Abstract :
ON APRIL 14, 1955, the Board of Directors authorized the establishment of the first Student Affiliate Branch of the AIEE at Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas. At that time, the department numbered 133 students with 9 seniors and 3 staff members. Of this number, 46 held student memberships in AIEE. Prof. L. B. Cherry, head of the electrical engineering department, was named counselor. Today, the department numbers 272 students with 39 seniors and 6 staff members. Of this number, 52 are student members of AIEE. The present counselor is Asst. Prof. J. L. Cooke. The activity of the Branch is indicated by the fact that for the past two successive years they have won the plaque awarded by the local branch of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers to the department having the best Engineers´ Day exhibit.
