Celebrating 100 Years

In 2007, the Air & Waste Management Association celebrated its 100th year of environmental stewardship. Check out the links below to take a look back at the events, people, and technological and public policy advances that have shaped the Association's role as an environmental steward.

 

THANK YOU TO OUR
CENTENNIAL SPONSORS

A&WMA would like to thank everyone who contributed to our centennial celebrations. View the complete list of sponsors.

 


 What were the most significant people, events, and "things" to affect the environment in the past 100 years?  Check out the Centennial Survey to see how A&WMA members responded!

 

Want to know more about A&WMA's 100-year history?

 View an interactive timeline!

Read the official history of the Association~

Environmental Stewardship in a Century of Change: A History of the Air & Waste Management Association's First 100 Years

Chapter 6: Landmark Legislation

When Mary Clare Benes went to work for the Air Pollution Control Association in 1957, the fifty year-old organization was transitioning from a focus on smoke prevention to a concentration of its efforts on the complexities of air pollution and its control. In that respect, it was on the cutting edge of a societal shift that would bring environmental concerns into the glare of public scrutiny during the next fifteen years.
      APCA had eight hundred members in 1957 and fifty subscribers to the Journal. "Dues were $10," Benes said, "and we had old IBM Selectric typewriters and an old Ditto machine. It used blue ink. We had cards for membership information, and everything was hand entered."  Read the full chapter.

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