Portfolio Category: Pulmonary Research

The Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program continues to be a bright light of success in an otherwise gray economy. Program Director, Thomas R. Martin, M.D., and Program Administrator Deborah Snapp, conducted a survey in 2009 of former PBF Fellows in years 1976 - 2009. The results of the survey, which are included here for review,…

Today, the Parker B. Francis Fellowship program continues to support outstanding investigators planning careers in pulmonary research and awards Fellowships in fields related to lung biology and pulmonary disease. Under the direction of Dr. Thomas R. Martin, Fellowship grants are made for three years and enable a deserving investigator to devote the majority of his…

In collaboration with local historian William S. Worley, the Francis Family Foundation published a book about the history of the Parker B. Francis Fellowship program in 2006. The books contains, among other things, a look back at the origins of the Puritan Bennett Corporation, as well as highlighting numerous Fellows, whose pursuit of excellence in…

Parker B. Francis announced his interest in the “breathing business” by launching the Kansas City Oxygen Gas Company in 1913. As the company continued to prosper and grow, it became the Puritan Compressed Gas Corporation in 1931. After V. Ray Bennett constructed the first Bennett Resuscitator unit for a hospital in Los Angeles, Parker B.…