For more than 70 years, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has been the principal society of the aerospace engineer and scientist. But we haven’t always been AIAA, or even one organization. In 1963, the two great aerospace societies of the day merged. The American Rocket Society and the Institute of Aerospace Science* joined to become AIAA. Both...

The purpose of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) is to promote discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. The American Geophysical Union is a leader, collaborator and sought out partner for scientific innovation, rigor and interdisciplinary focus on global issues. AGU has provided almost a century of support and services to the scientific community. AGU...

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) is the major organization of professional astronomers in North America. The mission of the American Astronomical Society is to enhance and share humanity’s scientific understanding of the universe

“Triple A-S” (AAAS), is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson and professional association. In addition to organizing membership activities, AAAS publishes the journal Science, as well as many scientific newsletters, books and reports, and spearheads programs that raise the bar of understanding for science worldwide.Founded in 1848,...

The Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. shapes public policy that ensures the U.S. aerospace, defense, and homeland security industry remains preeminent and that its members are successful and profitable in a changing global market. The AIA advises the Business and Industry STEM Coalition, comprised of over 40 organizations dedicated to the goal of doubling the number of U.S....

The Aerospace Industries Association of America, Inc. shapes public policy that ensures the U.S. aerospace, defense, and homeland security industry remains preeminent and that its members are successful and profitable in a changing global market. Today, more than 300 major aerospace and defense companies and their suppliers are members of the association, embodying every high-technology manufacturing segment of the...

Chemist and academic administrator Gloria Long Anderson was born on November 5, 1938 in Altheimer, Arkansas to sharecroppers Charley Long and Elsie Lee Foggie. As one of six children, Anderson was expected to assist with farm chores, though her parents never let farm duties get in the way of education. Anderson graduated from Altheimer Training High School in 1954...

Biologist, chemist and inventor Sharon J. Barnes was born on November 28, 1955 to Selena and William Jefferson McDonald in Beaumont, Texas. She attended Sisblee High School where she received three scholarships to attend college. In 1978, Barnes received her B.S. degree in biology-chemistry and clinical laboratory science. During her time in college she interned at clinical laboratory science...

Electrical engineer and academic administrator Gary Stephen May was born on May 17, 1964 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was one of two children born to Warren May, Jr., a postal clerk, and Gloria Hunter, a teacher. As a high school student, May participated in a summer program called “Developing Engineering Students” at McDonnell Douglass Corporation in St. Louis,...

Sylvia Trimble Bozeman was born in Camp Hill, Alabama in 1947. She was the third of five children to Horace T., Sr. and Robbie Jones. Although her father worked with numbers daily in his profession as an insurance agent, it was her mother, a housewife, who first cultivated Bozeman’s love for mathematics. In 1964, Bozeman graduated valedictorian of Edward...