This document is a synopsis of the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) first ten years; its formation, development, and work. This document is not intended to serve as a definitive history of the NAE, but rather to outline its development and to introduce the Academy to the interested reader who may be unfamiliar with its work and to provide to those who need no such introduction an indicator of its accomplishments in its early years. In the largest of the three sections of this publication, the Appendices include membership list, advisory activities, joint activities with other professional organizations, publication list of NAE, and articles of organization and bylaws. (MR)