American Engineering Standards committee

Announcement is made of the election of W. J. Serrili, assistant general manager of the United Gas Improvement Company of Philadelphia to succeed C. E. Skinner as chairman of the Standards Committee. Mr. Skinner has served the committee for the past three years, during which time the national standardization work has doubled in volume. The executive committee to serve under Mr. Serrili is a large one of broad representation, including the American Institute of Architects, the U. S. Department of Commerce, the American Railway Association, the American Mining Congress, the Panama Canal, U. S. Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Labor, War, the Navy Department, the American Society for Testing Materials, a Telephone Group, Fire Protection group, Safety group, Society of Automotive Engineers, several industrial interests, The American Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the four National Engineering Societies, Civil, Mechanical, Mining, and Electrical Engineers Societies.