A History NABT Activities in the of NABT’S 75 Years Bunny Jaskot, Pat Waller

July 1, 1938: NABT is founded. : in the October issue of ABT, President : Volume 1, Number 1 of The American ­Biology ­Jeffers announces that NABT has “identified Teacher is published. itself prominently with the National Com­ October 1938: NABT dues $1.00. mittee on Science Teaching of the National , 1938: the First Annual Association Meeting is held Education Association (NEA) in developing as part of the AAAS meetings in Richmond, a complete ­science ­program for grades one Virginia. The Executive Committee Meeting to fourteen.” NABT also participates in a Downloaded from http://online.ucpress.edu/abt/article-pdf/75/2/86/57043/abt_2013_75_2_4.pdf by guest on 02 October 2021 is held on , 1938. meeting of the Columbia Workshop and the : february issue of ABT lists the nominations Progressive Education Association. for officers for NABT: December 28, 1939: NABT holds its Second Annual Convention President Elect: in Columbus, Ohio, in conjunction with the G. Jeffers, Farmville, Virginia AAAS. J. A. Trent, Pittsburgh, Kansas December 1939: financial report reveals that NABT has a : March 1939 issue of ABT prints reports bank balance in its accounts of $236.94. from New England Biological Association, December 1939: NABT members are asked to participate in a ­Northern Indiana Biology ­Teachers, Kan­ survey for the committee on the Teaching of sas Unit, Biology Teachers Club of South­ Biology. eastern Pennsylvania, Chicago Biology Round Table, and Detroit Biology Club. : NAB T reveals a plan to develop a process to evaluate biology textbooks. BUNNY JASKOT ([email protected]) and PAT WALLER (wallerfp@enter. net) are both retired exemplary high school biology teachers and NABT Past : M. C. Lichtenwalter steps down as the first Presidents. They are now co-chairs of the NABT History Committee. president of NABT, to be followed by George W. Jeffers, who was elected in ­February 1939. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2013.75.2.4

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