$IRE+AIEE = IEEE$

Members of the Institute of Radio Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers have voted to join the two societies in a new organization to be called the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. The AIEE approved the merger at its annual meeting in Denver on June 18, and the IRE at a special meeting on July 10 at its New York headquarters. A committee of seven representatives from each society has been appointed to arrange the details of the merger, which will become effective January 1, 1963.