In 1978, the National College Physical Education Association for Men (NCPEAM) and the National Association for Physical Education College Women (NAPECW), two national professional physical education higher education associations, merged to form the National Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (NAPEHE). In an effort to better understand the perspectives of the two national associations and their philosophical underpinnings, a short history of each is provided as described in the first volume of "Quest" in 1963, a perspective 15 years prior to the merger.