1945 – Instrument Society of America is officially founded, electing Albert F. Sperry as President

1947 – The first ISA logo is adopted

1948 – ISA charters its first student sub-section at Siena College

1954 – ISA launches its first publication, ISA Journal, and names William Kushnick the first Executive Director

1955 – Northern Indiana Section elects the first female president of a section, Virginia W. Zugbaum

1959 – ISA Executives take a mobile tour of the exhibit in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

 

1966 – Herbert S. Kindler assumes the role of Executive Director

1967 – ISA Journal is renamed Instrumentation Technology

1969 – Lloyd F. Williams becomes the 20000^th member of ISA

1970 – ISA opens a new headquarters facility in Pittsburgh and celebrates its Silver Jubilee 25^th anniversary

1974 – The Mexico section is chartered – the first outside of US and Canada

1974 – Russel A. Schlegel is appointed Executive Director

1976 – ISA receives accreditation from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ISA is the 4^th organization to achieve this accreditation.

1977 – Glenn Harvey is named Executive Director

1979 – ISA releases its journal with brand new name, InTech

1980 – ISA moves into a new headquarters located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

1982 – ISA serves as admin secretariat to the US Tech Advisory Group of IEC

1983 – ISA opens its International Training Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

1986 – Representing 97 countries, membership soars to 36,000

1987 – ISA awards Henry C. Frost a Lifetime Achievement Award

1992 – ISA develops a certification program for instrumentation technicians, now known as the Certified Controls Systems Technician (CCST) program

1993 – ISA opens a European Training Center and then moved into a new facility in 2019.

1994 – ISA launches its first web presence to provide updates on conferences, industry news, and member forums, ISA Online

1994 – The name of the Society is changed to ISA, The International Society for Measurement and Control.

1995 – ISA celebrates both its 50^th anniversary and reaching 50,000 members.

1997 – ISA consolidates its headquarters and training center into a new building in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

2000 – The Council of Society Delegates vote to change the name and logo to ISA, The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society

2002 – ISA members elect their first President from outside North America, Piergiuseppe (Pino) Zani

2004 – ISA launches the Certified Automation Professional (CAP) program

2006 – Pat Gouhin is named Executive Director

2006 – ISA founds the Automation Federation

2007 – To bridge the gap between standards and their implementation, ISA creates the ISA Security Compliance Institute

2008 – To bridge the gap between standards and their implementation, ISA creates the ISA Wireless Compliance Institute

2008 – ISA members elect the first female President, Kim Miller Dunn

2008 – The Council of Society Delegates vote to change the name of the Society to International Society of Automation

2008 – ISA launches Safety Certificate Program.

2014 – ISA members elect the second female and first African American President, Peggie Koon

2014 – ISA’s Cybersecurity Certificate Program launch begins

2015  – ISA acquires Automation.com

2017 – ISA names scholarship in honor of the late Dick Morley.

2018 – ISA adopts a new vision and mission statement and creates values

2018 – Mary Ramsey is named Executive Director

2019 – ISA launches the Global Cybersecurity Alliance

2019 – The United Nations endorses IEC62443/ISA99 as the standard in cybersecurity.

2020 – ISA celebrates 75 years