[1] In 1911, Charles C. Stiles and Brayton H. Ransom at the Bureau of Animal Industry in Washington, D.C., promulgated the need for parasitology journal in America.

They asked Henry Baldwin Ward, at the time professor of zoology at the University of Illinois, to initiate the production.

[2] It started as a quarterly journal for "medical zoology...[specially for] briefer papers and research notes on animal parasites.

After several rounds of discussions, the society decided in December 1931 to adopt the journal as its official publication.

[3] The society decided to inscribe on the journal cover "Founded by Henry Baldwin Ward" permanently.