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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING The National Academy of Engineering was estab- lished in December l964 as an organization of distinguished engineers, parallel to the National Academy of Sciences, autonomous in its adminis- tration and in the selection of members, and sharing with the National Academy of Sciences under its Congressional Act of Incorporation the responsibility to examine questions of science and technology at the request of the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering, aware of its responsibilities to the government, the engineering community, and the nation as a whole, is pledged: 1. To provide means of assessing the constantly changing needs of the nation and the technical resources that can and should be applied to them; to sponsor programs aimed at meeting these needs; and to encourage such engineering research as may be advisable in the na- tional interest. 2. To explore means for promoting cooperation in engineering in the United States and abroad, with a view to securing concentration on problems significant to society and encouraging research and devel- opment aimed at meeting them. 3. To advise the Congress and the executive branch of the government, whenever called upon by any department or agency thereof, on mat- ters of national import pertinent to engineering. 4. To cooperate with the National Academy of Sciences on matters involving both science and engineering. 5. To serve the nation in other respects in connection with significant problems in engineering and technology. 6. To recognize in an appropriate manner outstanding contributions to the nation by leading engineers.
