On October 10, 1969 our professional association was formed at a meeting held at Prince Georges Community College.

Our professional association was first constituted as the “District of Columbia - Maryland Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators” – a two state association;

The first president of The Association was Dr. Palmer Hopkins, then Director of Financial Aid at the University of Maryland, College Park. The first vice-president was Mr. Maurice Heartfield, then Director of Financial Aid at George Washington University, Martha Julie from Trinity College was the first secretary, and Ray Cogdell was elected the first treasurer from Federal City College (now merged with U.D.C.).

Col. Gerry Allen (Retired) then Director of Financial Aid at the University of Delaware became a member of the DC-MD ASFAA at the 1971-72 Fall Meeting and was the first professional from Delaware to join the association.

At the 1972 Fall meeting, the DC-MD ASFAA membership voted to allow Delaware to officially become the third state to join the association and the name was changed to DE-DC-MD ASFAA. The order of the states in the name was decided by alphabetical preference (DE-DC-MD ASFAA).