 Realizing that other imaging modalities may eventually be prominent, the following year Oldendorf pushed to have the name of the society changed to Society for Computerized Tomography and Neuroimaging, and served as its president from 1978 to 1979.This society was to rename itself the American Society for Neuroimaging (ASN) in 1981, also with the prodding of Oldendorf.Oldendorf was on several editorial boards and was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.