Squadron Leader Douglas Fraser, a Fellow and Life Member of the Institute holding RIN membership number 6, was one of the founder members joining when the Institute was formed on 25th June 1947. Sixty years later, on Friday 29th June 2007, at our first Annual General Meeting since being granted our Royal Charter, he was invited by our President to make a short presentation on the birth of our Institute. Squadron Leader Fraser was unable to travel from his home to attend the AGM in person, but with great foresight had planned for such an eventuality and prepared a short video of his speech. This paper is a verbatim account of his message.