ISSMGE Bulletin – Volume 5 Issue 4 August 2011

THE ISSMGE FROM 1936 TO 2011

A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 75TH PLATINUM JUBILEE ANNIVERSARY

Kenji Ishihara
Michele Jamiolkowski

FOREWORD

The members of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) are pleased to remark that the year of 2011 scores an important milestone commemorating the 75th year since the birth of our Society. The International Society had its origins at the First International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering held in Harvard in 1936. To celebrate this memorial year, the ISSMGE Board, under the guidance of Past President Pedro Sêco e Pinto, put forward a series of commemorative programs of events, taking advantage of the 2011 Regional Conferences held in the six ISSMGE Regions. On the current President’s suggestion, the authors initiated studies of
the old records on the ISSMGE activities. This article is a result of their studies. Although it is far from being complete the authors it might be a good reminder of the great accomplishments achieved by our predecessors.

FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA IN 1936

A prelude to the founding of the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ISSMFE) was provided by the First International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering (ICSMFE) which was held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, on June 22-26, 1936. By that time, at various venues, a number of activities on soil testing and its application to earthworks had taken place. The time had come to hold a Conference aimed at exchanging and sharing information on Earth and Foundation Engineering.

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