FBLA - History
When was the idea of FBLA first introduced? - answer1937
By who? - answer Hamden L Forkner
Where was he from? - answer Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City
What did he suggest? - answer That a national organization was needed for the
business clubs around the country
When did the National Council for Business Education first sponsor this student
organization? - answer1940
What are they now known as? - answer National Business Education Association
What else happened in 1940? - answer The name "FBLA" was chosen.
When was the first chapter of FBLA started? - answer1942, February 3rd
Where was the first chapter started? - answer Johnson City, Tennessee
When did the second chapter begin? - answer2 days later, Feb. 5th, 1942
Where did the second chapter begin? - answerSt. Albans, West Virginia
By the end of 1942, how many more chapters joined? - answer39
How about by the end of 3.5 years? - answer38
What happened in 1946? - answerThe United Business Education Association assumes
sponsorship of FBLA.
Where are the headquarters established and when? - answerNational Education
Association center in Washington, DC
What state became the first state chapter? - answerIowa
In what year is the first state chapter? - answer1947
Who follows? - answerIndiana and Ohio - by the next three years, there are ten state
chapters
When was the idea of FBLA first introduced? - answer1937
By who? - answer Hamden L Forkner
Where was he from? - answer Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City
What did he suggest? - answer That a national organization was needed for the
business clubs around the country
When did the National Council for Business Education first sponsor this student
organization? - answer1940
What are they now known as? - answer National Business Education Association
What else happened in 1940? - answer The name "FBLA" was chosen.
When was the first chapter of FBLA started? - answer1942, February 3rd
Where was the first chapter started? - answer Johnson City, Tennessee
When did the second chapter begin? - answer2 days later, Feb. 5th, 1942
Where did the second chapter begin? - answerSt. Albans, West Virginia
By the end of 1942, how many more chapters joined? - answer39
How about by the end of 3.5 years? - answer38
What happened in 1946? - answerThe United Business Education Association assumes
sponsorship of FBLA.
Where are the headquarters established and when? - answerNational Education
Association center in Washington, DC
What state became the first state chapter? - answerIowa
In what year is the first state chapter? - answer1947
Who follows? - answerIndiana and Ohio - by the next three years, there are ten state
chapters
