1948

Garrett Byrnes, the Sunday editor of The Providence Journal and the originator of the idea to keep meeting, was elected the first president of AASFE. Byrnes shared these memories of the early group’s emphasis on honest criticism and feedback:

“(Critique) sessions, held in someone’s hotel room, involved free and frank discussion of the four or five papers involved. Usually, it was a searing experience, carried on until two or three in the morning.”