Founding
In May 1934, renowned bridge engineer David Steinman, P.E., called together four engineering organizations to discuss the formation of a new national engineering society. Representatives of those organizations (the New Jersey Association of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, the New York State Society of Professional Engineers, the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, and the Connecticut Society of Professional Engineers) met in New York City and decided to form a new, nontechnical organization that would be dedicated to the interests of licensed professional engineers.
After being elected president, Steinman said, "Through membership and active participation in NSPE, the individual engineer renders his contribution toward making engineering a better and more satisfying profession than he found it."
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