Progress In ASCE: Annual Address at the Convention, Reno, Nevada, June 22, 1960

Progress is defined as “the action of moving forward or onward.” The word became commonly known to the English public in 1678 through the publication of John Bunyan's “Pilgrim's Progress.” It is a familiar word to Americans, and is used in slogans such as “Progress is Our Most Important Product.” It is a most essential characteristic of American life and activities today, whether it be in business, or education, or science, or engineering in general, or in the American Society of Civil Engineers in particular.