Happy Birthday APS

The American Psychological Society is now two years old. In August of 1988 a small but hearty group of pioneers transformed the newly-established ASAP into the APS and, as they say, the rest is history. Well, not quite. The organizational structure was established quickly. But the development of APS to a national scientific organization with a Washington office and over 10,000 members has involved a lot of planning and a lot of just plain hard work. The accomplishments of our first two years are nothing short of remarkable. But, one could properly ask what else should have been expected? Why shouldn't an organization developed to serve the aims of psychological scientists be expected to have a substantial membership? After all, APS did not invent academic/scientific psychology.