The e-book is a narrative created from an archive of formal records and recollections of a number of long time contributors to the International Federation of Automatic Control. The authors use an informal style to convey progress in the primary areas of IFAC’s development throughout its 60-year history. Contributions of many of its leaders are noted and are linked to several themes throughout the book. The central role of IFAC’s National Member Organizations is explained as is IFAC’s global technical structure that has enhanced progress in the control and system field over the decades. A robust publications program has played an important role in IFAC’s scientific impact on the community as well as on IFAC’s fiscal stability. This is described in some detail. The continuing role of control education at the university level as well as in pre-college initiatives is described as the field is ever more appreciated as an enabling technology across a wide swath of society. The work underpins an emphasis on the control community’s place in the world as IFAC’s sixth decade comes to an end.
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