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American Baptist College American Baptist College (also known as American Baptist Theological Seminary or ABTS) is a small, predominantly African American liberal arts college located in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1924, its predecessor was Roger Williams University, a black college begun in the late-19th century and closed in the early 20th century (Its campus is now occupied by Peabody College of Vanderbilt University).
American Baptist Missionary Union American Baptist Missionary Union or American Baptist Foreign Mission Society was an American Protestant Christian missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.
American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession.
American Bar Association Model Code of Professional Responsibility American Bar Association Model Code of Professional Responsibility, created by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1969, was a set of professional standards to guarantee the minimum legal ethics and professional responsibility of lawyers in the United States. It was replaced with the Model Rules of Professional Conduct in 1983 because of the Watergate scandal.
American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct, created by the American Bar Association (ABA), is a set of professional standards to guarantee the minimum legal ethics and professional responsibility of lawyers in the United States. As of 2007, 47 of the 50 US states have ethical rules which follow the format of the Model Rules-- New York uses the old Model Code, while California and Main have developed their own set of rules.
American Bar Foundation Established in 1952, the American Bar Foundation (ABF) is an independent, nonprofit national research institute located in Chicago, Illinois committed to objective empirical research on law and legal institutions. This program of sociolegal research is conducted by an interdisciplinary staff of Research Fellows trained in such diverse fields as law, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, history, and anthropology.
American Basketball League (1996-1998) The American Basketball League of 1996 was an independent professional basketball league for women in the United States. At the same time the ABL was being formed, the National Basketball Association was creating the Women's National Basketball Association.
American Beach Historic District The American Beach Historic District is a historic district in American Beach, Florida. It is roughly bounded by Gregg, Lewis, Leonard, Main and James Streets, and Ocean Boulevard, encompasses approximately 400 acres, and contains 67 buildings and 1 structure.
American Beach, Florida American Beach is a historic beach and community located north of Jacksonville, Florida on Amelia Island in Nassau County. During the time of segregation, African Americans were not allowed to swim at the beaches in Jacksonville, so several black-only areas were created.
American Belarussian Relief Organization The American Belarussian Relief Organization (ABRO) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children located in areas of Belarus affected by the Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986. The main focus of ABRO is to provide children with time away from the contaminated areas of Belarus.
American Beverage Association American Beverage Association is a trade organization that deals with the beverage industry in the United States. Its members include producers and bottlers of soft drinks, bottled water, and other non-alcoholic beverages.
American Beverage Institute The American Beverage Institute is a restaurant industry trade group. They are actively involved in public relations campaigns supporting various interests of the restaurant industry, particularly with respect to alcohol consumption.
American Bicycle Association The American Bicycle Association (ABA) is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body in Chandler, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX.
American Biographical Institute The American Biographical Institute is a United States based commercial that professes to gather biographical information about people based on their achievements. It is however a form of vanity press that includes people's names in its publications both free and for a fee.
American Birding Association The American Birding Association (ABA) is a non-profit organization of people interested in birding. It's open to all, but many of its publications and programs are aimed at birders who like making difficult field identifications and finding rare species.
American Birkebeiner The American Birkebeiner (or Birkie) is the largest, and one of the longest cross country ski races in North America. The 51-km race from Cable to Hayward, Wisconsin is a member race of the Worldloppet Ski Federation, a federation which includes the world's most famous cross country ski marathons such as Sweden's Vasaloppet and Norway's Birkebeinerrennet.
American Black Film Festival The American Black Film Festival (formerly known as the Acapulco Black Film Festival) is an annual awards festival that recognizes achievements in independent Black cinema. The annual event is designed to heighten interest and exposure to Black films, and to salute the cinematic work of Black filmmakers, actors, and actresses.
American Black Oystercatcher The American Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani, also called Western Black Oystercatcher, is a conspicuous black bird found on the shoreline of western North America. It ranges from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska to the coast of the Baja California peninsula.
American Blue-eyed Dolls American Blue-eyed Dolls were part of a program of goodwill between Japan and the United States. Sidney Gulick, a missionary in Japan, initiated an exchange of dolls between children as a way to ease cultural tensions between these countries in the 1920s.
American Blues American Blues were a 1960s Texas-based garage band who played a psychedelic style of blues rock music influenced by the 13th Floor Elevators. They are most famous for including two future members of the band ZZ Top in their ranks, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard.
American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence Founded in 2001, the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, commonly known as ABCTE, addresses the need to place a highly qualified teacher in every classroom. By offering a premier teaching credential, ABCTE opens new pathways into the classroom, helping states, districts, and communities meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) was the first American Christian foreign mission agency. It was proposed in 1810 by recent graduates of Williams College and officially chartered in 1812.
American Board of Otolaryngology The American Board of Otolaryngology, located in Houston, Texas, is an non-profit corporation that has set the mission of ensuring professional standards with certificates and memberships, and have offered training in the fields of heck neck surgery to professionals since 1924.
American Board of Preventive Medicine The American Board of Preventive Medicine is the organization that issues "certificates of special knowledge" in the specialty of Preventive Medicine. These certificates are what is referred to in the United States as "Board Certification", and is generally recognized as verification of a physician's professional capabilities in that area.
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN) sets the standards for training and certifying psychiatrists and neurologists in the United States, with the aim of promoting excellence in practice through its certification process.
American Board of Thoracic Surgery The American Board of Thoracic Surgery's primary purpose and most essential function is to protect the public by establishing and maintaining high standards in thoracic surgery. To achieve these objectives, the Board has established qualifications for examination and procedures for certification and recertification.
American Bobtail The American Bobtail is a relatively new and uncommon breed of cat which has appeared since the late 1960's.Catprofile It is most notable for its stubby "bobbed" tail about one-third to one-half the length of a normal cat's tail.
American Book Award The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. It seeks to recognize outstanding literary achievement by contemporary American authors, without restriction to race, sex, ethnic background, or genre.
American Born American Born was a 1913 American silent short film starring Sydney Ayres,Harry von Meter, Charles Cummings, Jacques Jaccard, Louise Lester, Chick Morrison (as Charles Morrison), Jack Richardson and Vivian Rich.
American Bottom The American Bottom is a flood plain of the Mississippi River in southwestern Illinois, extending from Alton, Illinois, to the Kaskaskia River. It is also sometimes referred to in the plural as "American Bottoms".
American Boyfriends American Boyfriends is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film, and the sequel to My American Cousin (1985). As before, written and directed by Sandy Wilson, Margaret Langrick and John Wildman reprise their roles as Sandy Wilcox and Butch Walker respectively.
American Boychoir School The American Boychoir School is a music boarding school located in Princeton, New Jersey whose students make up the largest non-sectarian boys' choir in the United States, the American Boychoir . The school has grade 5-8 students from all over the United States.
American Brain Tumor Association The American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA) was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Des Plaines, Illinois. ABTA is a not-for-profit organization that "exists to eliminate brain tumors and to meet the needs of brain tumor patients and their families".
American Brass Quintet When the American Brass Quintet gave its first public performance on December 11, 1960, brass chamber music was still relatively unknown to concert audiences. That debut marked the beginning of an international career for the ensemble that includes performances in Europe, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and all fifty of the United States; a discography now numbering fifty-one recordings; the premieres of over one-hundred new brass works, and the inspiration to a whole new generation of brass quintets worldwide.
American British Academy The American-British Academy, established in September 1987, is in the city of Muscat, Oman and one of the premier international schools in the Persian Gulf region. It is a private, non-profit co-educational day school that offers a demanding K-12 English-language curriculum to expatriate students in Muscat.
American Buffalo (coin) The American Buffalo, also known as a Gold Buffalo, is a 24-karat gold bullion coin first offered for sale by the United States Mint on June 22 2006, and available for shipment beginning on July 13. This was the first time ever that the United States Government has minted pure (.
American Bulldog The American Bulldog is a breed of working dog developed for catching livestock and for protecting property. Though larger in size, they are the closest surviving relative of the Old English Bulldog because they were not altered to as great an extent while in Colonial America as their European cousins.
American civil religion American civil religion is a term coined by sociologist Robert Bellah in 1967, it became one of the most debated and controversial essays in United States sociology. From the issue entitled Religion in America.
American classical music American classical music is music written in the United States but in the European classical music tradition. In many cases, beginning in the 18th century, it has been influenced by American folk music styles; and from the 20th century to the present day it has often been influenced by folk, jazz, blues, and pop styles.
American clock The term American clock was used in the Victorian era and afterward to refer to a particular style of clock design followed by the American clockmakers of the day. In the 19th century, many clocks and watches were produced in the United States, especially in Connecticut, where many companies were formed to mass-produce quality timepieces.
American cordillera The American cordillera consists of an essentially continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America and South America. From north to south, this sequence of overlapping and parallel ranges begins with the Alaska Range and the Brooks Range in Alaska and run through the Yukon into British Columbia.
American cowslip American Cowslip is the title of an upcoming independent feature film by director Mark David. It is about a heroin addict, Ethan Inglebrink, whose life is centered around his garden and his group of eccentric friends.
American craft American craft consists of the United States' contributions to the family of artistic practices conducted by independent studio artists, working singly or in small groups, using traditional craft materials such as wood, glass, clay, textiles and metal and creating works that either serve or allude to a functional or utilitarian purpose, but which have been elevated to fine art through aesthetics and grace. This includes glass blowing, studio pottery, metal work, and weaving.
American Callers Association The American Callers Association (ACA) is the second largest association of square dance callers in the United States. ACA is a non-profit organization with headquarters at Muscle Shoals, Alabama with membership in the United States, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand.
American Camp Association The American Camp Association (formerly known as the American Camping Association) is a community of camp professionals who, for nearly 100 years, have joined together to share their knowledge and experience and to ensure the quality of camp programs.
American Canadians American Canadians are citizens of Canada who were either born in the United States or have American ancestry. According to the Canada 2001 Census, 250,005 Canadians reported American as being their ethnicity, at least partially.
American Canal The American Canal is an irrigation canal in the Upper Rio Grande Valley near El Paso, Texas. The canal acquires water from the Rio Grande from the American Diversion Dam at the Texas-New Mexico-Mexico border, 2 miles northwest of El Paso.
American Candy Company The American Candy Company is a confectioner specializing in old-fashioned hard candies. They are best known as the inventor of wax lips, though their wax candy division was sold to Concord Confections in 2002.
American Canoe Association The American Canoe Association (ACA) is the nation's largest paddle sports organization, promoting canoeing, kayaking, and rafting. The ACA sponsors more than seven hundred events each year, along with safety education, instructor certification, waterway conservation and public information campaigns.
American Capital of Culture The NGO "American Capital of Culture Organization" selects one city on the Western Hemisphere annually to serve as the American Capital of Culture for a period of one year. The organization claims the initiative is based closely on the European Capital of Culture program; it enjoys the backing of the hemisphere-wide Organization of American States, but the OAS is not involved in the selection process.
American Cardinals Dinner The American Cardinals Dinner is an annual fundrasier to benefit The Catholic University of America. Each year a different archdiocese hosts the Cardinals Dinner, a black tie event which traditionally features all or most of the eight cardinals who currently serve as residential archbishops of U.
American Carnevil American Carnevil is a graphic novel created by artist Johnny Martin Walters, and credited as being the "original million dollar photic novel". The first issue starred Herschell Gordon Lewis who is known as "The Godfather of Gore" from his horror films in the 1960's.
American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese The American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese is a diocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate with about 75 parishes in the United States and Canada, led by Metropolitan Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos. Though the diocese is directly responsible to the Patriarchate, it is under the spiritual supervision of the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.
American Cathedral in Paris The American Cathedral in Paris, properly known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the cathedral for the Convocation of American Churches in Europe of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. It is located in central Paris, located not far from the River Seine.
American Center for International Labor Solidarity The American Center for International Labor Solidarity (ACILS), better known as the Solidarity Center, is a non-profit organization established in 1997 by the AFL-CIO, the labor federation that represents 9 million working men and women in the United States, to assist unions and workers around the world. The Solidarity Center was created through the consolidation of four labor institutes: the American Institute for Free Labor Development, the Asian-American Free Labor Institute, the African-American Labor Center, and the Free Trade Union Institute.
American Center for Law and Justice The American Center for Law and Justice was founded in 1990 by Christian televangelist Dr. Pat Robertson as a nonprofit public interest law firm composed of attorneys committed to defending what it sees as the Judeo-Christian values of "religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the two-parent, marriage-bound family.
American Center for Mongolian Studies The American Center for Mongolian Studies (ACMS) is a US registered 501(c)3] not-for-profit, academic organization which promotes research and scholarship in [[Inner Asia, a broad region consisting of Mongolia and parts of China, Russia and Central Asia, including Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Buryatia, Tuva and eastern Kazakhstan.
American Central University American Central University (ACU) is an unaccredited private, non-profit university licensed by the state of Wyoming. According to the Associated Press, "For not having even one qualified instructor in Wyoming, the agency prepared last fall [2004] to pull the school's license -- only to have the process bog down while state attorneys deliberate how to do that.
American Century "American Century" is a saying coined by Time publisher Henry Luce used to claim preeminence of the United States during the 20th century. Luce, the son of a missionary, in a 1941 Life magazine editorial urged the United States to forsake isolationism for a missionary's role, acting as the world's Good Samaritan and spreading democracy.
American Cinema Editors Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors (ACE) is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. The society is not to be confused with an industry union, such as the I.
American Cinematheque Award The American Cinematheque Award annually honors "an extraordinary artist in the entertainment industry who is fully engaged in his or her work and is committed to making a significant contribution to the art of the motion pictures".
American Civil Liberties Union The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a major American non-profit organization with headquarters in New York City, whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".
American Civil War The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a separatist conflict between the United States Federal government (the "Union") and eleven Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. The Union, led by President Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, opposed the expansion of slavery and rejected any right of secession.
American Civil War Corps Badges Corps badges in the American Civil War were originally worn by soldiers of the Union Army on the top of their army forage cap (kepi), left side of the hat, or over their left breast. The idea is attributed to Maj.
American Classical League The American Classical League, founded in 1919, is an organization devoted to promoting the ancient Roman, Greek, and classical language and culture. Though most of its members are teachers of Latin, Greek, and Classics at all levels of education, the league is open to any person interested in helping preserve the ancient culture.
American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities The American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities (ACCD) was, in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, a national consumer-led disability rights organization called, by nationally syndicated columnist Jack Anderson and others, “the handicapped lobby”. Created, governed, and administered by individuals with disabilities – which made it a novelty at the time -- ACCD rose to prominence in 1977 when it mounted a successful 10-city “sit in” to force the federal government to issue long-overdue rules to carry out Section 504, the world’s first disability civil rights provisions.
American Coalition of Fathers and Children The American Coalition for Fathers & Children is a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC that is dedicated to reform of what it sees as the family law system and the dismantling of the divorce industry. ACFC believes that Shared Parenting is best for both Children and their parents.
American Coaster Enthusiasts The American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) is an organization dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of roller coasters. Membership is open to anyone with payment of yearly dues, and membership benefits may include discounted admission to certain amusement parks.
American Cocker Spaniel The American Cocker Spaniel is a breed of dog that originated in the United Kingdom and was brought to Canada and the United States in the late 1800s. American Cockers Spaniels were given their own AKC Stud Book in the early 1900s.
American College Dictionary The American College Dictionary was the first Random House dictionary, later expanded to create the Random House Dictionary of the English Language. First published in 1947, it was edited by Clarence Barnhart based on the 1927 New Century Dictionary.
American College of Cardiology The American College of Cardiology (ACC) is a nonprofit medical association established in 1949 to educate, research and influence health care public policy. The president for the 2006–2007 year is Steven E.
American College of Greece The American College of Greece was founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor in 1875 and is the considered to be the largest American-sponsored educational institution outside the United States and the largest private institute of tertiary education in Greece, although officially it is not recognized by the state as a university due to the Greek Constitution's reference to the public character of education.
American College of Heraldry The American College of Heraldry was founded in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1972 with the aim of aiding in the study and perpetuation of heraldry in the United States and abroad. Registrations are restricted by policy to American citizens or residents, as well as to others with significant personal or business connections in America.
American College of Chest Physicians The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) is a medical organization consisting of physicians and non-physician specialists in the field of chest medicine, which includes pulmonology, thoracic surgery, and intensive care medicine.
American College of Management and Technology The American College of Management and Technology is a college of the Rochester Institute of Technology located in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It is the only school in the country which grants both American and Croatian degrees.
American College of Medical Genetics The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) is an organization composed of biochemical, clinical, cytogenetic, medical and molecular geneticists, genetic counselors and other health care professionals committed to the practice of medical genetics. Description of ACMG on amcg.
American College of Medical Informatics The American College of Medical Informatics is a college of elected fellows from the United States and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. Initially incorporated in 1984, the organization later dissolved its separate corporate status to merge with the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI) and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC) when the American Medical Informatics Association was formed in 1989.
American College of Medical Technology The American College of Medical Technology is located in Gardena, California. It is a for-profit non-degree-granting occupational institution preparing mainly ethnic minority students for technical employment in the health care industry.
American College of Pediatricians The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a small national medical association of licensed pediatricians and other healthcare professionals in the United States that hold social conservative positions. The College was founded in 2002, out of protest against the mainstream American Academy of Pediatrics support for LGBT parental rights.
American College of Physicians The American College of Physicians (ACP) is a national organization of doctors of internal medicine (internists), physicians who specialize in the prevention, detection and treatment of illnesses in adults. With more than 119,000 members, ACP is the largest medical-specialty organization and second-largest physician group in the United States of America.
American College of Preventive Medicine The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is a national professional society for physicians established in 1954. A Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine (FACPM) is a medical professional who has been a member of the American College of Preventive Medicine for a certain amount of time and who has passed a set of criteria for education, qualification and ethics required to become a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.
American College of Psychiatrists The American College of Psychiatrists is an association of psychiatrists based in Chicago. It operates annual meetings, publishes a newsletter, presents awards, and runs exams for psychiatric residents and practicing psychiatrists.
American College of Radiology The American College of Radiology (ACR), founded in 1923, is a non-profit professional medical organization composed of diagnostic radiologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists. It is based in Reston, Virginia with offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.
American College of Sofia The American College of Sofia (abbreviated as ACS) is one of the top and most prestigious secondary schools in Bulgaria and the Balkans, based in the capital city of Sofia. The college, founded in 1860, is regarded as the oldest American educational institution outside the United States.
American College of Thessaloniki The American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) is the university division of Anatolia, a private, not-for-profit educational institution founded in 1886. ACT is an independent American university chartered by the State of Massachusetts in the United States and accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) through the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.
American College of Trial Lawyers The American College of Trial Lawyers is a professional trial organization composed of trial lawyers from the United States and Canada. Founded in 1950, the College is dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the profession.
American Collegiate Hockey Association The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) began as a men's collegiate hockey league in 1991, and quickly grew to a league of over 150 teams in three men's divisions. A Women's Division was added in 2000, and currently boasts five divisions (two women's now) with over 300 teams from across the United States.
American Colonization Society The American Colonization Society (in full, The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America) founded Liberia, a colony on the coast of West Africa in 1817 and transported free blacks there, in an effort to remove them from the United States. The Society closely controlled the development of Liberia until 1847, when it was declared to be an independent republic.
American Comedy Awards The American Comedy Awards were a group of awards presented annually since 1987 to honor performances and performers in the field of comedy. The last ACA ceremony was held in 2001 under the control of the cable network Comedy Central.
American Commission to Negotiate Peace The American Commission to Negotiate Peace participated in the peace negotiations at the Treaty of Versailles, January 18-December 9, 1919. The peace conference was superseded by the Council of Ambassadors, 1920-31, which was organized to deal with various political questions regarding the implementation of provisions of the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I.
American Committee for Relief in the Near East American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief after 1918 American Committee for Relief in the Near East (ACRNE) in short Near East Relief was a relief organization (charity) established during the World War One which was specifically promoted by Henry Morgenthau, Sr.. Its aim was to release the pain caused by and after the war on Armenian people.
American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia The American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia was an American anti-communist organization founded in the late 1940s which worked for the "liberation" of Russia from Socialism. Modelled after the Radio Free Europe, run by the National Committee for a Free Europe, they founded in 1953 the anti-communist broadcaster Radio Liberation, later known as Radio Liberty.
American Committee on United Europe The American Committee on United Europe (ACUE), founded in 1949, was an American organisation which sought to counter the Communist threat in Europe by promoting European political integration. Its first chairman was ex-wartime OSS head, William Joseph Donovan.
American Community Gardening Association The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is non-profit organization of volunteers, professionals and member-organizations working in support of community greening in rural and urban areas across Canada and the United States. ACGA and its member organizations work together to promote community food and ornamental gardening, preservation and management of open space, urban forestry, and integrated planning and management of developing urban and rural lands.
American Community School The American Community School is an international school in Amman, the capital of Jordan. It is an independent, coeducational day school which offers an American educational program from preschool (3 years old) through grade 12 for students of all nationalities.
American Comparative Literature Association The American Comparative Literature Association is the principal learned society in the United States. Founded in 1960, it has over 1,000 members, and is affiliated with other organizations like the American Council of Learned Societies and the Modern Language Association.
American Competitiveness Initiative The American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) is a federal assistance program intended to help America maintain its competitiveness through investment in research and development (R&D) and education. The ACI’s focus is on programs that are likely to strengthen U.
American Composers Alliance The American Composers Alliance is an American membership organization dedicated to the publishing and promoting of American contemporary classical music. Founded in 1937, it is the oldest national organization of its kind, and represents over 200 member composers.
American Composers Forum The American Composers Forum is an American membership organization dedicated to the promotion and assistance of American composers and their music. It was founded in 1973 as the Minnesota Composers Forum and is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States.
American Computer Museum The American Computer Museum is a museum of the history of computing founded in May 1990 by Barbara and George Keremedjiev as a non-profit organization and originally intended to be located in Princeton, New Jersey; the museum's location was changed to Bozeman, Montana when the museum's founders moved there. It may be the oldest extant museum dedicated to the history of computers in the world.

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