trade unions for skilled and unskilled labor
trade associations aimed at business and industry
professional associations embracing service worker
three categories of occupational organization
general public health movement
specific movement for cremation
what two sociocultural movements exerted influence on associational development among funeral directors?
New York Cremation Society
1881; formed for educational purpose, to advocate and promote cremation as substitution for burial
United States Cremation Company
1885; organized as a commercial enterprise at Fresh Pond, Long Island
funeral and memorial association of america
1962; continental association of funeral and memorial societies, inc. changed its name to; roots can be traced back to Dr. Hugo Erichsen's cremation society of america
undertakers mutual protective association of philadelphia
first formal organization of undertakers, 1864; established the "black Book" listing objectional and delinquent clients. all members had access to cred information. no longer legal
chicago undertakers association
1868; much larger organization than in philadelphia and established same goals and objectives identifying delinquent accounts
National Funeral Directors Association
1882; first convention in Rochester, NY, function as parent association over state associations, chain of command, term undertaker not to be used
1) need to protect themselves from excessive competition, destructive business practices
2) urge to bring professionalism vs. combination business
two basic motivating factors for forming associations
1) development of schools of mort. sci.
2) agencies, conferences, and councils
3) special interest groups; NFDA supporting mort. ed.
4) development of state licensing laws
4 areas of progress toward mortuary education and institutionalization
1-4 weeks
classes in 1880-1905 were ___ long
6 weeks
classes in 1905-1910 were ___ long
8 weeks
classes in 1925-1927 were __ long
3 months
classes from 1928-1931 were ___ long
6 months
classes from 1930-1933 were ___ long
9 months
classes from 1934-1955 were ___ long
12 months
classes from 1955-present (not for AA)
A.A. degree, 2 years
classes from 1960-present
1) 6 day seminar by fluid salesman or by correspondence schools
2) commercial proprietary schools
3) non-commercial proprietary schools started by embalming scholars - a trade school
4) non-proprietary, non-profit institutions
5) regionally accredited, pu
what 5 distinct states did mort. sci. ed. go through from 1882 to present
1894-1914
development of state boards occurred between years ___
American Board of Funeral Service Education
ABFSE; founded 1962, sole accrediting agency for mort. sci. programs
Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards, Inc.
CFSEB; founded 1904 by J.H. McCully; consists of all state boards and provincial Canada boards; later became the ICFSEB ( with international added to its name)
University Mortuary Science Education Association
UMSEA; organization of regionally accredited colleges; objective is the promotion of mortuary education within the context of degree granting schools of post secondary ed
National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science
NACMS; founded in 1942 organization of proprietary schools
American Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science
AACMS; now defunct organization, membership was composed of NACMS members
the NACMS and the UMSEA which in turn, make up part of the ABFSE's voting structure
who supplies questions to the ICFSEB for the National board?
the ICFSEB
Who administers the national board?
Committee of Education of NFDA
1903; 3 man committee elected for 1 to 3 years to work with the conference to set standards to enter the profession, also in 1929, established "the American institute of funeral directors", AIFD
establish uniform req's in all states for licensure
to provide exam questions and answers to state boards
to provide continuing ed seminars for institutes for those already licensed
3 goals of the AIFD
Institute of Mortuary Research, IMR
1930; established by the NFDA; later absorbed into the NFDA as a responsibility of the executive secretary
trouble shoot points of hostilitiy towards organized funeral service
publish "director" magazine, the trade organ of NFDA
goals of the IMR
est. a mort. license combining both funeral director and embalmer into one license
at least 3 years secondary ed.; either 2 year gen ed plus 1 year mort. sci. or an academically integrated program leading to an AA degree
curriculums as well as licensing e
NFDA commission on mortuary education in 1956 published 58 recommendations. of them 4 of the most important were
ABFSE
who did the ICFSEB relinquish accreditation rights to?
1. aa degree in Mort. Sci.
2. apprenticeship - 1 year/ 2000 hrs
3. examination - national board exam
what were the provisions of the "model licensing law" proposed at 1977 ICFSEB convention?
selected independent funeral homes
SIFH
national funeral directors and morticians association (african american)
NFDMA
Jewish Funeral Directors of America
JFDA
Order of the Golden Rule
OGR
National Foundation of Funeral Service
NFFS
Casket Manufacturers of America
CMA