IEEE Toronto Section History

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IEEE Toronto Section History
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History of the IEEE Toronto Section

The IEEE Toronto Section was formed on September 30, 1903 as a section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE). It was the first such section formed outside the United States. This was 18 years after Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell formed the AIEE, 6 years after the formation of the Canadian Society of Civil (non-military) Engineers - to become the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) in 1912, and 9 years before the formation of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). The Canadian Section of the IRE was formed in Toronto in 1925. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963 to create IEEE, and IEEE Canada was created in 1994 with ties to both IEEE and EIC. Before 1912, the formation of IRE, local entities were creatures of the AIEE.

The Toronto Section forms:

Past Chairmen of the Toronto Section

AIEE

Past Chairmen of the Toronto AIEE Section
Year Name
1903-4 J.L.  Kammerer
1904-5 T.R. Rosebrugh
1905-6 H.A. Moore
1906-7 R.G. Black
1907-8 K.L. Aitken
1908-9 W.A. Bucke
1909-10 H.W. Price
1910-11 E. Richards
1911-12 A.L. Mudge
1912-13 F. A. Gaby
1913-14 D. H. McDougall
1914-15 W.F. Wright
1916-17 E.T. Brandon
1917-18 W.G. Gordon
1918-19 A.H. Hull
1919-20 A.B. Cooper
1920-21 F.R. Ewart
1921-22 W.P. Dobson
1922-23 S.E.M. Henderson
1923-24 C.E. Schwenger
1924-25 Henry C. Don Carlos
1925-26 L.B. Chubbuck
1926-27 M.B. Hastings
1927-28 C.E. Sission
1928-29 E.M. Wood
1929-30 F.F. Ambuhl
1930-31 D.A. McKenzie
1931-32 T.W. Eadie
1932-33 I.M. MacLean
1933-34 G.D. Floyd
1934-35 C.A. Price
1935-36 M.J. McHenry
1936-37 V.G. Smith
1937-38 R.E. Jones
1938-39 W.J. Gilson
1939-40 D.G. Geiger
1940-41 J.M. Thompson
1941-42 O.W. Titus
1942-43 D.W. Callander
1943-44 F.C. Barnes
1944-45 A.W. Murdock
1945-46 A.H. Frampton
1946-47 A.R. Zimmer
1947-48 T.C.D. Churchill
1948-49 J.F. Moore
1949-50 J.M. Sommerville
1950-51 J.T. Thwaites
1951-52 H.R. Osborne
1952-53 C.E. MacWilliam
1953-54 W.R. Harmer
1955-56 G.F. Tracy
1956-57 J.T. Fisher
1957-58 R.J. Brown
1958-59 J.C. Burkholder/G.F. Tracy
1960-61 E.A. Ricker
1961-62 P.E. Smith
1962-63 H. Hyde

IRE

Chairmen of the IRE Toronto Section
Year Name
1925-26 Charles L. Richardson
1926-27 Doug Hepburn
1927-28-29 A. M. Patience
1929-30 V.G. Smith
1930-31 J.M. Leslie
1931-32 F.K. Dalton
1932-33 R.A. Hackbush
1933-34 W.F. Choat
1934-35 A.B. Oxley
1935-36 L.M. Price
1936-37 B. def. Bayley
1937-38 Walter Kohl
1938-39 R.C Poulter
1939-40 G.J. Irwin
1940-41 R.H. Klingelhoeffer
1941-42 H.S. Dawson
1942-43 T.S. Farley
1943-44 R.G. Anthes
1944-45 E.O. Swan
1945-46 F.H.R. Pounsett
1946-47 H.S. Dawson
1947-48 C.A. Norris
1948-49 C.J. Bridgeland
1949-50 C.G. Lloyd
1950-51 T.I. Millen
1951-52 George Sinclair
1952-53 George McCurdy
1953-54 J.R. Bain
1954-55 E.L. Palin
1955-56 A.P.H. Barclay
1956-57 Fred J. Heath
1957-58 H.W. Jackson
1958-59 H.F. Shoemaker
1959-60 R.J.A. Turner
1960-61 K. Mackenzie
1961-62 G.T. Quigley
1962-63 W.H. Anderson

IEEE

Chairmen of the Toronto IEEE Section
Year Name
1963-64 G.M. Fraser
1964-65 P. Biringer
1965-66 J.L. Gordon
1966-67 E.N. McNab
1968-69 J.R. Leslie
1969-70 I.R. Dutton
1971-72 W.H. Hopper
1972-73 Lynn M. Gordon
1974 S.D.T. Robertson
1975 Wasyl Janischewskyj
1975-76 Robert C. Jefferies
1977-78 A. Venetsanopoulos
1979-80 Ajit Bapat
1981-82 Robert Caputo
1983-84 Tom Bell
IEEE Toronto Section Officers, 2000-2021
Year Chair Vice chair Secretary Treasurer
2000 Edward Sargent Robert Hanna Alan Wallis Alan Wallis
2001 Edward Sargent Robert Hanna Alan Wallis Alan Wallis
2002 Robert Hanna Konstantin Plataniotis Pererik Westlind Alan Wallis
2003 Robert Hanna Konstantin Plataniotis Pererik Westlind Alan Wallis
2004 Konstantin Plataniotis Dennis Cecic Pererik Westlind Alan Wallis
2005 Konstantin Plataniotis Dennis Cecic Pererik Westlind Alan Wallis
2006 Alagan Anpalagan Alexei Botchkarev Marcelo Mota Pererik Westlind
2007 Frank Aloe Alexei Botchkarev Marcelo Mota Pererik Westlind
2008 Alexei Botchkarev Wai-Tung Ng Marcelo Mota Pererik Westlind
2009 Alexei Botchkarev Wai-Tung Ng Marcelo Mota Pererik Westlind
2010 Wai-Tung Ng Xavier Fernando Marcelo Mota Pererik Westlind
2011 Wai-Tung Ng Xavier Fernando Marcelo Mota Pererik Westlind
2012 Xavier Fernando Emanuel Istrate Behnaz Ghoraani Pererik Westlind
2013 Xavier Fernando Emanuel Istrate Karl Martin Pererik Westlind
2014 Emanuel Istrate Karl Martin Olivier Trescases Naresh Kurada
2015 Emanuel Istrate Karl Martin Olivier Trescases Naresh Kurada
2016 Thamir Murad Olivier Trescases Ali Nabavi-Niaki Seyedeh Marjan Alavi
2017 Thamir Murad Olivier Trescases Ali Nabavi-Niaki Seyedeh Marjan Alavi
2018 Olivier Trescases Ali Nabavi-Niaki Maryam Davoudpour Seyedeh Marjan Alavi
2019 Olivier Trescases Ali Nabavi-Niaki Maryam Davoudpour Seyedeh Marjan Alavi
2020 Ali Nabavi-Niaki Maryam Davoudpour Dustin Dunwell Alireza Siadatan
2021 Ali Nabavi-Niaki Maryam Davoudpour Dustin Dunwell Alireza Siadatan

Archival documents

Further Reading

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