Reliability education: A historical perspective

Summary & Conclusions — This paper provides a historical overview of the development of reliability in the USA: where have we been? where are we today? and where are we heading? It presents the beginnings and the current status of: undergraduate and graduate courses being taught, graduate degree programs, short courses, institutes, training courses, symposia and their transactions, texts and other publications, newsletters, societies involved, videotapes, televised courses, and movies.