To be even more precise The Syracuse conference in 1959 was decisive for Unitarian Universalist merger The plan formulated there was endorsed by Unitarian churches 555 to 54 and by Universalist churches 183 to 49 At simultaneous meetings in Boston on May 23 1960 the proposal was ratified by delegates to the AUA by a vote of 725 to 143 and by delegates to a special General Assembly of the Universalist Church of America the vote being 365 to 65 The legal steps to consolidate were completed in May 1961 when the Unitarian Universalist Association was constituted Conrad Wright A Stream of Light Skinner House Books Boston 2n ed 1989 p 154