It would fulfil its role as a national mathematical Society even before the 1860s, when pure mathematics became the subject of professional research and mathematical Societies of "professionals" were founded all over Europe.
Baseball's first professional team was founded in Cincinnati in 1869.
The first professional fraternity, Kappa Lambda, was founded in 1819 for medical students.
It is a complaint that has been quietly debated by professional researchers since Google was founded three and a half years ago.
In 1954 a group of amateur and professional marathon swimmers formed the Fédération Internationale de Natation Longue Distance; and in 1963, after dissension between amateur and professional swimmers, the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation was founded.
Step Afrika!, which claims to be the first professional stepping company — it was founded by C. Brian Williams (Alpha Phi Alpha, Howard University, same house as Martin Luther King, Jr). in 1994 — will perform on Aug. 16, first in an afternoon "family" program, then in a regular evening show, as part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors.
Second, this company was founded by professionals, I invited six other people.
Although the organization was founded by professionals in 1974, SHPE includes a strong and growing student contingent; the number of student chapters has grown from 2 to 200 since SHPE was founded.
This is a big day for professional social network LinkedIn, which was founded in 2003.
SeedInvest was founded by former professional investors and "we choose only the best quality startups to crowdfund through our platform," Feit tells me.
