History
Anniversary Celebration at the 2005 ASA Meetings in Philadelphia
At the 2005 meetings in Philadelphia, the ASA celebrated its
100th anniversary, and the Section on Aging and the Life
Course celebrated its 26th anniversary. Section chair Ken
Ferraro, organized the Centennial Celebration Committee
composed of the following members to develop preparations
for the celebration:
- Ron Abeles, National Institutes of Health
- Kristine Ajrouch, Eastern Michigan University
- Philippa J. Clarke, Duke University
- Patricia Drentea, University of Alabama, Birmingham
- Shalon Irving, Purdue University
- Jennie Kronenfeld, Arizona State University
- Tetyana Pylypiv, Purdue University
- Ann Howell (assistant to Ken Ferraro), Purdue University
Among other things, the committee included the following
documents in a booklet prepared in remembrance of the occasion:
Aging and the Life-Course: A Quarter-Century Review of an ASA Section, by Harold L. Orbach, Patricia Drentea, Tetyana Pylypiv, Shalon M. Irving, and Kenneth F. Ferraro
List of the 80 signatures on the petition to the ASA Council to be recognized as a Section in Formation
Chair Reflections, by past Chairs of the Section
