This historic article from the October 1968 issue of Communications of the ACM (CACM) documents an important early milestone in the history of Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE). The article describes UPE at Texas A&M University as a computer science honor society and discusses efforts to expand the organization nationally through the establishment of chapters at other universities. It also notes that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) endorsed the UPE concept and agreed to encourage its development through ACM student chapters.
Of particular historical significance, the accompanying photograph on page 2 features Professor Dan Drew, founding advisor of UPE at Texas A&M, and Barry Bateman, the first member of the Texas A&M chapter of UPE. The photograph and caption document their participation at the 1968 ACM National Conference in Las Vegas and provide a remarkable visual record from UPE’s formative years.