Future Business Leaders of America History

Dr. Hamden L. Forkner's quote at the 1958 National Leadership Conference

"...the world of inventions is just around the corner and business education and FBLA will be at the threshold of a tremendous development in the business of tomorrow."

Theme for the 1992 NLC in Chicago for the 50th anniversary

"50 Years Investing in Futures"

Hamden L. Forkner quote about leadership

"Leadership is not the ability to lead others. Leadership is the ability to get others to lead themselves."

The fee to charter an FBLA chapter in the early days, how much were dues?

$1 , $0.25 per semester

The amount raised for the March of Dimes in 1996 brought the organization total contribution to saving babies to how much?

$10 Million

By the 1954 NLC, how many FBLA chapters had been chartered?

1000

How many people usually went to National conferences in the early days and how many for the state conferences?

1000, 100

In the 80's, FBLA-PBL grew from how many members to how many in over 10,000 chartered chapters throughout the world?

174,000 to 239,000

When did Dr. Hollis Guy retire as executive director of NBEA?

1968

The year that Dr. Hamden L. Forkner passed away

1975

When did the board of directors approve establishment of the FBLA-PBL Alumni Division?

1979

The Alumni Division is renamed as the Professional Division when and for what reason?

1989 to include alumni and professional businesspersons

When was the PBL Business Leader created?

1989-90

When is the groundbreaking ceremony for the FBLA-PBL National Center held?

1990

when is the grand opening of the 11,600 square foot FBLA-PBL National Center held?

1991

When did FBLA-PBL found the Institute for Leaders national leadership achievement program?

1997

In 1987, FBLA annual membership topped what number?

200,000

FBLA-PBL National Center mortgage retired when?

2001

Over the next three and a half years after 1942, another how many chapters join?

38

By the end of 1942, how many chapters are added?

39

By the 1957 National Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas, FBLA had grown to how many members?

40,000

What was the total of FBLA high school and college chapters during the first NLC?

600

In the 1970's, FBLA-PBL grew from how many members to how many?

80,000 to 174,000

By the end of 1965, FBLA membership totaled how many members?

86,000

To charter a chapter, who and what was required to do so?

A list of members, officers, the sponsor and school principal, and the description of a proposed business project.

What is Future Business Leaders of America - Phi Beta Lambda? (circa 2000)

A multimillion dollar organization of nearly 4 million alumni, 250,000 members in 4 divisions located in over 13,000 chartered chapters from around the world

Concept of FBLA

A national organization that would unite thousands of business clubs in existence across the country

What is FBLA-PBL, Inc.?

A nonprofit educational student organization with its own board of directors and full-time staff led by executive director Edward D. Miller

What helped FBLA-PBL grow from its entrepreneurial start in 1969?

A powerful name, over 25 years of excellence developing business leaders, 80,000 members in 4,500 chapters, and the autonomy to pursue a vision and goals

Original four memberships of FBLA

Active, Associate, Collegiate, Honorary

Other FBLA publications

Adviser's Hotline and a middle school newsletter

Largest contribution toward the FBLA-PBL National Center was from who with how much?

Arkansas with $75,000

In September 1969, Edward D. Miller was appointed as what?

Associate Director of NBEA and thus of FBLA

In 1980, after nearly 40 years, what was it time for FBLA-PBL to finally do?

Build its own headquarters

FBLA-PBL members serve in every area of what?

Business, government, and community

Where and when was the first FBLA National Leadership Conference held?

Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago on May 30-31, 1952

Who purchased 1.6 acres of land in the Center for Educational Associations, Reston, Virginia, as the site for a future FBLA-PBL National Center and when?

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1981

Four important business leaders and close business associates of Dr. Miller that supported the work of FBLA-PBL

Dave Thomas, T. Boone Pickens, Eric Hilton, Helen Boehm

Who from the University of Tennessee began a campaign among high schools of the state to join FBLA in 1942?

Dr. Benjamin Haynes

The first executive secretary of FBLA and UBEA

Dr. Hollis Guy

Who was appointed to executive director of NBEA and thus assumed responsibility of FBLA and PBL in 1968?

Dr. O.J. Byrnside Jr.

Who is appointed as the association's first full-time executive director in 1973?

Edward D. Miller

FBLA publications grew from a dedicated section in the NBEA magazine to their own magazine called the what in the 1950's?

FBLA Forum

1968 marked the first year that...

FBLA and PBL held separate National Leadership Conferences

In 1949, FBLA advisers organized a committee to develop what to encourage chapter growth and development?

FBLA's first manual and handbook

Which division is formed for students in grades 5-9 and when?

FBLA-Middle Level in 1994

In 1969, FBLA signed its articles of incorporation at the Dallas NLC and became...

FBLA-PBL, Inc.

Larger FBLA magazine re-names the what in the 1960's?

Future Business Leader

What did Forkner challenge the delegates at the 1958 NLC to do by 1968?

Grow so that there would be 400,000 members

Founder of FBLA

Hamden L. Forkner

FBLA renamed the local chapter merit awards to what in honor of Hollis and Kitty a Guy?

Hollis and Kitty Guy Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit

first three FBLA state chapters in 1947 (in order)

Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio

The Alumni Division was founded in 1979, who was its first national president?

James Price of Illinois

Edward D. Miller retired as president and chief executive officer of the national association in 1997, who is appointed president and chief executive officer?

Jean Buckley

First National President of FBLA elected at first NLC, who were they and from where were they?

Jerome LaFarge from Louisiana

At the NLC, Hollis and Kitty Guy both received what?

Life membership in FBLA and PBL

How did FBLA-PBL begin as any entrepreneurial enterprise begins?

Limited resources

During the 1980's, FBLA-PBL began holding the national, state, and local chapter training conference held annually in August in Washington, D.C., what was the conference's name?

Management Series

How many days and nights did the NLC and the SLC's last in the early days?

NLC lasted 3 days and 2 nights, SLC's were one day

What the NCBE is now known as

National Business Education Association

Who sponsored the proposed student organization in 1940 and selected its name shortly after?

National Council for Business Education

At the 1954 NLC, the Board of Trustees approved what?

New regulations regarding registration, candidates for national office, and state delegates

FBLA-PBL growth in the Washington, D.C. / Northern Virginia area

One desk in the NBEA building, to the basement and then ground floor of the National Teachers of Mathematics, and later to the National DECA building

What did Conference format include in the early days?

Opening Session, Competitive Events, Elections, Closing Banquet and Awards

In 1996, FBLA-PBL members raised how much for the March of Dimes 25th anniversary partnership?

Over $500,000

How many delegates attended the first FBLA NLC

Over 300

How many delegates attended the third NLC in Dallas, Texas?

Over 400

At the 1958 NLC in St. Louis, MO, FBLA had its largest NLC with how many members in attendance?

Over 700

Definition of PBL given at the 1966 NLC in New Orleans, LA

PBL is a professional organization for business students above the secondary school level who are preparing for careers in business or in business education.

NLC '54 Board of Trustees decision to fund what?

Partial payment from for two delegates from each state to the conference

what was the name of the postsecondary division and when was it created?

Phi Beta Lambda in 1958

Overall purpose of PBL

Provide the experiences essential in the areas of leadership, cooperative enterprise, scholarship, occupational understanding, and professional development; thus, assisting in the preparation for the student's chosen profession.

Hamden L. Forkner's final challenge for FBLA-PBL

Reaching the One Million-Member mark

First chapter is chartered where and on February 3rd of what year

Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee on 1942

The 14th NLC in Cincinnati marked the beginning of what between FBLA and PBL?

Separate awards for the two divisions

Second chapter chartered where on 2/5/42

St. Albans, West Virginia

Where the concept of FBLA was developed and when?

Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City 1937

What gained FBLA-PBL increased business and government support?

The establishment of the Congressional Advisory Committee and the Business Advisory Committee

FBLA magazine called what and made when?

Tomorrow's Business Leader in 1969

Competitive Events of the early days

Typing I and II, Business Math, Public Speaking, Shorthand, and Office Machines

From July 1946 to July 1962, the administration of FBLA fell under the umbrella of whom?

UBEA

Who assumes sponsorship of FBLA in 1946

United Business Education Association

First collegiate chapter is chartered where on 2/10/42

University of Northern Iowa

In 1957, FBLA chapters on the college level were authorized to do what and why?

Use the Greek letters Phi Beta Lambda to distinguish themselves from the high school members

The FBLA HQ office is National Education Association Center where and when?

Washington, D.C. in 1946

Where and when was the second NLC held?

Washington, D.C. in May 1953

In 1971, Pat Morrel (Pat Allen then) was hired as Miller's what?

administrative assistant

Presentation at the 1992 NLC consisted of...

all the former national officers from the past 50 years

In the 70's, what actions did FBLA-PBL take?

expanded the National Awards Program, and kicked off the March of Dimes project H.E.L.P. partnership

In 1970, Miller hired who to help manage and serve the growing FBLA-PBL state and local chapters

former Florida PBL state president, Edward Burakowski

Dr. Hollis Guy was UBEA's executive director when?

from 1946-1966

Original FBLA membership cards had a bronze seal for members who held the...

helper's degree

Original FBLA membership cards had a gold seal for members who held the...

leader's degree

In 1974, Kathy Greenaway was hired as Miller's what?

membership assistant

FBLA-PBL is granted independent status as a what and acquires its own board of directors and full-time staff when?

nonprofit educational student association in 1969

FBLA-PBL virtually began again under executive director Edward Miller's leadership, what did he do as a one person staff member until FBLA-PBL had grown enough to hire additional staff members to share these roles? He...

performed all operational functions of FBLA-PBL, advised the national officers, answered phones, and served chapters

FBLA-PBL's separation from NBEA gained the organization what?

recognition by the U.S. Department of Education and the National Coordinating Council for Vocational Student Organizations

In 1966, UBEA became NBEA and that organization retained...

sponsorship of FBLA

Original FBLA membership cards had a silver seal for members who held the...

supervisor's degree

in the next three years after 1947, what as the total of state chapters?

ten