1915 - National Association of Teachers of Advertising (NATA) founded from the annual convention of the Association of Advertising Clubs of the World in Chicago (June)
1931 - American Marketing Society (AMS), comprised of marketing and marketing research practitioners, forms in New York
1933 - NATA becomes the National Association of Marketing Teachers (NAMT)
1936 - NAMT and the AMS work together to publish the first issue of Journal of Marketing
1937 - American Marketing Association (AMA) created from the merger of NAMT and AMS
1938 - Census Bureau asks AMA to participate in unifying the marketing definitions used in all government agencies
1940 - AMA has 817 members and 11 chapters
1942 - First AMA national member roster published
1945 - AMA membership grows to 1,557 members
1946 - Four-page Monthly News Bulletin published, predecessor of Marketing News
1947 - AMA welcomes Toronto as the 21st chapter; AMAs First Lady, Marguerite (Julian) Kent, is hired as first staff member; membership is 2,760
1948 - University of Illinois becomes first collegiate chapter; within months, 22 collegiate chapters are established
1949 - AMA leases its first office space and hires more staff 1950 - Membership tops 3,800
1953 - First AMA executive director hired; membership reaches 4,700
1956 - First president-elect; beginning of the elect-status system; AMA membership records are put on punch cards
1958 - AMA division councils formed 1959 - Membership surpasses 7,000
1964 - First issue of Journal of Marketing Research
1966 - First conference on Attitude Research; first AMA Doctoral Consortium; membership is at 12,250
1967 - First issue of Marketing News published which replaces Monthly News Bulletin
1970 - First Agribusiness Marketing Research Conference; first leadership conference; there are
18,380 members - 63 professional chapters and 190 collegiate chapters
1972 - New AMA flame of marketing knowledge logo adopted
1975 - First international study tour
1976 - Library/information center formalized including a budget
1977 - AMA Office of the President (now Office of the Chairman of the Board) formed
1979 - First Collegiate Marketing Conference; first in-house computer system; membership grows to 21,181
1981 - AMA launches Alpha Mu Alpha, a student honorary marketing society; first faculty consortium held; membership almost doubles to 43,000; there are 82 professional chapters and 368 collegiate chapters
1984 - Services Marketing Division formed
1985 - Global Marketing Division formed
1986 - Marketing in the Year 2000 study undertaken; AMA purchases Journal of Health Care Marketing
1989 - AMA launches its first magazine, Marketing Research
1990 - AMA purchases Journal of Public Policy & Marketing
1991 - Central and Eastern European Business Library Project initiated, providing up-to-date books to business libraries in countries with a shortage of material explaining free-market business theories and practices
1992 - AMA Foundation organized; AMA launches Marketing Management magazine
1994 - AMA goes online with its own Web site, ama .org
1995 - Marketing Management Division created, consolidating the following divisions: Services Marketing, Consumer Marketing, Global Marketing and Business Marketing
1996 - AMA hosts first global marketing leadership conference, with 19 countries represented, at which the World Marketing Association (WMA) is officially formed
1997 - Madhuri and Jagdish N. Sheth Foundation endows AMA Doctoral Consortium with a donation of $600,000 to the AMA Foundation to support the advancement of the marketing discipline; renamed AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium; AMA acquires Journal of International Marketing; AMA assists in the formation of the Latin American Marketing Federation; contested elections are part of a more strategically focused Board of Directors
1998 - AMA participates in the development of the WMA. AMA launches a Global Electronic Membership which allows members all over the world to access online benefits from the association
1999 - AMA Web site is redesigned and the members-only section is launched. The online JobBank becomes a growing career resource for marketers nationwide. Marketing News is redesigned with content focused on technology and global issues. A redesign of Marketing Management is also successfully completed
2000 - Adoption of new AMA mission and vision statements; several new professional development events are launched, including Marketing Bootcamp; online Special Interest Groups (SIGs) for practitioners are launched and enhanced; Marketing Research magazine is redesigned; AMA Foundation assets exceed $1 million
2001 - AMA launches several significant new initiatives: MarketingPower .com, marketing portal that replaces AMA Web site and provides AMA members and marketing community with comprehensive information and resources; Professional Certified Marketer (PCM), a professional certification program for marketers; corporate sponsorship program; Constitution and Bylaws are updated and approved; AMA Foundation assets exceed $1.5 million. Marketing News receives two journalistic excellence awards
2002 - Launch of new brand positioning and marcom materials including first brand brochure; AMA
introduces several new professional development events including first-ever non-profit conference; Marketing Health Services redesign is completed
2004 - AMA announces the new Definition of Marketing reflecting a focus on delivering value to customers and customer relationships; re-launched a code of ethics; Outstanding Chapter Volunteer Leader of the Year Award is developed to recognize someone who has been a member for a minimum of 5 years and has contributed to the local chapter and the AMA overall; All 4 AMA journals went online, providing free online versions with print from year 2000 onward
2005 - After 2 years of research and development, Board-in-a-Box? kit launched for AMA chapters, giving each the tools needed to create and manage a successful executive board; Inaugural year for the Marketing and Sales Effectiveness Conference, held annually at Rollins College
2006 - The first Mplanet? Event is held in Orlando, Florida. The one-of-a-kind marketing conference was the largest AMA event ever planned and was THE place to explore, engage, discover and energize
2007 Milestones
Marketing News undergoes a redesign - receiving a modern look and feel as well as a new content structure
AMA announces Journal of Marketing and Journal of Marketing Research will increase from 4 to 6 issues in 2008
AMA announces Mplanet? event to be held January 26-29, 2009 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida
2008 Milestones
AMA and AMA Foundation launch the Nonprofit Marketer of the Year award
AMA relaunches marketingpower .com, creating a more robust content and resource tool for marketers
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