Abstract :
The committee on professional recognition, one of the 4 working committees of the newly organized Engineers´ Council for Professional Development, has already actively undertaken its duties and has accomplished tangible results. These are summarized in the following article prepared by Conrad N. Lauer, chairman of the committee, and J. W. Barker, the representative of the A.I.E.E. upon this committee. This article was prepared for Electrical Engineering by Mr. Lauer and Dean Barker, at the request of L. A. Doggett (A´13, M´16), chairman of the Institute´s committees on Student Branches and on education. The article by Mr. Lauer and Dean Barker follows: