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The American Dental Association (ADA) is an American professional association established in 1859 which has more than 159,000 members. Based in the American Dental Association Building in the Near North Side of Chicago, [8] the ADA is the world's largest and oldest national dental association. The organization lobbies on behalf of the American ...
Ada Sophia Dennison McKinley (June 26, 1868 – August 25, 1952) [1] was an American educator, settlement house worker, and activist in Chicago, Illinois. She founded the South Side Settlement House, later renamed in her honor as Ada S. McKinley Community Services.
Under Title III of the ADA, all new construction (construction, modification or alterations) after the effective date of the ADA (approximately July 1992) must be fully compliant with the Americans With Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) [13] found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 28 C.F.R., Part 36, Appendix A.
When Ada Garrett's husband died in 1900, she went into seclusion, devoting her time to managing her finances. She died in 1938, leaving $2,250,000 to the Chicago History Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, the University of Chicago, a number of Chicago hospitals and homes for the poor, disabled, and orphans, and to relatives.
In 1995, the murals on the third floor, originally created in 1918 to commemorate the quarter centennial of the University of Chicago and the opening of Ida Noyes Hall, were restored. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2007, the building underwent repairs to address a crumbling facade and leaking roof, and in 2008, the University's Booth School of Business ...
Ada Programming Support Environment or APSE, was a specification for a programming environment to support software development in the Ada programming language.This represented the second stage of the U.S. military Ada project; once the language was implemented, it was felt necessary to specify and implement a standard set of tools, hence the APSE.
Ada Everleigh, the elder, was born in Greene County, Virginia on February 15, 1864, [2] [3] and died in Charlottesville, Virginia on January 5, 1960. [2] [4] Minna was born in Greene County on July 13, 1866 [2] [3] and died in New York City on September 16, 1948.
The Ada Fire Department was headquartered in the hall until 1965. The police office and jail were located in the northern corner of the building until the 1970s. All local elections except school board elections were also held in the building. The Ada Village Hall was the principal public gathering place in Ada for many decades.