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= Alpha Pi Mu =

Alpha Pi Mu is the industrial engineering honor society.

History
Alpha Pi Mu was the brainchild of James T. French, who in 1949 was a senior industrial engineering student at Georgia Institute of Technology. Nine men, chosen through their affiliation with the Georgia Tech chapter of Tau Beta Pi constituted the original membership of Alpha Pi Mu. In 1959, full membership in the Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) was attained. Because of Alpha Pi Mu's association with ACHS, it is the only nationally accepted industrial engineering honors society. Chapters now exist in almost every major university that has an accredited industrial engineering department. While academic interests and abilities are required for membership, the society's overall goals are much broader. While high academic interests and abilities are required for membership, the society’s overall goals are much broader. The Georgia Tech students who led the initial developmental work wanted an organization to provide an inspiration for young students, to provide a common ground on which these outstanding young engineers could exchange ideas and to provide experiences which would help their future professional development.

Goals
The goals of Alpha Pi Mu are stated as follows :

1. To confer recognition upon the student of industrial engineering who has shown exceptional academic interests and abilities in his or her field. 2. To encourage, wherever possible, any activity that will advance the best interest of industrial engineering.

3. To further unify the student body of the Industrial Engineering Department in presenting its needs and ideals to the faculty. 4. To create a closer student-faculty relationship by bringing together the needs and thoughts of both.

5. To assist and cooperate with all organizations and persons working for the interest of the profession of industrial engineering.

6. To benefit its members by the association and experience that can come from bringing together a group with similar interests, objectives and abilities and to promote the professional welfare of all.