The origin of JCI (Junior Chamber International, Inc.) can be traced as far back as 1910 to the city of St. Louis, Missouri, USA, where a young man named Henry "Hy" Giessenbier dared to dream "impossible dreams." Giessenbier was born June 26, 1892, and was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He was one of six children in the Giessenbier family.
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The information for the years 1944-1975 has been taken from Men of Vision.
JCI (Junior Chamber Internacional) was officially founded as an internacional organization in December of 1944, on the premise that young people working for mutual understanding, could prevent another holocaust from developing in the future. JCI is unique for several reasons. One is the age limit of 18 to 40 for its members. The second is its concept that no officer should serve more than one year and the third is the similarity in its structure to that of the United Nations Assembly. More...
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A surprising turn of events marked the 1975 JCI World Congress in Amsterdam, Netherlands, when Atty. Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr., then the Chairman of the JCI Select Committee on Membership Growth and considered an “underdog,” was unexpectedly elected JCI President for 1976, easing out three frontrunners from Belgium, Japan and Puerto Rico. More...
As the JCI World Congress in St. Louis drew to a close, the 1,200-member-strong Assembly witnessed the inauguration of Ronald G.S. Au as their thirty-second President. The installation of JCI President Au was also a landmark of sorts, because among the long succession of Past JCI Presidents who came from the United States, he distinguished himself as the first Chinese-American and the first JCI United States past National President (1971-1972) to be the President of JCI. More...
The year 1978 was when the world had seen three popes, celebrated the birth of the “test tube” baby, and got infected with “disco fever.” It also rejoiced at the historic Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, braced for the surprise Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and marveled at the invention of the ultrasound machine. More...
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