Coming Soon…

Five decades of Forum history, photos, newspaper articles, and personal correspondence and anecdotes have been stored in dozens of beautiful old leather-bound scrapbooks- and it is my welcomed task this year to explore them all! My goal is to distill from them a set of waymarks from the past that will concretize our identity and practices for the future. It is my hope that doing so will provide greater ease and efficiency in all the important work that The Forum does. 

I’ve been especially inspired by the Forum’s beautiful legacy of forming an authentic of community of women who serve their larger community so well, and in such an integrated way. I’ve always been personally inspired by the example of Betty Moorman, who, from the very earliest days of the Texas Biomed vision, carried the hopes of her brother Tom Slick in her heart in a very special way. As a brave, visionary woman surrounded by a community of friends, she ventured into new territory by launching an independent and ongoing endowment for scientific research within and from her local community. In the same way, our Forum founders found new ways to promote scientific research in ways that served both their own families and the interests of their global community as well; the story of the Forum is the story of a community of women supporting each other and their community in joyful ways that have extended to the entire world around them. Our local celebrations have resulted in saved, extended, and enhanced lives globally. And at the same time we have adapted and evolved so meaningfully as a group, from serving cocktails with scientists in the early days to forming a significant force for advancing science education in the present, from promoting colonial ideas of population control in early research to preparing the way for more and more development in life-giving fertility care and maternal health for mothers and their unborn children. It’s amazing to see how far we’ve come. 

Please check back soon. There are so many facts and photos that we can’t wait to share with you!

With gratitude,

Muffin Moorman
Texas Biomedical Forum Historian