Abstract :
THE Board of Directors of the Institute in June 1956 originated a proposal for the organization of the engineering profession, which has since come to be known as the Functional Plan (Electrical Engineering, February 1958, p. 119). The Board at the same meeting took another action in which it suggested to the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) that that society open its membership “for a period of years, to unregistered engineers holding suitable grades in technical societies subscribing to ECPD (Engineers´ Council for Professional Development) uniform membership grade standards.” The “suitable grades” in AIEE would be Fellow and Member. This suggestion was made in the belief that its adoption would strengthen NSPE in the role proposed for it under the Functional Plan.
