The 1913 Formation of the First Texas Professional Engineering Society

Seven Texas civil engineers were speakers at the Texas Good Roads Association Congress in Corpus Christi July 10-12, 1913. They decided to move to the North Beach Breakers Hotel July 12-13 to plan the formation of the first Texas professional engineering society. A meeting of sixteen civil engineers forming the Texas Association of Members of the ASCE was held at the Dallas County Courthouse November 1, 1913. On December 31, 1913, the National ASCE Board approved the constitution of the Texas ASCE group. Due to the planning of the 1913 founders and two large professional Texas ASCE meetings per year rotated around the state, the Texas Section ASCE is one of the largest and most active ASCE Sections with its own office staffin Austin. Next is a Reenactment Script of the 1913 Founding of the Texas Section ASCE, with time permitting only the Corpus Christi part in 200