I've read a little on here about the GB not existing formally until the '70s, and even then not having the top position at first. Something about Knorr and F. Franz not wanting to give up their own influence? I just wondered if the eventual transition to a body of men might have been intended to prevent another "1975". Franz was able to trumpet 1975 as a special year without much supervision (I suppose Knorr approved his writing, but maybe no one else). Nowadays the President is just a paper-pusher. No one man's name is held above the others in the Society.
Is it possible that they decided after '75 that no one person should be able to have that much influence again, in order to prevent another wannabe scholar from creating a fase teaching that put egg on their face in a big way? Blood transfusions came from that pre-GB-led period too, didn't they? I'm pretty ignorant about the history of this time period, so tell me if I've got it all wrong.