1938
The Biblical Archaeologist was inaugurated by G.E. Wright as its editor. Its first editorial board consisted of W.F. Albright (Johns Hopkins), Millar Burrows (Yale), and E.A. Speiser (University of Pennsylvania). […]
1932
Nelson Glueck succeeds Millar Burrows as Annual Director of ASOR. Image: Millar Burrows with ASOR vehicle in Jerusalem, July 1936.
1926
Seasons start at Tell Beit Mirsim, chosen by Albright and senior fellow Melvin Grove Kyle, as an initially modest excavation project that turned into one of the most significant excavations […]
1924
Construction on building completed and ASOR moves into the facility. Later named the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, this facility would house 10 rooms for students and visiting scholars. […]
1923
ASOR adopts the Egyptian ankh hieroglyph, the symbol of life, containing within it the Babylonian dinger, the eight-pointed star formed by four cuneiform wedges, signifying deity.
1921
ASOR is formally incorporated in the U.S. and James A. Montgomery of the University of Pennsylvania is named its first President. With the imminent addition of another school in Baghdad, […]
1920-1929
William Foxwell Albright was appointed ASOR’s first long-term director in Jerusalem. Image: The Jerusalem property in 1920 on which the ASOR School was later constructed.
1901
Under Torrey’s leadership, ASOR’s first excavation began at the tombs at Sidon, and its first grant was awarded.
1900
Under the name the “American School of Oriental Study and Research in Palestine,” the organization was born. Since the end of the 19th century, the American Schools of Oriental Research […]
1895
The Society for Biblical Literature (SBL), along with the American Oriental Society (AOS) and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), endorse a proposal to establish a school in Palestine as […]