In the late thirties, before the National Association of Corrosion Engineers came into being, the American Coordinating Committee on Corrosion was organized. That committee was made up of representatives from many of the technical societies, scientific organizations and governmental agencies of the country interested in and actively working in the field of corrosion. Dues paid by the member organizations provided funds of less than $2000 per year for the operation of the committee. In addition to the functions now being performed by the Inter Society Corrosion Committee, the ACCC—
With the establishment of the NACE, its membership lists, its magazine corrosion and its abstract section, and its committee on education provided the answer to the first four objectives of the committee. With the coming of the armistices, the work of the committee in the fifth objective had come to a conclusion.
To solve the problem of funds necessary for the...
