PAEYC Timeline

We have a rich past, and we hope that you will be a part of our future

 1963/64 The Pittsburgh Area Pre-school Association (PAPA) was established. Representatives from the National Association of Nursery Education (NANE) visited Pittsburgh. This group is later to be known as The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
 1965 PAPA held the first Conference. Theme: Storytelling by Margaret Hedges. Place: The Home for Crippled children. A hat was passed to pay for the speaker.
 1966 PAPA’s second Annual Conference. Theme: Creativity. Place: Carnegie Mellon
 1967 NANE became The National Association for the Education of Young Children or NAEYC.
 1968 PAPA became an affiliate of NAEYC
 1973-74 PAPA President: Betty Weise
 1975 PAPA President: Betty Weise. Membership 296
 1976 PAPA President: Betty Weise. Membership 291
 1977 PAPA President: Virginia Richardson. Membership 261
 1978 PAPA President: Virginia Richardson. Membership 285
 1979 PAPA President: Victoria Dimidjian. Membership 292
 1980 PAPA became The Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children
 1980 PAEYC President: Victoria Dimidjian. Membership 268
 1981 PAEYC President: Ethel Tittnich. Membership 274
 1982 PAEYC President: Ethel Tittnich. Membership 312
 1983 PAEYC President: Jerlean Daniels. Membership 239
 1984 PAEYC President: Jerlean Daniels. Membership 310
 1985 PAEYC President: Ernie Spisak. Membership 478
 1986 PAEYC President: Ernie Spisak. Membership 388
 1986 Jerlean Daniels was elected to NAEYC Governing Board
 1987 PAEYC President: Roberta Schomberg. Membership 849
 1988 PAEYC President: Roberta Schomberg. Membership 761
 1989 PAEYC President: Roberta Schomberg. Membership 580
 1990 PAEYC President: Roberta Schomberg. Membership 627
 1991 PAEYC President: Cindy Popovich. Membership 739
 1992 PAEYC President: Cindy Popovich. Membership 805
 1993 PAEYC President: Georgia Hernandez. Membership 818
 1993 Jerlean Daniels was elected President of NAEYC
 1994 PAEYC President: Georgia Hernandez. Membership 821
 1995 PAEYC President: Georgia Hernandez. Membership 933
 1996 PAEYC President: Georgia Hernandez.
 1997 PAEYC Co-Presidents: Joan Dawson and Stacia Swanson.
 1998 PAEYC Co-Presidents: Joan Dawson and Stacia Swanson
 1999 PAEYC President: Linda Ehrlich
 2000 PAEYC President: Linda Ehrlich
 2001 PAEYC President: Linda Ehrlich
 2002 PAEYC President: Linda Ehrlich
 2003 PAEYC President: Deb Krotec, Membership 700
 2004 PAEYC President: Deb Krotec
 2005 PAEYC President: Sherry Cleary
 2006 PAEYC President: Sherry Cleary, membership 770
 2007 PAEYC President: Linda Wagner, membership 1000