How long has the American Welding Society been around?
A. AWS was founded in 1919 by Harvard professor Comfort A. Adam, who was selected by Woodrow Wilson to chair the Welding Committee of the Emergency Fleet Corporation as America entered World War I. The outstanding performance of welding in readying U.S. war and transport ships encouraged Adams to form the American Welding Society as an organization dedicated to using this technological phenomenon in as many applications as possible.
