 The Final Exit Network traces its history to the Hemlock Society.It was founded in 1980 primarily by British-born American journalist and author Derek Humphry, his late wife Ann Wickett Humphry, Canadian former Presbyterian minister-turned-skeptic Gerald A. Larue, and psychologist Dr. Faye Girsh.However, in the early 2000s, a faction decided they did not like the Hemlock name.