1969
New President Wilson S. Johnson, formerly an NFIB division manager, is selected president of NFIB. He establishes an employee retirement pension plan, an NFIB mission statement, and overall policy. Membership will double under his leadership.
1968
Wilson Harder dies while still serving as NFIB president
1961
Burger shows Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson the federal Mandate.
1960
(PHOTO CAPTION) George Burger, Sr., NFIB’s first full-time lobbyist in Washington, D.C., shows Sen. John F. Kennedy the federal Mandate. (PHOTO CAPTION) Burger shows Vice President Richard Nixon the federal Mandate.
1950
Maximum dues are set at $100 per year. (PHOTO CAPTION) Sales Organization Leadership
1949
NFSB becomes the “National Federation of Independent Business.” Harder turns over all assets (facilities, addressograph, etc.) to NFIB for $10.
1947
A Washington, D.C., office is established.
1944
NFSB office moves out of Harder’s basement and eventually is re-located in 1961 to San Mateo, Calif.
1943
The first Mandate is created, as NFIB’s membership and grassroots continues to grow. The format remains… “One member, one vote.”
1943
C. Wilson Harder founds the National Federation of Small Business (NFSB), Inc. in the basement of his home in San Mateo, Calif., and signs up its first members at $8.50. “Mr. Harder, I told you to be careful, this thing can get awfully big.” Harry Millard of Service Press, NFIB’s…