IEEE Saint Louis Section History

IEEE Saint Louis Section History
Established date	1903-01-14
IEEE Region	5
IEEE Council
Geographic region	Saint Louis
Region area	North
Principal cities	St. Louis, MO
Home page	http://sites.ieee.org/stlouis/
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History

The Saint Louis Section has been in existence for over 100 years as part of IEEE. The section encompasses a large territory stretching from Hannibal, MO, to Carbondale, IL, to the Missouri boot heel, to Rolla, to Columbia-and a small stretch along I-70 to the Indiana border. As of 2008, they had over 2600 IEEE members in the Section.

Section officers

**Saint Louis Section Officers**
Year	Chair	Vice chair	Secretary	Treasurer
2001	Roobik Gharabagi	Gregory Murden	Steve Watkins	Robert Leavene
2002	Gregory Murden	Steve Watkins	Robert Leavene	Robert Menzel
2003	Steve Watkins	Robert Leavene	Robert Menzel	Ken Owens
2004	Robert Leavene	Robert Menzel	Ken Owens	William Ebel
2005	Robert Menzel	Ken Owens	James Bornholdt	William Ebel
2006	Ken Owens	James Bornholdt	Tyria Riley	H Mallikarjuna
2007	James Bornholdt	H Mallikarjuna	Scott Smith	Tyria Riley
2008	H Mallikarjuna	Tyria Riley	Bob Becnel	Keith Corzine
2009	Tyria Riley	Keith Corzine	Jessica Du Maine	Bob Becnel
2010	Keith Corzine	Bob Becnel	David Gitz	Jessica Du Maine
2011	Bob Becnel	Jessica Du Maine	Paul Min	Harsha Hiripitiyage
2012	Jessica Du Maine / Bob Becnel	Harsha Hiripitiyage	Prakash Shahi	Paul Min
2013	Harsha Hiripitiyage	Paul Min	Kyle Mitchell / Jonathan Steenbergen	Prakash Shahi
2014	Paul Min	Prakash Shahi	Yoelit Hiebert	Jonathan Steenbergen / Yoelit Hiebert
2015	Prakash Shahi	Yoelit Hiebert	Maciej Zawodniok	Prasenjit Shil
2016	Yoelit Hiebert	Prasenjit Shil	Benjamin Cardwell	Maciej Zawodniok
2017	Prasenjit Shil	Maciej Zawodniok	George Engel	Benjamin Cardwell
2018	Maciej Zawodniok	Benjamin Cardwell	Maurice Muia / Prachee Chaturvedi	George Engel
2019	George Engel	Prasenjit Shil	Asdrubal Garcia-Ortiz	Prachee Chaturvedi
2020	Prasenjit Shil	Prachee Chaturvedi	Asdrubal Garcia-Ortiz	Amardeep Kaur
2021	Prasenjit Shil	Prachee Chaturvedi		Amardeep Kaur

Past Chairs

IEEE

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2020 Prasenjit Shil
2019 George Engel
2018 Maciej Zawodniok
2017 Prasenjit Shil
2016 Yoelit Hiebert
2015 Prakash Shahi
2014 Paul Min
2013 Harsha Dinesh Hiripitiyage
2012 Jessica du Maine/Bob Becnel
2011 Bob Becnel
2010 Keith Corzine
2009 Tyria Riley
2008 H.S. Mallikarjuna
2007 Jim Bornholdt
2006 Ken Owens
2005 Robert Menzel
2004 Bob Leavene
2003 Steve E. Watkins
2002 Gregory Murden
2001 Roobik Gharabagi
2000 George Zobrist
1999 Shirley Cheng
1998 Dave Massey
1997 Hardy J Pottinger
1996 Bill Schallert
1995 Craig Hartmann
1994 Joseph O'Sullivan
1993 Gary R Fuerst
1992 James H. Hahn
1990-1991 David W Muren
1989-1990 Rick L Butler
1988-1989 Robert J Schnell
1987-1988 Arthur E Goldberger Jr
1986-1987 Jack D Lashley
1985-1986 Donald W Cramer
1984-1985 Ed C Bertnolli
1983-1984 Gary A Shannon
1982-1983 Jim V Leonard
1981-1982 Charles T Koenig
1980-1981 Jim Leonard
1979-1980 R J Schukai
1978-1979 Martin R Smith
1977-1978 Carl L Merlotti
1976-1977 Bernard Heilweck
1975-1976 Herbert A Crosby
1974-1975 Hosea R Vann
1973-1974 Frank D Field
1972-1973 Walter Matthews
1971-1972 Harold R Delaney
1970-1971 George W Fox
1969-1970 Daniel L Reed
1968-1969 Burke Frick
1967-1968 Alfred L Coffman
1966-1967 William Sumerlin
1965-1966 Francis R Arnoldy
1964-1965 Gerald E Dreifke
1963-1964 Harry Patrick Dougherty, Jr
1962-1963 Charles H Zurheide

Notes: Prior to 1991 elections were held in March and new officers took charge in June for a year. After that time offices were held for a calendar year. When IEEE was formed, the section bylaws stated that the office of Sr. Vice Chairman was the chairman elect for the following year. H P Dougherty is listed on section letterhead as chairman for 1963-1964 and G E Dreifke was listed as Sr. Vice Chairman. He was presumably the chairman for 1964-65.

IRE

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1962 G F Barnard, Chm; E A Kuhlman, Sec
1961 R D Hill Jr, Chm; G F Barnard, Sec
1960 R D Hill, Jr, Chm; G F Barnard, Sec
1959 R L Frazier, Chm; R D Hill Jr, Sec
1958 C E Mosley
1957 Francis W Swantz SM IRE 1953, AIEE M 1954
1956 F A Fillmore
1955 William R Benson
1954 E F O'Hare
1953 H J Hicks
1952 Harold G Wise
1951 C E Harrison
1950 L A Mollman
1949 G M Cummings
1948 Robert L Coe (P) Radio Station KSD, Chm; N J Zehr, Sec
1947 S H Van Wambeck (P)
1946 B B Miller
1945 N B Fowler Chairman, Carl F Meyer Vice Ch - Radio Station KFUO
1944 Nicholas J Zehr (P) Radio Station KWK
1943 P S McDaniel
1942 P S McDaniel, Chm; H D Seielstad, Sec
1941 St. Louis Section of IRE established. This may have occured in 1942 as no St Louis Section was mentioned in the Proc IRE Dec 1941. Mr H D Seielstad was listed as 'Temporary Secretary' in the Proc IRE June 1942. R L Glasgow, Washington University, was listed as 'temporary chairman' in the Proc IRE Jan 1942. This is the first issue which mentions the St. Louis Section.

AIEE

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1962 Charles H Zurheide, Chm; J B McKee, Sec
1961 (unknown)
1960 J E Roomy, Chm; Harry Patrick Dougherty Jr, Sec
1959 William J Roa, Jr, Chm; Charles H Zurheide, Sec
1958 F R Summers, Chm; C E Howe, Sec
1957 Richard John Walter Koopman, Chm; J E Roomy, Sec
1956 R C Hase, Chm; F R Summers, Sec
1955 E E Gilcrease, Chm; William J Roa, Jr, Sec
1954 R W Scheetker, Chm; V B Wilfley, Sec
1952 J S Malsbary, Chm; A E Marshall, Sec
1951 R N Slinger, Chm; R C Hase, Sec
1950 C W Schemm, Chm; D M Allison, Sec
1949 R C Horn, Chm; J C Lebens, Jr, Sec
1948 R W Gaskins, Chm; E E Gilcrease, Sec
1947 E S Rehagen, Chm; R N Slinger, Sec
1946 O T Farry, Chm; R W Gaskins, Sec
1945 Harry B Serbt, Chm; R C Horn, Sec
1944 C M Lovell, Chm; Ray Robson, Sec
1943 F A Cooper, Chm; F J McCluskey, Sec
1942 J T Monseth, Chm; O T Farry, Sec
1941 R Meyerand, Chm; C W Schemm, Sec
1940 L L Crump, Chm; J S Malsbary, Sec
1939 R S Glasgow, Chm; R H Baxter, Sec
1938 L O Campbell, Chm; E K Shively, Sec ??
1937 B T McCormick, Chm; L L Crump, Sec
1936 H R Fritz, Chm; C A Loveless, Sec
1935 Oscar John Rotty, Chm; B T McCormick, Sec
1934 Ernest George McLagan, Chm; C O Campbell, Sec ??
1933 Lee S Washington, Chm; B F Thomas, Jr, Sec
1932 Frederic B Wipperman, Chm; Stuart L Hilyard, Sec
1931 Cris H Craft, Chm; E H Lankford, Sec
1930 Clarence B Fall, Chm; Earl A Forkner, Sec
1929 George H Quermann, Chm; Oscar John Rotty, Sec
1928 Charles P Potter, Chm; Ernest George McLagan, Sec
1927 Louis F Woolston, Chm; L P Van Houten, Sec
1926 Fred D Lyon, Chm; Ralf T Toensfeldt, Sec. MSM Student Branch formed.
1925 Blake D Hull, Chm; Cris H Kraft, Sec
1924 Blake D Hull, Chm; Cris H Kraft, Sec
1923 J M Chandler, Chm; Lee S Washington, Sec
1922 C C Robinson, Chm; J M Chandler, Sec
1921 Granville A. Waters, Chm; Stanley Stokes, Sec
1920 Granville A. Waters, Chm; Stanley Stokes, Sec
1919 James L. Hamilton, Chm; Harry G. Hake, Sec
1918 Herbert William Eales, Chm; Benjamin F Thomas, Sec
1917 Allen McRae Harrelson, Chief Engineer, Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.
1916 Walter O Pennell, Acting Chief Engineer-S.W.Bell Telephone System, Chm; George McD Johns, Sec
1915 S. N. Clarkson, Chm; Walter O Pennell, Sec
1914 Francis James Bullivant, Chief Engineer Valley Electric Company, Chm; Allen McRae Harrelson, Sec
1913 Allen McRae Harrelson, born 4 Jun 1884, died 6 Dec 1959.
1912 Francis James Bullivant
1911 Roy Stuart Pattison, Cornell'04, Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co.
1910 George Lamke, Washington University
1909 H. L. Finch
1908 H. L. Finch
1907 Alexander S. Langsdorf
1906 H.H. Humphrey, Chm; Alexander S. Langsdorf, Sec
1905 Gerard Swope
1904 W.E. Goldsborough, chm; Gerard Swope, Sec
1903 Section Established as Branch of AIEE by Winder Elwel Goldsborough (P), Chief of the Department of Electricity at the Louisiana Exposition, usually referred to as the 1904 World's Fair.

Notes

↑ Names are obtained from a combination of newsletter publications and collective memory.
↑ Names obtained from publications of the IRE. In most cases these are just the first initial(s) and last name. First names are obtained from additional research.
↑ Names obtained from publications of the AIEE. In most cases names are given as first/middle initial and last name. Full names have been obtained in some cases through additional research.

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All corrections, additions, and comments are welcomed and encouraged! Send to h.pottinger@ieee.org. I am particularly interested in early copies of the section newsletter 'The Mighty Mho' as well as any previous newsletters which included section news such as the 'Gateway Engineer' published by the Engineer's Club.