Work of the A. I. E. E. sections committee

The Institute was founded in 1884. By 1900 it had attained a membership of 1142. In 1902–3, under the administration of President C. F. Scott, the establishment of Sections and Branches was approved and encouraged. Five years later, in 1907, there were 19 Sections and 17 Branches, with a total membership in the Institute of 4861. Together with the rapidly developing profession of electrical engineering and the impetus given by the activities of the Institute and its Sections and Branches, there has come the remarkable growth of the Institute during the last twenty years. This is indicated by the following tabulation: