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The Academy of Electrical Contracting honors outstanding leaders in the electrical contracting industry, and it preserves and utilizes their wealth of experience and knowledge for the benefit of the industry.
The Academy of Electrical Contracting was established in Philadelphia On October 11, 1968. On that date, the Board of Governors of the National Electrical Contractors Association authorized the addition of Article XI to the NECA Bylaws, thus establishing the Academy to recognize exceptional and outstanding service to the electrical contracting industry.
Fellows of the Academy have rendered exceptional service to the industry and the National Electrical Contractors Association and that service is continued and enhanced through their fellowship in the Academy. This is accomplished through the Academy’s Working Group, special papers presented by Fellows, participation in the Annual Meeting and the general camaraderie among Fellows.
In keeping with the spirit of scholarship and genuine achievement that membership signifies, the Academy of Electrical Contracting had its beginnings in the August meeting room of Philosophical Hall, Independence Square, Philadelphia.
This was a most suitable locale for the Academy to have its Founding Meeting. Since 1789, Philosophical Hall has been the home of the American Philosophical Society, which was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin to fulfill the country’s need for an organization of learned scholars and scientists to cultivate the finer arts and improve the common stock of knowledge. Such great Americans as Thomas Jefferson, Robert Fulton, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles Darwin, Woodrow Wilson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Herbert Hoover, as well as Madame Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur, were members of the Society. In the field of electrical contracting, the Founding Fellows of the Academy are no less distinguished than the famous men and women with whom they shared a common meeting place.
Academy Chairman David Hardt invites you to visit the Wild Dunes Resort located in Isle of Palms, South Carolina for the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Electrical Contracting taking place June 4 to 6.
Academy papers and presentations pertaining to relevant topics in the industry are presented by Fellows at each Annual Meeting.
The Academy of Electrical Contracting is always seeking to add qualified individuals to Academy Fellowship - by honoring them for their “outstanding and exceptional” services rendered to the electrical contracting industry.
Review seasonal newsletters about Academy updates and announcements.
Please click here to request Emeritus Status in the Academy.
Information and documents from past annual meetings.
The NECA Board of Governors adopted an amendment to the NECA Bylaws on October 23, 1999 which permitted some changes to the Academy Rules. Subsequently the NECA Bylaws were restated on October 16, 2004 and what was Article XI became Article XIII.
The specific language follows:
Article XIII The Academy of Electrical Contracting
There shall be established and maintained, within the Association, an Academy of Electrical Contracting. There may be admitted to the
Academy, as Fellows, individuals whose services to the electrical contracting industry are so exceptional and outstanding as to be deserving of the highest honor and recognition. The Academy may adopt such operating rules and procedures, and engage
in such activities, as are consistent with the Bylaws of the Association, and are approved by the Board of Governors.
