Exceeds 100,000 Members
ASQC celebrates its 45th anniversary and membership exceeds 100,000. ASQC becomes the sole administrator of the Baldrige Award.
First Certification Examinations
The first certification examinations are held for quality engineers. Industrial Quality Control is replaced by two new publications, Quality Progress magazine and The Journal of Quality Technology.
First Annual Technical Conference
Nearly 2,000 attend ASQC's first Annual Technical Conference and the Second Midwest Quality Control Conference in Chicago.
American Society for Quality is Formed
George Edwards, director of quality assurance at Bell Telephone Labs, is elected president. Industrial Quality Control becomes ASQ's first flagship publication.
The Rochester section became one of the founding members of ASQ.
1st ASQ Rochester Quality Conference
On February 20, 1945 ASQ Rochester held their Quality Control Clinic now know as the ASQ Rochester Quality Conference
Rochester Section first Dinner Meeting
On May 15, 1944 a notice was by the IMC announcing a dinner meeting on May 23rd. That meeting is considered to be the first meeting of what was to become the Rochester Section. One hundred forty five reservations were received for that meeting.
Installation of Rochester Section Officers
The October 10, 1944 meeting for ASQ Rochester included the election and installation of section officers.