Chronology of AIEE and IRE Merger
From ETHW
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1950s | Periodic discussions regarding either consolidation or merger of AIEE and IRE |
| 1950 | AIEE and IRE establish joint student branches |
| 1959 | Special Joint Committee on AIEE/IRE relations created |
| 3 Feb. 1961 | Roland McFarlan, 1960 IRE President, appears before AIEE Board of Directors |
| March 1961 | Clarence Linder, AIEE President, appears before IRE Board of Directors |
| 5 May 1961 | Pat Haggerty, President Elect of IRE, reports to IRE Executive Committee on the Joint Committee’s preliminary merger discussions |
| 13 Sept. 1961 | Eight-Man AIEE-IRE Joint Committee meets and recommends that both Boards of Directors approve formal appointment of a joint committee “to study a merger and prepare a proposal for accomplishing it.” Established timetable calling for constitution and bylaws for merged organization to be ready for approval by both boards on 2 Feb. 1962.If approved, membership vote in May 1962, with merger effective 1 Jan. 1963. |
| 18 Oct. 1961 | IRE Board of Directors approves Eight-Man Join Committee merger plan |
| 20 Oct. 1961 | AIEE Board of Directors approves Eight-Man Joint Committee merger plan |
| 23 Oct. 1961 | IRE and AIEE issue joint press release stating they exploring a merger |
| 31 Jan. 1962 | AIEE Town Meeting on Merger discussions at the AIEE Winter General Meeting in New York |
| 8 Mar. 1962 | IEEE draft constitution published. This is the earliest printed mention of “The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers” as the name of the merged organization |
| 10 Mar. 1962 | Press release issued stating that the AIEE and IRE Boards of Directors have approved merging to form IEEE. Membership vote scheduled by AIEE for June 18. |
| 26 Mar. 1962 | Symposium on proposed merger at IRE Convention, New York |
| Mar. 1962 | First special merger supplement in the Proceedings of the IRE. |
| Apr. 1962 | Second special merger supplement in the Proceedings of the IRE. Special merger supplement in the AIEE publication Electrical Engineering |
| 24 Apr. 1962 | Ballot proxies are mailed to all IRE Members and will be counted at a special meeting of IRE on 10 July |
| 18 June 1962 | AIEE membership approves merger |
| 10 July 1962 | IRE membership approves merger |
| 10 July 1962 | Merger committee expands to 14 members, with a charge to work out the details needed to accomplish the merger by 1 Jan. 1963. During a series of meetings in 1962, the Fourteen-Man Committee worked out the details for merger |
| 1 Oct. 1962 | IEEE regional boundaries approved |
| 14-15 Nov. 1962 | 1963 IEEE budget approved by joint committee |
| 11 Dec. 1962 | IEEE badge design approved |
| 1 Jan. 1963 | IEEE begins operations |
| 2 Jan. 1963 | First work day for IEEE staff |
| 2 Jan. 1963 | Certificate of Consolidation, and amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of AIEE, executed in the state of New York, U.S. A. Legally, AIEE is the surviving institution |
