Metro New York Local Section

About Us

The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) is "the essential source" for information on Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety issues. Founded in 1939, AIHA is an organization of more than 12,000 professional members dedicated to the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of environmental factors arising in or from the workplace that may result in injury, illness, impairment, or affect the well-being of workers and members of the community.

Established in 1939, the Metro New York AIHA serves the area's health and safety professionals, providing a forum in which to learn and exchange ideas.​

Chapter History

Have you given much thought to the history of the Metro chapter? When was it formed or who was the first and second president of the chapter? Industrial hygiene and the meeting must ​have been different in those days. No computers, no e-mail and no digitized, computerized, automatic air sampling devices.

The New York Metro Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association was started in 1939, over seventy years ago. The first president was J. William Feh​nel (1939) and Theodore Hatch was the 1940 President. Since then quite a few presidents have stepped up to take the gavel.

New York Metro section even hosted the second annual Industrial Hygiene conference, which was held on June 4-5 1940. Cleveland, Ohio has the distinction of hosting the first Industrial Hygiene Conference in 1939.

"We are completing a list of all the presidents starting from 1939 to the current president. Your help is needed to complete the list. We have contacted national to see if they have any old records, but to no avail. Some of the former presidents have also been contacted. With various people scratching their heads, we are still missing those that served between 1941 and 1962 and from 1969 to 1973. If you can help, e-mail me at mailto:Mask241@aol.com​ We will be adding the complete list as names come in. So keep on checking."

Stuart Mirowitz, MS, CIH, CSP
Former President First recipient of the Bull Moose Award​