At the suggestion of Henry Waite, eight of the 31 U.S. city managers meet in Springfield, Ohio, in December 1914, "to promote the efficiency of city managers and municipal work in general" and form the City Managers' Association (CMA). Under the group's first secretary (City Manager Ossian E. Carr from Cadillac, Michigan), the initial year's expenditures were $105.

To learn more about the milestones in the history of ICMA, its members, and the local government management profession, visit icma.org/anniversary and scroll through the anniversary timeline on the homepage. Also watch this space in PM, where we’ll highlight an anniversary moment each month.