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    APRA History: 1996

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    February 1996
    APRA board votes to change organization status to 501(c)(6), a professional organization.

    1996small-1.jpgBoard Members
    Paulette Persinger, President
    Shelley Brown, First Vice President/Corporate Membership Director
    Diane Crane, Chapter Services Director
    Katharine Fultz, Professional Development Director
    Napoleon Hendrix, Second Vice President/Conference Chair
    Michel Hudson, Member Services Director
    Margo Knight, Treasurer
    Christine Lockmon, Communications Director
    Jon Thorsen, Secretary 

    August 21–24, 1996
    650 attend Oceans of Information: The Next Wave in San Diego, California, the first conference with Track Chairs.

    • Keynotes: Douglas Lawson, Chairman & CEO of Lawson Associates; and Duane Day, Founder and Principal of Day & Associates
    • Conference Volunteers: Napoleon Hendrix, Conference Chair; Kim Signoret, Co-Chair; Steve Peckler, Model Librarian; Marsha Kraus, Computer Lab; Track Chairs were Randy Bunney, Edward D'Antoni, Suzanne Silletto, Catherine Terrones, Jon Thorsen and David Tseklenis
    • Writing Award: Carolyn Kourofsky, "The Rich are Different: What Prospect Researchers Need to Know About How Money Works"
    • APRA Service Award:  Ann Castle

    1996Connect.jpgConnections Themes and Editors
    The Small Shop, Katharine Fultz and Denise Janssen; Ethics; Campaigns, Nancy Petruso; Diversity, Rosemary Sokolik. A new graphic design and layout is created for Connections, spearheaded by Christine Lockmon.

    December 1996
    Members at 1,600 with 26 official chapters.

    World Headlines

    • Ted Kaczynski Is Arrested as Unabomber
    • TWA Flight 800 Crashes into Atlantic Shortly After Takeoff, 230 Die
    • Dow Tops 6,000, Up 100 percent in Four Years
    • Clinton Wins Presidency, First Democrat Re-Elected Since FDR
    • Fatal "Mad Cow" Disease Forces England to Destroy More Than 1 Million Cows

    Dow Jones

    • High — 6,500
    • Low — 5,200

    Forbes' World's Richest — Top Three

    1. Walton Family; U.S.; retailing; $22.9 billion
    2. Bill Gates; U.S.; computer software; $18 billion
    3. Warren E. Buffett; U.S.; stock market; $15.3 billion

    Click the years below to read more APRA history.

    1987    1988    1989    1990    1991    1992    1993    1994    1995    1996    1997

    1998    1999    2000    2001    2002    2003    2004    2005    2006    2007    2008

    2009    2010    2011    2012

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