History of the Institute

The Insitute got its start in the Fall of 1996, when D.r. Thomas Kula became a freshman at Drake University. Very early on Tom became convinced that Drake University was a former military base, and that any moment Drake could be attacked by its arch-enemy, Iowa State University (more on that later). He then began developing a Plan to Provide for the Defense of Drake University in the Event of Nuclear Attack (again, more on that someday) and needed a think-tank institution to present the research under. He then created the idea of the Insitute for Advanced Perpendicular Logic Studies.

The Institute began showing up in various places such as mentions in e-mail, and generation of a few paper documents (the first of which dates from 12 November 1996 and signifies the witnessing of a glowing pickle experiment by Lou Centrella, Tom Kula, and Dan Ramaley). Several events were organized under the banner of the Institute, and those who wished to be associated with the Institute began using the prefix "D.r." and the suffix "N.D.S.G." (now deprecated, stands for "no degree, still good"). A preliminary constitution known as the Charter was drafted on 8 January 1997 by Tom, heavily edited by Dan and Tom, and eventually evolved into the current Articles of Incorporation.

In the wee hours of the morning on the 19^th day of January of the year Nineteen hundred and ninety seven, at 01:37, the Institute was officially formed at the historic signing of the Articles of Incorporation by Thomas L. Kula and Daniel A. Ramaley. The signing was witlessed by one who wishes to remain anonymous. Within moments of the signing, the first official meeting was held, the first 2 amendments passed, and the first two members Tom and Dan invested. The next day Louis R. Centrella was accepted into the Institute, and it all went down hill from there.

Stay tuned for a more complete version of the History of the Institute (but don't hold your breath).