Apco Graphics Inc. history

In accordance with decisions made by the membership quorum meeting at the 1938 Annual Convention in Houston, national APCO postponed the formal recognition of any APCO chapters until after the association could be incorporated.

APCO was then incorporated at the stroke of noon on February 16th, 1939 at the office of the Secretary of State in Indianapolis, Indiana (ref.

Formed in 1941, Illinois APCO is the second oldest chapter in the organization and many of its members have served on the national level.

On March 25, 1944, a group of police communication workers from all areas of New York State met in Endicott, N.Y., to discuss state radio problems and organized the New York Chapter of APCO.

In August 1966, after considerable discussion, the name "Atlantic Chapter APCO" was born.

The Illinois Chapter APCO created and maintains a historical collection, founded in 1982 and located in the Virginius H. Chase Special Collections Center of Bradley University’s Cullom-Davis Library.

APCO's Project 26 (August 1990) was the result of the chapter's concerns over radio-spectrum relief in urban areas experiencing spectrum shortfall.

Thomas Emmons of Monmouth Co, NJ past Chapter Historian completed a list of Atlantic Chapter Officers in 1996 and is in the custody of the current Chapter Historian.

In 2004 the Atlantic Chapter set up a scholarship awards program named for James F. Blesso, a deceased International Life Member and APCO's first Senior Member, to develop its members and invest in the future.