The society name changed to the Biochemical Society in 1913.

In 1971, the organization's name was changed to the Society for Technical Communication.

The organization officially changed its name to the Society of Professional Journalists in 1988.

The name was changed to the 'British Glaciological Society in 1945.

This later changed its name to the Society of Housing Managers in 1948.

The organisation changed its name to the Society of Housing Managers in 1948.

At one point it went so far as to change its name to the Society for Photographers in Communications.

In 1967 its name was changed to the Society for Early Historic Archaeology.

In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society.

This did not work and the name was finally changed, after a protracted debate, to the Society of Architectural Illustration in the 1990s.