The efforts that included 2,000 questionnaires culminated in a meeting held on April 18, 1924, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and led by Frank D. Kern and S.H.
Guyton (Assistant-Secretary), Frank D. Kern (Treasurer), George H. Ashley (Editor), and J.P. Kelley (Press Secretary) were elected and two committees were formed Nominating and Constitution.
The First Annual Meeting was held from April 10 to 11, 1925 in the Senate Caucus Room, and the Constitution of the academy was adopted.
Otto E. Jennings was a Curator of Botany at the Carnegie Museum[4] and Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Proceedings included meeting minutes and peer-reviewed papers of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science.