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Reflecting on ASA’s Centennial Year, 2005At this time 100 years ago . . . a first-class stamp cost $.02, federal spending was $.57 billion, and actress Greta Garbo was born. At the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, the first gathering of sociologists to discuss a sociology organization, a hotel room was $2.00. (1905) 75 years ago . . . a first class stamp cost $.02, federal spending was $3.32 billion, and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was born. One year later, the American Sociological Society became affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (1931) 50 years ago . . . a first class stamp cost $.03, federal spending was $68.44 billion, and Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, was born. Two years earlier, the Society’s Annual Meeting was the first to be held on the West Coast or on a campus. (1953) 25 years ago . . . a first class stamp cost $.15, federal spending was $590.95 billion, and Venus and Serena Williams, professional tennis players, were born. One year earlier, ASA affirmed civil rights of homosexuals or any other group. (1979)
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