National Academy of Engineering, The

National Academy of Engineering, The, was established in 1964 ``to honor distinguished engineers of the nation and to bring to bear an unusual depth and breadth of engineering knowledge on matters of national concern.'' Engineering had been a separate section of the National Academy of Sciences since 1919, and although the new Academy was founded under the larger group's charter and made responsible to its Council, it is largely autonomous.

Princeton faculty members have been elected to the Academy in the following years:

1968 Richard H. Wilhelm
1969 Courtland D. Perkins
1973 Mac E. Van Valkenburg
1975 Wallace D. Hayes
1976 Leon Lapidus
1977 Seymour M. Bogdonoff

Professor Perkins became President of the Academy in 1975.

From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).