"Of course. I always love to see an old friend." Charles F. Kettering replies.
Founders of DELCO meet in the Dayton Club house to discuss a matter of importance that has been rattling around their minds for a long time.
"You said you wanted to talk to me about something?" Kettering asks.
"Yes." Deeds becomes solemn. "Dayton has been through some rough times lately."
"You mean the flood?" Everyone means the flood when they mention trouble recently.
"Not only that. We lost Wilbur Wright two years ago." Deeds.
"A loss to Dayton." Kettering.
"Not just to Dayton to the whole aeronautics field! If those boys had collaborated with a few of their fellows think about what else could have been accomplished." Deeds.
"They had their reasons not to." Kettering.
"Hmm. You know how I've been working on the Miami Valley Conservancy District? That's what their calling the flood control now. Well it reminds me of how we use to be in that barn." Deeds.
"You mean dusty and challenging?" Kettering.
"No. I mean working with our peers and collaborating to further our knowledge. I've been working with flood control engineers from all over the world. The spirit of cooperation has vastly improved everyone's understanding of the science behind our project. I want that for Dayton." Deeds.
"You mean like a club? Similar to those ones in Cleveland and Chicago?" Kettering.
"Exactly."
In 1914 these two men brought together fifteen engineers from the Dayton community to vote on the formation of an Engineers' Club. There was a strong support from them and in a few months the First Meeting of the Engineers' Club of Dayton was held
Work Cited
MS-420, Engineers Club of Dayton Records, Special
Collections and Archives, University Libraries,
Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
http://www.engineersclubofdaytonfoundation.org/index.html The video Story of the Engineers' Club
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