| Date
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Event
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| 1950s
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Periodic discussions regarding either consolidation or merger of AIEE and IRE
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| 1950
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AIEE and IRE establish joint student branches
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| 1959
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Special Joint Committee on AIEE/IRE relations created
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| 3 Feb. 1961
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Roland McFarlan, 1960 IRE President, appears before AIEE Board of Directors
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| March 1961
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Clarence Linder, AIEE President, appears before IRE Board of Directors
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| 5 May 1961
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Pat Haggerty, President Elect of IRE, reports to IRE Executive Committee on the Joint Committee’s preliminary merger discussions
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| 13 Sept. 1961
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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.
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| 18 Oct. 1961
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IRE Board of Directors approves Eight-Man Join Committee merger plan
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| 20 Oct. 1961
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AIEE Board of Directors approves Eight-Man Joint Committee merger plan
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| 23 Oct. 1961
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IRE and AIEE issue joint press release stating they exploring a merger
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| 31 Jan. 1962
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AIEE Town Meeting on Merger discussions at the AIEE Winter General Meeting in New York
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| 8 Mar. 1962
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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
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| 10 Mar. 1962
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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.
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| 26 Mar. 1962
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Symposium on proposed merger at IRE Convention, New York
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| Mar. 1962
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First special merger supplement in the Proceedings of the IRE.
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| Apr. 1962
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Second special merger supplement in the Proceedings of the IRE. Special merger supplement in the AIEE publication Electrical Engineering
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| 24 Apr. 1962
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Ballot proxies are mailed to all IRE Members and will be counted at a special meeting of IRE on 10 July
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| 18 June 1962
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AIEE membership approves merger
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| 10 July 1962
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IRE membership approves merger
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| 10 July 1962
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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
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| 1 Oct. 1962
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IEEE regional boundaries approved
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| 14-15 Nov. 1962
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1963 IEEE budget approved by joint committee
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| 11 Dec. 1962
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IEEE badge design approved
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| 1 Jan. 1963
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IEEE begins operations
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| 2 Jan. 1963
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First work day for IEEE staff
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| 2 Jan. 1963
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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
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