The Society for the Advancement of Management, commonly known as SAM, is the oldest among professional management societies. On November 11, 1910 colleagues of Frederick W. Taylor met at the New York Athletic Club to discuss and promote the principles of 'scientific management'.
Following two years of discussion groups and informal meetings the group came together and formed the Taylor Society on November 7, 1912.
In 1936 the Taylor Society merged with the Society of Industrial Engineers and new organization undertook the new name. To date the Society is the world's oldest professional management society.
Society for Advancement of Management
In 1936 the Taylor Society merged with the Society of Industrial Engineers forming the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM). International presidents of the society have been:
1936-1937: Ordway Tead
1937-1939: William H. Gesell
1939-1941: Myron H. Clark
1941-1942: Keith Louden
1942-1944: Percy S. Brown
1944-1946: Raymond R. Zimmerman
1946-1947: Harold B. Maynard
1947-1948: William L. McGrath
1948-1949: Charles C. James
1949-1951: Dillard E. Bird
1951-1952: Leon J. Dunn
1952-1953: Edward W. Jochim
1953-1954: Bruce Payne
1954-1955: George B. Estes
1955-1956: Frank F. Bradshaw
1956-1957: John B. Joynt
1957-1958: Homer E. Lunken
1958-1959: Phil Carroll
1959-1960: Dause L. Bibby
1960-1961: James E. Newsome
1961-1962: Robert B. Curry
1962-1963: Fred E. Harrel
1963-1964: Hezz Stringfield Jr. 1964-1965: William R. Divine 1965-1966: Oliver J. Sizelove 1966-1967: Donald B. Miller 1967-1968: James L. Centner 1968-1969: David N. Wise 1969-1970: Jack E. Wiedemer 1970-1971: Carl W. Golgart 1971-1972: Owen A. Paul 1972-1973: Ernest T. Tierney 1973-1974: Warren G. Orr 1974-1975: James W. Bumbaugh 1975-1976: Hal J. Batten 1976-1977: W. H. Kirby Jr. 1977-1978: A. T. Kindling 1978-1979: James J. Rutherford 1979-1980: John S. McGuinness 1980-1981: Clifford J. Doubek 1981-1983: Tony Brown 1983-1986: Moustafa H. Abdelsamad 1986-1987: Thomas R. Greensmith 1987-1988: S. G. Fletcher
One of the main task of the Society for Advancement of Management was the recognition of achievements in the advancement of management. Fot that, the society had initiated an Award Program, which contained the Taylor Key Award, the Human Relations Award, the Gilbreth Medal, the Materials Handling Award, the Phil Carroll Advancement of Management Award, the Industrial Incentives Award, and finally The SAM Service Award Honor Society.
Taylor Key Awards
Prominent winners of the Taylor Key Awards have been: Lawrence A. Appley, George W. Barnwell, Donald C. Burnham, Phil Carroll, Morris L. Cooke, Donald K. Davis, Ralph C. Davis, W. Edwards Deming, Henry S. Dennison, Hugo Diemer, M. A. Dittmer, Peter F. Drucker, H. P. Dutton, W. M. Gesell, King Hathaway, James L. Hayes, Herbert C. Hoover, Harry A. Hopf, John B. Joynt, Henry P. Kendall, Dexter S. Kimball. Axa S. Knowles, Harold Koontz, Harold B. Maynard, Robert S. McNamara, John F. Mee, Don G. Mitchell, Allan H. Mogensen, Frank Henry Neely, Kaichiro Nishino, Nobuo Noda, Harlow S. Person, Henning W. Prentis, F. J. Roethlisberger, Edward C. Schleh, Harold F. Smiddy, Brehon B. Somervell, J. Allyn Taylor, George T. Trundle Jr., Lyndall F. Urwick, and Robert B. Wolf.