Abstract :
Thirty-five years ago—on Saturday, October 19, 1918, to be exact—a group of 15 farsighted business executives held a meeting in the Engineering Societies Building in New York City. They were representatives of the country´s five leading engineering societies, and they had called the meeting to organize the American Engineering Standards Committee (AESC). Having passed four important milestones during the 35 years of its history, in this anniversary address the president of the American Standards Association points out that the ASA is now faced by its fifth great milestone—the result of the transition from mechanization to automation.
