The Gateway Hemophilia Association (Missouri chapter) forms after being approached by NHF to start a local chapter for families with hemophilia. With the growing population and need for support, GHA is started.

Hemophilia of Michigan opens Camp Bold Eagle, the first summer camp to serve the bleeding disorders community in the U.S.

NHF's first medical director, Dr. Martin Rosenthal, passes away suddenly from a heart attack.

In 1966, Dr. Jeanne Lusher is the first individual to ever identify inhibitors as antibodies to factor VIII.

First NHF Award of Excellence is given.

NHF becomes a member of the National Health Council.

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law legislation that establishes the Medicare and Medicaid programs.

Dr. Judith Graham Pool publishes a paper that notes her discovery that slowly-thawed frozen plasma yields deposits high in Factor VIII. These deposits, called cryoprecipitates - or cryo -, are found to have much greater clotting power than plasma and are given to hemophiliacs to stop bleeding episodes.

The International Committee on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ICHT) forms in 1964. This body, in turn, promotes the formation of the current International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH).

John Walsh replaces Coring Jr. as the NHF executive director.