About the Academy of Management

AOM’s Historical Timeline

1936

28 December 1936: AOM was founded during a meeting between Professor Charles L. Jamison, University of Michigan; Professor William N. Mitchell, University of Chicago; and other invited teachers of management courses at the University of Chicago's Quadrangle Club.

Founder and President: Charles L. Jamison, University of Michigan

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL AOM Historical

1937

President: Charles L. Jamison

Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA

• AOM's first Annual Meeting had 24 attendees
• Charles Jamison designated as chairman of AOM

1938

President: Charles L. Jamison

Annual Meeting: Ann Arbor, MI

Publications: The first publication of the Academy of Management, a stenographic record of the third conference, was published by the University of Michigan's Bureau of Business Research.

1939

President: Charles L. Jamison

Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA

• $1 USD for lunch, $1.25 USD for dinner

1940

President: Charles L. Jamison

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL

Governance: Constitutional Committee of the Academy of Management established

1941

President: Robert P. Brecht, University of Pennsylvania, AOM's 2nd president

Annual Meeting: New York, NY

Governance: Academy of Management Constitution was adopted, acknowledging the AOM's scholarly purpose

1942

President: Robert P. Brecht

Annual Meeting: AOM meetings are suspended during World War II (1942-1947)

1947

President: Robert P. Brecht

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL

1948

President: Ralph C. Davis, The Ohio State Univeristy, AOM's 3rd president

Annual Meeting: Cleveland, OH

Membership:

• 30 members
• Two classes of AOM membership were established: "Fellows" and "Associates"
• Dues: $5 USD
• Revenue: $182.50 USD

Publications: The first official Proceedings were issued for the Annual Meeting

Governance: the Executive Committee was given the authority to run AOM

1953

President: Franklin E. Folts, Harvard University, AOM's 8th president

Annual Meeting: Washington, DC

1954

President: William R. Spriegel, University of Texas, AOM's 9th president

Annual Meeting: Detroit, MI

Membership:

• 100 members
• Revenue: $827.73

1955

President: Ronald B. Shuman, University of Oklahoma, AOM's 10th president

Annual Meeting: New York, NY

Membership:

• 110 members
• First Fellows dinner held at AOM’s Annual Meeting

1957

President: Alvin M. Brown, Johns-Manville Corp., AOM's 12th president

Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA

Membership:

• Midwest Academy of Management (Midwest Regional Division) was formed
• Revenue: $1,872.70 USD

1958

President: Billy E. Goetz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, AOM's 13th president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL

Membership: Southwest Academy of Management (Southwest Regional Division) was formed

1959

President: Merten J. Mandeville, University of Illinois, AOM's 14th president

Annual Meeting: Washington, D.C.

• First Academy of Management Board of Governors was elected

1960

President: Joseph W. Towle, University of Illinois, AOM's 15th president

Annual Meeting: St. Louis, MO

Membership: 387 members

1961

President: George R. Terry, Northwestern University, AOM's 16th president

Annual Meeting: New York, NY

• Revenue grows to $6,134.11
• Early career placement activities at the meeting included 35 job applicants and 45 job openings

Membership: Dues: $7 USD

1962

President: Harold F. Smiddy, General Electric Co., AOM's 17th president

Annual Meeting: Pittsburgh, PA

Membership:

• Revenue: $6,134.11 USD
• Southern Management Association (Southern Regional Division) was formed

Publications: AOM publishes its first book: "Current Readings and Emerging Concepts: Readings from the Academy of Management Journal" edited by Joseph F. Towle

1963

President: Harold D. Koontz, University of California, Los Angeles, AOM's 18th president

Annual Meeting: Boston, MA

• AOM Book Awards program initiated

Membership: AOM begins affiliation with Sigma Iota Epsilon Management Fraternity (founded in 1928)

Publications: Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) publishes four issues a year

1964

President: Keith Davis, Arizona State University, AOM's 19th president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL

Membership: Eastern Academy of Management (Eastern Regional Division) formed

1965

President: Dalton E. MacFarland, Michigan State University, AOM's 20th president

Annual Meeting: New York, NY

• Foundation for Administrative Research created

1966

President: Preston P. Le Breton, University of Washington, AOM's 21st president

Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA

1968

President: Ernest Dale, University of Pennsylvania, AOM's 23rd president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL

• Decision made to hold the subsequent meetings in the month of August (previous year the Annual Meeting was held in December)

Membership: Revenue: $18,347.29 USD

1969

President: Paul J. Gordon, Indiana University, AOM's 24th president

Annual Meeting: Cincinnati, OH

• First Annual Meeting to have mini-workshops centered around topics of interest to AOM members

Divisions and Interest Groups: Creation of seven ad hoc committees to generate professional interest subgroups within the Academy of Management

1970

President: Joseph A. Litterer, University of Massachusetts, AOM's 25th president

Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA

1971

President: William G. Wolf, Cornell University, AOM's 26th president

Annual Meeting: Atlanta, GA

• Attendees: 550 members
• First issue of the Academy of Management Newsletter was published

Membership: 1,400 members, including 70 members from 16 global countries

Divisions and Interest Groups: Nine professional divisions formed:

• Business Policy and Strategy
• Human Resources
• Management History
• Managerial Consultation
• Organizational Development and Change
• Organization and Management Theory
• Organizational Behavior
• Production/Operations Management
• Social Issues in Management
• Entrepreneurship and Health Care Administration interest groups formed.

1972

President: George A. Steiner, University of California, Los Angeles, AOM's 27th president

Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN

• Formal Site Selection Committee established

1974

President: Lyman W. Porter, University of California, AOM's 29th president

Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA

1975

President: Herbert G. Hicks, Louisiana State University, AOM's 30th president

Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA

Divisions and Interest Groups: Public Sector interest group was formed

1976

President: Stanley C. Vance, University of Tennessee, AOM's 31st president

Annual Meeting: Kansas City, KS

• Health Care Administration interest group receives division status

Publications: First publication of the Academy of Management Review (AMR)

1978

President: John B. Miner, Georgia State University, AOM's 33rd president

Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA

• AOM archives moved from Florida Atlantic University to Cornell University

President: Rosemary Pledger, University of Houston at Clear Lake, AOM's 34th president

Annual Meeting: Atlanta, GA

• AOM's first female president elected

1980

President: William F. Glueck, University of Georgia, AOM's 35th president

Annual Meeting: Detroit, MI

Membership:

• 4,800 members
• Revenue: $275,000 USD

Governance: AOM's national offices are located at Mississippi State University

1982

President: Max S. Wortman, Jr., University of Tennessee, AOM's 37th president

Annual Meeting: New York, NY

• Academy of Management bylaws are adopted

1983

President: Robert B. Duncan, Northwestern University, AOM's 38th president

Annual Meeting: Dallas, TX

• George R. Terry Book Award was established
• Irwin Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management was established

1985

President: Kathryn M. Bartol, University of Maryland, AOM's 40th president

Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA

Membership: 6,422 members

Divisions and Interest Groups: Research Methods interest group was formed

1986

President: Fred Luthans, University of Oregon, AOM's 41st president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL

• AOM celebrates fiftieth anniversary with the "Centennial of Management"

Divisions and Interest Groups: 

• Conflict Management interest group was formed
• Entrepreneurship interest group receives division status

1987

President: Richard M. Steers, University of Oregon, AOM's 42nd president

Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA

Divisions and Interest Groups: Technology and Innovation Management division was formed

Publications:

• Academy of Management Journal and Academy of Management Review Best Paper Awards were established
• First publication of the Academy of Management Executive 

1988

President: Don Hellriegel, Texas A&M University, AOM's 43rd president

Annual Meeting: Anaheim, CA

Membership: Academy of Management Membership Directory published

Divisions and Interest Groups: Research Methods interest group receives division status

Governance: AOM receives tax exempt status, classified as a 501 (c) (3) organization

1989

President: Arthur G. Bedeian, Louisiana State University, AOM's 44th president

Annual Meeting: Washington, DC

• AOM national office relocates to Ohio Northern University
• Distinguished Educator and Distinguished Service Awards established

Publications: Academy of Management Executive Best Paper Award was established

1990

President: Steven Kerr, University of Southern California, AOM's 45th president

Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA

1991

President: Janice M. Beyer, University of Texas at Austin, AOM's 46th president

Annual Meeting: Miami, FL

• 3,100 attendees
• Academy of Management Code of Ethical Conduct was adopted
• Revenue: $1+ million USD

Membership: 8,113 members

1993

President: Donald C. Hambrick, University of Colorado, AOM's 48th president

Annual Meeting: Atlanta, GA

Publications: Academy of Management Journal becomes a bimonthly publication

1994

President: Greg R. Oldham, University of Illinois, AOM's 49th president

Annual Meeting: Dallas, TX

• The first AOM executive director, Nancy Urbanowicz, is hired
• AOM national office moves from Ohio Northern University to Pace University in Briarcliff Manor, New York

1995

President: Mary Ann Y. Von Glinow, Florida International University, AOM's 50th president

Annual Meeting: Vancouver, B.C., Canada

• 4,842 attendees
• Academy of Management becomes incorporated
• First Annual Meeting to be held outside the United States
• Carolyn Dexter Best International Paper Award was established
  

1996

President: Richard T. Mowday, University of Oregon, AOM's 51st president

Annual Meeting: Cincinnati, OH, Theme: Learning from Unusual Events

• Academy of Management enters the electronic age, with the development of our first website

1997

President: Michael A. Hitt, Texas A&M University, AOM's 52nd president

Annual Meeting: Boston, MA, Theme: Current Issues That Call for Action

• Signed Affiliation Agreements with:
  • Fellows of the Academy
  • Sigma Iota Epsilon Management Fraternity
  • Eastern Academy of Management
  • Midwest Academy of Management
  • Southwest Academy of Management
  • Western Academy of Management
  • Southern Management Association
    

1998

President: William H. Starbuck, New York University, AOM's 53rd president

Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA

• Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC)
• Revenue: $2+ million USD

Divisions and Interest Groups: Women in Management division name changed to Gender and Diversity in Organizations division

1999

President: Anne S. Huff, University of Colorado, AOM's 54th president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL, Theme: Change and Development in a Pluralistic World 

• William H. Newman Best Dissertation Award established
  

Divisions and Interest Groups: Managerial and Organizational Cognition interest group receives division status

2000

President: David A. Whetten, Brigham Young University, AOM's 55th president

Annual Meeting: Toronto, ON, Canada, theme: Planning “A New Time”

• 5,560 attendees
• Signed Memorandum of Understanding with Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
• Signed an Affiliation Agreement with the Asia Academy of Management
• Mentoring Award established
  

Membership: 11,520 members

2001

President: Andrew H. Van de Ven, University of Minnesota, AOM's 56th president

Annual Meeting: Washington, DC, theme: How Governments Matter

• The Statement of Strategic Direction adopted by the Board of Governors
• Signed Memorandum of Understanding with European Academy of Management (EURAM)
• Signed an Affiliation Agreement with the Iberoamerican Academy of Management (IAM)
• Academy of Management electronic intranet, InfoNET, was created
• Revenue $3+ million USD
  

Divisions and Interest Groups: Management Spirituality and Religion interest group was formed

2002

President: Jean M. Bartunek, Boston College, AOM's 57th president

Annual Meeting: Denver, CO, theme: Building Effective Networks

• Signed Memorandum of Understanding with the British Academy of Management and the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
• AOM website redesigned, offering extensive online services to the members
  

Publications: Academy of Management Learning and Education is published

2003

President: Jone L. Pearce, University of California, Irvine, AOM's 58th president

Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA, theme: Democracy in a Knowledge Economy

• Memoranda of Understanding signed with the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD) and ACACIA, the Mexican Academy of Management
  

Membership: 13,563 members

2004

President: Rosalie L. Tung, Simon Fraser University, AOM's 59th president

Annual Meeting: New Orleans, LA, theme: Creating Actionable Knowledge

• Assets: $5+ million USD
  

Membership: 14,000+ members

2005

President: Denise M. Rousseau

Annual Meeting: Honolulu, HI, theme: A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century

• 7,200 in attendance
• Hurricane Katrina strikes Academy of Management Review office at Tulane University. Full recovery of operations takes six months.
• Academy launches centralized manuscript management system
  

2006

President: Thomas G. Cummings, University of Southern California, AOM's 61st president

Annual Meeting: Atlanta, GA, theme: Knowledge, Action and The Public Concern

Publications: Academy of Management Executive is discontinued and replaced by the Academy of Management Perspectives

2007

President: Ken G. Smith, University of Maryland, AOM's 62nd president

Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA, theme: Doing Well by Doing Good

Publications: Academy of Management Annals was launched under the editorship of Jim Walsh and Art Brief.

Divisions and Interest Groups: Organizations and the Natural Environment interest group receives division status

2008

President: Thomas W. (Tom) Lee

Annual Meeting: Anaheim, CA, theme: Improving Lives

• 9,527 attendees

Divisions and Interest Groups: Critical Management Studies interest group receives division status

2009

President: Angelo DeNisi, Tulane University, AOM's 64th president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL, theme: Green Management Matters

• AOM launches AOM Connect, a members' only social networking platform including areas for file sharing, networking and groups
  

2010

President: James P. Walsh, University of Michigan, AOM's 65th president

Annual Meeting: Montreal, QC, Canada, theme: 2010: Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice and Research

• AOM introduces the Strategic Plan including updated Vision and Mission statements and 4 key areas of Strategic Intent
• Signed an Affiliation Agreement with the Indian Academy of Management
  

Divisions and Interest Groups: Strategizing Activities and Practice interest group was formed

2011

President: Susan E. Jackson, Rutgers University, AOM's 66th president

Annual Meeting: San Antonio, TX, theme: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending

• President Jackson urges members to make the Strategic Plan their own and move it to action through Strategic Doing
• AOM holds its first Africa Faculty Development Workshop in Ghana
  

Membership: 19,528 members

2012

President: Anne S. Tsui, Arizona State University, AOM's 67th president

Annual Meeting: Boston, MA, theme: The Informal Economy

• attendees: 11,231
• AOM holds its second Africa Faculty Development Workshop in Rwanda
  
• AOM launches a new website, AOM.org

2013

President: Ming-Jer Chen, Darden School of Business, AOM's 68th president

Annual Meeting: Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL, theme: Capitalism in Question

• Teaching & Learning Conference (TLC@AOM): Academy of Management launches a conference focused on teaching and learning in conjunction with the Annual Meeting

7-10 January: AOM Africa Conference, Academy of Management holds its first conference outside of North America

2014

President: R. Duane Ireland, Texas A&M University, AOM's 69th president

Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA, theme: The Power of Words

2015

President: Paul S Adler, University of Southern California, AOM's 70th president

Annual Meeting: Vancouver, BC, Canada, theme: Opening Governance

Publications: Academy of Management Discoveries was first published

2016

President: Debra L. Shapiro

Annual Meeting: Anaheim, CA, theme: Making Organizations Meaningful

Membership: 20,000+ members

2017

President: Mary Ann Glynn, Boston College, AOM's 73rd president

Annual Meeting: Atlanta, GA, theme: At The Interface

Divisions and Interest Groups: The Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) division was renamed Strategic Management (STR)

2018

President: Carol Kulik, University of South Australia, AOM's 74th president

Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL, theme: Improving Lives

Specialized Conferences:

• Tel Aviv, Israel: From Start-up to Scale-up: Coping with Organizational Challenges in a Volatile Business Environment
• Surrey, England: Big Data and Managing in a Digital Economy

2019

President:  Jacqueline A-M. Coyle-Shapiro, London School of Economics, AOM's 75th president

Annual Meeting: Boston, MA, theme: Understanding the Inclusive Organization

Specialized Conference: Bled, Slovenia, Responsible Leadership in Rising Economies

2020

Annual Meeting: Vancouver, BC, Canada, theme: 20/20: Broadening Our Sight

Specialized Conference: Mexico City, Mexico, Beyond Research: Advancing the Impact of Management in Latin America