The year ATRA held its mid-year conference in Tempe, Arizona,

ASTRA was founded in 1989 by Teresa Boeger, CTRS.

• Teresa is considered to be the organization’s founding mother. 
• ASTRA has three (3) symbolic items for our organization: a gavel, a wine bottle, and the official black book.
• Each president signs and dates their presidency on both the gavel box and the wine bottle label. These items are handed down from one president to the next. 
• If the swearing in of the new president occurs at an ASTRA event or meeting, it is an ASTRA tradition to ceremonially pass down the gavel and wine bottle. 
• This is completed by having all Past Presidents in attendance form a line based on their tenure with the organization. 
• The gavel and wine bottle are passed down from one Past President to the next while the individual reads out loud the names of all the past-presidents that have occurred between those who are in attendance. 
• Thus, honoring all of ASTRA’s Past-Presidents.