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1976 Clinical Congress Memories

About Clinical Congress 1976

The 62nd Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons took place October 11-15, 1976, in Chicago, IL. Below we have curated photos from the Clinical Congress and Convocation, as well as the 1976 Convocation booklet. Make sure to take a look at our memories from 1976.

Photos from Clinical Congress 1976

Clinical Congress News from 1976

Fun Facts for 1976

The world population in 1976 was 4.378 billion people. The 2026 world population is 8.3 billion people.

Reminisce about what was going on in the world during your convocation year.