ALPHA PI MU

	ALPHA PI MU National Industrial Engineering Honor Society
University of Iowa Chapter

Alpha Pi Mu was the brainchild of James T. French who in 1949 was a senior Industrial
Engineering student at Georgia Tech. Nine men chosen through their affiliation with
the Georgia Tech Chapter of Tau Beta Pi constituted the original membership of
Alpha Pi Mu. Alpha Pi Mu is the only nationally accepted Industrial Engineering
honor society. The Georgia Tech engineers who led the initial developmental work
wanted an organization to provide a common ground on which their outstanding young
engineers could exchange ideas, and to provide experiences which could help their
future professional development. The goals are stated by Alpha Pi Mu as follows:

   1. To confer recognition upon the Industrial Engineering student who has shown
       exceptional academic interests and abilities in his field.
   2. To encourage wherever possible any movement which will advance the best
       interest of Industrial Engineering education.
   3. To further unify the student body of the Industrial Engineering Department
       in presenting its needs and ideals to the faculty.
   4. To create a closer student-faculty relationship by bringing together the needs
       and thoughts of both.
   5. To assist and cooperate with all organizations and persons working for the
       interest of Industrial Engineering.
   6. To benefit its members by the association and experience that can come from
       bringing together a group with similar interests, objectives, and abilities and
       to promote the professional welfare of all.

apm@engineering.uiowa.edu