In 1949, President Alvah Peterson appointed a Committee of three members of the Entomological Society of American to explore the question of the desirability and feasibility of consolidation of our two national entomological organizations. At the same time a parallel committee was appointed by President A. M. Boyce of the American Association of Economic Entomologists. Progress reports of these independent studies were made to the respective Executive Committees and the membership at the December meetings of that year (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 43: 165; Jour. Econ. Ent., 43: 251). The two committees were combined and functioned as a Joint Committee in 1950, reporting to the Executive Committees at the annual meeting in December. After separate consideration the two Executive Committees approved the general plan for possible consolidation and then met jointly to consider minor changes in the proposed constitution and to agree upon a plan for submitting the question to the membership of each organization for vote (Annals, 44: 160; Journal, 44: 134).