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The History of Aquatics : 1950-1956.
1950 The number of pools in the U.S. reaches 184,200.
1951 The Council for National Cooperation in Aquatics (CNCA), a forum for national aquatics leaders to interact, is incorporated. Early pioneers include Harold Friermood of the YMCA, Cal Bryant of the Red Cross and Homer "Hoisy" Hoisington of the Boy Scouts of America. In 1994, CNCA would fold.
1951 The Holger-Nielsen back-pressure arm-lift method of resuscitation replaces the Schaefer prone-pressure method.
1952 Drug Research of Adrian, Mich., patents bromine for use as a pool sanitizer. The product is marketed primarily in the Northeast.
1952 Phil Leslie invents the first in-wall pool skimmer.
1954 Concrete-block, vinyl-liner pools emerge. Vinyl liners allow for a different type of construction, Thereby making pools more ...
- Board reports reap member benefits. (National Spa and Pool Institute's...
- Magazine article from: Association Management Wiggans, Robert J. May 1, 1993 700+ words
...With more than 80 local chapters, the National Spa and Pool Institute (NSPI), Alexandria, Virginia, needs to communicate...formerly director of member services for the National Spa and Pool Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, is director of membership marketing...
- National Spa & Pool Institute. (Progressions).
- Magazine article from: Pool & Spa News February 22, 2002 700+ words
* The National Spa & Pool Institute has promoted Carol Citron to chief financial officer. Citron, who began at NSPI in 1993 as director of finance, is a certified...
- National Spa and Pool Institute to reorganize under Chapter 11....
- Magazine article from: Association Management October 1, 2002 700+ words
The National Spa and Pool Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, has filed a petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy code. All member services...
- Verdict Against NSPI Upheld.(National Spa and Pool Institute)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Association Management September 1, 2000 700+ words
...Washington (state) Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court's $6.6 million verdict against the National Spa & Pool Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, The Court of Appeals rejected NSPI's claims that the trial court's decision wrongfully assigned...
- On display ... The National Spa & Pool Institute's Retailers Council awarded...
- Magazine article from: Pool & Spa News November 29, 2002 700+ words
* On display ... The National Spa & Pool Institute's Retailers Council awarded Envionmental Test Systems Inc., a manufacturer of pool and spa water test strips in Elkart, Ind...
- NSPI seeks standard feedback.(The National Spa & Pool Institute)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Aquatics International September 1, 2004 700+ words
The National Spa & Pool Institute is conducting a public review of a new standard (NSPI-7) concerning suction entrapment avoidance in pools and spas. Conceived...
- New Partners.(Hanley-Wood, National Spa and Pool Institute)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Builder Evans, B. May 1, 2001 700+ words
...publisher of BUILDER and the leading B2B information provider for residential housing industry, and the National Spa and Pool Institute (NSPI) announced that they are entering a long-term partnership. Hanley-Wood joins this partnership with its acquisition...
- Cergol to head NSPI. (Briefs).(National Spa and Pool Institute)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Aquatics International September 1, 2001 700+ words
The National Spa & Pool Institute's Board of Directors appointed long-time Communications Director Jack Cergol as the association's chief staff executive...
Source: HighBeam Research, The History of Aquatics : 1950-1956.