%0 Historical Article %T Eugenics and the misuse of Mendel. %A Rutherford A %J Am J Hum Genet %V 111 %N 7 %D 2024 07 11 %M 38996467 %F 11.043 %R 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.05.013 %X Highlighting the Distinguished Speakers Symposium on "The Future of Human Genetics and Genomics," this collection of articles is based on presentations at the ASHG 2023 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, in celebration of all our field has accomplished in the past 75 years, since the founding of ASHG in 1948.