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海外からの祝辞
JAEE 設立にあたり、G.W.Housner 氏、IAEE 会長 S.Cherry 氏、台湾地震工学会 C-H.Loh 氏から祝辞が届いている。設立総会
でも和訳が披露されたが、原文をここにのせる。

G.W.Housner 氏から土岐憲三副会長にあてられた祝辞
Dear Professor Toki,
I am writing to congratulate you and the other earthquake
engineers who are establishing the Japan association forearthquake engineering. I believe this is an important step inthe development of the theory and practice of earthquake
engineering for it will bring together those people who have aparticular interest in the protection of the industry, the economy,
and the public against the destructive earthquakes.
Destructive earthquake ground shaking effects everything
including buildings, bridges, highways, structures, petroleum
storage tanks, nuclear energy reactors, etc., and the designersof the structures all have a serious interest in protecting against
earthquakes.
The Japan Association for earthquake
engineering provides an opportunity for all interested persons tomeet and exchange information, to encourage research, toidentify problems, and to publish papers and to advise
government agencies on appropriate actions to protect againstearthquakes.
Please convey my congratulations to the Japan Association forearthquake engineering which I am sure will be a great benefit
to the country.
Yours truly,George W. Housner
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IAEE 会長 S.Cherry 氏からの祝辞
It is with considerable pleasure and personal delight that I
extend congratulatory good wishes and a warm welcome to thenewly formed Japan Society for Earthquake Engineering(JSEE) on behalf of the International Association for
Earthquake Engineering (IAEE).
This development isparticularly heartening for a number of reasons, not the least ofwhich is that I believe it will lead to a stronger earthquake
engineering community in Japan and, as a result, to a stronger
IAEE.
When the IAEE was formally established in 1963, membershipin the Association was through National Earthquake
Engineering Committees.
At that time, the Committee
structure was specified since few, if any, countries had
established organizations that were entirely devoted toearthquake engineering matters. Nevertheless, I believe that, inspirit, the Preparatory Committee of IAEE, which was chairedby the late Professor K. Muto, who subsequently became thefirst President of IAEE, expected that as the development ofearthquake engineering matured in member countries, suchCommittees would be replaced by National Societies orAssociations of Earthquake Engineering. I was very happy tolearn recently that Japan, a country that has always been at theleading edge of earthquake engineering development, has now
decided that the time is appropriate to make this change.
Hopefully, this move will serve as an example to other countries

whose representation in IAEE is presently through theCommittee structure.
The open membership made available by the formation ofJSEE should lead to a greater sense of ownership andfraternity among those individuals in Japan working in theexciting and important field of earthquake engineering. This, inturn, should help speed future advances in earthquake
engineering both nationally and internationally. IAEE looks
forward to the continued support of Japan through its new
National Organization, the JSEE, and to its new relationshipand interaction with JSEE in promoting and facilitating theinterchange of information and the extension of technicalcooperation worldwide. Japan has always played a leadingrole in such activities in the past, for which IAEE is extremelyappreciative.
The development and establishment of a major, unified
National Organization such as the JSEE requires a great dealof hard work and devotion on the part of a number ofindividuals. I extend the Association’s congratulations to all
those whose involvement and efforts have brought this task tofruition. It is not necessary to name these persons. They
know who they are, and I hope they will get a great deal ofpersonal satisfaction for the achievement of their goals.

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Finally, I wish to acknowledge and thank the numerous pastmembers of the Japan Committee for Earthquake Engineering
who, since 1963, have served their country and the Associationwith distinction.
Their contributions to the growth anddevelopment of earthquake engineering are a part of the historyof this discipline.
On behalf of IAEE, I extend best wishes for the future successand achievements of the JSEE. I also take this opportunity to11/17

offer all its founding members my personal greetings and thehope that you all enjoy peace, good health and happinessduring the coming New Year.
Sincerely,
Shel Cherry
President, IAEE

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台湾地震工学研究センター所長
台湾地震工学研究センター所長 C-H.Loh 氏からの祝辞
As a member of the community of earthquake engineering, I amvery much encouraged to know that, today, the Japanese
Association for Earthquake Engineering will be founded. I would
like to represent my colleagues in Taiwan to express our hearty
congratulation to the birth of JAEE.
As we all know, earthquake engineering is now worldly
recognized, and Japan has its own history of research andpractice in this field, with substantial and respectableachievements. Japanese researchers have done, and are still
exploring unknown frontiers in earthquake engineering in orderto realize human needs for a seismically safer world.
Japan and Taiwan share similar tectonic environments, and thesocial and economic activities of our people are pretty much thesame. We both suffered disastrous earthquakes in the past few
years. Through the operation of this Association, now we will
have the opportunity to further exchange experiences andshare knowledge in an organization-to-organization way, just as
we have already did individually in the past. From which,bilateral benefits between Japan and Taiwan in the field ofearthquake engineering can be further enhanced.
Finally, we all hope that JAEE will help Japan play an evenmore important role in the activities of research and practice ofearthquake engineering in the world. We are sure that humanwellbeing will endure only through better seismic preparedness.
It is our goal, and we can make it!
Our best wishes to the success of JAEE.
Chin-Hsiung LohDirector
National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
Secretary General
Taiwan Earthquake Engineering Society