Abstract :
To Facilitate a more effective coordination of the varied work of the many Institute committees, President A. M. MacCutcheon held a dinner meeting with the chairmen of most of the Institute´s committees at the Engineers´ Club adjoining the headquarters´ office building in New York, September 14, 1936. To 41 busy men scattered among some 16 cities in 10 different states from the Atlantic to the Pacific went a letter, during the latter part of August, inviting each as the chairman of an Institute committee to meet with the president in New York as his guest for the purpose of discussing committee activities. Invitations also were sent to nearby Institute officers. Of this group of leaders of Institute activities, as indicated in the accompanying list, some 14 chairmen of general committees, 13 chairmen of technical committees or representatives thereof, 2 vice-presidents, a pastpresident, a past-director, and the national secretary attended the meeting.
