IEEE Southern Minnesota Section History

The IEEE Southern Minnesota Section was formed 50 years ago on August 22, 1963.

The Southern Minnesota Section is part of Region 4 which encompasses the upper midwest in the United States. Regions are organized into sections with 24 sections in our region 4. We have 332 members of the 21,146 region 4 members ranking us as a small to medium sized section. Including guests, student, affiliate, and associate members we current mail 548 meeting notices each meeting. Our section is geographically large and extends roughly from just beyond Mankato, MN at the West to Tomah, WI at the east and from Northfield, MN at the north to the Iowa border at the south. Our neighboring sections are Siouxland to our west, Madison (WI) to the east, Central Illinois to the south (on the east end), Central Iowa to the south (on the west end), Cedar Rapids (IA) to the south (central), and Twin Cities (MN) to the north.

Coulee Subsection

The IEEE Coulee Subsection was formed on May 30, 1987 to better serve the areas in our section east of the Mississippi River and directly on the river's west side. The subsection is its own entity but within the Southern Minnesota Section. Coulee holds its own meetings and has 44 members (also included in the Southern Minnesota count).

Chapters

IEEE has 38 societies which specialize by technology. Sections may have chapters in one or more of these societies depending on member interest. The Southern Minnesota Section has three chapters:

• Computer Society Chapter - formed in 1987
• Joint Chapter in Communications, Signal Processing, and Control Systems (one chapter in three societies) - formed in 1999
• Engineering in Medicine and Biology Chapter - formed in 2007

In addition the section has an "affinity group" in the Consultants Network and an Employment network.

Meetings

Most of our technical meetings are in one of the chapter disciplines. Typical of small to mid sized sections we deliver our technical content at the section level with invitations to all members regardless of Society affiliation (and recent guests).

Our member distribution is Rochester centric; almost all of our meetings are held in Rochester. In recent years we have been doing remote broadcasts in an attempt to better reach our more remote members.

IEEE Southern Minnesota holds a minimum of 8 technical meetings per year with an average about 10. Our attendance averages 40-50.

Past Officers

2000 - 2009

First Name	Last Name	Position	Year
Robert	Harveland	Chair	2000
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	2000
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	2000
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2000
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2000
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	2000
William	Gorder	Secretary	2000
Paul	Dahlinger	Student Activities	2000
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2000
Jason	Clegg	Vice Chair	2000
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2000
Robert	Harveland	Chair	2001
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	2001
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	2001
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2001
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2001
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	2001
William	Gorder	Secretary	2001
Paul	Dahlinger	Student Activities	2001
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2001
Jason	Clegg	Vice Chair	2001
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2001
Robert	Harveland	Chair	2002
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	2002
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	2002
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2002
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2002
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	2002
William	Gorder	Secretary	2002
Donald	Kolbert	Student Activities	2002
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2002
Jason	Clegg	Vice Chair	2002
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2002
Robert	Harveland	Chair	2003
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	2003
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2003
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	2003
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2003
James	Carey	Membership Development	2003
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	2003
William	Gorder	Secretary	2003
Eugene	Lin	Student Activities	2003
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2003
Jason	Clegg	Vice Chair	2003
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2003
Jason	Clegg	Chair	2004
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2004
Elizabeth	Edwards	Graduates of the Last Decade	2004
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2004
James	Carey	Membership Development	2004
Dennis	Spathis	Newsletter Editor	2004
William	Gorder	Secretary	2004
Andy	Kim	Student Activities	2004
David	Paulsen	Student Activities	2004
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2004
Robert	Harveland	Vice Chair	2004
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2004
Jason	Clegg	Chair	2005
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2005
Elizabeth	Edwards	Graduates of the Last Decade	2005
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2005
James	Carey	Membership Development	2005
Dennis	Spathis	Newsletter Editor	2005
William	Gorder	Secretary	2005
David	Paulsen	Student Activities	2005
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2005
Nicolas	Chbat	Vice Chair	2005
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2005
Jason	Clegg	Chair	2006
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2006
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2006
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2006
Dennis	Spathis	Newsletter Editor	2006
William	Gorder	Secretary	2006
David	Paulsen	Student Activities	2006
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2006
Dennis	Spathis	Vice Chair	2006
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2006
Jason	Clegg	Chair	2007
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2007
Joe	Kamath	Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter Chair	2007
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2007
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2007
Dennis	Spathis	Newsletter Editor	2007
William	Gorder	Secretary	2007
David	Paulsen	Student Activities	2007
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2007
Dennis	Spathis	Vice Chair	2007
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	2007
Dennis	Spathis	Chair	2008
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2008
Joe	Kamath	Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter Chair	2008
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2008
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2008
Dennis	Spathis	Newsletter Editor	2008
William	Gorder	Secretary	2008
Brian	Reed	Student Activities	2008
David	Paulsen	Student Activities	2008
David	Paulsen	Technical Activities	2008
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2008
Paul	Dahlen	Vice Chair	2008
Dennis	Spathis	Chair	2009
Paul	Dahlen	Chair	2009
Ronald	Jensen	Computer Chapter Chair	2009
Joe	Kamath	Engineering in Medicine & Biology Chapter Chair	2009
Chris	Felton	Joint Chapters*	2009
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	2009
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	2009
Dennis	Spathis	Newsletter Editor	2009
Scott	Dahl	Professional Activities	2009
William	Gorder	Secretary	2009
Brian	Reed	Student Activities	2009
David	Paulsen	Technical Activities	2009
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	2009
Paul	Dahlen	Vice Chair	2009
Paula	Britson	Webmaster	2009

1990 - 1999

First Name	Last Name	Position	Year
Gregory	Keyes	Awards & Recognition Chair	1990
Donald	Kolbert	Chair	1990
Gerald	Balm	Computer Chapter Chair	1990
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1990
Robert	Dubke	Membership Development	1990
Gerald	Balm	Professional Activities	1990
Salaheddin	Obeid	Professional Activities	1990
Matthew	Graham	Secretary	1990
Jeffrey	Brown	Treasurer	1990
William	Gorder	Vice Chair	1990
William	Gorder	Chair	1991
Thomas	Paska	Computer Chapter Chair	1991
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1991
Jeffrey	Brown	Membership Development	1991
Robert	Dubke	Membership Development	1991
Martha	Tullis	Newsletter Editor	1991
Foud	Mrad	Professional Activities	1991
Jeffrey	Brown	Professional Activities	1991
Donald	Kolbert	Secretary	1991
Martha	Tullis	Secretary	1991
Matthew	Graham	Treasurer	1991
Jeffrey	Brown	Vice Chair	1991
Salaheddin	Obeid	Vice Chair	1991
James	Carey	Awards & Recognition Chair	1992
Matthew	Graham	Chair	1992
Jeffrey	Brown	Computer Chapter Chair	1992
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1992
Ellen	Reid	Membership Development	1992
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1992
Thomas	Paska	Professional Activities	1992
Reza	Ghotbi	Secretary	1992
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1992
Jeffrey	Brown	Vice Chair	1992
Thomas	Roettger	Vice Chair	1992
Walter (Dave)	Braddock	Awards & Recognition Chair	1993
Thomas	Roettger	Chair	1993
Matthew	Graham	Computer Chapter Chair	1993
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1993
James	Carey	Membership Development	1993
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1993
Thomas	Paska	Professional Activities	1993
William	Gorder	Secretary	1993
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1993
Jeffrey	Brown	Vice Chair	1993
Walter (Dave)	Braddock	Awards & Recognition Chair	1994
Thomas	Roettger	Chair	1994
Matthew	Graham	Computer Chapter Chair	1994
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1994
James	Carey	Membership Development	1994
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1994
Thomas	Paska	Professional Activities	1994
William	Gorder	Secretary	1994
Noelle	Sesta	Student Activities	1994
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1994
Ronald	Jensen	Vice Chair	1994
Walter (Dave)	Braddock	Awards & Recognition Chair	1995
Ronald	Jensen	Chair	1995
Matthew	Graham	Computer Chapter Chair	1995
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1995
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1995
Thomas	Paska	Professional Activities	1995
William	Gorder	Secretary	1995
Noelle	Sesta	Student Activities	1995
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1995
Jeffrey	Brown	Vice Chair	1995
Walter (Dave)	Braddock	Awards & Recognition Chair	1996
Ronald	Jensen	Chair	1996
Matthew	Graham	Computer Chapter Chair	1996
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1996
Timothy	Wolf	Membership Development	1996
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1996
Richard	Hall	Professional Activities	1996
William	Gorder	Secretary	1996
Noelle	Sesta	Student Activities	1996
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1996
Jeffrey	Brown	Vice Chair	1996
Thomas	Roettger	Awards & Recognition Chair	1997
Ronald	Jensen	Chair	1997
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	1997
Pat	Wong	Computer Chapter Chair	1997
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1997
Timothy	Wolf	Membership Development	1997
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1997
Richard	Hall	Professional Activities	1997
William	Gorder	Secretary	1997
Paul	Dahlinger	Student Activities	1997
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1997
Robert	Harveland	Vice Chair	1997
Timothy	Wolf	Awards & Recognition Chair	1998
Ronald	Jensen	Chair	1998
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	1998
Jason	Clegg	Computer Chapter Chair	1998
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1998
Thomas	Roettger	Membership Development	1998
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1998
Richard	Hall	Professional Activities	1998
William	Gorder	Secretary	1998
Paul	Dahlinger	Student Activities	1998
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1998
Robert	Harveland	Vice Chair	1998
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	1998
Robert	Harveland	Chair	1999
Duane	Wenzel	Computer Chapter Chair	1999
Jason	Clegg	Computer Chapter Chair	1999
Vincent	Lynch	Educational Activities	1999
Susan	Funk	Graduates of the Last Decade	1999
Scott	Dahl	Joint Chapters*	1999
Ronald	Jensen	Membership Development	1999
Chris	Kimble	Newsletter Editor	1999
William	Gorder	Secretary	1999
Paul	Dahlinger	Student Activities	1999
Steven	Kerchberger	Treasurer	1999
Juan	Arevalo	Vice Chair	1999
Diane	Manlove	Webmaster	1999

1980 - 1989

First Name	Last Name	Position	Year
Karl	Shidler	Secretary/Treasurer	1980
Karl	Shidler	Student Activities	1980
Larry	Koshire	Vice Chair	1980
Larry	Koshire	Chair	1981
Robert	Dubke	Professional Activities	1981
Karl	Shidler	Secretary/Treasurer	1981
Robert	Dubke	Student Activities	1981
Greg	Lisle	Chair	1982
Greg	Lisle	Newsletter Editor	1982
Larry	Koshire	Professional Activities	1982
Robert	Dubke	Student Activities	1982
Steven	Abraham	Treasurer	1982
Karl	Shidler	Vice Chair	1982
Greg	Lisle	Newsletter Editor	1983
Larry	Koshire	Professional Activities	1983
Li-Pang	Lu	Secretary	1983
Robert	Dubke	Student Activities	1983
Steven	Abraham	Treasurer	1983
Mark	Kotschevar	Vice Chair	1983
Mark	Kotschevar	Chair	1984
Greg	Lisle	Membership Development	1984
Greg	Lisle	Newsletter Editor	1984
Larry	Koshire	Professional Activities	1984
Bruce	Staples	Secretary	1984
Gregory	Keyes	Secretary	1984
Robert	Dubke	Student Activities	1984
Joseph	Cahill	Treasurer	1984
Gilbert	Singco	Vice Chair	1984
Steven	Abraham	Chair	1985
Larry	Koshire	Membership Development	1985
Joseph	Cahill	Newsletter Editor	1985
Larry	Koshire	Professional Activities	1985
Gregory	Keyes	Secretary	1985
Beth	Ericksen	Treasurer	1985
Gilbert	Singco	Vice Chair	1985
Gilbert	Singco	Chair	1986
Gregory	Keyes	Educational Activities	1986
Gregory	Keyes	Professional Activities	1986
Bradley	Rubin	Secretary	1986
James	Carey	Student Activities	1986
Gregory	Keyes	Vice Chair	1986
Jeffrey	Brown	Awards & Recognition Chair	1987
Bradley	Rubin	Chair	1987
Dave	Geller	Computer Chapter Chair	1987
Robert	Dubke	Membership Development	1987
Don	Gilliland	Professional Activities	1987
Kevin	Jones	Secretary	1987
James	Carey	Student Activities	1987
Scott	Dahl	Treasurer	1987
Donald	Gabrielson	Vice Chair	1987
Jeffrey	Brown	Chair	1988
Gerald	Balm	Computer Chapter Chair	1988
Robert	Dubke	Membership Development	1988
Bill	Hunt	Secretary	1988
Gregory	Keyes	Treasurer	1988
Matthew	Graham	Vice Chair	1988
Gregory	Keyes	Awards & Recognition Chair	1989
Matthew	Graham	Chair	1989
Dave	Hixon	Computer Chapter Chair	1989
Bruce	Staples	Educational Activities	1989
Robert	Dubke	Membership Development	1989
Gerald	Balm	Professional Activities	1989
Robert	Dubke	Professional Activities	1989
Jeffrey	Brown	Secretary	1989
Donald	Kolbert	Vice Chair	1989

1970 - 1979

First Name	Last Name	Position	Year
Paul	Babel	Chair	1970
Al	Benson	Membership Development	1970
Stan	Whiting	Publicity	1970
Ronald	Keller	Secretary	1970
Martin	Storma	Treasurer	1970
Norman	Sorenson	Treasurer	1970
Del	Hollenbach	Vice Chair	1970
Martin	Storma	Chair	1971
Stan	Whiting	Publicity	1971
Al	Benson	Secretary	1971
Norman	Sorenson	Treasurer	1971
Ronald	Keller	Vice Chair	1971
Ronald	Keller	Chair	1972
Russ	Wright	Membership Development	1972
Rex	Patton	Publicity	1972
Thomas	Paska	Secretary	1972
James	Dalley	Treasurer	1972
William	Sutterer	Vice Chair	1972
William	Sutterer	Chair	1973
Russ	Wright	Membership Development	1973
Rex	Patton	Publicity	1973
James	Dalley	Secretary	1973
James	Wilson	Treasurer	1973
James	Dalley	Chair	1974
Ronald	Keller	Publicity	1974
Rex	Patton	Secretary	1974
George	Lerom	Treasurer	1974
James	Wilson	Vice Chair	1974
Robert	Rowen	Chair	1975
Mark	Diez	Membership Development	1975
Ronald	Keller	Publicity	1975
Ronald	Shaw	Secretary	1975
Joanne	Rowen	Student Activities	1975
Rex	Patton	Treasurer	1975
George	Lerom	Vice Chair	1975
James	Wilson	Chair	1976
Mark	Diez	Membership Development	1976
Leslie	Miner	Secretary	1976
Joanne	Rowen	Treasurer	1976
Robert	Wang	Vice Chair	1976
Robert	Wang	Chair	1977
Mark	Diez	Membership Development	1977
Leslie	Miner	Secretary	1977
Bruce	Pratt	Treasurer	1977
Vic	Tatak	Vice Chair	1977
Robert	Dubke	Chair	1978
Mark	Diez	Membership Development	1978
Ronald	Shaw	Professional Activities	1978
Mark	Diez	Publicity	1978
Charlie	Brown	Secretary	1978
Karl	Shidler	Student Activities	1978
Bruce	Pratt	Treasurer	1978
Gan	Moy	Treasurer	1978
Alfred	Anderson	Vice Chair	1978
Charlie	Brown	Chair	1979
Mark	Diez	Membership Development	1979
Karl	Shidler	Professional Activities	1979
Mark	Diez	Publicity	1979
Larry	Koshire	Secretary	1979
Karl	Shidler	Student Activities	1979
Mark	Diez	Student Activities	1979
Gan	Moy	Treasurer	1979
Leslie	Miner	Vice Chair	1979

1964 - 1969

First Name	Last Name	Position	Year
Robert	Floyd	Chair	1964
Donald	Shaw	Chair	1966
Jacob	Sanders	Membership Development	1966
Richard	Westerlund	Publicity	1966
Kenneth	Hastings	Secretary	1966
William	Dunnette	Treasurer	1966
James	Isaacson	Vice Chair	1966
Kenneth	Hastings	Chair	1967
Jacob	Sanders	Membership Development	1967
Ronald	Keller	Publicity	1967
Monroe	Brown	Secretary	1967
Wayne	Cassanova	Treasurer	1967
William	Dunnette	Vice Chair	1967
William	Dunnette	Chair	1968
Jacob	Sanders	Membership Development	1968
Ronald	Keller	Publicity	1968
Wayne	Cassanova	Secretary	1968
Myron	Schettl	Student Activities	1968
Kenneth	Ganyo	Treasurer	1968
Lowell	Brown	Treasurer	1968
George	Sedivy	Vice Chair	1968
Monroe	Brown	Vice Chair	1968
Jacob	Sanders	Chair	1969
Paul	Babel	Membership Development	1969
Ronald	Keller	Publicity	1969
George	Sedivy	Secretary	1969
Kenneth	Ganyo	Treasurer	1969
Wayne	Cassanova	Vice Chair	1969

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