FBLA/PBL History
1937
What year did Hamden L. Forkner of Teachers College, Columbia University in NYC propose to business teachers that a national organization was needed for business clubs in high schools and colleges?
Hamden L Forkner
Who proposed that a national organization was needed for business clubs in high schools and colleges?
February 3, 1942
what date was the experimental chapter of FBLA chartered in Johnson City, Tennessee? by the end of this year, 39 chapters were added followed by 38 more in the next 4 years
1997
what year did Edward D Miller retire as president and chief executive officer of the national association and Jean Buckley become appointed?
1947
what year did Iowa become the first FBLA state chapter?
1979
what year did Phil Goldfeder start the Penn State chapter of PBL, which was the second business fraternity on campus?
1979
what year did the Board of Directors approve the establishment of the FBLA-PBL Alumni Division?
1981
what year did the Conrad H. Hilton Foundation purchase 1.6 acres of land in the Center for Educational Associations, Reston, Virginia as the site for a future FBLA-PBL National Center?
1940
what year did the National Council for Business Education sponsor the proposed student org, formulate the org's general plans, and choose the name "Future Business Leaders of America"?
1973
what year was Edward D. Miller appointed as FBLA-PBL Inc.'s first full-time executive director?
1946
what year was the national center for FBLA established at the National Education Association Center in Washington DC?
1987
when did FBLA annual membership top 200,000 for the first time?
2006
when did Matthew Hawkins reactivate the Mu Alpha Rho chapter of Phi Beta Lambda at Penn State?
1994
when was the FBLA Middle Level division formed for students in 5th-9th grade?
1991
when was the grand opening of the FBLA-PBL National Center?
1958
when was the postsecondary division of FBLA, Phi Beta Lambda, created?
Reston, Virginia
where is the FBLA-PBL National Center located?
Iowa
where was the first FBLA state chapter?
University of Northern Iowa
where was the first PBL chapter?
Johnson City, Tennessee
where was the first chapter of FBLA located?
the National Education Association Center in Washington DC
where was the national center for FBLA established?
Matthew Hawkins
who reactivated the Mu Alpha Rho chapter of PBL at Penn State?
National Council for Business Education
who sponsored the proposal for FBLA?
Phil Goldfeder
who started the Penn State chapter of PBL?
Edward D. Miller
who was FBLA-PBL Inc.'s first full-time executive director?
Jean Buckley
who was appointed as the second chief executive officer and president in 1997?
