American Academy of Arts and Sciences

[private FP-Yearly|FP-Monthly] [/private]   This Day In Founders History – 11 & 12 August In August of 1779 (exact date unknown), John Adams proposed founding the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the U.S. John Hancock and James Bowdoin collaborated with Adams and the Academy was established by the Massachusetts legislature the following year. Adams went on to serve as its first president […]