The Universal Solution

We normally think of the birthday of the Entomological Society of America as the dates of origin of our two parent societies, the Entomological Society of America in 1906 and the American Association of Economic Entomologists in 1889. However, the latter organization can easily be traced back to a predecessor, the Entomological Club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The Entomological Club had its first meeting in Detroit, Michigan on August 10, 1875 (Can. Entomol. 7:177–85) and went out of existence with the establishment of AAEE. Thus, last year we completed a century of organized entomological society activities at the national level.