Abstract :
The 1959 Annual Dinner of The Institution of Production Engineers was held at the Dorchester Hotel, London, on Thursday, 19th November, and was attended by over 600 members and guests. The President of the Institution, Mr. G. Ronald Pryor, M.I.Prod.E., was in the Chair, and the principal guest was Sir Charles Goodeve, O.B.E., B.Sc, F.R.S., Director of The British Iron and Steel Research Association. During the evening the annual awards of the Institution were announced by the President and the presentations were made by Sir Charles Goodeve. The President, in proposing the toast of ¿The Guests¿, said :