 Martha Rae Combs MT (ASCP) SBB
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Petteway-Shepherd Award Recipients
2007 Delores Mallory MT(ASCP)SBB
2006 James AuBuchon, MD
2005 Ed Snyder, MD
2004 W. John Judd, FIBMS, MIBiol
2003 Harold Meryman, MD
2002 George Garratty, PhD , FRC Path, FIBMS
2001 Jerry Squires MD PhD
2000 Kathleen Sazama MD, JD
1999 Marcus Simpson MD
1998 Rebecca Haley MD
1997 James Laningham, MD
1996 Robert Langdell, MD
1995 Francis Jones, MD
1994 Kenneth Brinkhous, MD
1993 Ronald Strauss, MD
1992 Wendell Rosse, MD
1991 Peter Issitt, PhD
1990 Frances Widmann, MD
1989 Patrick Mollison, MD, CBE, FRCP, FRCOG, FRS
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Frances Widmann Service Award
2007 Cheryl Bowman MT(ASCP)SBB
2006 Nicholas Bandarenko, MD
2005 Rebecca High-Shipp and Janet Celko
2004 Rebecca Bullock MT (ASCP) SBB
2003 Allene McNeil
2002 Margaret McMinn
2001 Martha Rae Combs
2000 Melinda Adams
1999 Elaine Baker
1998 Nancy Franklin
1997 Mabry Hopkins
1996 Elizabeth ‘Kizzy’ Moore
1995 John Strickland
1994 Brenda Dunlevy and Judy Robinson
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Annual Meeting Locations
2007 Durham
2006 Charlotte
2005 Winston-Salem
2004 Raleigh
2003 Asheville
2002 Greensboro
2001 Wrightsville Beach
2000 Charlotte
1999 Winston-Salem
1998 Chapel Hill
1997 Asheville
1996 Winston-Salem
1995 Raleigh
1994 Charlotte
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