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ENGINEERS OF HUMAN COMFORT The Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning En gineers through their work and research bring to our homes, schools, offices, factories, theaters, hospitals and other public buildings in both summer and winter, that climate best suited to our comfort and health. These men realize the basic importance of heating, ventilating and air conditioning as a primary element in the well being of civilized mankind, living and working mostly indoors. They are truly Engineers of Human Comfort. MEN WITH VISION The professional status of this form of engineering today can be largely attributed to the American So ciety of Heating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHAE). Founded in 1894 by a handful of men de termined to elevate the dignity of their profession and provide the public with more than perfunctory service, the Society represents an organization of more than 12,087 members. It includes 74 chapters throughout the United States and Canada plus members in many for eign countries. On August 2,1894, Hugh J. Barron, the acknowledged founder of the American Society of Heating and Ven tilating Engineers (ASHVE), L. H. Hart, William M. Mackay, and 15 other interested men met in Mr. Hart's office in the World Building, New York City, to discuss the need for developing and disseminating technical ad vancements to heating and ventilating engineers. These men stimulated sufficient interest to obtain 75 charter members who met on September 10,1894, in the Broad way Central Hotel, New York City, and adopted a name, by-laws, and constitution for the new Society. Consistent with the increasing amount of activity by members in designing air-conditioning systems, in 1954 the Society changed its name to American Society of Heating and Aib-Conditioning Engineers. SOCIETY SCOPE AND OPERATION The three major activities of the Society are: Mem bership service, Publication, and Research, the records of its accomplishments being permanently recorded in tbe annual Transactions. The Society membership now includes engineers, edu cators, scientists, physicians, architects, contractors, and leaders of industry. Membership consists of Hon orary, Life, Presidential, Fellow, Member, Associate, Affiliate and Student Grades. The management of the Society is entrusted to 4 elected Officers and a Council of 13 elected members. Continuity of policy is insured by electing 4 men an nually for a 3-year term and retaining the retiring presi dent on the Council for 1 year. Two Society meetings are held each year--the Annual Meeting during January or February, and the Semi- Annual'Meeting usually in June or July. Every 2 years the International Heating and Air-Conditioning Ex position is held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting under the auspices of the Society. The MEMBERSHIP STATUS as of January 26, 1959 was as follows: Honorary Presidential Members Life Members Fellows Members Associate Members over 30 yrs Associate Members under 30 yrs Affiliates Students 4 19 255 9 4,989 3,712 699 2,226 174 TOTAL 12,087 470 HEADQUARTERS AND LABORATORY The Society headquarters is maintained at 62 Worth St., New York 13, N. Y., and the ASHAE Research Laboratory, devoted to the study of fundamental prin- ciples of heating, ventilating and air conditioning, is located at 7218 Euclid Ave., Cleveland 3, Ohio. ASHAE DEDICATED TO RESEARCH From the day of its inception, a primary purpose of ASHAE was and still is research. For the first 25 years such research activity had been confined to individuals or committees utilizing available equipment or facil ities. In January 1919 the Society approved the establish ment of a permanent research laboratory located in the U. S. Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, Pa. The Laboratory was moved in 1944 to limited quarters in Cleveland, Ohio and in 1946 the Society acquired its present large, permanent quarters in Cleveland. Tbe Society is justly proud of the fact that it is the only professional engi neering society that maintains and operates its own re search laboratory. All research activities are planned and supervised by the Committee on Research of 15 elected members, as sisted by various Technical Advisory Committees of the Society. Since 1919, approximately $2,500,000 has been expended on research, which has helped guide the in dustry to better practice and equipment. In addition to work at the Society's laboratory, a substantial part of the research program has been carried on through the medium of cooperative agreements with leading educa tional institutions of the United States and Canada. Together with the cooperating institutions the Society has, during the last year, conducted 22 research projects including work on Air Distribution, Fan and Air Noise, Hot Water Heating, Industrial Ventilation, Insulation, Odor Control Comfort, and Physiological Factors. The research activities are financed from Society funds, of which a portion comes from membership dues and from its publications, and these funds are amplified by con tributions from friends in the industries engaged in the general field of heating, ventilating and air conditioning. SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS Transactions--The first Society publication estab lished in 1895 provides a permanent record of Society activities published annually, containing scientific pa pers, proceedings of meetings, discussions, reports of meetings. Distributed to members as part of member ship service; and to others for $6.00. Journal--Contains advance publication of technical papers, the reports of Society and Chapter meetings, and other items of general interest. The Journal was published from April 1915 to October 1919 as a quar terly; 9 times a year from 1920 to 1924, then monthly from January 1924 to April 1929, and as a section of Heating, Piping. <St Air Conditioning magazine from May 1929 to December 1958. The Guide--A distinctly new service was inaugu rated by the Society in 1922 when it established the Heating Ventilating Am Conditioning Guide. Now- in 1959, as the 37th Edition makes its appearance, it is notable that The Guide has served effectively not only the membership but the entire profession and the allied industries, and has received world-wide recognition as a reliable and authoritative compendium of useful heat ing, ventilating and air-conditioning data. Throughout the 37 years of its service The Guide has become a reference book of unchallenged position in its special field of engineering. The intention of its foun ders, to provide an instrument of service containing reference material on the design and specification of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems and containing essential and reliable information concern ing modem equipment, has been carefully safeguarded^ by those responsible for the. compilation of each Edi tion. The Guide exerts today one of tbe most positive'influences tending to elevate, improve and extend the whole Art of Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning. It is universally recognized as .the most useful and authoritative work in its field, being used by practicing engineers, educators and manufacturers in all parts of the world, and as a text book by a growing number of the world's principal engineering institutions. 471