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The Cosmos Club is a 501(c)(7) private social club in Washington, D.C., that was founded by John Wesley Powell in 1878 as a gentlemen's club for those interested in science. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Among its stated goals is, "The advancement of its members in science, literature, and art and also their mutual improvement by social intercourse."
Cosmos Mindeleff: 1887 journalist [1] Charles Sedgwick Minot: 1902 anatomist and a founding member of the American Society for Psychical Research [1] Betty C. Monkman: 2004 curator of the White House [10] Charles Moore: 1891 Journalist, historian, city planner, and clerk to the Senate Committee on the District of Columbia [1] George Thomas ...
The Des Moines Club (1909–2002), merged with the Embassy Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club [169] The Des Moines Embassy Club (1909), formed in 2002 from the merger of the Embassy Club and Des Moines Club [169] [170] The Embassy Club (1946–2002), merged with the Des Moines Club to become the Des Moines Embassy Club [169] Iowa City
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The Society accepted the invitation. Ever since the Society’s 300th meeting on March 26, 1887, the Society has held its regular meetings at the Cosmos Club and moved with the Club in 1951, to its current location in the Townsend House on Massachusetts Avenue. The Society further evolved in the 20th Century.
It'll cost you $60 for a basic Gold Star membership or $120 for an Executive membership (until prices increase slightly this September), and in exchange, you get access to the warehouse club's ...
Your total cost there is $15, compared to having to spend $60 for a basic membership. Also, the cost of a basic membership is increasing to $65 starting Sept. 1.
The Cosmos Club purchased the property in 1950, following Mrs. Welles' death in Switzerland in 1949. In 1933, President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt lived briefly in the house before his inauguration. [3]