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Chapter 10 ONE ORGANIZATION FOR ALL SANITARIANS?
For 25 years - 1957-1982 - there were efforts, sometimes moderate and other times serious, to bring all Sanitarians' organizations into one fold. Beginning in 1957, the idea of a Sanitarians Joint Council was conceived and a meeting was held October 26, 1958 in St. Louis, Missouri to that end. Representatives for the American Public Health Association were A.H. Bliss and H.D. Ross; the International Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians (IAMFS) was represented by H.S. Adams, H.L. Thomasson and J. Faulkner; the National Association of Sanitarians by W.S. Mangold and E.R. Jackson. A.H. Adrounie, second vice president of NAS, and W. Hickey of IAMFS were observers. It was recommended that the National Society of Professional Sanitarians and the Institute of Sanitation Management be invited to join the deliberations for one association. The first committee to explore the amalgamation of sanitarians organizations with leadership from the National Association of Sanitarians was appointed by President Franklin H. Fiske. Members were R. Clapp, H. Rose, P. Laughlin, L. Gordon, W. Kimsey, W. Walter, R. Kalling and J. Doyle. An IAMFS committee report in 1960 held that merger is not a simple matter of one organization absorbing another but a consolidation and carrying out of the respective functions of both organizations. This basic statement was a continuous barrier in future deliberations. A meeting between representatives of the National Society of Professional Sanitarians (NSPS) and NAS in 1960 indicated that the two organizations had nearly identical objectives and made the recommendation that each organization form a three or four member committee to explore unification and draft a proposed constitution. NAS members were F. Justice, F. Fiske, N. Pohlit and L. Gordon. NSPS was represented by L. Pummill, B. Baldwin and H. Watson. In March 1961, representatives from NAS, IAMFS and NSPS met in Indianapolis. The outcome was an lntersociety Committee on Sanitarian Relations. NAS members were Adrounie, Walter and Fiske; Hickey, Walton and Sheuring represented IAMFS; and Watson, Baldwin and Collinsworth represented NSPS. In 1963, NSPS withdrew from the Committee stating they believed more could be gained by supporting the Sanitarians Joint Council. The committee was renamed Committee on Interassociation Cooperation in 1964 with the purpose of finding areas of close cooperation among the organizations and implemen ting programs to facilitate the professional development and recognition of the individual sanitarian. The committee was to explore publication of the journals, to conduct a joint annual meeting by 1968, and to study and recommend ways and means of establishing a unified sanitarians organization. The two active organizations were IAMFS and NAS. NSPS was not involved at that time. There was, however, little willingness between NAS and IAMFS to discuss the details of a merger. In 1966, NAS President Fred Cooper appointed Dr. William G. Walter of Montana to again chair the NAS Sanitarians Unification Committee. Dr. Paul Elliker was chairman of the IAMFS committee on merger. Several meetings were held at this time, and a set of proposed bylaws was sent to the officers and executive boards of both organizations for comments. The chairmen were commended by Dr. A.H. Myhr, president-elect of IAMFS and a merger was expected to be achieved. In 1967, the NAS Board of Direc tors approved, in principle, of the proposed tentative bylaws for the merging of NAS and IAMFES, (Environmental was added to the organization's name in 1966) and the
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