This year the AIAA History Committee started its preparations for the 2031 AIAA Centennial. Our goal is to have papers presented at AIAA SciTech Forums over the next decade on the history of each committee, section, branch, and organization within AIAA. We will kick off with a session on the History of AIAA at the 2022 AIAA SciTech Forum. Rocketeers and Gentlemen Engineers, written for AIAA's 75th anniversary in 2006, chronicles the social history of the Institute. The papers and presentations in the comingyears will allow a more technical understanding at the grassroots level of how the Institute came together and grew over the last century. The committee encourages our committees and sections to mentor students and young professionals in writing these papers, so that they can get published early in their careers and experience the publication and presentation of a paper. More information about the History Committee and advice for writing history papers for AIAA SciTech Forum can be found on its website at aiaahistorycommittee.com, or by contacting the committee chair at kevinrobburns@gmail.com.
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