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Convention Locations


No. Year Date Location President
1 1867 October 22-23 New York City Richard Upjohn
2 1868 December 8 New York City Richard Upjohn
3 1869 November 16-17 New York City Richard Upjohn
4 1870 November 8-9 Philadelphia Richard Upjohn
5 1871 November 14-15 Boston Richard Upjohn
6 1872 November 12-13 Cincinnati, OH Richard Upjohn
7 1873 October 15-17 Chicago Richard Upjohn
8 1874 October 14-15 New York City Richard Upjohn
9 1875 November 17-19 Baltimore Richard Upjohn
10 1876 October 11-12 Philadelphia Richard Upjohn
11 1877 October 17 Boston Thomas U. Walter
12 1878 November 13-14 New York City Thomas U. Walter
13 1879 November 19-20 New York City Thomas U. Walter
14 1880 November 17-18 Philadelphia Thomas U. Walter
15 1881 November 16-17 Washington, DC Thomas U. Walter
16 1882 October 25-26 Cincinnati, OH Thomas U. Walter
17 1883 August 29-31 Providence and Newport, RI Thomas U. Walter
18 1884 October 22-23 Albany, NY Thomas U. Walter
19 1885 October 21-22 Nashville, TN Thomas U. Walter
20 1886 December 1-2 New York City Thomas U. Walter
21 1887 October 17 Chicago Thomas U. Walter
22 1888 October 17-19 Buffalo, NY Richard M. Hunt
23 1889 November 20-21 Cincinnati, OH Richard M. Hunt
24 1890 October 22-24 Washington, DC Richard M. Hunt
25 1891 October 28-30 Boston Richard M. Hunt
26 1892 October 20-22 Chicago Edward H. Kendall
27 1893 July 31-August 1 Chicago Edward H. Kendall
28 1894 October 15-17 New York City Daniel H. Burnham
29 1895 October 15-17 St. Louis Daniel H. Burnham
30 1896 October 20-22 Nashville, TN George B. Post
31 1897 Sept 29- Oct 1 Detroit George B. Post
32 1898 November 1-3 Washington, DC George B. Post
33 1899 November 13-16 Pittsburgh Henry Van Brunt
34 1900 December 12-15 Washington, DC Robert S. Peabody
35 1901 October 3-5 Buffalo, NY Robert S. Peabody
36 1902 December 11-13 Washington, DC Charles F. McKim
37 1903 October 15-17 Cleveland, OH Charles F. McKim
38 1904 December 15 Washington, DC William S. Eames
39 1905 December 29 Washington, DC William S. Eames
40 1906 January 9-11 Washington, DC Frank Miles Day
41 1907 November 18-20 Chicago Frank Miles Day
42 1908 December 15-17 Washington, DC Cass Gilbert
43 1909 December 14-16 Washington, DC Cass Gilbert
44 1910 January 17-25 San Francisco Irving K. Pond
45 1911 December 12-15 Washington, DC Irving K. Pond
46 1912 December 10-12 Washington, DC Walter Cook
47 1913 December 2-4 New Orleans Walter Cook
48 1914 December 2-4 Washington, DC R. Clipston Sturgis
49 1915 December 1-3 Washington, DC R. Clipston Sturgis
50 1916 December 6-8 Minneapolis John Lawrence Mauran
1917 No convention No convention John Lawrence Mauran
51 1918 April 24-26 Philadelphia John Lawrence Mauran
52 1919 April 30 - May 2 Nashville Thomas R. Kimball
53 1920 May 5-7 Washington, DC Thomas R. Kimball
54 1921 May 11-13 Washington, DC Henry H. Kendall
55 1922 June 7-9 Chicago Henry H. Kendall
56 1923 May 16-18 Washington, DC William B. Faville
57 1924 May 21-23 Washington, DC William B. Faville
58 1925 April 20-24 New York City D. Everett Waid
59 1926 May 5-7 Washington, DC D. Everett Waid
60 1927 May 11-13 Washington, DC Milton B. Medary
61 1928 May 16-18 St. Louis Milton B. Medary
62 1929 April 23-26 Washington, DC/New York City C. Herrick Hammond
63 1930 May 21-23 Washington, DC C. Herrick Hammond
64 1931 April 14-16 San Antonio Robert D. Kohn
65 1932 April 23-25 Washington, DC Robert D. Kohn
1933 No convention No convention Ernest John Russell
66 1934 May 16-18 Washington, DC Ernest John Russell
67 1935 May 28-31 Milwaukee, WI Ernest John Russell
68 1936 May 5-8 Williamsburg, VA Stephen F. Voorhees
69 1937 June 1-4 Boston Stephen F. Voorhees
70 1938 April 19-22 New Orleans Charles D. Maginnis
71 1939 September 25-28 Washington, DC Charles D. Maginnis
72 1940 May 21-24 Louisville, KY Edwin Bergstrom
73 1941 May 17-20 Yosemite Valley, LA, CA Edwin Bergstrom
74 1942 May 23-25 Detroit R.H. Shreve
75 1943 May 26-28 Cincinnati, OH R.H. Shreve
76 1944 Convention cancelled Raymond J. Ashton
77 1945 April 24-25 Atlantic City, NJ Raymond J. Ashton
78 1946 May 8-10 Miami Beach, FL James R. Edmunds, Jr.
79 1947 April 29-May 1 Grand Rapids, MI James R. Edmunds, Jr.
80 1948 June 22-25 Salt Lake City Douglas William Orr
81 1949 March 15-18 Houston Douglas William Orr
82 1950 May 10-13 Washington, DC Ralph Walker
83 1951 May 8-11 Chicago Ralph Walker
84 1952 June 24-27 New York City Glenn Stanton
85 1953 June 15-19 Seattle Glenn Stanton
86 1954 June 15-19 Boston Clair W. Ditchy
87 1955 June 20-24 Minneapolis Clair W. Ditchy
88 1956 May 15-18 Los Angeles George Bain Cummings
89 1957 May 13-17 Washington, DC Leon Chatelain, Jr.
90 1958 June 8-11 Cleveland, OH Leon Chatelain, Jr.
91 1959 June 22-26 New Orleans John Noble Richards
92 1960 April 19-22 San Francisco John Noble Richards
93 1961 April 25-28 Philadelphia Philip Will, Jr.
94 1962 May 8-11 Dallas Philip Will, Jr.
95 1963 May 6-9 Miami & Bal Harbour, FL Henry L. Wright
96 1964 June 15-18 St. Louis J. Roy Carroll, Jr.
97 1965 June 13-18 Washington, DC Arthur Gould Odell, Jr.
98 1966 June 27-July 1 Denver Morris Ketchum, Jr.
99 1967 May 15-18 New York City Charles M. Ness, Jr.
100 1968 June 24-26 Portland, OR Robert L. Durham
101 1969 June 23-26 Chicago George E. Kassabaum
102 1970 June 21-25 Boston Rex Whitaker Allen
103 1971 June 20-24 Detroit Robert F. Hastings
104 1972 May 7-10 Houston Maximilian O. Urbahn
105 1973 May 6-10 San Francisco S. Scott Ferebee
106 1974 May 19-23 Washington, DC Archibald C. Rogers
107 1975 May 18-21 Atlanta William Marshall, Jr.
108 1976 May 2-6 Philadelphia Louis deMoll
109 1977 June 5-8 San Diego, CA John McGinty
110 1978 May 21-25 Dallas Elmer Botsai
111 1979 June 3-7 Kansas City, MO Ehrman B. Mitchell, Jr.
112 1980 June 1-4 Cincinnati, OH Charles E. Schwing
113 1981 May 17-21 Minneapolis R. Randall Vosbeck
114 1982 June 6-9 Honolulu Robert Lawrence
115 1983 May 22-26 New Orleans Robert Broshar
116 1984 May 6-9 Phoenix George M. Notter
117 1985 June 9-12 San Francisco R. Bruce Patty
118 1986 June 8-11 San Antonio John A. Busby, Jr.
119 1987 June 19-22 Orlando Donald J. Hackl
120 1988 May 15-18 New York City Ted P. Pappas
121 1989 May 5-8 St. Louis Benjamin E. Brewer, Jr.
122 1990 May 19-22 Houston Sylvester Damianos
123 1991 May 17-20 Washington, DC C. James Lawler
124 1992 June 19-22 Boston W. Cecil Steward
125 1993 June 18-21 Chicago Susan A. Maxman
126 1994 May 13-16 Los Angeles L. William Chapin, II
127 1995 May 5-8 Atlanta Chester A. Widom
128 1996 May 10-13 Minneapolis Raymond Post Jr.
129 1997 May 15-18 New Orleans Raj Barr- Kumar
130 1998 May 14-17 San Francisco Ronald Arthur Altoon
131 1999 May 6-9 Dallas Michael J. Stanton
132 2000 May 4-7 Philadelphia Ronald L. Skaggs
133 2001 May 17-19 Denver John D. Anderson
134 2002 May 9 to 11 Charlotte Gordon H. Chong
135 2003 May 8-10 San Diego Thompson E. Penney
136 2004 June 10-12 Chicago Eugene Hopkins
137 2005 May 12-14 Las Vegas Douglas L. Steidl
138 2006 June 8-10 Los Angeles Katherine Lee Schwennsen
139 2007 May 3-5 San Antonio
140 2008 May 15-17 Boston