The first organizational meeting of the Bexley High School Alumni Association (BHSAA) was held on Sunday, December 2, 1973 at the "Old Bexley High School" at the corner of Montrose and Main, the building that now houses Montrose Elementary School. The real purpose of this meeting was to honor the 50-year graduates of the Class of 1923, the first graduating class of Bexley High School. The location was chosen to provide the first four graduating classes the enjoyment of meeting in their old high school.

Officers elected that night were: President, Evelyn Cremeans Elder; Secretary, Don Callander; Treasurer, Carl Phalor; Assistant Secretary, Ruth Phalor Weaver.

The organization was started with a ten year span to include the classes of 1923 through 1932. The first ten years had a total of 499 graduates.

In 1978, the BHSAA drew up by-laws adapted from the Ohio State University Alumni Association.

The annual meetings continued to be held at the "Old High School" until 1980 when the association extended an invitation to the balance of graduates, through the class of 1979, to join in an all-inclusive Bexley High School Alumni Association. The meeting that year was moved to the "New High School" on Cassingham Road. Since that time, the dates and locations of the meetings have changed and have been held at the Columbus Country Club on the Sunday closest to July 4^th for a number of years. In 1999, the meeting date was changed to the month of September.

Beginning in 1985 the annual luncheons included the presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards to recognized graduates and, in 1990, the Honorary Alumni Awards for recognized non-alumni were added.

On July 9, 1987 the BHSAA became incorporated as a non-profit organization and re-wrote the by-laws. Charles M. Frank, President of the Association was appointed Statutory Agent.

The Code of Regulations drawn up that year reads as follows: "The general administration, management and direction of the affairs of the Association shall be vested in a Board of Trustees consisting of nine members. A trustee shall serve a term of three years. In any given year, the terms of only three of the nine shall expire. All officers of the Association shall be elected from among the members of the Board of Trustees for a term of one year." The president also has the authority to appoint advisors, as needed.

In 1988 the BHSAA applied for and was granted recognition from the Internal Revenue Service as an exempt organization under IRS Code Section 501 (c) (3). As a result of this ruling, annual dues and contributions to the Carlton Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund are deductible for Federal income tax purposes.

The BHSAA has grown from a card file listing of 499 graduates’ names in 1973 to a computerized database of 12,503 names today. We currently send out approximately 8,000 newsletters twice a year at an annual printing and postage cost of over $10,000.