History of ACEC Tennessee

2018

2018 | ACEC Tennessee Celebrates 50 Years

On October 26, at the Omni Hotel Nashville, ACEC Tennessee celebrated its 50th anniversary.

2008

2008 | ACEC Tennessee Celebrates 40 Years

October 10, at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, ACEC Tennessee celebrated its 40th anniversary. Five executive directors were recognized for their dedicated service: Gale Johnson Sowers, Mary D. Shahan, Diane Miller Mulloy, Jay West, and Candy Toler.

2002

2002 | ACEC Tennessee’s New Home

CET changed its name to American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee (ACEC Tennessee). That same year, ACEC Tennessee moved into its new home at the Tennessee Engineering Center, which is home to six engineering groups.

2001

2001 | American Council of Engineering Companies

ACEC changed its name to American Council of Engineering Companies

1996

1996 | Engineering Excellence Awards

CET began an Engineering Excellence Awards competition, an awards banquet to celebrate excellence in engineering

1990

1990s | Partnering Agreement Executed – ACEC and TVA

CET was instrumental in passing a partnering agreement between The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and ACEC to prohibit unfair competition for all the “valley” states.

1987

1987 | Lester Smith, Jr. – ACEC President

Lester Smith, Jr., served as ACEC national president

1975

1975 | Billy Sumner – ACEC President

Billy Sumner, Tennessean active in the national merger of organizations, was appointed to serve as the third national president of ACEC.

1973

1973 | CEC and AICE Merge

At CEC’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, CEC and AICE merged.

1968

April 19, 1968 | Consulting Engineers of Tennessee

Eight consulting engineers in Tennessee signed the Charter of Incorporation for a new organization, Consulting Engineers of Tennessee (CET). (The eight engineers were Rufus H. Cottrell, Jr., Lorin Allen, Marvin Jacobs, Ben Adams, Tom Rentenbach, S. S. Kenworthy, Marble Hensley, and Robert Evans)

1959

1959 | Consulting Engineers Association of Tennessee

L. A. Schmidt., Jr., Hal T. Spoden, Tom Rentenbach, Ross Bryan, and Lorin Allen led the efforts of bringing a CEC chapter to Tennessee. On September 19, 1959, during an organizational meeting in Chattanooga, that group agreed upon the name Consulting Engineers Association of Tennessee.

1956

1956 | National Consulting Engineers Council (CEC)

Representatives from 10 state associations created a national Consulting Engineers Council (CEC), representing engineering firms rather than individuals.

1909

1909 | American Institute of Consulting Engineers (AICE)

The organization, which was based on individual memberships, changed its name to the American Institute of Consulting Engineers (AICE).

1905

1905 | Association of Architectural Engineers

ACEC traces its roots to the Association of Architectural Engineers, founded in New York City in 1905 to promote the business interests of consulting Engineers.