Abstract :
My 36 years of membership in the AIEE has given me the definite feeling of belonging to a profession. Association with those of my contemporaries who were doing the pioneering in electrical engineering was a privilege. Hearing and talking to such giants as Steinmetz, Lamme, Zworykin, Armstrong, Scott, Sporn, and others gave me many thrills. Furthermore, the opportunity provided to submit and present papers giving the results of my own researches from time to time made me feel that I too belonged to that profession. Instead of feeling that as a teacher I was an outsider, I was convinced that I too belonged. This feeling has been quite similar to that of being a member of a family.
