Remarks

On the occasion of my retirement as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Cell Biology, I was asked by some of the Associate Editors to recount a bit of the history and growth of The Journal during my tenure. The Journal of Biophysical and Biochemical Cytology was the precursor to The Journal of Cell Biology in its current form. The original journal was created in 1955 by a group of pioneering individuals who had a common interest in defining the components of cells. The original group of scientists who served as the Editorial Board for that journal included Richard Bear, H. Stanley Bennett, Albert L. Lehninger, George E. Palade, Keith R. Porter, Francis O. Schmitt, Franz Schrader, and Arnold M. Seligman. These scientists are responsible for creating a forum that defined the area that became pivotal for understanding contemporary biology, the discipline of cell biology. The editorial activities of...