ASAE History

History:

The Quad City Section was founded on April 9, 1949 as the Iowa-Illinois Section of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE) which was itself founded in 1907. The Section became the Quad City Section in 1955 while ASAE became the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) in 2005. The following links provide additional details on the Section’s past:

Section Founding: 1949
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Section History: 1949-1965
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Section History: 1949-2005 (Updated September 17, 2014)
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Hand-out on Theophilus Brown from 24Jan13 Section Meeting
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Past Section Chairs (Updated April 18, 2016)
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Local Recognition (Updated April 18, 2016)
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National Recognition (Updated August 1, 2015)
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Section Officer Listings and Meeting Programs:
- 1949-1959 (Updated September 17, 2014)
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- 1959-1969 (Updated September 17, 2014)
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- 1969-1979 (Updated September 17, 2014)
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- 1979-1989 (Updated September 17, 2014)
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- 1989-1999 (Updated September 7, 2006)
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- 1999-2009 (Updated September 17, 2014)
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- 2009-2016 (Updated September 6, 2017)
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Note: Several of the above documents are incomplete in that some information is missing. Any additional information and/or corrections you might have can be forwarded to David Smith.

The Section archives are now located in the Special Collections of the Iowa State University Library – see http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/manuscripts/MS698.html (added 16Nov15)

Last updated: January 10, 2017 05:32 PM