IEEE Germany Section History

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Establishment of the Section

The IEEE Germany Section has been formed on 12th of July 1963, in the same year in which IEEE was ascending from the merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE founded in 1884) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE, founded in 1912).

The inauguration meeting in Germany was held on 6.4.64 in the "Künstlerhaus" in Munich. Twentyfour attending IEEE members elected the members of the first IEEE Germany Section EXCOM consisting of

Chairman Dr.-Ing Dr.-Ing. hc L. Rohde (Rohde & Schwarz, Munich) IEEE, VDE, NTG,

Vice Chairman Prof. Dr.Phil Fränz (Telefunken, Ulm)IEEE, VDE, NTG,

Secretary Dr.-Ing. H.H. Burghoff (VDE.NTG, Frankfurt)IEEE ,VDE, NTG,

Treasurer Dr.Techn J. Berghammer (Siemens, Munich)IEEE, VDE, NTG,

Assessor Prof. Dr phil nat. H.H. Meinke (Univ. of Munich)IEEE, VDE, NTG,

Assessor Dr.-Ing. Jacottet (VDE,NTG, Frankfurt).

The EXCOM agreed unanimously on a friendly mutual cooperation with the existing National Societies VDE and ITG for the benefit of Electrical Engineering in Germany and the EE Community world wide.

List of Section Chairs

Lothar Rohde 1963
Prof. Kleen 1974
Walter Proebster
Prof.H.J. Schmitt
Hugo Ruechard
Prof. Rudolf Saal 81/87
Prof.Dr. Adolf Schwab 88/96
Prof.Dr. Rolf Jansen 97/99
Prof.Dr.Hans Hartnagel 2000/2002
Prof.Dr. Adolf Schwab 2003/2006
Dr. Andreas Luxa 2007/2010
Dr. Axel Richter 2011

Membership

Student Branches

IEEE Student Branches exist at the Universities.

Aachen
Bochum
Darmstadt
Duisburg-Essen
Esslingen
Furtwangen
Hamburg
Hannover
Ilmenau
Kaiserslautern
Karlsruhe
Kiel
Magdeburg
München
Passau
Stuttgart

*Conferences

Milestones
Awards
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Chapters

The IEEE Germany Section announces its first chapter formation in the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society in March 2010.

Section Officers

2009-2010 Chair: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Luxa

IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Germany