Abstract

Forty-five years ago the journal Diabetes was bornin Boston under the editorship of Dr. Frank N.Allan. As recounted in an excellent history of Dia-betes by a former editor, Dr. R. Paul Robertson (1), the first volume contained a description of the origins of the journal by Dr. Elliott P. Joslin. It seems fitting that Diabetes is finally returning to Boston with its editorial office based at the Joslin Diabetes Center. Our 6-month shakedown cruise is now over, and we are on our own. On July 1, new manuscripts started to arrive in Boston, as the St. Louis office continued to handle the old ones. The St. Louis team has been extraordinarily helpful to us both in providing such a fine example in how to run a jour-nal and in generously advising us about countless large and small details. I particularly want to thank the recent editors, Drs. Philip E. Cryer and Julio V. Santiago, the editorial assis-tant, Mary Weis, and another former editor, Dr. R. Paul Robertson, for their availability and wise counsel. My great