Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Studies records
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Repository: University of Akron Archival Services
Title: Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Studies records
Dates: 1946-2005
Extent: 8 cubic feet, including 5 scrapbooks and 2 film reels.
Creator: Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Studies (ACESS)
Language: English
Access: The collection is open for research.
Finding Aid prepared by: Nicole D. Laflamme, October 10th, 2006
Related Material:
Akron Branch American Chemical Society
Administrative History:
The Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Studies (ACESS) was established on April 1st, 1946. The Mission of ACESS is "To enhance the technical environment in the Akron area through coordination and cooperation with the technical societies, industry and academia.(footnote)" ACESS is an organization consisting of technical and scientific societies with an organized speaking voice for the technical community. ACESS represents over 3,000 engineers, scientists and technicians in the greater Akron area.
The effort to form ACESS is due in most part to Tom C. Dee, General Superintendent of Electric Transmission and Distribution of the Ohio Edison Company. Mr. Dee, along with M. B. Rankin and others at the Ohio Edison Company and the Akron District Society of Professional Engineers, took the lead in the formation of a committee to form an Engineering Council in Akron. About the time the committee for establishing an Engineering Council was formed, the Akron Section of the American Chemical Society also began to look into the possibility of forming a similar council. After G.E.P Smith, Jr sent an inquiry to local engineers, the A.C.S. was invited to join the Council.
The objectives and form of organization outlined by Mr. Dee were "cooperation between local engineering and scientific societies and their activities and between the societies and those organizations working on civic and community projects in which the societies are, by reason of their fields of interest and qualification, particularly fitted to be of assistance.(footnote)" Memberships were issued to societies only, not to individual members. The Council consisted of two representatives from each local chapter. Charter-member societies included the Akron District Society of Professional Engineers, the Akron Section of the American Chemical Society, the Akron Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Akron Sub-section, Cleveland Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Akron-Canton Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Akron Section of the American Institute of Architects.
To date, ACESS Board of Directors comprises two representatives of each member society, plus four elected officers. There are eleven standing committees including Audit, Banquet, Communications, Long Range Planning, Community Relations, Honors and Awards, Education, Nominating, Societies Co-ordination, Speakers Bureau and Inventors Hall of Fame. The Board holds meetings monthly. Member societies include Association for Computing Machinery, American Chemical Society, Akron District Society of Professional Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Safety Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and Society of Plastics Engineers.
ACESS provides two annual scholarship awards to local university students, selects an Akron area citizen for the Distinguished Award of Council award and CESS award, recruits judges for the Akron Science and Technology Expo and Western Reserve Science Day, sponsors the annual Honors and Awards Banquet, as well as other services to the community.
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Past ACESS Presidents: 1946 T C Dee 1947 D Cornell 1948 J Grotzinger 1949 E D Barstow 1950 C R Reid 1951 E C Partridge 1952 R B McCurdy 1953 A B Heiberg 1954 A W Carpenter 1955 P M Lindstedt 1956 P O Huss 1957 W A Strong 1958 T H Rogers 1959 L E Bunts 1960 S J Mihelick 1961 L A Harris 1961 H E Pfeiffer 1962 John A Glass 1963 P R Giaradot 1964 Clyde Walden 1965 E J MacDonald 1966 D C Dague 1967 L E Straka 1968 H H Fall 1969 G J Ujlaki 1970 R H Schmidt 1971 M J Rzasa 1972 W M Moorehouse 1973 George H Welch 1974 Clifton A Byers
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1975 John C McCool 1976 Peter A Zizes 1977 Renato Ciccolini 1978 John Kekela 1979 Walter Ruthenburg 1980 Anoop Krishen 1981 William Budd 1982 William Budd 1983 R L Buchanan 1984 Marian M Rousek 1985 Raymond D Gates 1986 Joseph N Feil 1987 Gene C White 1988 Thomas Knupp 1989 Nils E Nilsson 1990 Gary R Lanier 1991 Cliff Schrader 1992 Rob Ludlum 1993 Ken Batcher 1994 Jeff Bechdel 1995 Thomas Bute 1996 Thomas Bute 1997 Gary R Lanier 1998 Paul Keck 1999 Rick Buchanan 2000 Mike Buza 2001 Mike Powers 2002 Chuck Galloway 2003 Anoop Krishen 2004 Anoop Krishen 2005 Dan Jones |
Scope and Content:
This collection documents the activities of the Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Studies (hereafter referred to as ACESS); an organization comprised of several professional groups in the greater Akron area. Material included in this collection are administrative records, minutes of the board and committee meetings, correspondence, membership information, publications, data on prominent local members of the scientific community, records pertaining to the ACESS annual banquet, photographs and educational films. This collection contains information on the council's formation, their proceedings, social events, relations with other organizations, as well as participation in education and vocational guidance.
Arrangement:
The records are arranged in three series, two of which, Administrative records and Banquets and Programs, have been further arranged into subseries. The materials are arranged chronologically.*
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Series 1. Administrative records, (1945-2005) |
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Box |
1 |
Subseries 1, Constitution and by-laws (1945-1993) |
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Subseries 2, Minutes of board meetings and committee reports (1945-1992) |
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Box |
2 |
Minutes of board meetings and committee reports (1993-2005) |
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Subseries 3, Correspondence (1954-1969) |
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Series 2. Banquets and programs, (1948-1996) |
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Box |
3 |
Banquets 1948-1973 |
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Box |
4 |
Banquets 1974-1996 |
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Box |
5 |
Subseries 1, Audio Visual Materials |
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Banquet Photographs (1963-1979) Box 5* |
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Programs (1959-1961) |
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Series 3. Publications, (1950-1974) |
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Box |
6 |
Akron Technical Journal |
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Box |
7 |
*large 16x20 photographs in flat storage |