The First Forty Years of NACE 1956 through 1995 - FACERS

CHAPTER XVIII
July. 1973 to July. 1974
President, Clarence C. Smith
Republic County, Kansas
President Smith convened a meeting of the new NACE Board of Directors on July 25, 1973, in
Dallas, Texas, NACE Secretary-Treasurer William G. Harrington reported to the Board of Directors
a NACE checking account balance of $5,875.52. It was agreed that this was a big improvement in
the financial stams of the organization, with only half of the dues having been collected for the 1974
calendar year.
1974 NACE Conference
The NACE Management-Research Conference was held at
Disney World in Orlando, Florith, February 20-22, 1974. The
conference technical sessions featured a number of excellent
speakers and were very well attended by the delegates. During
the Board of Directors meeting a discussion was held about the
need to compile a History of NACE.
1974 NACo Conference
The NACE Annual Membership Business Meeting was
conducted during the NACo Conference in Miami Beach,
Florida, July 14 -17, 1974. Marion Hankerd reported that
FHWA had agreed to pay up to $7,000.00 for the first printing
of manuals. These manuals are to be used at the FHWA funded
workshops and any remaining manuals are to become the
property of NACE.
Clarence C. Smith
It was reported by President Smith that the NACE financial
situation is improving, as there is a balance of $7,600.00 in the treasury as of June 30, 1974.
I he following resolution was adopted by the NACE membership honoring C
(Jr e e C iunty Iowa upor Ii retireme it as a (ounty Eng neer
Arthur (Snic Elliott
WHEREAS, the retirement in 1974 of C Arthur Snic Elliott will mark the End
of an Er& in the long and distinguished history of County Engineering an the United
States of America; and
WHEREAS, since the year 1936 DOur Snic” has made many outstanding
conthbutions to the engineering profession and has accomplished goals that are the
envy of many’ and
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