“It is a great profession. There is the fascination of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper.
Then it moves to realization in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings jobs and homes to men. Then it elevates the standards of living and adds to the comforts of life.
That is the engineer’s high privilege.
To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.
No doubt as years go by the people forget which engineer did it, even if they ever knew. …….
but the engineer himself looks back at the unending stream of goodness which flow from his successes with satisfactions that few professions may know.
I believe, in 1954, Herbert Hoover , our 31st President and only practicing engineer before becoming President was speaking about a land development engineer.
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