When the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology (ADSA) was founded in 1953, Dr Harcourt Stebbins was the editor of the NewsMonthly, a hand-typed monthly newsletter that kept the fledgling organization informed. When Dr Stebbins joined the military, Dr Arthur Follenius, the secretary-treasurer, became a guest editor in October 1955 until Dr Bruce Douglas was appointed editor in December 1955.
In January 1958, the NewsMonthly became the Journal of the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology and, as the name implied, it transitioned from a newsletter to a more scientifically oriented journal. In April 1961, Dr