In November, 1943, the Society of Quality Control Engineers of Buffalo met. The
organization had 41 members. The originating officers were:
C. Wing, President
Dr. M. Brumbaugh, Vice President
V. Grom, Secretary
G. Harrold, Treasurer
The Buffalo Section
is the?
Birthplace of the Quality Movement
One of the original members, Dr. Martin A. Brumbaugh stood out as a
driving force that would contribute to the foundation of what would be known as the
American Society for Quality Control, and now know as the American Society for Quality. As
early as 1944, Brumbaugh publicly advocated a national organization of quality control
practitioners. At that time, he was Professor of Statistics an the University of Buffalo,
Vice President of the Society of Quality Control Engineers of Buffalo, and editor of that
organization's newsletter, Industrial Quality Control.
The first issue of Industrial
Quality Control was published in Buffalo in July, 1944. It would later be succeeded by the
Journal of Quality Technology and Quality Progress.
In February, 1946, Brumbaugh Chaired the organization meeting that launched the ASQC.
The Society of Quality Control Engineers became the Buffalo Section of the ASQC, and
Industrial Quality Control became the Society's national publication. ASQC's Brumbaugh
Award was established in 1948 in his honor.
Since that time, the Buffalo Section hosted the 18th Annual ASQC Convention at the
Statler Hilton Hotel in May, 1964.
