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This committee was known as the
Cologne Committee, and later as the
Statutes Committee of the IOVST.The task
of drafting a constitution and bylaws for a
new federation was given to M. Berthaud
and E. Thomas. This work continued
for nearly two years with many reviews
by various national bodies. Four drafts
were made before final completion and
acceptance by the Cologne Committee at
its meeting in Dijon on 5 November 1962.
There had obviously been the possibility
of the IOVST coexisting with the new
federation, but it was the desire of the
IOVST Executive Committee to terminate
the IOVST when the new federation was
created. They believed that there needed
to be only one international vacuum
organisation. This was without question
a wise decision because the coexistence
of two international organisations would
certainly have led to difficulties. At the
General Meeting of the IOVST, which was
held in Washington, DC, in October 1961
during the Second International Congress
on Vacuum Science and Technology, more
time was granted to convert the IOVST into
a federation. A motion put by B. B. Dayton
(USA) was unanimously approved. The
motion was that the present Officers and
Executive Committee of the IOVST continue
in office until an Extraordinary General
Meeting could be held to dissolve the IOVST
and until Officers of the new federation
could be elected to serve under the
provisions of its statutes. By this time, the
total IOVST membership had grown to over
600 members representing 28 countries.
At the Extraordinary General Meeting
which was held in Brussels on
8 December 1962, the IOVST was
dissolved in accordance with a letter
ballot vote of 16 July 1962. A new
constitution was adopted with the
formation of the International Union
for Vacuum Science, Technique and
Applications (IUVSTA). The assets
(approximately US$ 15,000) and
records of the IOVST were transferred
to the new organisation. On the same
day, the IUVSTA held its first General
Meeting. The following ten countries
were represented and their national
vacuum organisations became Founder
Members of IUVSTA:
•
Belgium
•
Federal Republic of Germany
France
•
Spain
•
Sweden
•
Switzerland
•
Great Britain
•
United States of America
•
The Netherlands
•
Yugoslavia
The General Meeting adopted
the proposed bylaws drafted by
M. Berthaud and E.Thomas and
elected the following Officers
and Councillors for IUVSTA’s first
triennium period 1962-65:
President:
M. W. Welch (USA)
1
st
Vice-President:
J. Debiesse (F)
(President Elect)
2
nd
Vice-President:
E. Thomas (B)
Councillors:
A. S. D. Barrett (GB)
G. Brogren (S)
M. Berthaud (F)
K. Diels (D)
H. Gruber (D)
E. Kansky (YU)
R. Mercier (CH)
E. Thomas (B)
A. Venema (NL)
L. Villena (E)
J. Yarwood (GB)