Abstract :
Organization of the special joint committee formed to consider the future form and scope of American Engineering Council took place at its first meeting, held November 27, 1939, in New York, N. Y. The group, appointed at the suggestion of Council´s president and executive committee, includes three representatives of each of the three founder societies that are Council´s chief supporters — the American Society of Civil Engineers, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers — plus three men representing AEC. All members were present and, in addition, Council´s President William McClellan and Secretary F. M. Feiker.