Learn from the Past, Practice in the Present, Prepare for the Future

This issue of the IEEE Engineering Management Review (EMR) is the last of our 50th volume. Looking back on just more than 50 years of publication of EMR-related topics seems apropos. Given this goal, we begin with a series of papers in this issue that takes us from the past 50 years or so. These topics have resonated in the engineering and technology management community—and will likely continue. Clearly, not all topics can be covered—it would be impossible to do so given the breadth and scope of developments in EMRrelated fields.