IEEE Phoenix Section History
| IEEE Phoenix Section History | |
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| Established date | 1941-03-22 |
| IEEE Region | 6 |
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| Geographic region | Phoenix |
| Region area | SWA |
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Chronology
The Phoenix Section started operations in 1941. Its "birthday" is March 22 (see IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Phoenix). At that time IEEE was known as the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Phoenix Section referred to as Arizona Section. On January 10, 1951, the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) also established a Phoenix Section (see IRE Phoenix Section Formation Letter). AIEE and IRE merged in 1963 to form the IEEE.
The first Phoenix Section Chair was Ben Ferguson, accompanied by Section Secretary W. H. Croft of the Central Arizona Light & Power Company, known since 1952 as Arizona Public Service Company (APS). In 1920 Ben Ferguson worked as an engineer for the Arizona Corporation Commission. As of August 1, 1941, the Section had 28 members.
The first IRE Phoenix Section Chair, Gerald C. Rich, filed the patents "Semi-Conductor Unit" and "Transistor Unit" in 1953 that indicate he worked for Motorola at the time. He resided in Scottsdale.
The Phoenix Section Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Society Chapter won the 1973 best Chapter award from the Society.
Mike Andrews, the 2013 Region 6 Director, recalls that he was Region 6 Southwest Area Chair when Earl Robbins was Section Chair in 1982. In the 1970s Section meetings were held at a restaurant near Central & Indian School Rd. in Phoenix. The Section bank account was with Valley National Bank.
| Year | Chair | Affiliation |
| 2016 | Bruce Ladewig |
Arizona Public Service Company |
| 2015 | Bruce Ladewig |
TOR Engineering |
| 2014 | Barbara McMinn |
Arizona Public Service Company |
| 2013 | Charles E. Weitzel |
none |
| 2012 | Ralph Hogan |
Rio Salado College |
| 2011 | James H. Hudson |
Salt River Project |
| 2010 | Henning Braunisch | Intel Corporation |
| 2009 | Debendra Mallik | Intel Corporation |
| 2008 | Keith E. Holbert | Arizona State University |
| 2007 | N. Rao Bonda | Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. |
| 2006 | Rao S. Thallam | Salt River Project |
| 2005 | Shamala A. Chickamenahalli | Intel Corporation |
| 2004 | George Karady | Arizona State University |
| 2003 | James E. Drye | Motorola, Inc. |
| 2002 | Charles A. Smith | Orbital Sciences Corporation |
| 2001 | Vasudeva P. Atluri | Intel Corporation |
| 2000 | James R. Hunt | Salt River Project |
| 1999 | Elbadawy A. Elsharawy | Arizona State University |
| 1998 | Indira S. Adhihetty |
Motorola, Inc. |
| 1997 | Henry A. Burger |
HB Engineers |
| 1996 | Victor M. Quiros |
DeVry Institute of Technology |
| 1995 | D. Elaine Pope | Intel Corporation |
| 1994 | Marty L. Halperin | DeVry Institute of Technology |
| 1993 | Vijayan K. Nair |
Motorola, Inc. |
| 1992 | David R. Carroll |
Motorola, Inc. |
| 1991 | Edwin W. Greeneich |
Arizona State University |
| 1990 | George F. Seebeck |
Arizona Public Service Company |
| 1989 | Joshua M. Wiestling |
Arizona Public Service Company |
| 1988 | Ben M. Huey |
Arizona State University |
| 1987 | Ronald D. McCallister |
SiCOM, Inc. |
| 1986 | Alexander C. Brown |
Loral Defense Systems |
| 1985 | Gregory P. Rampley |
Salt River Project |
| 1984 | Robert H. Douglas |
Honeywell |
| 1983 | Gary D. Brunner |
Goodyear Aerospace Corporation |
| 1982 | Earl R. Robbins |
Arizona State University |
| 1981 | Wally R. Raisanen |
Computrac |
| 1980 | H. James Martin |
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| 1979 | Arnold L. Schwalb |
Salt River Project |
| 1978 | Everette E. Chartier |
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| 1977 | Peter D. Kennedy |
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| 1976 | M. M. Marsolek |
Salt River Project |
| 1975 | James A. Higgs |
Arizona State University |
| 1974 | T. R. Thompson |
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| 1973 | D. D. Hann |
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| 1972 | V. M. Nelsen |
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| 1971 | William P. Stearns |
Shalako International |
| 1970 | R. W. Roberts |
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| 1969 | E. H. Hill |
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| 1968 | J. M. Ross |
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| 1967 | Vincent Converti |
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| 1966 | T. M. Morong |
Salt River Project |
| 1965 | R. K. Peterson |
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| 1964 | D. T. Quisenberry |
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| 1963 | G. T. Royden |
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| 1962 | E. H. O'Gara (AIEE) E. H. O'Gara (IRE) |
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| 1961 | A. B. Johnson (AIEE) H. R. Hyder, III (IRE) |
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| 1960 | S. M. Chalmers (AIEE) J. M. Ross (IRE) |
Salt River Project |
| 1959 | F. M. Irish (AIEE) E. S. Shepard, Sr. (IRE) |
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| 1958 | L. A. Potter (AIEE) R. V. Baum (IRE) |
Salt River Project |
| 1957 | W. E. McMorran (AIEE) G. L. McClanathan (IRE) |
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| 1956 | T. A. Phillips (AIEE) Everett Eberhard (IRE) |
Central Arizona Light & Power Co. |
| 1955 | R. H. Hartley (AIEE) William R. Saxon (IRE) |
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| 1954 | E. A. Lodge (AIEE) P. W. Sokoloff (IRE) |
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| 1953 | K. V. Fletcher (AIEE) Allen M. Creighton, Jr. (IRE) |
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| 1952 | J. A. Redmond (AIEE) R. E. Samuelson (IRE) |
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| 1951 | I. G. Jenkins, Jr. (AIEE) Gerald C. Rich (IRE) |
Central Arizona Light & Power Co. Motorola, Inc. |
| 1950 | Americo Lazzari (AIEE) | |
| 1949 | W. B. Bustard (AIEE) |
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| 1948 |
C. M. Hart (AIEE) |
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| 1947 |
C. A. Poppino (AIEE) |
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| 1946 |
Irwin W. Best (AIEE) |
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| 1945 |
Charles A. Rollins (AIEE) |
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| 1944 |
C. R. Smith (AIEE) |
Central Arizona Light & Power Co. |
| 1943 |
Malcolm M. Bridgwater (AIEE) |
Central Arizona Light & Power Co. |
| 1942 |
G. F. Maughmer (AIEE) |
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| 1941 | Ben Ferguson (AIEE) |
Old officer roster documents
IRE and IEEE Phoenix Section Officers 1951-1974, Phoenix Section Officers 1975-1979. (pdfs)
From 1951 to 1957 the IRE Phoenix Section Chairs and Secretaries were also listed in the Institute/IRE News and Radio Notes that appeared in the November issues of the Proceedings of the IRE (1951 example). The AIEE Arizona Section Chairs and Secretaries from 1941 to 1951 can be found in the December issues of the Transactions of the AIEE (1941 example). Credit goes to Dr. Sheldon Hochheiser of the IEEE History Center at Rutgers University for chasing down the 1952 to 1962 AIEE Arizona Section Chairs in the AIEE Year Books; AIEE Officers, Committees and Representatives; and the AIEE Organizational Manual.
| Year | Chair | Vice chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
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| 2001 | Vasudeva Atluri | Charles Smith | James Drye | George Karady |
| 2002 | Charles Smith | James Drye | George Karady | Lesley Polka |
| 2003 | James Drye | George Karady | S Chickamenahalli | |
| 2004 | George Karady | S Chickamenahalli | Rao Thallam | N Rao Bonda |
| 2005 | S Chickamenahalli | Rao Thallam | N Rao Bonda | Dongming He |
| 2006 | Rao Thallam | N Rao Bonda | Dongming He | Keith Holbert |
| 2007 | N Rao Bonda | Dongming He | Keith Holbert | Debendra Mallik |
| 2008 | Keith Holbert | Debendra Mallik | Henning Braunisch | James Hudson |
| 2009 | Debendra Mallik | Henning Braunisch | James Hudson | Ralph Hogan |
| 2010 | Henning Braunisch | James Hudson | Ralph Hogan | Charles Weitzel |
| 2011 | James Hudson | Ralph Hogan | Thomas Lundquist | Russell Kinner |
| 2012 | Ralph Hogan | Charles Weitzel | Barbara Mcminn | Bruce Ladewig |
| 2013 | Charles Weitzel | Barbara Mcminn | Bruce Ladewig | Surinder Tuli |
| 2014 | Barbara Mcminn | Bruce Ladewig | Surinder Tuli | Vivek Gupta |
| 2015 | Bruce Ladewig | Surinder Tuli | Vivek Gupta | Mahesh Shah |
| 2016 | Bruce Ladewig | Surinder Tuli | Vivek Gupta | Mahesh Shah |
| 2017 | Surinder Tuli | Vivek Gupta | Mahesh Shah | Bharat Penmecha |
| 2018 | Surinder Tuli | Vivek Gupta | Mahesh Shah | Bharat Penmecha |
| 2019 | Vivek Gupta | Curtis Scott | Bharat Penmecha | Heather Monigan |
| 2020 | Vivek Gupta | Curtis Scott | Bharat Penmecha | Heather Monigan |
| 2021 | Bharat Penmecha | Heather Monigan | Ankur Agrawal | Samantha Russell |
Bylaws
Section Bylaws of 2001
Note: Per Section 9.4.E of the Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) Operations Manual, Section Bylaws are not required. All Sections will be required to operate in accordance IEEE Bylaws, Policies and the MGA Operations Manual.
External Links
Archival documents
- Section petition documents
- IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Phoenix
- IRE Phoenix Section formation letter 1951.pdf
- IRE+IEEE Phoenix Section officers 1951-1974.pdf
- Phoenix Section officers 1975-1979.pdf
- GCRich Patent 1954.pdf
- GCRich Patent 1958.pdf
- Notice of Section formation: Report of the Board of Directors, Trans. AIEE, vol. 60, pp. 1449, 1941 (see under "Sections" on p. 1450)
