Abstract :
The fortieth anniversary of the founding of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers was celebrated at a meeting held November 5, 1920, at the Engineering Societies Building, 33 West 39th Street, New York. This celebration was one of thirty-two similar meetings held simultaneously in some of the larger cities throughout the country. Messages of congratulations were received from a number of prominent men, including President-Elect Warren G. Harding, Vice-President-Elect Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Charles M. Schwab.
