title: American Society for Reproductive Medicine 2009 presidential address.
abstract: It has been a distinct honor and a real pleasure to serve as your president for this year. When I first joined ASRM over 30 years ago, I never dreamed that one day I would be standing here as your president.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Professor of Urology, University of Washington; and Attending Urologist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: R Dale
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: McClure
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018456:Reproductive Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends