charter member
Noun
Meaning
one of the original members when an organization was founded
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Case Western Reserve, a charter member of the NCAC, announced that it would leave the NCAC following the 1998-99 academic year.
Hutson claimed 18 NFL records when he retired in 1945, many of which still stand. citation In 1951, his number 14 was the first to be retired by the Packers, and he was inducted as a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
After World War II, Ethiopia became a charter member of the United Nations.
Ethiopia was a charter member of the United Nations and took part in UN operations in Korea in 1951 and the Congo in 1960.
For instance, in December 1965 the country had become a charter member of the Caribbean Free Trade Association (Carifta).
He was a charter member of ASCAP in 1914, serving as its director (1920–1963), vice president (1936–1940), and finally president (1950–1953).