Short answers, pulled from the story.
Thirty-six physicists gathered inside a room at Columbia University on the 20th of May 1899 to form the organization. They met four times each year during those early decades as their only major activity.
The society publishes seventeen international research journals including open access titles like PRX Quantum. Reviews of Modern Physics arrived in 1929 while Physical Review Letters began in 1958.
The Division of Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics was created in 1943 as the oldest division. It manages awards such as the Davisson-Germer Prize for surface physics.
The Bridge Program targets underrepresented minority students seeking doctoral degrees with National Science Foundation funding. A scholarship program established in 1980 supports undergraduate majors from minority backgrounds.
Legal reasons caused the Executive Board to abandon the planned name change proposal after an electronic poll showed most members preferred American Physics Society. The board adopted a new logo incorporating the phrase APS Physics instead.