Abstract :
Intelligence is the most highly sought after personal quality in an engineering employee in the opinion of 44 of the nation´s top-level engineering executives, who participated in a survey recently concluded by the Engineers´ Council for Professional Development to provide facts about human personality which would be valuable in its program of student and professional development. Results of the 3-year survey which was broadened to include opinions of college administrators, faculty, personnel officials, and engineering students, are published in a 25 page-booklet, “The Most Desirable Personal Characteristics,” in which the data submitted by 1,033 respondents are plotted in 15 bar charts and curves, and interpreted by the ECPD Subcommittee on Student Development.
