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AARP company history timeline

1967

Andrus died in 1967, the year the Age Discrimination in Employment Act was passed.

1978

In 1978, after being fired by Davis, Executive Director Harriet Miller (who eventually became mayor of Santa Barbara, California) filed a $4 million suit leveling many of the same charges, contending that control of the organization rested in the hands of Colonial Penn.

1982

The NRTA and AARP had merged officially in 1982.

1992

As Simpson put it, "Do any of you care a crap about your grandchildren?" Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca delivered much the same message at the 1992 AARP convention.

1993

The service operated as a separate nonprofit organization, Retired Persons' Services, Inc., "not owned or controlled by AARP." Van Atta reported its sales as $440 million in 1993, with a one percent commission on gross sales payable to AARP.

1995

Fortune polls found it to be the most influential lobby on Capitol Hill; the group spent $35 million lobbying in 1995.

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1958
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Washington, DC
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Ethel Andrus,Leonard Davis
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