THE HISTORY OF ASSE
We bring the industry together
PROMOTING "PREVENTION RATHER THAN CURE" SINCE 1906
ASSE International began one cold morning in January 1906 as Henry B. Davis and some 25 plumbing inspectors from cities across the United States gathered in a meeting hall in Washington, D.C.
The aims and purposes proclaimed nearly 120 years ago by ASSE International’s founding members continue to guide the organization’s activities today.
America has always been a land of pioneers, and the men who gathered in Washington were the most fearless pioneers of all, for they opened up minds of men and gave America a new concept of plumbing, and the part that the plumber and plumbing inspector must play in order to prevent injury to the health of people. The American Society of Inspectors of Plumbing and Sanitary Engineers, was organized on a foundation of service, with definite aims, objects and purposes. The founders were men of experience and observation. Because of their foresight, people today live more efficiently, more economically, more comfortably and with better health protection than at any other time in history. We learned from ourselves and the mistakes of others.