Congratulations to Elizabeth “Lynne” Ladner, former city administrator, Hiawatha, Kansas, who submitted the correct answer to the February ICMA 100th Anniversary Trivia Quiz. The answer to the question, “Who was the first African-American president of ICMA, and in what year was he or she elected?” is Sylvester Murray, who was city manager of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1983 when he was elected ICMA president.   

This month we acknowledge Women’s History Month and test your knowledge of ICMA history with the following question:

Who was the first female president of ICMA, and in what year was she elected?

The first member to respond with the correct answer wins an ICMA-anniversary-branded item. This month’s prize is the ICMA anniversary coffee mug.

You can find the answer to this month’s anniversary trivia quiz question among the entries in the ICMA anniversary timeline located at the top of the anniversary website. Click on any of the decades to enter.

While you’re on the anniversary website, check out “The ICMA Experience,” a collection of stories and reminisces about the organization and the profession, as told through the words of your colleagues and friends. Then upload your own story directly, or submit it to Amy Mayers at amayers@icma.org. Help us reach our goal of having at least 100 stories or other media posted by the time we arrive at the annual conference in Charlotte in September!

Submit your response to this month’s historical trivia quiz by sending an e-mail to anniversary@icma.org by Monday, March 24. To be eligible to win, you must be an ICMA member and cannot have won the quiz in the past six months.

Good luck!