The Institute of Corrosion will be 50 years old in 2009. There will be a major event to be held at the Thames Barrier, London on 21st May, (the actual date of the original formation) and all members will be invited to attend by our President, Professor Paul Lambert. We will be producing a “Gold” issue of Corrosion Management, in May, to recognise this significant landmark. Each issue of Corrosion Management during 2009 will have a special section dedicated to our history.

Any member, who has any historic information, photos, documents, etc., should send them to David Deacon at the Leighton Buzzard Office or contact ICorr at admin@icorr.org.

The six sections in each issue, from Jan through to Dec will be as follows:-

INTRODUCTION – THE FORMATION AND THE EARLY YEARS. BACE–I Corr Tech (1959–1966)
MERGER WITH CAPA AND THE RE-NAMING ICorr Science & Technology (1967–1978)
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH USA-NACE. THE ENGAGEMENT, THE MARRIAGE AND THE DIVORCE. - CCEJV AND CEA (1979–1989)
THE RE-DEVELOPMENT, FORMATION OF THE CED and Re-naming as an Institute (1990–2000)
THE LINKS ACROSS THE DECADES THE MAGAZINE, THE OFFICES AND UK CORROSION, THE 50 YEARS OF CHANGES
THE NEW MILLENIUM AND WHERE ARE WE GOING, (2000 – 2009) AND BEYOND.

The 50th Anniversary

I was particularly pleased when our President, Paul Lambert asked me to write up the history of the Institute from the early days through to the present day to mark the 50th anniversary of our Institute.
Having discussed the matter with the Trustees and the editorial team at Square One, it was agreed that the history should be set out in part in each one of the 6 issues during our 50th year and a list of the items to be covered is set out above.

David H. Deacon

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Institute Technical Forum