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Former JAMA Editor Was a "Renaissance Man"

Rebecca Voelker

JAMA. 2006;295:2465.

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In 1975, William R. Barclay, MD, became JAMA's 13th editor during a bleak chapter in the journal's history. Advertising revenue was in the cellar and the page count was shrinking. But Barclay, an avid sailor, used his well-honed navigation skills to set a course that helped lead JAMA to assume a prominent place among medical journals.

"He combined the qualities of a true gentleman, a compassionate physician, and a born teacher," said M. Therese Southgate, MD, senior contributing editor of JAMA (and Barclay’s deputy editor). "The principal thing he should be credited with is that he never forgot the connection between JAMA and the needs of the clinician."

William R. Barclay, MD (Photo credit: AMA Archives)

Barclay, who retired from the American Medical Association (AMA) in 1982, died April 20, 2006 at the age of 86 years due to a coronary occlusion following surgery to replace a . . . [Full Text of this Article]