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== Preface  ==
== Preface  ==


This report is prepared by the Region 1 History Committee as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 125th year anniversary. This document is intended to be a living history of Region 1 and officers and members of the 22 Region 1 Sections are urged to provide data updates. Data desired includes special past Section activities, special history milestones that have not been reported to the IEEE History Center and activities by members who have made significant contributions to Region 1, and IEEE. The data contained herein is from many sources, therefore if any members find required corrections please notify us at: History Chair, 6328 Lorena Road, Rome, NY, 13440-7514. <br>We wish to acknowledge the significant support we have received in the collection of Region 1 history data. Our history collection was started by the first Historian of Region 1, Rudy Stiefel, of the New York Section during his tenure of 1988-1989. He was followed by Frank Logan, also from the New York Section in 1990-1991. The third Historian was Roderic Lowman, from the Long Island Section who served from 1992-2000. The current Historian , who served from 2001, is Richard Ackley of the Mohawk Valley Section. All of the Historians have collected data from the IEEE History Center, at Rutgers University; from the Regional Activities Board (RAB) at Piscataway; and from the Region and Sections. Roger Sullivan, the Director of Region 1 in 2004-2005, requested that the Historian start a Region 1 History document. At his request visits were made for the collection of data at both the History Center and RAB, which is part of this report. Again our special acknowledgement to the History Center and RAB. We wish to thank Dr. Howard Michel, 2008-2009 Region 1 Director for his support in the generation of this report.<br>The IEEE was formed by a merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE); and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), in 1963. A brief history of AIEE, the senior society will be discussed in Chapter 1, followed by IRE in Chapter 2, and IEEE in Chapter 3. The 22 Region 1 Sections brief histories follow.  
The initial version of this page was based on a report prepared by the Region 1 History Committee as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 125th year anniversary. This document is intended to be a living history of Region 1 and officers and members of the twenty-two Region 1 Sections are urged to provide data updates. Data desired includes special past Section activities, special history milestones that have not been reported to the IEEE History Center and activities by members who have made significant contributions to Region 1, and IEEE.  


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The Region 1 History Committee wishes to acknowledge the significant support received in the collection of Region 1 history data. History collection was started by the first Historian of Region 1, Rudy Stiefel, of the New York Section during his tenure of 1988-1989. He was followed by Frank Logan, also from the New York Section in 1990-1991. The third Historian was Roderic Lowman, from the Long Island Section who served from 1992-2000. The Historian during the 125th anniversary project, who served from 2001, was Richard Ackley of the Mohawk Valley Section. All of the Historians have collected data from the IEEE History Center, at Rutgers University; from the [[IEEE Regional Activities Board|Regional Activities Board (RAB)]] at Piscataway; and from the Region and Sections. Roger Sullivan, the Director of Region 1 in 2004-2005, requested that the Historian start a Region 1 History document. At his request visits were made for the collection of data at both the History Center and RAB, which is part of this report. Again our special acknowledgement to the History Center and RAB. We wish to thank Dr. Howard Michel, 2008-2009 Region 1 Director for his support in the generation of this report.


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== Origin of the Districts in the AIEE ==


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[[image:AIEE Vice president election from 04-09-1920 minutes.jpg|thumb|A description of the Vice-presidental election issues raised by Whitehead, which led to the forming of the AIEE districts. From AIEE Board of Director minutes, April 9th, 1920]]


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[[image:AIEE District Map from November 12th 1920 bylaws.jpg|thumb|Initial map of AIEE districts, from November 12th 1920 Bylaws]]


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''For a general history of the AIEE, see: [[AIEE History 1884-1963]]''


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The AIEE was founded in New York City, and as the Institute progressed outwards geographically, it started to form sections, the first of which was the [[IEEE Chicago Section History|Chicago section]], formed in 1893. While the modern IEEE Regions are very closely affiliated and linked with their sections, the establishment of geographical districts within the AIEE arose not from a need to manage or coordinate with the sections themselves, but rather, from a need for election reform. During the 1920 election, [[John Whitehead|John B. Whitehead]] had found himself on the official ballot for vice-president without his knowledge. A number of nomination ballots had been cast for him without his consent, which caused him to write to the secretary of the Institute, asking to investigate the matter and make improvements to the election procedure where appropriate. The board took up this matter on April 9th, appointing a committee of three to make recommendations.


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The committee decided to increase the number of Vice-presidents from six to ten, and divide the membership into ten geographical districts, each of which would be represented by a Vice-president. These recommendations from the committee manifested in the [[Media:AIEE Constitution - 1920-05-21.pdf|Constitutional amendment approved on May 21st, 1920]], in which the following provision was added:


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{{quote|24A. At the election of Vice-Presidents held in 1921 there shall be elected one Vice-President from each geographical district, those from the odd-numbered districts to serve for one year each, and those from the even-numbered districts two years each. All Vice-Presidents elected thereafter shall serve for two years each. In the event of a change in the geographical districts, the Vice-Presidents then in office shall complete their terms. In case of revisions of the geographical districts, the Board of Directors shall have the power to elect a Vice-President from each district not represented, to serve until the next election covering these districts.}}


== <br>Chapter 1, Brief History of The American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)*  ==
The initial AIEE Geographical Districts were approved with the revision of November 12th, 1920 version of the By-laws. Aside from New York City and the immediately surrounding metropolitan area, these Districts were broken down by state, not AIEE geographical section.


The nineteenth century was marked by a tremendous growth in electrical technology. By the early 1880s the United States was crisscrossed by telegraph wires, and Europe and America were connected by underwater cable. Arc lights were in use in several cities, Thomas Edi¬son’s Pearl Street Station was supplying power for incandescent lighting, there were numerous firms manufacturing electrical equipment, and the telephone was growing in importance as a communications tool. This burgeoning electrical activity prompted the Franklin Institute to sponsor an International Electrical Exhibition at Philadelphia in 1884. This exhibition in turn proved to be the catalyst, which resulted in the forma¬tion of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the senior founding society of today’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).<br>By 1884 civil, mining, and mechanical engineers had all formed their own national societies, but there was no organization of electrical engi¬neers in America. In the April 15, 1884 issue of “The Operator,” the major American electrical journal, twenty-five prominent individuals in electrical technology, including men like Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin Houston, and Edward Weston, were listed as signers of a “call” drafted by Nathaniel S. Keith. The call noted that the upcoming Philadelphia Exhibition would be attended by numerous “foreign electrical savants, engineers, and manufacturers” and that “it would be a lasting disgrace to American electricians if no American electrical national society was in existence to receive them with the honors due them from their co-laborers in the United States.”<br>On April 15 the signers of the call, plus five additional electrical practitioners, met in the headquarters of the American Society of Civil Engineers in New York to devise an organizational structure for the proposed electrical engineering society and the first general meeting was held on May 13, also at ASCE headquarters. Here the proposed organizational rules were adopted and officers were elected. Norvin Green, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was elected president, N. S. Keith, drafter of the call, became Secretary, and R. R. Hazard became Treasurer. Six Vice-Presidents were also chosen: Alexander Graham Bell, Charles D. Cross, Thomas A. Edison, George A. Hamilton, Charles H. Haskins, and Frank L. Pope.<br>The AIEE held its first technical session on October 7-8 at the Frank¬lin Institute during the Exhibition. The papers presented there were published in the initial volume of “Transactions” of the AIEE, issued in 1884. The first paper, “Notes on Phenomena in Incandescent Lamps” by E. J. Houston, was a discussion of the Edison Effect, the phenomena that became the foundation of electronics.<br>One of the important continuing activities of the AIEE was the development of standards for the engineering profession and the electrical industry. The Institutes earliest efforts were directed toward standardizing units, definitions, and nomenclature relating to basic electrical science. The first action in this area was the adoption of the name “Henry” for the practical unit of inductance in 1890.
The initial AIEE District composition was as follows:


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#'''North Eastern''':
#*Connecticut (exclusive of NY Section Territory)
#*Maine
#*Massachusetts
#*New Hampshire
#*New York (exclusive of NY Section Territory)
#*Rhode Island
#*Vermont
#'''Middle Eastern''':
#*Delaware
#*District of Columbia
#*Maryland
#*New Jersey (exclusive of NY Section Territory)
#*Ohio
#*Pennsylvania
#*West Virginia
#'''New York City''':
#*Territory of the New York Section
#*Canal Zone
#*Puerto Rico
#*All foreign countries (Canada excepted)
#'''Southern''':
#*Alabama
#*Florida
#*Georgia
#*Kentucky
#*Louisiana
#*Mississippi
#*North Carolina
#*South Carolina
#*Tennessee
#*Virginia
#'''Great Lakes''':
#*Illinois
#*Indiana
#*Michigan
#*Wisconsin
#'''North Central''':
#*Colorado
#*Iowa
#*Minnesota
#*Nebraska
#*North Dakota
#*South Dakota
#*Wyoming
#'''South West''':
#*Arkansas
#*Kansas
#*Missouri
#*New Mexico
#*Oklahoma
#*Texas
#'''Pacific''':
#*Arizona
#*California
#*Nevada
#*Hawaii
#*Philippines
#'''North West''':
#*Idaho
#*Montana
#*Oregon
#*Utah
#*Washington
#*Alaska
#'''Canada'''


In later actions the Institute adopted names, definitions, and values of units of magneto-motive force, magnetic flux, reluctance, flux density, reactance, and luminous intensity. The appointment of the Committee on Standardization in 1898 signaled the movement of the Institute into the area of technical standards related to engineering practice. As explained by an early AIEE president, [[Arthur E. Kennelly|A. E. Kennelly]], the purpose of this committee was to “define and state in as simple language as practicable, the nature, characteristics, behavior, rating, and methods of testing electrical machinery and apparatus, particu¬larly with a view to setting up acceptance test standards for the electrical industry.”<br>In 1920 the Institute first appointed representatives to the American Engineering Standards Committee (later the American National Standards Institute). This marked the beginning of AIEE efforts in production and manufacturing standards. Here the purpose was to establish standard sizes, specifications, and tests, and to eliminate wasteful duplication.<br>Although its first technical session was held in Philadelphia, most of the early meetings of AIEE were held in New York City. This necessarily limited attendance to those engineers living in the New York area. As the membership of the Institute grew, efforts were made to increase the participation of those living in other parts of the country. In 1893 arrange¬ments were made to allow meetings in New York and other cities to be conducted simultaneously. Meetings were held upon petition by twenty members; and the same papers would be read and discussed at all meetings. Numerous such meetings were held in Chicago, but few were held elsewhere. In 1902 under the presidency of Charles F. Scott, the formation of local sections was authorized. Chicago and Ithaca, New York became the first two Sections. In the same year student Branches were organized at various engineering schools; the first such Branch was at Lehigh University. As the AIEE expanded beyond New York, so it soon expan¬ded beyond the boundaries of the United States; in 1903 the first Section outside the U.S. was formed in Toronto.<br>In 1901 Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, who would later become president of the AIEE, purchased the library of the British electrical engineer, Latimer Clark. The Clark Collection was one of the world’s great libraries of electrical technology. Wheeler gave this collection to the AIEE, with the stipulation that the Institute provide a suitable building for housing the library within five years. This stimulated the growing movement for a permanent home for the Institute. Early meetings were held in various locations throughout New York City, until the AIEE was invited to share the new offices of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at 12 West 31st Street.<br>In 1903 Andrew Carnegie provided $1,000,000 (later increased to $1,500,000) to build a joint headquarters building for the ASME, AIEE, and the American Institute of Mining Engineers (ASME. The three societies moved into the building at 33 West 39th Street in April of 1907 and were joined by the American Society of Chemical Engineers (ASCE) in 1917. The four Engineering Societies formed the Engineering Foundation. The Engineering Societies Building served until the late 1950s when the need for more space resulted in the construction of the United Engineering Center, which was sold in the 2000’s. The Engineering Foundation and the four engineering societies now rent office space at Three Park Avenue.
== Origin of the Regions in the IRE ==


<br>As electrical technology in the United States advanced, the “electri¬cians,” the practical men who had cut their teeth in the telegraph indus¬try, were gradually replaced by engineers,’ more often than not college graduates. In 1910 an Institute committee drew a distinction between electricians and engineers, categorizing the former as workers who could perform “certain classes of electrical work, such as the installation of electric lights and bells, and the operation of small electric plants.” As the scope of electrical engineering expanded, engineers became more specialized and sought to exchange information with others engaged in the same specialties. Thus, in 1903 the first Technical Committee, the High Voltage Transmission Committee, was formed. By the time of the merger with the Institute of Radio Engineers in 1963 the number of Technical Committees had risen to 58.<br>By the beginning of the twentieth century the AIEE had taken its place alongside the older engineering societies. It remained a prosperous, growing organization into the 1950s, when it became apparent that major changes were required if the Institute was to respond to the changing nature of electrical technology itself.
[[image:IRE pre-merger region map.jpg|thumb|IRE Regions, pre-merger]]


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''For a general history of the IRE, see: [[IRE History 1912-1963]]''


*This data has modifications of documents provided by the IEEE History Center<br>
Unlike the AIEE, the IRE regional structure was much more closely linked its geographical sections. The eight initial regions established by the September 10th, 1947 revision to the Bylaws were as follows:


== Chapter 2, Brief History of The Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) *  ==
#'''North Atlantic'''
#'''North Central Atlantic'''
#'''Central Atlantic'''
#'''East Central'''
#'''Central'''
#'''Southern'''
#'''Pacific'''
#'''Canadian'''


The Institute of Radio Engineers grew out of the merger of two earlier organizations. The Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers, (SWTE) which was started in 1907 in Boston by [[John Stone Stone|John Stone Stone]]. It was an outgrowth of seminars held at the Stone Wireless Telegraph Company, and membership was initially limited to employees of that company. Ultimately the membership was opened to men from Reginald Fessenden’s National Electric Signaling Company and other firms. By 1911 the SWTE was barely functioning, however, since Stone’s company had gone out of business and Fessenden’s had moved to Brooklyn, New York.<br>The second attempt to form an organization of radio engineers was the work of [[Robert H. Marriott|Robert Marriott]] in 1908. Marriott was clearly influenced by the success of the AIEE, and felt that wireless engineers could emulate the older organization. On May 14, 1908 he mailed a circular letter to some two hundred persons interested in wireless, outlining the nature of his proposed society. He received nearly sixty favorable replies. A temporary organization was formed on January 23, 1909 and the first regular meeting was held on March 10th at the Engineering Societies Building in New York.<br>The new organization was named The Wireless Institute (TWI). The Institute began<br>successfully, but by 1912 membership had fallen to 27 from a high of 99, and Marriott’s<br>society was struggling to stay in existence. In an attempt to salvage one strong society from two weak ones, Marriott and Alfred H. Goldsmith of The Wireless Institute and [[Hogan|John V. L. Hogan]] of the SWTE met and devised a plan to consolidate the two groups. TWI met on April 5, 1912, with members of the SWTE also attending, and agreed to the merger.The Wireless Institute held its final meeting on May 6, and the new Institute of Radio Engineers held its first official meeting one week later. At this time the members approved a constitution and elected the following officers: President, Robert H. Marriott, Vice-President, Fritz Lowenstein, Treasurer, E. D. Forbes Secretary, Emil J. Simon; Editor, Alfred N. Goldsmith; and Managers, Lloyd Espenschied, Frank Fay, J. H. Hammond, Jr., John V. L. Hogan, and J. S. Stone.<br>The members of the Institute agreed from the beginning that the publishing of papers andrelated discussions was an important function of any engineering society, and the first issue of The “Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers” was published in January of 1913. Alfred N. Goldsmith became editor of the new publication, a post he would hold for 41 of the next 42 years. The selection of a name for the new organization indicates something about the ambitions and aims of the founders. By explicitly excluding the word “American” the radio engineers were attempting to become an interna¬tional society. These ambitions were soon realized. By the end of 1915 there were 83 members from eleven countries other than the United States, and when the Institute named its first Fellow in 1914, it chose a citizen of Germany, Jonathan Zenneck. In 1930 the IRE began the custom of always electing a Vice-President from a country other than the United States, and in 1957 both President and Vice-President were from outside the U. S.  
Several provisions in the bylaws directly linked the regions to sections, including provisions that state "regions which fail to maintain reasonable activity may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be dissolved and the Sections may be absorbed into other Regions", (Section 58) "Each member of the Regional Committee shall be, ex-officio, a member of the Executive Commitee of his own Section", (Section 58)  and "Pending installation of the first Regional Director of each Region, the chairman of the largest Section numerically in the Region shall act as chairman pro tem, and the chairman pro tem shall appoint a secretary-treasurer pro tem who shall act until the secretary-treasurer of the Regional Committee is appointed." (Section 59)


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== IEEE Region 1 is Formed ==


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[[image:AIEE pre-merger district map.jpg|thumb|AIEE Districts, pre-merger]]


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[[image:IEEE tentative Regional Boundaries.jpg|thumb|Proposed regional structure post-merger which was adopted by the IEEE]]


As with other engineering societies, one of the main concerns of the IRE was the writing and publishing of standards. The report of the first Standardization Committee, published in 1913, dealt with definitions of terms, letter and mathematical symbols, and methods of testing and rating equipment.<br>In the years 1920-1930 the IRE began to coordinate its standards activities with radio and electrical trade associations such as the National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the Radio Manufacturers Association. Following the precedent set by the first Standardization Committee, the IRE generally limited its efforts to promulgating standards for definitions, symbols, and testing methods. The manufacturers associa¬tions generally concentrated on standardizing size and characteristics of equipment, promoting interchangeability of parts, and establishing standard performance ratings and material specifications. During this same period the IRE was active in the successful effort to have intervals between assigned broadcast channels measured in frequencies rather than wavelengths. In addition the IRE joined the AIEE to sponsor the Sectional Committee on Radio of the American Standards Association in 1927. This was an effort to cooperate with other engineering groups to insure standardiza¬tion on a broad basis. In an area related to standardization, the IRE throughout its history cooperated with the Federal Government in the development of regulations for the broadcasting industry. In the years 1922-1925 Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover held a series of National Radio Conferences in which the IRE actively participated. These conferences led to the forma¬tion of the Federal Radio Commission (later the Federal Communications Commission) in 1927. In 1948, at the behest of the FCC, the IRE and the Radio and Television Manufacturers Association formed the Joint Technical Advisory Committee (JTAC). JTAC reports dealt with such topics as FM broadcasting, television interference, standards of good engineering prac¬tice, and interference from arc welders.<br>The IRE cooperated actively with both of the National Television System Committees, which were formed by industrial organizations with a stake in the development of compatible television systems. The first NTSC, formed in 1940, produced standards, which became the basis for commercial monochrome (black and white) television service in the United States. The second NTSC began in 1950 and developed the American standards for color television. The growth of the IRE reflected the growth of the radio industry in general. In the years prior to World War I maritime radio was the most important segment of the industry, and coastal cities had the largest concentrations of radio engineers. Thus the first local section was orga¬nized in Washington, D.C. in 1914, and by 1917 there were sections in Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco. In the post-war years domestic broad¬casting became more important; by 1925 there were sections in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Toronto.<br>Almost from the beginning the IRE set out to attract younger members. It established a Junior Member grade for those under 21 in 1916, and in 1932 created a Student grade for those in <br>engineering schools. Ultimately the Junior grade was dropped in 1943. It was not until 1947, however, that the first formal Student Branches were organized, at the College of the City of New York and New York University. As in the AIEE, members of the IRE who shared a common technical specialty sought ways to interact more directly. In 1948, there¬fore, the Institute authorized the Professional Group system. The first two Groups were “Audio” and “Broadcast Engineers.” After the merger with the AIEE in 1963, the Professional Groups became the basis for the IEEE technical Societies.<br>Prior to World War II the IRE was relatively small compared to other engineering societies, and its requirements for office space were modest. Headquarters were usually located in the New York offices of one of the national officers. In 1924 the Institute leased space at 37 West 39th Street and in 1928 moved a few doors down the street into the Engineering Societies Building. By 1934 more space was needed, and the offices were moved to the McGraw-Hill Building at 330 West 42nd Street, where they remained until 1946, when the Institute purchased a former mansion at 1 East 79th Street. Over the years the IRE acquired two adjacent buildings, and this was its home until 1963.<br>For the first thirty years of its existence the IRE was one of the smallest of the major engineering societies. But IRE members were practi¬tioners of the technology of the future. In the years after World War II, electronics became the fastest growing branch of electrical engineering, and IRE membership soared past that of the older AIEE. In 1963 the IRE, born as the result of a merger, was itself partner in a merger with the AIEE to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
''For a general overview of the merger, see: [[Formation of IEEE by the Merger of AIEE and IRE]]''


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District and regional re-alignment was one of the major questions considered by the lengthy merger effort. By 1962, AIEE Districts had grown to fifteen in number and had become more closely linked with the operations of sections, while the IRE regions had remained constant at eight - seven in the United States and one for Canada.


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The proposed regional re-alignment for the merged IEEE was largely based on the IRE regional structure, condensing the seven United States regions into six, and Region 1 of the IEEE was to be formed out of a consolidation of Regions 1 and 2 of the IRE, encompassing all of New England, New York State, the northern half of New Jersey, and a small part of Pennsylvania that is part of the Binghamton section.


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The first IEEE Region 1 director was Lynn C. Holmes, who served in the position from 1963-1965. Holmes was a Fellow of both the AIEE (1951) and the IRE (1949). In the AIEE, he served as the AIEE District 1 Chair (Empire District) from 1958 to 1960, and served as a Director-at-Large on the AIEE Board of Directors from 1961 until the merger.


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Regional boundaries have remained constant since 1963 until a proposed regional re-alignment was approved by the Board of Directors in November 2022, that would merge Region 1 with [[IEEE Region 2 (Eastern U.S.) History|Region 2]], currently scheduled to take place in 2028.


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== Region 1 Sections ==


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=== Berkshire  ===


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Board of Governors (BOG) Region 1 Meeting and [[IEEE Berkshire Section History|Berkshire Section]]


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Centennial Celebration conducted on 27-29 August 2004.


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On 25 March 1904, Pittsfield became the 19th Branch of the AIEE, and the 4th in Region 1. Note that Pittsfield was the AIEE designation, which was changed to Berkshire when IEEE was formed. The AIEE designation was changed from Branch to Section in 1907. The first Chairman of Pittsfield was [[Cummings C. Chesney|C.C. Chesney]], and the first Secretary was H. H. Barnes. Pittsfield was very active in AIEE, assuming many Institute leadership positions. In 1942-43, K. B. McEachron became Chairman of District 1 of AIEE. Note that the AIEE District was a geographical entity similar to our Regions, and District 1 covered an area similar to Region 1, without the NY metropolitan area. Note also that the District Chairman was also a Vice-President of AIEE. McEachron was followed by another Pittsfield member in 1952-1953, W. Scott Hill.


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The only information in the archives regarding Pittsfield and IRE was their name: Western Massachusetts, and their membership date was 1958.


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Edward Ptak, Berkshire Historian prepared an excellent history document which covers Section history from 1884-1984, which they called a “ Living History.” The document was appropriately named, since an addendum was issued in 1985, a second addendum in 1989, and a third now in preparation. The history document is provided on the Berkshire section web site. (Under the Berkshire Section at http://www.ieee.org.) Some excerpts from this excellent history follows.


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[[William Stanley|William Stanley]] joined the Section (AIEE) in 1887, making him one of the first members of AIEE. He started the Stanley Electrical Manufacturing Company in Pittsfield in 1890, which was annexed by [[General Electric (GE)|General Electric]] as their Pittsfield works. Stanley was the developer of alternating current, with encouragement from George Westinghouse, which resulted in the electrification of America. Their Section meetings had over 1000 attendees, with speakers that were well known in Science and society. [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz|Charles Steinmetz]] discussed Einstein’s Theory of Relativity; Floyd Bennett discussed The North Pole and back Again; Lowell Thomas discussed his adventures around the world; Amelia Earhart discussed adventures in the air; and Willy Ley discussed conquest of space, to name a few.


*This Data has modifications of documents provided by the IEEE History Center
=== Binghamton  ===


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[[IEEE Binghamton Section History|Binghamton]] became a Sub-Section of [[IEEE Ithaca Section History|Ithaca Section]] of AIEE in 1947, but did not become a Section of the Institute. Binghamton became a Section of IRE on 7 March 1952 which is their IEEE anniversary date. The first IRE officers were: J.H. Merchant, Chairman; and R. F. New, Secretary. A careful check of all available archives and the Binghamton Section Web Site provided no further historical data on Binghamton.


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=== Boston  ===


== Chapter 3, Brief History of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)*  ==
Region 1 BOG Meeting, and Boston Section Centennial


<br>Electrical engineering developed along two separate but related paths for most of the twentieth century. The last quarter of the nineteenth century was marked by the rise of wire communications, electric lighting, and centralized production and distribution of power. In 1884 the practi¬tioners of these technologies formed the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The early years of the new century saw the rise of wireless telegraphy and broadcasting. In 1912 the Institute of Radio Engineers was founded by those pursuing this new technology. The two societies grew and prospered side by side, sometimes overlap¬ping, but maintaining largely separate identities and interests. The AIEE came to be oriented towards the electric utilities and industrial users of power, while the IRE became the electronics society.<br>The years after World War II brought drastic changes to these long¬standing arrangements. Electrical technology was moving rapidly; radar, computers, television, solid-state electronics, and space exploration were burgeoning fields. These were largely electronic technologies; thus elec-tronics became the glamour field, attracting the majority of electrical engineering students and offering the majority of new electrical engineer¬ing jobs. This translated into an increase in membership in the IRE. The table below illustrates the rapid growth of IRE and the almost stagnant growth of AIEE just prior to the merger.  
Celebration Conducted on 7-9 February 2003.  


YEAR AIEE MEMBERSHIP IRE MEMBERSHIP
[[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]] was the 12th Branch in AIEE, and the 3rd in Region 1. This meeting not only Celebrated the centennial but also celebrated the election of [[Arthur Winston|Dr. Arthur Winston]] as IEEE President. Boston was very active in the founding of IRE, and provided three of the first five Presidents; [[Greenleaf W. Pickard|John Greenleaf Pickard]], Director of the Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company, in 1913; [[John Stone Stone|John Stone Stone]], President of Stone Wireless and Telegraph Company, in 1915; and [[Arthur E. Kennelly|Arthur Kennelly]], Professor of Engineering at Harvard and MIT, in 1916. Arthur Kennelly was also President of the AIEE in 1898-1900. There were three other Presidents of AIEE from Boston; [[Alexander Graham Bell|Alexander Graham Bell]], who taught and did his original telephone work in Boston; [[Comfort Avery Adams|Comfort Adams]], Professor at Harvard; and [[Frank B. Jewett|Frank Jewett]], Professor at MIT. The first officers of IRE were: [[Arthur E. Kennelly|A. E. Kennelly]], Chairman; and [[Melville Eastham|Melville Eastham]], Secretary. The archives start in 1904, the year after Boston Joined the AIEE, and the officers for 1904 were: R. Fleming, Chairman; and G. H. Stickney, Secretary.


1947 26,500 18,000
Boston Section has continued its very active support after the formation of IEEE in 1963. [[Richard Damon|Richard Damon]] was elected IEEE President in 1981, and as previously mentioned [[Arthur Winston|Dr. Arthur Winston]] in 2004. Nine Boston members have been elected Region 1 Directors and Chairman of the Region 1 BOG; Dr. W. Crawford Dunlap, 1966-1967; Dr. Harry Mimno, 1968-1969; Dr. James Storer, 1970-1971, [[Harold S. Goldberg|Harold Goldberg]], 1972-1973; Dr. James Shepherd, 1978-1979; Dr. Bruce Wedlock, 1982-1983; John Kaczorowski, 1990-1991; [[Arthur Winston|Dr. Arthur Winston]], 1996-1997; and Dr. Howard Michel, 2008-2009. Boston has conducted twenty-three Regional Meetings for Region 1. From 1980-1988 Dr. Bruce Wedlock conducted the Spring Meetings at the MIT Stratton building, Student Center.


1957 50,000 55,500
The Boston Section has been continually involved in the development of engineering knowledge, and new electronic inventions and product development. The Section formed the New England Research and Engineering Meeting (NEREM), which they operated until 1976 when NEREM merged with the New York IEEE International Conference (INTERCON) to form the Trade Show ELECTRO. The Boston and NEW York Sections continued to operate ELECTRO shows annually for twenty years until the program ceased to be financially self supporting. Boston area also provided key research and development in Electronics, with MIT, Lincoln Laboratory, and large firms such as [[Raytheon]]. There were key activities in Military Electronics. 


1962 57,000 96,500
=== Buffalo  ===


<br>Justifiably alarmed by this trend, the AIEE in 1957 appointed a task force to devise a plan for dealing with the situation. The task force, headed by W. A. Lewis, who was also a member of the IRE, issued its report in 1959. It found that 1) the AIEE had failed to enter new fields as they opened up; 2) the Institute had insufficient appeal to college students; and 3) the board and committee structure did not adequately cover the whole field of electrical engineering. The task force’s recommendations included revising the Technical Committee structure to resemble that of the IRE’s Professional Groups. The recommendations were not put into effect, how¬ever, because the movement toward merger with the IRE had begun in earnest.  
BOG meeting for 10-12 August 2001.  


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The Niagara Frontier Section was chartered by the AIEE on 10 February 1925.


Merger was an old idea. Alfred N. Goldsmith, one of the founders of the IRE, had long advocated the joining of the two electrical engineering societies. In 1922 Goldsmith and A. E. Kennelly, then a past president of both societies, initiated a serious effort toward merger which failed due to the AIEE’s lack of interest in radio. After World War II, the AIEE became more receptive to the idea of consolidation. In 1945, 1952, and 1956 the AIEE Board of Directors expressed its interest in merging with the IRE, but the radio engineers chose to remain aloof although merger was becoming ever more logical. Neither society adequately represented the whole breadth of electrical engineering. There was dupli¬cation of staff, publications, and activities, as well as duplication of expenses for members who chose to join both institutes. The difficulties were first overcome on college campuses, where Student Branches of the AIEE and the IRE began to join together. In 1950 the Boards of both societies authorized the creation of Joint Student Branches, with one set of dues. On the national level a closer cooperation continued. In 1956 John D. Ryder and Morris Hooven, Presidents of the IRE and AIEE repective1y, met at the Engineers Club in New York and worked out a recip¬rocal membership plan, whereby members of one institute could join the other at an equivalent grade, without payment of fees or further substan¬tiating documents. The plan was approved by the IRE in 1955, but the AIEE did not approve until sometime later. In 1958 AIEE President L. F. Hicker¬nel1 and IRE President D. G. Fink worked out additional arrangements for closer cooperation, but these were not immediately implemented.<br>In January of 1961, IRE past President Ronald McFarlan was invited to attend an AIEE board meeting, where he described the organization and philosophy of his institute. Later in the year, Clarence Linder, President of the AIEE made a similar appearance before the board of the IRE. After these meetings, events moved rapidly. Representatives of the two societies met and arranged for the appointment of a joint Ad-hoc Committee to discuss the specifics of a merger. The eight-man committee did its work well; by October of 1961 the IRE board authorized its President, P. E. Haggerty, to present the AIEE with a resolution that the merger go forward. The Merger Committee was enlarged to fourteen members in 1962 and set out to devise merger recommendations that could be presented to the membership of both societies later in the year. In the election that followed, 87 percent of the voting members of each society approved the merger. Donald G. Fink, a Fellow of both the AIEE and the IRE, was chosen as General Manager of the new Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi¬neers. On January 1, 1963 the IEEE was officially born.<br>The new society’s organization was clearly patterned after the IRE. There was to be a small Board of Directors with an Executive Committee to take care of everyday affairs, as opposed to the AIEE pattern of a large Board and no Executive Committee; the IRE Professional Group system pre¬vailed over the AIEE Technical Committees; and the operation was in general decentralized after the IRE pattern. The merger resulted in the discontinuation of one periodical, and the start of another. The AIEE Publication “Electrical Engineering,” had suffered from a lack of advertising revenue for years, and was dropped.  
Curiously a small area around Niagara Falls was not included, or was later removed and incorporated into the Niagara International Section which was chartered in 1948. Niagara International included Niagara Falls, USA; Niagara Falls, Canada and St. Catherines, Canada. The first Chairman of the Niagara Frontier Section was [[J. Allen Johnson|J. Allen Johnson]] and the first Secretary was A.W. Underhill Jr. The Section was closely associated with local electrical industries and the Secretaries frequently listed their addresses as: [[General Electric (GE)|GE]], Niagara Electric. Westinghouse, NY Telephone, and Dupont.  


<br>The Proceedings of the IRE was profitable from an advertising standpoint, but its papers were too esoteric to serve the diverse membership of the new society. In 1964, “Spectrum” was launched as the new “core” publication, with Proceedings remaining as a high quality technical journal available by separate sub¬scription.<br>In 1973 the IEEE took a step away from the traditions of both of its predecessors with the adoption of a new constitution. The IEEE gave up its role as a “learned society” concerned solely with the advancement and dissemination of knowledge, and assumed the role of a “professional society” concerned with the non-technical as well as technical interests of its members. The United States Activities Board, supported by an annual assessment paid by U.S. residents, was created to oversee the non-technical operations of the IEEE within the United States.<br>Forty-five years have passed since the formation of the IEEE. Today the Institute is the largest professional association in the world, with 355,235 members in 2008, and its activities now extend far beyond any¬ thing its forebears could have foreseen. It remains, the premier spokesman for the most significant and exciting technological field of its time.  
The IRE was incorporated in 1927, as the Buffalo-Niagara Section, with L. C. F. Hoyle listed as its first Chair, a position he held for at least three years. Several Section Officers listed their addresses as Colonial Radio Corporation, 1280 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. After the merger of the founding Societies to form IEEE in 1963, the name of the Section was changed to [[IEEE Buffalo Section History|Buffalo]].  


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The first Region 1 BOG meeting in the Buffalo Section was held on 27 September 1980, at the Niagara Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY, and the second Buffalo Region 1 BOG meeting was again held at the Niagara Hilton on 19 August 1989.


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=== Connecticut  ===


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and Region 1 BOG Meeting conducted on 1 February 2001.


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The [[IEEE Connecticut Section History|AIEE Connecticut Section]] was formed on 16 April 1921. The first officers were: [[Charles F. Scott|C. F. Scott]], chairman; and [[Archer E. Knowlton|A.E. Knowlton]], Secretary. The IRE Section was formed in 1928 and was named Connecticut Valley. The first officers were: [[Walter G. Cady|W. G. Cady]], Chairman; and George W. Pettingill Jr., Secretary. The Connecticut Valley Section had officers from both the Hartford area and Springfield MA, therefore Springfield Section should perhaps also be listed as an IRE member.


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Michael Whitelaw from CT was elected Regional Director in 1986-1987. Due to Mike’s strong encouragement many of us became active in the IEEE. Region 1 BOG Meetings have been held at Windsor Locks, CT on 3 February 1996; 3 February 2001; and February 2007.


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=== Green Mountain  ===


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and Region 1 BOG Meeting on 11 August 2007.


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The AIEE formed a Student Branch at Norwich University, in Norwich, VT on 28 June 1916. The University was moved from Norwich to Northfield, VT, and there is no indication the Branch continued after 1920. However, in 1994 the IEEE had a Student Branch at Norwich University, which is not mentioned on the Vermont Section WEB Site, unless the college name has been changed. In 1954, a Sub-Section of Pittsfield, MA was formed in Vermont, and in 1960 AIEE formed the [[IEEE Green Mountain Section History|Vermont Section]].


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The first Section Officers were: R. O. King, Chair; and P.M. Seal, Secretary. IRE formed a Sub-Section called Northern Vermont, but the parent Section is not identified. Other BOG meetings were held in September 1986, and February 2000. The name of the Section was changed from Vermont to Green Mountain in 2001.


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=== Ithaca  ===


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Region 1 BOG Meeting and Ithaca Section Centennial Celebration conducted on 16-18 August 2002.


*This data has modifications of documents provided by the IEEE History Center
Ithaca was the first Section in Region 1 to reach the enviable milestone of being a century section having been made a Cornell University Branch of AIEE on 15 October 1902. Ithaca shares 4th Section honors in AIEE with Lehigh University and The University of Wisconsin that had the same entry date. Cornell University Branch became a Section in 1908 and the name was changed to Ithaca. The archives are not available prior to 1904, therefore officers for 1904 are provided and were: [[Harris Ryan|Harris J. Ryan]], Chairman; and George S. Macomber, Secretary. Starting in 1938, the archives show Ithaca had 47 members, which increased to 158 in 1949, the last year data was available. In 1947, [[IEEE Binghamton Section History|Binghamton]] was made a Sub-Section of Ithaca.


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Ithaca was also active in IRE, and a Sub-Section of [[IEEE Syracuse Section History|Syracuse]] was formed in 1953.


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They advanced to full IRE membership in 1954. The first officers were: Ben Warriner, Chairman; and R.L. Wooley, Secretary. Since the merger of AIEE and IRE in 1963, Ithaca has not been active in Regional affairs, No data exists in the archives regarding Section activities, and Ithaca does not have a Section site on the IEEE Geographic Activity Web Site.


== <br>Chapter 4,&nbsp; Region 1 Section History  ==
=== Long Island  ===


Over the past eight years the Region 1 History Committee has prepared a series of Section history reports to coincide with Regional Meetings held in that Section. This chapter will discuss Section history from the archives and excerpts from reports on these Regional meetings..
and Region 1 BOG Meetings  
 
=== Berkshire History  ===
 
Board of Governors (BOG) Region 1 Meeting and Berkshire Section<br>Centennial Celebration conducted on August 27-29, 2004.
 
On March 25, 1904, Pittsfield became the 19th Branch of the AIEE, and the 4th in Region 1. Note that Pittsfield was the AIEE designation, which was changed to Berkshire when IEEE was formed. The AIEE designation was changed from Branch to Section in 1907. The first Chairman of Pittsfield was C.C. Chesney, and the first Secretary was H. H. Barnes. Pittsfield was very active in AIEE, assuming many Institute leadership positions. In 1942-43, K. B. McEachron became Chairman of District 1 of AIEE. Note that the AIEE District was a geographical entity similar to our Regions, and District 1 covered an area similar to Region 1, without the NY metropolitan area. Note also that the District Chairman was also a Vice-President of AIEE. McEachron was followed by another Pittsfield member in 1952-53, W. Scott Hill.<br>The only information in the archives regarding Pittsfield and IRE was their name: Western Massachusetts, and their membership date was 1958.<br>Edward Ptak, Berkshire Historian prepared an excellent history document which covers Section history from 1884-1984, which they called a “ Living History.” The document was appropriately named, since an addendum was issued in 1985, a second addendum in 1989, and a third now in preparation. The history document is provided on the Berkshire section web site. (Under the Berkshire Section at http://www.ieee.org.) Some excerpts from this excellent history follows. <br>William Stanley joined the Section (AIEE) in 1887, making him one of the first members of AIEE. He started the Stanley Electrical Manufacturing Company in Pittsfield in 1890, which was annexed by General Electric as their Pittsfield works. Stanley was the developer of alternating current, with encouragement from George Westinghouse, which resulted in the electrification of America. Their Section meetings had over 1000 attendees, with speakers that were well known in Science and society. Charles Steinmetz discussed Einstein’s Theory of Relativity; Floyd Bennett discussed The North Pole and back Again; Lowell Thomas discussed his adventures around the world; Amelia Earhart discussed adventures in the air; and Willy Ley discussed conquest of space, to name a few. <br>Berkshire Section Officers for 2008 are: Rob Reilly, Chairman; John DiNicola , Vice-Chairman; Bert Pritchard, Secretary; and Frank Fisher, Treasurer.
 
=== b. Binghamton Section History  ===
 
Binghamton became a Sub-Section of Ithaca Section of AIEE in 1947, but did not<br>become a Section of the Institute. Binghamton became a Section of IRE on March 7,1952 which is their IEEE anniversary date. The first IRE officers were: J.H. Merchant, Chairman; <br>and R. F. New, Secretary. Binghamton Section Officers for 2008 are: Dr. Doug Hopkins, Chairman; Guru Madhaven, Vice-Chairman; Danny Tung, Secretary; and Edward Ware, Treasurer. A careful check of all available archives and the Binghamton Section Web Site provided no further historical data on Binghamton.
 
=== c. Boston Section History  ===
 
Region 1 BOG Meeting, and Boston Section Centennial<br>Celebration Conducted on February 7-9, 2003.
 
Boston was the 12th Branch in AIEE, and the 3rd in Region 1. This meeting not only <br>Celebrated the centennial but also celebrated the election of Dr. Arthur Winston as IEEE President. Boston was very active in the founding of IRE, and provided 3 of the first 5 Presidents; [[Greenleaf W. Pickard|John Greenleaf Pickard]], Director of the Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company, in 1913; John Stone Stone, President of Stone Wireless and Telegraph Company, in 1915; and Arthur Kennelly, Professor of Engineering at Harvard and MIT, in 1916. Arthur Kennelly was also President of the AIEE in 1898-1900. There were three other Presidents of AIEE from Boston; Alexander Graham Bell, who taught and did his original telephone work in Boston; Comfort Adams, Professor at Harvard; and Frank Jewett, Professor at MIT. The first officers of IRE were: A. E. Kennelly, Chairman; and Melville Eastham Secretary. The archives start in 1904, the year after Boston Joined the AIEE, and the officers for 1904 were: R. Fleming, Chairman; and G. H. Stickney Secretary. <br>Boston Section has continued its very active support after the formation of IEEE in 1963. Richard Damon was elected IEEE President in 1981, and as previously mentioned Dr. Arthur Winston in 2004. Nine Boston members have been elected Region 1 Directors and Chairman of the Region 1 BOG; Dr. W. Crawford Dunlap, 1966-1967; Dr. Harry Mimno, 1968-69; Dr. James Storer, 1970-71, Harold Goldberg, 1972-73; Dr. James Shepherd, 1978-79; Dr. Bruce Wedlock, 1982-83; John Kaczorowski, 1990-91; Dr. Arthur Winston, 1996-97; and Dr. Howard Michel, 2008-09. Boston has conducted 23 Regional Meetings for Region 1. From 1980-1988 Dr. Bruce Wedlock conducted the Spring Meetings at the MIT Stratton building, Student Center. <br>The Boston Section has been continually involved in the development of engineering knowledge, and new electronic inventions and product development. The Section formed the New England Research and Engineering Meeting (NEREM), which they operated until 1976 when NEREM merged with the New York IEEE International Conference (INTERCON) to form the Trade Show ELECTRO. The Boston and NEW York Sections continued to operate ELECTRO shows annually for 20 years until the program ceased to be financially self supporting. Boston area also provided key research and development in Electronics, with MIT, Lincoln Laboratory, and large firms such as Raytheon. There were key activities in Military Electronics. Boston Section Officers for 2008 are: Lori Jeromin, Chair; John Conrad, Vice-Chair; Bruce Hecht, Secretary; and Karen Panetta, Treasurer.
 
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=== d. Buffalo History and Region 1  ===
 
BOG meeting for August 10-12, 2001.
 
The Niagara Frontier Section was chartered by the AIEE on February 10, 1925. <br>Curiously a small area around Niagara Falls was not included, or was later removed and incorporated into the Niagara International Section which was chartered in 1948. Niagara International included Niagara Falls, USA; Niagara Falls, Canada and St. Catherines, <br>Canada. The first Chairman of the Niagara Frontier Section was J. Allen Johnson and the first Secretary was A.W. Underhill Jr. The Section was closely associated with local electrical industries and the Secretaries frequently listed their addresses as: GE, Niagara&nbsp; Electric. Westinghouse, NY Telephone and Dupont. <br>The IRE was incorporated in 1927, as the Buffalo-Niagara Section, with L. C. F. Hoyle listed as its first Chair, a position he held for at least three years. Several Section Officers listed their addresses as Colonial Radio Corporation, 1280 Main Street, Buffalo, NY. After the merger of the founding Societies to form IEEE in 1963, the name of the Section was changed to Buffalo. <br>The first Region 1 BOG meeting in the Buffalo Section was held on September 27, 1980, at the Niagara Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY, and the second Buffalo Region 1 BOG meeting was again held at the Niagara Hilton on August 19, 1989. Buffalo Section Officers for 2008 are: Jim Bates, Chairman; Judy Moshal, Secretary; R. Kent Roberts, Treasurer. (No Vice-Chair listed)
 
=== e. Connecticut Section History  ===
 
and Region 1 BOG Meeting conducted on February 1, 2001.
 
The AIEE Connecticut Section was formed on April 16, 1921. The first officers were: C. F. Scott, chairman; and A.E. Knowlton Secretary. The IRE Section was formed in 1928 and was named Connecticut Valley. The first officers were: W. G. Cady, Chairman; and George W. Pettingill Jr., Secretary. The Connecticut Valley Section had officers from both the Hartford area and Springfield MA, therefore Springfield Section should perhaps also be listed as an IRE member.<br>Michael Whitelaw from CT was elected Regional Director in 1986-1987. Due to Mike’s strong encouragement many of us became active in the IEEE. Region 1 BOG Meetings have been held at Windsor Locks, CT on February 3, 1996; February 3, 2001, and February 2007. Connecticut Section Officers for 2008 are: Charlotte Blair, Chair; Ravi Rajaravivarma, Vice-Chair; Oscar Tonello, Secretary; and Tom Freund, Treasurer.
 
=== f. Green Mountain Section History  ===
 
and Region 1 BOG Meeting on August 11, 2007.
 
The AIEE formed a Student Branch at Norwich University, in Norwich, VT on June 28,1916. The University was moved from Norwich to Northfield, VT, and there is no indication the Branch continued after 1920. However, in 1994 the IEEE had a Student Branch at Norwich University, which is not mentioned on the Vermont Section WEB Site, unless the college name has been changed. In 1954 a Sub-Section of Pittsfield, MA was formed in Vermont, and in 1960 AIEE formed the Vermont Section.
 
The first Section Officers were: R. O. King, Chair; and P.M.Seal, Secretary. IRE formed a Sub-Section called Northern Vermont, but the parent Section is not identified. Other BOG meetings were held in September 1986, and February 2000. Officers for 2008are: Eugene Schlatz, Chair; Pascal Nsame, Vice-Chair; Nizam Ahmed, Secretary; and Jim Monzel, Treasurer. The name of the Section was changed from Vermont to Green Mountain in 2001.
 
=== g. Ithaca Section History  ===
 
Region 1 BOG Meeting and Ithaca Section Centennial Celebration conducted on August 16-18, 2002.


Ithaca was the first Section in Region 1 to reach the enviable milestone of being a century section having been made a Cornell University Branch of AIEE on October 15, 1902. Ithaca shares 4th Section honors in AIEE with Lehigh University and The University of Wisconsin that had the same entry date. Cornell University Branch became a Section in 1908 and the name was changed to Ithaca. The archives are not available prior to 1904, therefore officers for 1904 are provided and were: Harris J Ryan, Chairman; and Georgs S. Macomber, Secretary. Starting in 1938 the archives show Ithaca had 47 members, which increased to 158 in 1949, the last year data was available. In 1947 Binghamton was made a Sub-Section of Ithaca.<br>Ithaca was also active in IRE , and a Sub-Section of Syracuse was formed in 1953.<br>They advanced to full IRE membership in 1954. The first officers were: Ben Warriner, Chairman; and R.L. Wooley, Secretary<br>Since the merger of AIEE and IRE in 1963, Ithaca has not been active in Regional affairs,<br>No data exists in the archives regarding Section activities, and Ithaca does not have a Section site on the IEEE Geographic Activity Web Site.  
The archives show no [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]] association with AIEE. Long Island was far more active in Electronics, having many companies doing Military work as well as home electronics. Long Island therefore formed an IRE Section on 6 May 1953. The first officers were: Vincent Learned, Chair; and J. F. Bisby, Secretary. Eight winter meetings were held on Long Island, most of which were held at or near LaGuardia Field. Dates of these meetings were 1976, 1978,1979, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, and 2006. The archives do not indicate whether NY or Long Island sponsored these meetings. Long Island has been very active in The IEEE, having two members elected President; [[Henry L. Bachman|Henry Bachman]], in 1987, and [[Joel Snyder|Joel Snyder]] in 2001. Five Region 1 Directors have been elected from Long Island: Arthur Rossoff in 1976-1977; Alex Gruenwald in 1984-1985; Victor Zourides in 1988-1989; Joel Snyder in 1992-1993; and Louis Luceri in 1998-1999. We want to give Peter Eckstein special recognition since he served as Secretary of the BOG for twelve years. Eckstein not only did an excellent job on his Secretary activities but did all the planning for the 24 BOG meetings conducted during his tenure.  


=== h. Long Island Section History  ===
=== Maine  ===
 
and Region 1 BOG Meetings


The archives show no Long Island association with AIEE. Long Island was far more active in Electronics, having many companies doing Military work as well as home electronics. Long Island therefore formed an IRE Section on May 6, 1953. The first officers were: Vincent Learned, Chair; and J. F. Bisby, Secretary. Eight winter meetings were held on Long Island, most of which were held at or near LaGuardia Field. Dates of these meetings were 1976, 1978,1979, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, and 2006. The archives do not indicate whether NY or Long Island sponsored these meetings. Long Island has been very active in The IEEE, having two members elected President; Henry Bachman, in 1987, and Joel Snyder in 2001. Five Region 1 Directors have been elected from Long Island: Arthur Rossoff in 1976-77; Alex Gruenwald in 1984-85; Victor Zourides in 1988-89; Joel Snyder in 1992-93; and Louis Luceri in 1998-99. We want to give Peter Eckstein special recognition since he served as Secretary of the BOG for 12 years. Peter not only did an excellent job on his Secretary activities but did all the planning for the 24 BOG meetings conducted during his tenure. Officers for 2008 are: William DeAgro, Chair; Santo Mazzola, Vice-Chair; Jon Garruba, Secretary, and Brian Quinn, Treasurer.  
and Region 1 BOG Meeting on 20 August 2005.  


=== i. Maine Section History ===
The [[IEEE Maine Section History|Maine AIEE Section]] was formed on 30 June 1955, and the first officers were: H. W. Murdock, Chair, and Basil Payne, Secretary. The archives do not show that Maine had any IRE entity. The only archival IEEE activity shown is the Regional Board of Governors Meeting noted above.


and Region 1 BOG Meeting on August 20, 2005.
=== Mid-Hudson  ===


The Maine AIEE Section was formed on June 30, 1955, and the first officers were: H. W. Murdock, Chair, and Basil Payne, Secretary. The archives do not show that Maine had any IRE entity. The only archival IEEE activity shown is the Regional Board of Governors Meeting noted above. Maine Section Officers for 2008 are: Ali Abedi, Chair; Paul Villeneuve, Vice-Chair; John Allen, Secretary; and David Kotecki, Treasurer.  
[[IEEE Mid-Hudson Section History|Mid-Hudson]] became a Section of AIEE on 1 June 1960, with the name Hudson Valley.  


=== j. Mid-Hudson Section History  ===
The first officers were: D. R. Zeissett, Chair; and H. M. Round, Secretary. The archives do&nbsp; not indicate that Mid-Hudson had any association with the IRE. Mid-Hudson had two IEEE Regional Directors: Hans Cherney, 1980-1981; and [[Barry L. Shoop|Barry Shoop]], 2006-2007. Region 1 BOG Meetings were held in Mid-Hudson in 1983, 1992, and 1994. West Point Military Academy, and the IBM Company are very active in the Mid-Hudson region; teaching, inventing and developing electronics.


Mid-Hudson became a Section of AIEE on June 1, 1960, with the name Hudson Valley.<br>The first officers were: D. R. Zeissett, Chair; and H. M. Round, Secretary. The archives do&nbsp; not indicate that Mid-Hudson had any association with the IRE. Mid-Hudson had two IEEE Regional Directors: Hans Cherney, 1980-81; and Barry Shoop, 2006-07. Region 1 BOG Meetings were held in Mid-Hudson in 1983, 1992, and 1994. West Point Military Academy, and the IBM Company are very active in the Mid-Hudson region; teaching, inventing and developing electronics. Mid-Hudson Section Officers for 2008 are: Lisa Shay, Chair; Baback Izadi, Vice-Chair; Greg Kilby, Secretary; and David J. Pittmann, Treasurer.
=== Mohawk Valley   ===


=== k. Mohawk Valley Section History  ===
[[IEEE Mohawk Valley Section History|Mohawk Valley]] had no direct AIEE involvement, however, in 1950 Syracuse formed a St. Lawrence AIEE Sub-Section which was International because it included Cornwall, Ontario. Canada. When the IEEE was formed in 1963, the St. Lawrence area including Cornwall became part of the Mohawk Valley Section, as a Sub-Section thereby making it an International Section. The first Officers were: P. F. Mengel, Chair; and G. W. Reed, Secretary. This area has now become a direct part of the Mohawk Valley Section. IRE formed a Section on 11 November 1953, called Rome-Utica Section. The first Officers of the Mohawk Valley Section were: [[Harry Davis]], Chair; and M.V. Ratynski, Secretary. Mohawk Valley has held two Regional BOG Meetings. The first was held at Clarkson University in, Potsdam, NY, on 11 August 1990. The second meeting was held in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, on 19 August 2000. The US Air Force Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory) was very active in the design and development of Radar, Communications, Electronic Countermeasures, Intelligence, and Electronic Warfare. General Electric Aerospace was active in the design and development of Electronic Systems. Two Mohawk Valley members have been elected Region 1 Directors; Richard Benoit in 1974-1975, and Richard Ackley in 1994-1995.


Mohawk Valley had no direct AIEE involvement, however, in 1950 Syracuse formed a St.Lawrence AIEE Sub-Section which was International because it included Cornwall, Ontario. Canada. When the IEEE was formed in 1963, the St.Lawrence area including Cornwall became part of the Mohawk Valley Section, as a Sub-Section thereby making it an International Section. The first Officers were: P. F. Mengel Chair&nbsp;; and G. W. Reed, Secretary. This area has now become a direct part of the Mohawk Valley Section. IRE formed a Section on November 11, 1953, called Rome-Utica Section. The first Officers of the Mohawk Valley Section were: Harry Davis, Chair; and M.V. Ratynski, Secretary. Mohawk Valley has held two Regional BOG Meetings. The first was held at Clarkson University in, Potsdam, NY, on August 11, 1990. The second meeting was held in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, on August 19, 2000. The US Air Force Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory) was very active in the design and development of Radar, Communications, Electronic Countermeasures, Intelligence, and Electronic Warfare. General Electric Aerospace was active in the design and development of Electronic Systems. Two Mohawk Valley members have been elected Region 1 Directors; Richard Benoit in 1974-75, and Richard Ackley in 1994-95. Mohawk Valley Officers for 2008 are: Gerard Genello, Chair; Lois Walsh, Secretary; and Bruce Rubin, Treasurer.<br>
=== New Hampshire  ===


=== <br>New Hampshire Section History ===
[[IEEE New Hampshire Section History|New Hampshire AIEE Section]] was formed on 3 September 1953. The first Officers were: R. W. Hunt, Chair; and R. A. Nichols, Secretary. The archives do not show an IRE entity for New Hampshire. The Region 1 BOG held a meeting at Durham, New Hampshire on 1 October 1982.


New Hampshire AIEE Section was formed on September 3, 1953. The first Officers were: R. W. Hunt, Chair; and R. A. Nichols, Secretary. The archives do not show an IRE entity for New Hampshire. The Region 1 BOG held a meeting at Durham, New Hampshire on October 1, 1982. New Hampshire Officers for 2008 are: Jim Anderson, Chair; Kenric Nelson, Vice-Chair; Celine Bilodeau, Secretary; and Don Sherwood, Treasurer.
=== New Jersey Coast  ===


=== New Jersey Coast Section History ===
[[IEEE New Jersey Coast Section History|New Jersey Coast]] is the only Section in Region 1 that was formed after the AIEE/IRE Merger, on 20 March 1965. The archives do not have any information regarding the first Officers. Section petition documents indicate Dr. David C Hogg to have been Chairman of the Monmouth Sub-section of the New York Section at the time of the approval to form the New Jersey Coast Section. Region 1 BOG held a meeting at South Seaside Park, NJ on 26 September 1981.


New Jersey Coast is the only Section in Region 1 that was formed after the AIEE/IRE Merger, on March 20, 1965. The archives do not have any information regarding the first Officers. Region 1 BOG held a meeting at South Seaside Park, NJ on September 26, 1981. New Jersey Coast Officers for 2008 are: T. K. Srinivas, Chair; Wei Su, Vice-Chair; K. Raghunandan, Secretary; and Rulei Ting, Treasurer.
=== New York  ===


=== New York Section History ===
[[IEEE New York Section History|New York AIEE Section]] was formed on 10 December 1919. The first Officers were: [[Harold Buck|H. W. Buck]], Chair; and [[Haraden Pratt|H. A. Pratt]], Secretary. Although the first technical session of AIEE was held in Philadelphia, most of the early meetings were held in New York City. The New York IRE Section was formed in 1943, and the first Officers were: H. M. Lewis, Chair; and H. F. Dart, Secretary. New York Section sponsored several Region 1 BOG Meetings: 1965, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983,1985, 1989, 1991, and 1993. Laguardia meetings mentioned for Long Island may have been co-sponsored by NY. New York Section had two members elected President of IEEE; [[Eric E. Sumner|Eric E. Sumner]], and [[Lewis Terman|Lewis M. Terman]]. Roger Sullivan served as Director of Region 1 in 2004-05. We want to give special recognition to Karl Sommer who ably conducted the BOG office of Treasurer for nine different Directors over a period of eighteen years. The New York Section has been continually involved in the development of electrical engineering knowledge and electronic development. New York formed the IEEE International Conference (INTERCON) to interchange electrical and electronics knowledge and show new products and ideas. The INTERCON merged with Boston’s New England Research and Engineering Meeting (NEREM) to form the trade show ELECTRO. New York and Boston continued to operate ELECTRO shows annually for twenty years until it ceased to be self-supporting.


New York AIEE Section was formed on December 10, 1919. The first Officers were: H. <br>W.. Buck, Chair; and H. A. Pratt, Secretary. Although the first technical session of AIEE was held in Philadelphia, most of the early meetings were held in New York City. The New York IRE Section was formed in 1943, and the first Officers were: H. M. Lewis, Chair; and H. F. Dart, Secretary. New York Section sponsored several Region 1 BOG Meetings: 1965, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983,1985, 1989, 1991, and 1993. Laguardia meetings mentioned for Long Island may have been co-sponsored by NY. New York Section had two members elected President of IEEE; Eric E. Sumner, and Lewis M. Terman. Roger Sullivan served as Director of Region 1 in 2004-05. We want to give special recognition to Karl Sommer who ably conducted the BOG office of Treasurer for 9 different Directors over a period of 18 years. The New York Section has been continually involved in the development of electrical engineering knowledge and electronic development. New York formed the IEEE International Conference (INTERCON) to interchange electrical and electronics knowledge and show new products and ideas. The INTERCON merged with Boston’s New England Research and Engineering Meeting (NEREM) to form the trade show ELECTRO. New York and Boston continued to operate ELECTRO shows annually for 20 years until it ceased to be self-supporting. New York Officers for 2008 are: David M. Weiss, Chair; Warner W. Johnston, Vice-Chair; Balvinder Blah, Secretary; and Darlene E. Rivera, Treasurer.
=== North Jersey  ===


=== North Jersey Section History  ===


North Jersey became an AIEE Sub-Section of New York in 1947, with the name New<br>Jersey Division. The first Officers were: Leland F. Stone, Chair; and L.J. Lunas Secretary. <br>The IRE Section was formed in 1954, with the name Northern New Jersey. The first Officers were: W. R. Thurston, Chair; and R. J. Kircher, Secretary. BOG Meetings were held in North Jersey in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2008. North Jersey has Edison Menlo Park located within their Section, where much of the early electrical and electronics marvels were invented and reduced to practice, which we don’t feel we can get along without today. North Jersey has another very critical location, the IEEE Headquarters, in Piscataway.  
The [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|IEEE North Jersey Section]] grew out of the IRE Northern New Jersey Sub-Section of the New York Section, which was formed in 1947, with the name Northern New Jersey. The first Officer was Jerry B. Minter, chair. BOG Meetings were held in North Jersey in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2008. North Jersey has Edison Menlo Park located within their Section, where much of the early electrical and electronics marvels were invented and reduced to practice, which we don’t feel we can get along without today. North Jersey has another very critical location, the IEEE Headquarters, in Piscataway.  


North Jersey Section Officers for 2008 are: Kirit Dixit, Chair; Amit Pater, Vice-Chair; Russell Pepe, Secretary; and Pete Donegan, Treasurer.  
In the AIEE, the territory that is currently part of the IEEE North Jersey Section was a part of the AIEE New Jersey Subsection of the New York Section, which was formed in 1947. The first Officers of the AIEE New Jersey Subsection were: Leland F. Stone, Chair; and L.J. Lunas Secretary.  


=== Princeton-Central Jersey Section History.  ===
=== Princeton-Central Jersey ===


Princeton was an AIEE Sub-Section of Philadelphia in 1962, with Officers: H. M. Chandler, Chair; and J. L. VanDine, Secretary. Two Region 1 Directors are from the Princeton-Central Jersey Section: Dr. Gerard Alphonse in 2001-02; and Irving Engelson in 2000-01. Officers for the Section in 2008 are: Ashutosh Dutta, Chair; Wieslaw Bury, Vice-Chair; Habib Ahson, Secretary; and Rebecca Mercuri, Treasurer.  
[[IEEE Princeton/Central New Jersey Section History|Princeton]] was an AIEE Sub-Section of Philadelphia in 1962, with Officers: H. M. Chandler, Chair; and J. L. VanDine, Secretary. Two Region 1 Directors are from the Princeton-Central Jersey Section: Dr. Gerard Alphonse in 2001-2002; and Irving Engelson in 2000-2001.  


=== Providence Section History  ===
=== Providence ===


Providence became a Section of AIEE on March 12, 1920, with Walter C. Slade Chair and F. N. Tompkins, Secretary. The archives do not show any IRE involvement in Providence. Providence held a Region 1 BOG meeting in Newport, RI on August 12, 1987.<br>Providence Section Officers for 2009 are: David Casper, Chair; David Clarke, Vice-Chair; Ted Dawson, Secretary; and Shane Augustine, Treasurer.  
[[IEEE Providence Section History|Providence]] became a Section of AIEE on 12 March 1920, with Walter C. Slade, Chair and F. N. Tompkins, Secretary. The archives do not show any IRE involvement in Providence. Providence held a Region 1 BOG meeting in Newport, RI on 12 August 1987.  


=== Rochester Section History  ===
=== Rochester ===


Rochester became a Section of AIEE on October 9, 1914, with E. L. Wilder Chair, and F. E. Haskell Secretary. Rochester became a Section of IRE in 1926, with V. N. Graham Chair, and Harvey Klumb Secretary. When the founding Societies merged Lynn C. Holmes, Rochester Section was the first Region 1 Director and the only Director that served 3 terms; 1963, 1964, and 1965. Rochester hosted a summer Region 1 BOG Meeting on August 8, 1998. Rochester Section Officers for 2008 are: Jayanti Venkataraman, Chair; Paul P. Lee, Vice-Chair; Francesca G. Polo, Secretary; and Alexander Lovi, Treasurer.
[[IEEE Rochester Section History|Rochester]] became a Section of AIEE on 9 October 1914, with E. L. Wilder, Chair, and F. E. Haskell, Secretary. Rochester became a Section of IRE in 1926, with V. N. Graham Chair, and Harvey Klumb Secretary. When the founding Societies merged Lynn C. Holmes, Rochester Section was the first Region 1 Director and the only Director that served three terms; 1963, 1964, and 1965. Rochester hosted a summer Region 1 BOG Meeting on 8 August 1998.


=== Schenectady Section History  ===
=== Schenectady ===


Region 1 BOG Meeting on August 15-17, 2003, and Schenectady Centennial Celebration  
Region 1 BOG Meeting on 15-17 August 2003, and Schenectady Centennial Celebration  


Schenectady Section is congratulated for reaching that coveted milestone of century membership in the Institute and in the same year, 2003, by having one of their members, Dr. Michael Adler elected President of IEEE. Dr. Adler was the second IEEE President from Schenectady, the first being; Harold Chestnut in 1973. Other Region 1 BOG Meetings were held in the Schenectady Section in 1993, 1994, and 2008. <br>Schenectady became a Branch of AIEE on January 26, 1903, and was the 10th/11th Branch in AIEE, and the 2nd Branch in Region 1 area. <br>Any discussion of Schenectady and AIEE must also consider the General Electric Company (GE) and its founding entities. Note that GE was formed in 1892, only eight years after AIEE. GE was formed by the merger of the Edison General Electric Company of New York and Thompson-Houston Company of Lynn, MA.  
[[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady Section]] is congratulated for reaching that coveted milestone of century membership in the Institute and in the same year, 2003, by having one of their members, [[Michael Adler|Dr. Michael Adler]] elected President of IEEE. Dr. Adler was the second IEEE President from Schenectady, the first being; [[Harold Chestnut|Harold Chestnut]] in 1973. Other Region 1 BOG Meetings were held in the Schenectady Section in 1993, 1994, and 2008.  


The great electrical engineering company and the great electrical engineering society grew together in Schenectady and basically utilized the same personnel. The Chair and Secretary of Schenectady AIEE invariably had a GE address GE grew rapidly annexing several smaller firms. One of these was Rudolph Eichemayers Manufacturing Company in Yonkers, NY. Whose Chief Draftsman was Charles Steinmetz. GE continued to grow in Schenectady when Thomas Edison moved his NY Tool Works there in 1886.<br>In 1894 Charles Steinmetz was transferred to Schenectady GE and was elected AIEE President in 1901-1902. An Employees Engineering Society was formed at GE in 1898 which grew rapidly and transferred into the AIEE as a Branch as noted above. In 1904 Dr. Steinmetz served as the AIEE Branch Chair, and R. Neil Williams was Secretary. In 1907 AIEE Branches were renamed Sections.<br>A Section of IRE was formed in Schenectady in 1950 with: H. L Thorson as Chair, and J. D. Cobine as Secretary. Both had addresses at GE. Schenectady IRE Section was relatively late in being formed. It should be noted that GE was the major electrical manufacturer, and they concentrated on large power equipment and electronics did not become critical in these large systems until later.<br>Schenectady Section Officers for 2008 are: Peter Sutherland, Chair; Zong Qui, Vice-Chair and Secretary; and Kristine Short, Vice-Chair and Treasurer.  
Schenectady became a Branch of AIEE on 26 January 1903, and was the 10th/11th Branch in AIEE, and the 2nd Branch in Region 1 area.  


=== Springfield Section History  ===
Any discussion of Schenectady and AIEE must also consider the [[General Electric (GE)|General Electric Company (GE)]] and its founding entities. Note that GE was formed in 1892, only eight years after AIEE. GE was formed by the merger of the Edison General Electric Company of New York and Thompson-Houston Company of Lynn, MA.


Springfield became a Section of AIEE on June 29, 1922, with Officers: W. A. Dick Chair, and J. Frank Murray Secretary. The archives do not show any IRE membership for Springfield. Two Region 1 BOG Meetings were sponsored by the Springfield Section; both of which were held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge, MA. The first was held on August 19, 1988, and the second on August 26, 1995. Springfield Officers for 2008 are: Dr. Quan Chen, Chair; Cesar Roda, Vice-Chair; Kevin Gorman, Secretary; and Craig Dahlquist, Treasurer.  
The great electrical engineering company and the great electrical engineering society grew together in Schenectady and basically utilized the same personnel. The Chair and Secretary of Schenectady AIEE invariably had a GE address GE grew rapidly annexing several smaller firms. One of these was Rudolph Eichemayers Manufacturing Company in Yonkers, NY. Whose Chief Draftsman was [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz|Charles Steinmetz]]. GE continued to grow in Schenectady when Thomas Edison moved his NY Tool Works there in 1886.  


=== Syracuse Section History  ===
In 1894, [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz|Charles Steinmetz]] was transferred to Schenectady GE and was elected AIEE President in 1901-1902. An Employees Engineering Society was formed at GE in 1898 which grew rapidly and transferred into the AIEE as a Branch as noted above. In 1904 [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz|Dr. Steinmetz]] served as the AIEE Branch Chair, and R. Neil Williams was Secretary. In 1907, AIEE Branches were renamed Sections.


and BOG Meeting held on August 19, 2006.  
A Section of IRE was formed in Schenectady in 1950 with: H. L. Thorson as Chair, and J. D. Cobine as Secretary. Both had addresses at GE. Schenectady IRE Section was relatively late in being formed. It should be noted that GE was the major electrical manufacturer, and they concentrated on large power equipment and electronics did not become critical in these large systems until later.  


An AIEE University Branch was formed at Syracuse University on February 24, 1905, and has been active since that time. The first Officer was W. P. Graham who was Chair and Secretary. The Syracuse AIEE Section was formed on August 12, 1920, with Edward T. Moore Chair and Frank Simpson Secretary. The Syracuse IRE Section was formed in 1947 with C. A. Priest Chair and R. E. Moe Secretary. At the time the Section was formed Dr. W. R. G. Baker, a Vice-President of GE Electronics was elected President of IRE. The support the History committee received from Syracuse in the preparation of this report was outstanding. Syracuse members contributing were: George Kirkpatrick, LFIEEE; Jay Lee, Syracuse University representative; Mike Hayes, Syracuse Section Chair; and our Regional long-term colleague Donald Herres. Mr. Kirkpatrick was very active in IRE and represented Dr. Baker at many IRE functions He was also a contemporary of Arthur Stern who was IEEE President in 1975 and Jerome Suran who was IEEE President in 1979.
=== Springfield ===


Both Stern and Suran were at GE Electronics Park, Syracuse, but it is unknown if they were there when they were Presidents.He also did considerable volunteer work with Dr. George Haller who was also at GE Syracuse. Dr. Haller worked with engineers at Wright Patterson Air force Base to form the IRE Professional Group on Airborne and Navigational Electronics (PGANE). After the merger of IRE with AIEE the PGANE became a part of IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS). Mike Hayes reported that Nick Holonyak Jr. While at GE Syracuse, invented the first visible Semiconductor Laser in 1957.<br>Syracuse Section Officers for 2008 are: Prasanta Ghosh, Chair; Larry Durante, Vice-Chair; Mike Hayes, Secretary; and William H. Maxwell Treasurer.  
[[IEEE Springfield Section History|Springfield]] became a Section of AIEE on 29 June 1922, with Officers: W. A. Dick, Chair, and J. Frank Murray Secretary. The archives do not show any IRE membership for Springfield. Two Region 1 BOG Meetings were sponsored by the Springfield Section; both of which were held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge, MA. The first was held on 19 August 1988, and the second on 26 August 1995.  


=== Worcester County Section History  ===
=== Syracuse ===


The Worcester Section of AIEE was formed on February 18, 1920, with C. R. Oliver Chair and Dean J. Locke Secretary. Worcester County did not have any indication of IRE involvement in the archives. Worcester County had no Regional BOG meetings unless they co-chaired with Springfield in 1988 or 1995. Worcester County Officers for 2008 are: Al Reinhart, Chair; Larry Nelson, Vice-Chair; and Jim Jensen, Secretary/Treasurer.<br>Larry Nelson is commended for his tireless and active support for the Worcester Section and IEEE, and also Larry Nelson Jr. for his support of Regional Electronic Communications.  
and BOG Meeting held on 19 August 2006.  


==== v. Remarks. ====
An AIEE University Branch was formed at [[IEEE Syracuse Section History|Syracuse University]] on 24 February 1905, and has been active since that time. The first Officer was W. P. Graham who was Chair and Secretary. The Syracuse AIEE Section was formed on 12 August 1920, with Edward T. Moore Chair and Frank Simpson Secretary. The Syracuse IRE Section was formed in 1947 with C. A. Priest Chair and R. E. Moe Secretary. At the time the Section was formed Dr. W. R. G. Baker, a Vice-President of GE Electronics was elected President of IRE. The support the History committee received from Syracuse in the preparation of this report was outstanding. Syracuse members contributing were: George Kirkpatrick, LFIEEE; Jay Lee, Syracuse University representative; Mike Hayes, Syracuse Section Chair; and our Regional long-term colleague Donald Herres. Mr. Kirkpatrick was very active in IRE and represented Dr. Baker at many IRE functions He was also a contemporary of [[Arthur P. Stern|Arthur Stern]] who was IEEE President in 1975 and [[Jerome J. Suran|Jerome Suran]] who was IEEE President in 1979.  


The Regional archives from which these records were gleaned are incomplete, and in some cases contradictory. Readers who have any corrections or additions should contact the History Chair, Richard Ackley, 6328 Lorena Road, Rome, NY, 13440-7514 or on e-mail at: r.ackley@ieee.org. <br>
Both Stern and Suran were at GE Electronics Park, Syracuse, but it is unknown if they were there when they were Presidents.He also did considerable volunteer work with Dr. George Haller who was also at GE Syracuse. Dr. Haller worked with engineers at Wright Patterson Air force Base to form the IRE Professional Group on Airborne and Navigational Electronics (PGANE). After the merger of IRE with AIEE, the PGANE became a part of IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS). Mike Hayes reported that [[Nicholas Holonyak, Jr.|Nick Holonyak Jr.]] While at GE Syracuse, invented the first visible [[Semiconductor Laser|Semiconductor Laser]] in 1957.  


<br>
=== Worcester County ===


<br><br>
The Worcester Section of AIEE was formed on 18 February 1920, with C. R. Oliver Chair and Dean J. Locke Secretary. Worcester County did not have any indication of IRE involvement in the archives. Worcester County had no Regional BOG meetings unless they co-chaired with Springfield in 1988 or 1995.


<br><br><br>
Larry Nelson is commended for his tireless and active support for the Worcester Section and IEEE, and also Larry Nelson Jr. for his support of Regional Electronic Communications.


== Region 1 Founders of AIEE  ==
== Region 1 Founders of AIEE  ==


NAME ADDRESS SECTION
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Ralph Wainwright Pope Great Barrington, MA Berkshire  
| '''Name'''
 
| '''Address'''
Charles A. Cross Boston, MA Boston  
| '''Section'''
 
|-
Thomas Edison New York, NY/ Menlo Park, NJ NY or North Jersey  
| [[Ralph W. Pope|Ralph Wainwright Pope]]
 
| Great Barrington, MA  
George Hamilton New York, NY New York  
| [[IEEE Berkshire Section History|Berkshire]]
 
|-
Theodore B. Vail Boston, MA Boston  
| Charles A. Cross  
 
| Boston, MA  
Edward Weston Newark, NJ North Jersey  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
 
|-
George Prescott New York, NY New York  
| [[Thomas Alva Edison|Thomas Edison]]
 
| New York, NY/ Menlo Park, NJ  
Elihu Thomson Swampscott, MA Boston  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|NY]] or [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
 
|-
<br>
| [[Archives:Papers of George Hamilton|George Hamilton]]
| New York, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
|-
| Theodore B. Vail  
| Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
|-
| [[Edward Weston|Edward Weston]]
| Newark, NJ  
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
|-
| [[Archives:Papers of George B. Prescott|George Prescott]]
| New York, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
|-
| [[Elihu Thomson|Elihu Thomson]]
| Swampscott, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
|}


== Region 1 Founders of IRE  ==
== Region 1 Founders of IRE  ==


<br>Robert Marriott Brooklyn, NY New York
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John Stone Stone Boston, MA Boston<br>
| '''Name'''
 
| '''Address'''
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| '''Section'''
 
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== <br>AIEE Presidents&nbsp;From Region 1<br> ==
| [[Robert H. Marriott|Robert H. Marriott]]  
 
| Brooklyn, NY
NAME YEAR <br>Norvin Green 1884-86<br>Franklin L. Pope 1886-87 yes<br>Martin T. Commerford 1887-88<br>Edward Weston 1888-89 yes<br>Elihu Thompson 1889-90 yes<br>William A. Anthony 1890-91<br>Alexander Graham Bell 1891-92 yes<br>Frank J. Sprague 1892-93<br>Edwin J. Houston 1893-95<br>Louis Duncan 1895-97<br>Francis B. Crocker 1897-98<br>Arthur E. Kennelly 1898-1900<br>Carl Hering 1900-01<br>Charles P. Steinmetz 1901-02 yes<br>Charles F. Scott 1902-03<br>Bion J Arnold 1903-04<br>John W. Lieb 1904-05<br>Schuyler S. Wheeler 1905-06<br>Samuel Sheldon 1906-07<br>Henry G. Stott 1907-08<br>Louis A. Ferguson 1908-09<br>Lewis B. Stillwell 1909-10<br>Dugald C. Jackson 1910-11<br>Gano Dunn 1911-12<br>Ralph D. Mershon 1912-13<br>C. O. Mailloux 1913-14<br>Paul M. Lincoln 1914-15<br>John J. Carty 1915-16<br>Harold W. Buck 1916-17<br>Edwin W. Rice Jr. 1917-18<br>Comfort A. Adams 1918-19<br>Calvert Towsley 1919-20<br>Arthur W. Berresford 1920-21<br>William McClellan 1921-22<br>Frank B. Jewett 1922-23<br>Harris J. Ryan 1923-24<br>Farley Osgood 1924-25<br>[[Pupin|Michael I. Pupin]] 1925-26
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
 
|-
Cummings C. Chesney 1926-27<br>Bancroft Gherardi 1927-28<br>Rudolph F. Schuchardt 1928-29<br>Harold B. Smith 1929-30<br>William S. Lee 1930-31<br>Charles E. Skinner 1931-32<br>Harry P. Charlesworth 1932-33<br>John B. Whitehead 1933-34<br>J. Allen Johnson 1934-35<br>Edward B. Meyer 1935-36<br>Alexander M. MacCurcheon 1936-37<br>William H. Harrison 1937-38<br>John C. Parker 1938-39<br>Malcom F. Farmer 1939-40<br>Royal W. Sorenson 1940-41<br>David C. Prince 1941-42<br>Harold S. Osborne 1942-43<br>Nevin E. Fink 1943-44<br>Charles A. Powel 1944-45<br>William E. Wickenden 1945-46<br>Elmer J. Housley 1946-47<br>Blake D. Hull 1947-48<br>Everett S. Lee 1948-49<br>James F. Fairman 1949-50<br>Titus G. LeClair 1950-51<br>Fred D. McMillen 1951-52<br>Donald A. Quarkes 1952-53<br>Elgin B. Robertson ` 1953-54<br>Alexander C. Monteith 1954-55<br>Morris D. Hooven 1955-56<br>Mervin S. Coover 1956-57<br>Walter J. Barrett 1957-58<br>Latimer F. Hickernell 1958-59<br>James R. Foote 1959-60<br>Clarence H. Linder 1960-61<br>Warren H. Chase 1961-62<br>Richard B. Teare Jr. 1962-63
| [[John Stone Stone|John Stone Stone]]  
 
| Boston, MA
<br>
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
 
|}
<br>
 
== IRE Presidents  ==
 
NAME DATE FROM REGION 1 <br><br>Robert H. Marriott 1912<br>Greenleaf W. Pickard 1913<br>[[Louis W. Austin|Louis W. Austin]] 1914<br>John Stone Stone 1915 yes<br>Arthur E. Kennelly 1916<br>Michael L. Pupin 1917<br>[[George W. Pierce|George W. Pierce]] 1918-19<br>John V. L. Hogan 1920<br>[[Ernst F. W. Alexanderson|Ernst F. W. Alexanderson]] 1921<br>[[Fulton Cutting|Fulton Cutting]] 1922<br>[[Irving Langmuir|Irving Langmuir]] 1923<br>[[John Harold Morecroft|John H. Morecroft]]&nbsp; 1924<br>[[John H. Dellinger|John H. Dellinger]] 1925<br>Donald McNicol 1926<br>Ralph Brown 1927<br>Alfred M. Goldsmith 1928<br>A. Hoyt Taylor 1929<br>Lee deforest 1930<br>Ray H. Manson 1931<br>Walter G. Cady 1932<br>Lewis M. Hull 1933<br>C. M. Jansky Jr. 1934<br>Stuart Ballantine 1935<br>L. Alan Hazeltine 1936<br>Harold H. Beverage 1937<br>Haraden Pratt 1938<br>Raymond A. Heising 1939<br>Laurence C. F. Horle 1940<br>Frederick E. Terman 1941<br>Arthur F. Van Dyck 1942<br>Lynde P. Wheeler 1943<br>Hubert M. Turner 1944<br>William L. Everitt 1945<br>Frederick W. Llewellyn 1946<br>Walter W. R. G. Baker 1947 yes<br>Benjamin E. Shackelford ` 1948<br>Stuart L. F. Bailey 1949<br>Raymond Guy 1950
 
Ivan S. Coggeshall 1951<br>Donald B. Sinclair 1952<br>James W. McRae 1953<br>William R. Hewlett 1954<br>John D. Ryder 1955<br>Arthur V. Loughren 1956<br>John T. Henderson 1957<br>Donald G. Fink 1958<br>Ernst Weber 1959<br>Ronald L. McFarlan 1960<br>Lloyd V. Berkner 1961<br>Patrick E. Haggerty 1962
 
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<br>
 
== IEEE Presidents  ==
 
NAME DATE FROM REGION 1
 
Ernst Weber 1963 yes<br>Clarence Linder 1964 yes<br>Bernard Oliver 1965<br>William Shepherd 1966<br>Walter MacAdam 1967 <br>Seymour W. Herwald 1968
 
Karl Willenbrock 1969<br>John V. N. Granger 1970<br>James Mulligan 1971<br>Robert Tanner 1972<br>Harold Chestnut 1973 yes<br>John Guarrera 1974<br>Arthur Stern 1975<br>Joseph Dillard 1976<br>Robert M. Saunders 1977<br>Ivan Getting 1978<br>Jerome Suran 1979<br>Leo Young 1980<br>Richard Damon 1981 yes<br>Robert Larson 1982<br>James Owens 1983<br>Richard Gowan 1984<br>Charles A. Eldon 1985<br>Bruno O. Weinschel 1986<br>Henry L. Bachman 1987 yes<br>Russell C. Drew 1988<br>Emerson W. Pugh 1989 yes<br>Carleton A. Bayless 1990<br>Eric E. Sumner 1991 yes<br>Merrill W. Buckley Jr. 1992<br>Martha Sloan 1993<br>H. Troy Nagle 1994<br>Thomas J. Cain 1995<br>Wallace S. Read 1996<br>Charles K. Alexander 1997<br>Joseph Bordogna 1998<br>Kenneth R. Laker 1999
 
Bruce A, Eisenstein 2000<br>Joel B. Snyder 2001 yes<br>Raymond D. Findlay 2002<br>Michael S. Adler 2003 yes<br>Arthur W. Winston 2004 yes<br>W. Cleon Anderson 2005<br>Michael R. Lightner 2006<br>Leah H. Jamieson 2007<br>Lewis M. Terman 2008 yes<br>John R. Vig 2009 yes
 
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<br>
== AIEE Presidents From Region 1  ==


<br>
{| width="400" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
| '''Name'''
| '''Year'''
|-
| [[Franklin Pope|Franklin L. Pope]]
| 1886-87
|-
| [[Edward Weston|Edward Weston]]
| 1888-89
|-
| [[Elihu Thomson|Elihu Thomson]]
| 1889-90
|-
| [[Alexander Graham Bell|Alexander Graham Bell]]
| 1891-92
|-
| [[Charles Proteus Steinmetz|Charles P. Steinmetz]]
| 1901-02
|}


<br>
== IRE Presidents From Region 1  ==


<br>
{| width="400" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
|-
| '''Name'''
| '''Year'''
|-
| [[John Stone Stone|John Stone Stone]]
| 1915
|-
| [[Walter Baker|Walter W. R. G. Baker]]
| 1947
|}


<br>
== IEEE Presidents From Region 1  ==


<br>
{| width="400" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
 
|-
<br>
| '''Name'''
| '''Year'''
|-
| [[Ernst Weber|Ernst Weber]]
| 1963
|-
| [[Clarence H. Linder|Clarence Linder]]
| 1964
|-
| [[Harold Chestnut|Harold Chestnut]]
| 1973
|-
| [[Richard Damon|Richard Damon]]
| 1981
|-
| [[Henry L. Bachman|Henry L. Bachman]]
| 1987
|-
| [[Emerson Pugh|Emerson W. Pugh]]
| 1989
|-
| [[Eric E. Sumner|Eric E. Sumner]]
| 1991
|-
| [[Joel Snyder|Joel B. Snyder]]
| 2001
|-
| [[Michael Adler|Michael S. Adler]]
| 2003
|-
| [[Arthur Winston|Arthur W. Winston]]
| 2004
|-
| [[Lewis Terman|Lewis M. Terman]]
| 2008
|-
| [[John Vig|John R. Vig]]
| 2009
|-
| [[Moshe Kam]]
| 2011
|-
| [[Peter Staecker]]
| 2013
|-
| [[Howard Michel]]
| 2015
|-
| [[Barry L. Shoop]]
| 2016
|}


== Region 1 Section Anniversary Dates  ==
== Region 1 Section Anniversary Dates  ==


<br>SECTION DATE ESTABLISHED ANNIVERSARIES
{| width="400" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
 
|-
50th 75TH 100TH <br>Berkshire 03/25/04 1954 1979 2004<br>Binghamton 03/07/52 2002 2027 2052<br>Boston 02/13/03 1953 1978 2003  
| '''Section'''
 
| '''Date Established'''
Buffalo 02/10/25 1975 2000 2025 <br>Connecticut 04/16/21 1971 1996 2021 <br>Green Mountain 04/01/60 2010 2035 2060 <br>Ithaca 10/15/02 1952 1977 2002 <br>Long Island 05/06/53 2003 2028 2053 <br>Maine 06/30/55 2005 2030 2055 <br>Mid-Hudson 06/01/60 2010 2035 2060<br>Mohawk Valley 11/11/53 2003 2028 2053<br>New Hampshire 09/03/53 2003 2028 2053<br>New Jersey Coast 03/20/65 2015 2040 2065<br>New York 12/10/19 1969 1994 2019<br>North Jersey 05/05/54 2004 2029 2054<br>Princeton-Central Jersey 07/ /47 1997 2022 2047<br>Providence 03/12/20 1970 1995 2020<br>Rochester 10/09/14 1964 1989 2014<br>Schenectady 01/26/03 1953 1978 2003<br>Springfield 06/29/22 1972 1997 2022<br>Syracuse 08/12/20 1970 1995 2020<br>Worcester County 02/18/20 1970 1995 2020
| '''50th Anniversary'''
 
| '''75th Anniversary'''
<br>
| '''100th Anniversary'''
 
|-
<br>
| [[IEEE Berkshire Section History|Berkshire]]
 
| 03/25/1904
<br>
| 1954  
 
| 1979  
<br>
| 2004
 
|-
<br>
| [[IEEE Binghamton Section History|Binghamton]]
 
| 03/07/1952
== <br>IEEE Region 1 Directors and Secretary’s  ==
| 2002  
 
| 2027  
DIRECTOR SECRETARY TENURE <br><br>Lynn C. Holmes, Rochester, NY F. A. Mitchell, Unknown 1963/64/65<br>Dr. W. Crawford Dunlap, W. Newton, MA Unknown 1966/67<br>Dr. Harry Mimno, Lexington, MA Unknown 1968/69<br>Dr. James Storer, Lexington, MA Unknown 1970/71<br>Harold Goldberg, Lexington, MA Unknown 1972/73<br>Richard Benoit, Utica, NY Rex Beers, Rome, NY 1974/75<br>Arthur Rossoff, Huntington Station, NY Gondolfo Gallegro, Unk. 1976/77<br>Dr. James Shepherd, Concord, MA Dr, Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA 1978/79<br>Hans Cherney, Mount Kisko, NY Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington. MA 1980/81<br>Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA Richard D’Onofrio, Boston, MA 1982/83<br>Alex Gruenwald, Hicksville, NY Lou Luceri, Lindenhurst, NY 1984/85 <br>Michael Whitelaw, Newington, CT Richard Kubica, Glastonbury, CT 1986/87<br>Victor Zourides, Wheatley Heights, NY Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 1988/89<br>John Kaczorowski, Boston, MA William Carakatsane, Saugus, MA 1990/91<br>Joel Snyder, Plainview, NY Arthur Hudson, Bedford, NH 1992/93<br>Richard Ackley, Rome, NY Daniel Kenneally, Rome, NY 1994/95<br>Dr. Arthur Winston, Winchester, MA James Britt, Peabody, MA 1996/97<br>Louis Luceri, Lindenhurst, NY Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 1998/99<br>Dr. Irving Engelson, Jamesburg, NJ Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2000/01<br>Dr. Gerard Alphonse, Princeton, NJ Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2002/03<br>Roger K. Sullivan, Bergenfield, NJ Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2004/05<br>Barry Shoop, West Point, NY Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2006/07<br>Dr. Howard Michel, N. Dartmouth, MA Mary Reidi, Erie Blvd., Syracuse, NY 2008/09 Charles P. Rubenstein, Massapequa, NY Not Named 2010/11
| 2052
 
|-
<br>
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
 
| 02/12/1903
<br>
| 1953  
 
| 1978  
<br>
| 2003
 
|-
<br>
| [[IEEE Buffalo Section History|Buffalo]]
| 02/10/1925
| 1975  
| 2000  
| 2025
|-
| [[IEEE Connecticut Section History|Connecticut]]
| 04/16/1921
| 1971  
| 1996  
| 2021
|-
| [[IEEE Green Mountain Section History|Green Mountain]]
| 04/01/1960
| 2010  
| 2035  
| 2060
|-
| Ithaca  
| 10/15/1902
| 1952  
| 1977  
| 2002
|-
| [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 05/06/1953
| 2003  
| 2028  
| 2053
|-
| [[IEEE Maine Section History|Maine]]
| 06/30/1955
| 2005  
| 2030  
| 2055
|-
| [[IEEE Mid-Hudson Section History|Mid-Hudson]]
| 06/01/1960
| 2010  
| 2035  
| 2060
|-
| [[IEEE Mohawk Valley Section History|Mohawk Valley]]
| 11/11/1953
| 2003  
| 2028  
| 2053
|-
| [[IEEE New Hampshire Section History|New Hampshire]]
| 09/03/1953
| 2003  
| 2028  
| 2053
|-
| [[IEEE New Jersey Coast Section History|New Jersey Coast]]
| 03/20/1965
| 2015  
| 2040  
| 2065
|-
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 12/10/1919
| 1969  
| 1994  
| 2019
|-
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
| 05/05/1954
| 2004  
| 2029  
| 2054
|-
| [[IEEE Princeton/Central New Jersey Section History|Princeton-Central Jersey]]
| 07/ /1947
| 1997  
| 2022  
| 2047
|-
| [[IEEE Providence Section History|Providence]]
| 03/12/1920
| 1970  
| 1995  
| 2020
|-
| [[IEEE Rochester Section History|Rochester]]
| 10/09/1914
| 1964  
| 1989  
| 2014
|-
| [[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady]]
| 01/26/1903
| 1953  
| 1978  
| 2003
|-
| [[IEEE Springfield Section History|Springfield]]
| 06/29/1922
| 1972  
| 1997  
| 2022
|-
| [[IEEE Syracuse Section History|Syracuse]]
| 08/12/1920
| 1970  
| 1995  
| 2020
|-
| Worcester County  
| 02/18/1920
| 1970  
| 1995
| 2020
|}


<br>
== IEEE Region 1 Directors and Secretaries  ==


<br>
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|-
| '''Director'''
| '''Secretary'''
| '''Tenure'''
|-
|    Lynn C. Holmes, Rochester, NY
| F. A. Mitchell, Unknown
| 1963/64/65
|-
| Dr. W. Crawford Dunlap, W. Newton, MA
| Unknown
| 1966/67
|-
| Dr. Harry Mimno, Lexington, MA
| Unknown
| 1968/69
|-
| Dr. James Storer, Lexington, MA
| Unknown
| 1970/71
|-
| Harold Goldberg, Lexington, MA
| Unknown
| 1972/73
|-
| Richard Benoit, Utica, NY
| Rex Beers, Rome, NY
| 1974/75
|-
| Arthur Rossoff, Huntington Station, NY
| Gondolfo Gallegro, Unk.
| 1976/77
|-
| Dr. James Shepherd, Concord, MA
| Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA
| 1978/79
|-
| Hans Cherney, Mount Kisko, NY
| Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA
| 1980/81
|-
| Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA
| Richard D’Onofrio, Boston, MA
| 1982/83
|-
| Alex Gruenwald, Hicksville, NY
| Lou Luceri, Lindenhurst, NY
| 1984/85
|-
| Michael Whitelaw, Newington, CT
| Richard Kubica, Glastonbury, CT
| 1986/87
|-
| Victor Zourides, Wheatley Heights, NY
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| 1988/89
|-
| John Kaczorowski, Boston, MA
| William Carakatsane, Saugus, MA
| 1990/91
|-
| Joel Snyder, Plainview, NY
| Arthur Hudson, Bedford, NH
| 1992/93
|-
| Richard Ackley, Rome, NY
| Daniel Kenneally, Rome, NY
| 1994/95
|-
| [[Arthur Winston|Dr. Arthur Winston]], Winchester, MA
| James Britt, Peabody, MA
| 1996/97
|-
| Louis Luceri, Lindenhurst, NY
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| 1998/99
|-
| Dr. Irving Engelson, Jamesburg, NJ
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| 2000/01
|-
| Dr. Gerard Alphonse, Princeton, NJ
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| 2002/03
|-
| Roger K. Sullivan, Bergenfield, NJ
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| 2004/05
|-
| Dr. Barry Shoop, West Point, NY
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| 2006/07
|-
| Dr. Howard Michel, N. Dartmouth, MA
| Mary Reidi, Erie Blvd., Syracuse, NY
| 2008/09
|-
| Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Massapequa, NY
| Stanley Karoly,  NY
| 2010
|-
| Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Massapequa, NY
| Santo Mazzola,  Long Island
| 2011
|-
| Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY
| Santo Mazzola,  Long Island
| 2012/13
|-
| Vincent Socci, Binghamton, NY
| Santo Mazzola, Long Island
| 2014/15
|-
| Ronald Tabroff, Boston, MA
| William Carakatsane,  Boston, MA
| 2016/17
|-
| Dr. Babak Beheshti, Long Island
| TBD
| 2018/19
|-
|Ed Palacio – Long Island
|Peter Eckstein - LI
|2020/21
|-
|Dr. Greg Gdowski – Rochester, NY
|Peter Eckstein - LI
|2022/23
|-
|Bala Prasanna – NJ Coast
|Joe Ott - Rochester
|2024/25
|-
|Dr. Charles Rubenstein – Massapequa, NY
|TBD
|2026/27
|}


== Region 1 BOG Meeting Locations  ==
== Region 1 BOG Meeting Locations  ==


<br>LOCATION SPONSORING SECTION DATE
{| width="400" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
 
|-
NY City, NY New York 03/23/65<br>NY City, NY New York 08/04/75 Travelers Hotel, LI, NY Long Island 02/16/76<br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/25/78 Sheraton Laguardia, NY New York or Long Island 11/10/78 <br>Sheraton Laguardia, NY NY or LI 02/02/79 Sheraton Center, NY City, NY New York 04/24/79<br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/14/80<br>Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY Buffalo 09/27/80 MIT, Cambridge, MA Boston 02/28/81<br>Sheraton, NY City, NY New York 04/07/81<br>South Seaside Park, NJ New Jersey Coast 09/26/81<br>MIT Boston 12/12/81<br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/25/82<br>Durham, NH New Hampshire 10/01/8<br>MIT Boston 01/22/83
| '''Location'''
 
| '''Sponsoring Section'''
Sheraton, NY City, NY New York 04/20/83
| '''Date'''
 
|-
Holiday Inn, Fishkill, NY Mid-Hudson 09/24/83
| NY City, NY  
 
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
MIT Boston 01/21/84 <br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/16/84<br>Portland, Maine Maine 09/22/84 <br>MIT Boston 02/09/85 <br>Sheraton, NY City, NY New York 04/24/85  
| 03/23/1965
 
|-
Lenox, MA Berkshire 09/28/85 <br>MIT Boston 01/13/86<br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/14/86<br>Raddisson, Burlington, VT Green Mountain 09/19/86<br>MIT Boston 01/24/87 <br>Viking Hotel Newport, RI Providence 09/12/87 <br>MIT Boston 01/23/88<br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/10/88 <br>Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA Springfield 08/19/88<br>Marriott, Long Island, NY NY or LI 01/21/89 <br>Marriott Marquis, NY City, NY New York 04/12/89 <br>Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY Buffalo 08/19/89<br>Marriott, Laguardia, NY NY or LI 01/20/90  
| NY City, NY  
 
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/08/90 <br>Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Mohawk Valley 08/11/90<br>Ramada, Boston, MA Boston 01/19/91<br>Marriott Marquis, NY City, NY New York 04/17/91 <br>Marriott, Peabody, MA Boston 08/10/91<br>Marriott. Laguardia, NY NY or LI 01/25/92<br>Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/12/92 <br>Nevelle Hotel, Ellenville, NY Mid-Hudson 09/18/92<br>Logan Ramada, Boston, MA Boston 02/20/93<br>Electro 93, NY City, NY New York 05/12/93<br>Roaring Brook, Lake George, NY Schenectady 08/28/93<br>Holiday Inn, Albany, NY Schenectady 02/05/94<br>Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, NY Mid-Hudson 09/23/94<br>Holiday Inn, Albany, NY Schenectady 01/21/95<br>Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA Springfield and/or Worcester 08/26/95 <br>Windsor Locks, CT Connecticut 02/03/96<br>Sheraton, Syracuse, NY Syracuse 08/02/96<br>Radisson, Happauge, NY Long Island 02/08/97<br>Marriott, Andover, MA Boston 08/02/97 Totawa, NJ North Jersey 02/07/98<br>Rochester, NY Rochester 08/08/98<br>Waltham, MA Boston 01/30/99<br>Hyatt, New Brunswick, NJ North Jersey 08/07/99  
| 08/04/1975
 
|-
Sheraton, Burlington, VT Green Mountain 02/02/00 <br>Best Western, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Mohawk Valley 08/19/00<br>Windsor Locks, CT Connecticut 02/03/01<br>Niagara Falls, NY Buffalo 08/12/01 <br>Newark, NJ North Jersey 02/02/02<br>Cornell Hotel, Ithaca, NY Ithaca 08/18/02<br>Boston, MA Boston 02/09/03<br>Schenectady, NY Schenectady 08/17/03<br>Elizabeth, NJ North Jersey 02/07/04<br>Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA` Berkshire 08/27/04 <br>Boston, MA Boston 02/04/05<br>Portland, Maine Maine 08/21/05<br>E. Elmhurst, NY Long Island 02/04/06 Sheraton, Syracuse, NY Syracuse 08/20/06 Windsor Locks, CT Connecticut 02/03/07 Burlington, VT Vermont 08/11/07 <br>Hyatt, New Brunswick, NJ North Jersey 02/09/08 <br>Crowne Plaza, Albany, NY Schenectady 08/02/08  
| Travelers Hotel, LI, NY  
 
| [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
== Region 1 - Electrical/Electronics Milestones  ==
| 02/16/1976
 
|-
a. Milestone: Demonstration of Practical Telegraphy, 1838, Morristown, NJ<br>Section: North Jersey<br>In January 1838 Samuel F. B. Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrated that electrical<br>pulses, transmitted through 2 miles of wire caused an electromagnet to ink dots and <br>dashes on paper.
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/25/1978
|-
| Sheraton, Laguardia, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]] or [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 11/10/1978
|-
| Sheraton, Laguardia, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]] or [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 02/02/1979
|-
| Sheraton Center, New York City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 04/24/1979
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/14/1980
|-
| Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY  
| [[IEEE Buffalo Section History|Buffalo]]
| 09/27/1980
|-
| MIT, Cambridge, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 02/28/1981
|-
| Sheraton, New York City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 04/07/1981
|-
| South Seaside Park, NJ  
| [[IEEE New Jersey Coast Section History|New Jersey Coast]]
| 09/26/1981
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 12/12/1981
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/25/1982
|-
| Durham, NH  
| [[IEEE New Hampshire Section History|New Hampshire]]
| 10/01/1982
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/22/1983
|-
| Sheraton, New York City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 04/20/1983
|-
| Holiday Inn, Fishkill, NY  
| [[IEEE Mid-Hudson Section History|Mid-Hudson]]
| 09/24/1983
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/21/84
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/16/84
|-
| Portland, Maine  
| [[IEEE Maine Section History|Maine]]
| 09/22/84
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 02/09/85
|-
| Sheraton, New York City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 04/24/85
|-
| Lenox, MA  
| [[IEEE Berkshire Section History|Berkshire]]
| 09/28/85
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/13/86
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/14/86
|-
| Raddisson, Burlington, VT  
| [[IEEE Green Mountain Section History|Green Mountain]]
| 09/19/86
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/24/87
|-
| Viking Hotel, Newport, RI  
| [[IEEE Providence Section History|Providence]]
| 09/12/87
|-
| MIT  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/23/88
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/10/88
|-
| Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA  
| [[IEEE Springfield Section History|Springfield]]
| 08/19/88
|-
| Marriott, Long Island, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]] or [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 01/21/89
|-
| Marriott Marquis, NY City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 04/12/89
|-
| Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY  
| [[IEEE Buffalo Section History|Buffalo]]
| 08/19/89
|-
| Marriott, Laguardia, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]] or [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 01/20/90
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/08/90
|-
| Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY  
| [[IEEE Mohawk Valley Section History|Mohawk Valley]]
| 08/11/90
|-
| Ramada, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/19/91
|-
| Marriott Marquis, NY City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 04/17/91
|-
| Marriott, Peabody, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 08/10/91
|-
| Marriott, Laguardia, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]] or [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 01/25/92
|-
| Sheraton, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 05/12/92
|-
| Nevelle Hotel, Ellenville, NY  
| [[IEEE Mid-Hudson Section History|Mid-Hudson]]
| 09/18/92
|-
| Logan Ramada, Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 02/20/93
|-
| Electro 93, NY City, NY  
| [[IEEE New York Section History|New York]]
| 05/12/93
|-
| Roaring Brook, Lake George, NY  
| [[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady]]
| 08/28/93
|-
| Holiday Inn, Albany, NY  
| [[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady]]
| 02/05/94
|-
| Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, NY  
| [[IEEE Mid-Hudson Section History|Mid-Hudson]]
| 09/23/94
|-
| Holiday Inn, Albany, NY  
| [[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady]]
| 01/21/95
|-
| Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA  
| [[IEEE Springfield Section History|Springfield]] and/or Worcester  
| 08/26/95
|-
| Windsor Locks, CT  
| [[IEEE Connecticut Section History|Connecticut]]
| 02/03/96
|-
| Sheraton, Syracuse, NY  
| [[IEEE Syracuse Section History|Syracuse]]
| 08/02/96
|-
| Radisson, Happauge, NY  
| [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 02/08/97
|-
| Marriott, Andover, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 08/02/97
|-
| Totawa, NJ  
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
| 02/07/98
|-
| Rochester, NY  
| [[IEEE Rochester Section History|Rochester]]
| 08/08/98
|-
| Waltham, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 01/30/99
|-
| Hyatt, New Brunswick, NJ  
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
| 08/07/99
|-
| Sheraton, Burlington, VT  
| [[IEEE Green Mountain Section History|Green Mountain]]
| 02/02/00
|-
| Best Western, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada  
| [[IEEE Mohawk Valley Section History|Mohawk Valley]]
| 08/19/00
|-
| Windsor Locks, CT  
| [[IEEE Connecticut Section History|Connecticut]]
| 02/03/01
|-
| Niagara Falls, NY  
| [[IEEE Buffalo Section History|Buffalo]]
| 08/12/01
|-
| Newark, NJ  
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
| 02/02/02
|-
| Cornell Hotel, Ithaca, NY  
| Ithaca  
| 08/18/02
|-
| Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 02/09/03
|-
| Schenectady, NY  
| [[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady]]
| 08/17/03
|-
| Elizabeth, NJ  
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
| 02/07/04
|-
| Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA  
| [[IEEE Berkshire Section History|Berkshire]]
| 08/27/04
|-
| Boston, MA  
| [[IEEE Boston Section History|Boston]]
| 02/04/05
|-
| Portland, Maine  
| [[IEEE Maine Section History|Maine]]
| 08/21/05
|-
| E. Elmhurst, NY  
| [[IEEE Long Island Section History|Long Island]]
| 02/04/06
|-
| Sheraton, Syracuse, NY  
| [[IEEE Syracuse Section History|Syracuse]]
| 08/20/06
|-
| Windsor Locks, CT  
| [[IEEE Connecticut Section History|Connecticut]]
| 02/03/07
|-
| Burlington, VT  
| [[IEEE Green Mountain Section History|Green Mountain]]
| 08/11/07
|-
| Hyatt, New Brunswick, NJ  
| [[IEEE North Jersey Section History|North Jersey]]
| 02/09/08
|-
| Crowne Plaza, Albany, NY  
| [[IEEE Schenectady Section History|Schenectady]]
| 08/02/08
|-
| virtual
| n/a
| 07/11/2020
|-
| virtual
| n/a
| 08/21/2021
|-
| Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center, Southbridge, MA
|
| 08/13/2022 - 08/24/2022
|}


b. Milestone: Electric Fire Alarm System, 1852, Boston, MA<br>Section: Boston<br>On April 28, 1852 the first municipal electric fire alarm system, using call boxes which indicated the fire location, was implemented. It was invented by William Channing and Moses Farmer. The approach was subsequently adopted throughout the US and Canada. <br><br>c. Milestone: First Intelligible Voice Transmission Over Electric Wires, 1876, Boston, MA<br>Section: Boston<br>The first transmission of intelligible speech over electric wires took place on March 10, 1876. The inventor, Alexander Graham Bell called out to his assistant, “Mr. Watson come here I want to see you.”
== Region 1 Milestones ==


d. Milestone: Thomas Alva Edison Historic Site, 1876, Menlo Park, NJ<br>Section: North Jersey<br>Between 1876 and 1882 at Menlo Park, NJ, Thomas Edison developed the world’s first research and development laboratory for development of new technology. Edison and his staff developed the first: incandescent lighting; electric power generation; recorded sound; and a commercially successful telephone transmitter.
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e. Milestone: Alternating Current Electrification, 1886, Great Barrington, MA<br>Section: Berkshire<br>On March 20, 1886 William Stanley provided ac electrification to offices and stores on Main Street, Great Barrington, MA. This was the first electrical illumination using ac power with transformers for voltage level adjustment in an electrical distribution system. This proved that ac was a superior long-range distribution system and resulted in the electrification of the world.


f. Milestone: Power System of Boston’s Rapid Transit, 1889, Boston, MA<br>Section: Boston<br>The pioneering efforts of the West End Street Railway Company in 1889 designed and constructed a safe, economically viable, and reliable electric power system for rapid transit. The success resulted in adoption of mass transit nationwide.
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g. Milestone: Adams Hydroelectric Generating Plant, 1895, Niagara Falls, NY Section: Buffalo<br>The completion of the Adams Plant on August 26, 1895 proved the superiority of ac over dc for transmission over distance. The advantage of ac and the unprecedented size of the plant (ten 5,000 horsepower generators by May 1900) strongly influenced the electrical industry worldwide.


h. Milestone: Alexanderson Radio Alternator, 1904, Schenectady, NY Section: Schenectady<br>The Radio Alternator invented by Alexanderson was a high power RF source which provided reliable transoceanic radiotelegraph communications after WW-1. Alexanderson, a GE Engineer designed radio alternators with a frequency range of 100khz and power capability of 2kw to 200kw.
== Region 1 Student Branches ==


i. Milestone: AC Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, <br>1907, Cos Cob, CT<br>Section: Connecticut<br>This ac power concept established a technical and economic alternative to dc, which was developed by the engineering staff of the railroads and Westinghouse Electric, East Pittsburgh, PA The successful results of this development exerted significant influence over subsequent systems in the US and abroad.
=== Binghamton ===


j. Milestone: Two-Way Police Radio Communication, 1933, Bayonne, NJ Section: North Jersey<br>In 1933 the police department in Bayonne initiated regular two-way communications in their squad cars, a major advance over previous one-way systems. Radio engineer Frank A. Gunther and station operator Vincent Doyle implemented high frequency two-way radios, in patrol vehicles which became the standard in the US. <br><br>k. Milestone: FM Police Radio Communications, 1940, Hartford, CT Section: Connecticut<br>Daniel E. Noble at the University of Connecticut and engineers at the Fred M. Link <br>Company developed an FM radio system for Connecticut State Police which greatly reduced the static found in AM radios. This resulted in FM radio being standard for police radios in the US.
*[[IEEE Binghamton University Student Branch History‎|Binghamton University]]


l. Milestone: MIT Radiation Laboratory, 1940-1945, Cambridge, MA Section: Boston<br>The MIT Radiation Laboratory made fundamental contributions to the design and <br>deployment of microwave radar systems. The laboratory efforts included contributions to microwave theory and technology, operational radar, systems engineering, long-range navigation, and control equipment.
=== Schenectady ===


m. Milestone: Monochrome-Compatible Electronic Color Television, 1946-1953, <br>Princeton, NJ<br>Section: Princeton-Central Jersey<br>RCA Laboratories invented and developed the first monochrome-compatible color <br>television system. RCA worked with the industry, for three years, to develop a national analog standard which was utilized until the advent of digital broadcasting.
*[[IEEE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Branch History|Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]


n. Milestone: First Transatlantic Transmission of a Television Signal via Satellite, 1962,<br>Andover, Maine<br>Section: Maine<br>On July 11, 1962 the first transatlantic TV signal was transmitted from Andover to a <br>twin station in Pleumeur-Bodou, France via the TELESTAR satellite.
=== Syracuse ===


o. Milestone: Liquid Crystal Display, 1968, Princeton, NJ<br>Section: Princeton-Central Jersey<br>Engineers and scientists at RCA David Sarnoff Research Center led by George H. Heilmeier, Louis A. Zanoni, and Lucien A. Barton, devised a method of electronic control of light reflected from liquid crystals, and demonstrated the first liquid crystal display. The electronics industry produces millions of display devices today.
*[[IEEE Syracuse University Student Branch History‎|Syracuse University]]


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Latest revision as of 01:37, 7 June 2025

IEEE Region 1 (Northeastern U.S.) History
Display name Region 1
Region number 1
Geographic regions Northeastern U.S.
Home page https://ieeer1.org/
List of Councils in this Region
List of Sections in this Region
List of Subsections in this Region

Preface

The initial version of this page was based on a report prepared by the Region 1 History Committee as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 125th year anniversary. This document is intended to be a living history of Region 1 and officers and members of the twenty-two Region 1 Sections are urged to provide data updates. Data desired includes special past Section activities, special history milestones that have not been reported to the IEEE History Center and activities by members who have made significant contributions to Region 1, and IEEE.

The Region 1 History Committee wishes to acknowledge the significant support received in the collection of Region 1 history data. History collection was started by the first Historian of Region 1, Rudy Stiefel, of the New York Section during his tenure of 1988-1989. He was followed by Frank Logan, also from the New York Section in 1990-1991. The third Historian was Roderic Lowman, from the Long Island Section who served from 1992-2000. The Historian during the 125th anniversary project, who served from 2001, was Richard Ackley of the Mohawk Valley Section. All of the Historians have collected data from the IEEE History Center, at Rutgers University; from the Regional Activities Board (RAB) at Piscataway; and from the Region and Sections. Roger Sullivan, the Director of Region 1 in 2004-2005, requested that the Historian start a Region 1 History document. At his request visits were made for the collection of data at both the History Center and RAB, which is part of this report. Again our special acknowledgement to the History Center and RAB. We wish to thank Dr. Howard Michel, 2008-2009 Region 1 Director for his support in the generation of this report.

Origin of the Districts in the AIEE

A description of the Vice-presidental election issues raised by Whitehead, which led to the forming of the AIEE districts. From AIEE Board of Director minutes, April 9th, 1920
Initial map of AIEE districts, from November 12th 1920 Bylaws

For a general history of the AIEE, see: AIEE History 1884-1963

The AIEE was founded in New York City, and as the Institute progressed outwards geographically, it started to form sections, the first of which was the Chicago section, formed in 1893. While the modern IEEE Regions are very closely affiliated and linked with their sections, the establishment of geographical districts within the AIEE arose not from a need to manage or coordinate with the sections themselves, but rather, from a need for election reform. During the 1920 election, John B. Whitehead had found himself on the official ballot for vice-president without his knowledge. A number of nomination ballots had been cast for him without his consent, which caused him to write to the secretary of the Institute, asking to investigate the matter and make improvements to the election procedure where appropriate. The board took up this matter on April 9th, appointing a committee of three to make recommendations.

The committee decided to increase the number of Vice-presidents from six to ten, and divide the membership into ten geographical districts, each of which would be represented by a Vice-president. These recommendations from the committee manifested in the Constitutional amendment approved on May 21st, 1920, in which the following provision was added:

24A. At the election of Vice-Presidents held in 1921 there shall be elected one Vice-President from each geographical district, those from the odd-numbered districts to serve for one year each, and those from the even-numbered districts two years each. All Vice-Presidents elected thereafter shall serve for two years each. In the event of a change in the geographical districts, the Vice-Presidents then in office shall complete their terms. In case of revisions of the geographical districts, the Board of Directors shall have the power to elect a Vice-President from each district not represented, to serve until the next election covering these districts.

The initial AIEE Geographical Districts were approved with the revision of November 12th, 1920 version of the By-laws. Aside from New York City and the immediately surrounding metropolitan area, these Districts were broken down by state, not AIEE geographical section.

The initial AIEE District composition was as follows:

  1. North Eastern:
    • Connecticut (exclusive of NY Section Territory)
    • Maine
    • Massachusetts
    • New Hampshire
    • New York (exclusive of NY Section Territory)
    • Rhode Island
    • Vermont
  2. Middle Eastern:
    • Delaware
    • District of Columbia
    • Maryland
    • New Jersey (exclusive of NY Section Territory)
    • Ohio
    • Pennsylvania
    • West Virginia
  3. New York City:
    • Territory of the New York Section
    • Canal Zone
    • Puerto Rico
    • All foreign countries (Canada excepted)
  4. Southern:
    • Alabama
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana
    • Mississippi
    • North Carolina
    • South Carolina
    • Tennessee
    • Virginia
  5. Great Lakes:
    • Illinois
    • Indiana
    • Michigan
    • Wisconsin
  6. North Central:
    • Colorado
    • Iowa
    • Minnesota
    • Nebraska
    • North Dakota
    • South Dakota
    • Wyoming
  7. South West:
    • Arkansas
    • Kansas
    • Missouri
    • New Mexico
    • Oklahoma
    • Texas
  8. Pacific:
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Nevada
    • Hawaii
    • Philippines
  9. North West:
    • Idaho
    • Montana
    • Oregon
    • Utah
    • Washington
    • Alaska
  10. Canada

Origin of the Regions in the IRE

IRE Regions, pre-merger

For a general history of the IRE, see: IRE History 1912-1963

Unlike the AIEE, the IRE regional structure was much more closely linked its geographical sections. The eight initial regions established by the September 10th, 1947 revision to the Bylaws were as follows:

  1. North Atlantic
  2. North Central Atlantic
  3. Central Atlantic
  4. East Central
  5. Central
  6. Southern
  7. Pacific
  8. Canadian

Several provisions in the bylaws directly linked the regions to sections, including provisions that state "regions which fail to maintain reasonable activity may, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be dissolved and the Sections may be absorbed into other Regions", (Section 58) "Each member of the Regional Committee shall be, ex-officio, a member of the Executive Commitee of his own Section", (Section 58) and "Pending installation of the first Regional Director of each Region, the chairman of the largest Section numerically in the Region shall act as chairman pro tem, and the chairman pro tem shall appoint a secretary-treasurer pro tem who shall act until the secretary-treasurer of the Regional Committee is appointed." (Section 59)

IEEE Region 1 is Formed

AIEE Districts, pre-merger
Proposed regional structure post-merger which was adopted by the IEEE

For a general overview of the merger, see: Formation of IEEE by the Merger of AIEE and IRE

District and regional re-alignment was one of the major questions considered by the lengthy merger effort. By 1962, AIEE Districts had grown to fifteen in number and had become more closely linked with the operations of sections, while the IRE regions had remained constant at eight - seven in the United States and one for Canada.

The proposed regional re-alignment for the merged IEEE was largely based on the IRE regional structure, condensing the seven United States regions into six, and Region 1 of the IEEE was to be formed out of a consolidation of Regions 1 and 2 of the IRE, encompassing all of New England, New York State, the northern half of New Jersey, and a small part of Pennsylvania that is part of the Binghamton section.

The first IEEE Region 1 director was Lynn C. Holmes, who served in the position from 1963-1965. Holmes was a Fellow of both the AIEE (1951) and the IRE (1949). In the AIEE, he served as the AIEE District 1 Chair (Empire District) from 1958 to 1960, and served as a Director-at-Large on the AIEE Board of Directors from 1961 until the merger.

Regional boundaries have remained constant since 1963 until a proposed regional re-alignment was approved by the Board of Directors in November 2022, that would merge Region 1 with Region 2, currently scheduled to take place in 2028.

Region 1 Sections

Berkshire

Board of Governors (BOG) Region 1 Meeting and Berkshire Section

Centennial Celebration conducted on 27-29 August 2004.

On 25 March 1904, Pittsfield became the 19th Branch of the AIEE, and the 4th in Region 1. Note that Pittsfield was the AIEE designation, which was changed to Berkshire when IEEE was formed. The AIEE designation was changed from Branch to Section in 1907. The first Chairman of Pittsfield was C.C. Chesney, and the first Secretary was H. H. Barnes. Pittsfield was very active in AIEE, assuming many Institute leadership positions. In 1942-43, K. B. McEachron became Chairman of District 1 of AIEE. Note that the AIEE District was a geographical entity similar to our Regions, and District 1 covered an area similar to Region 1, without the NY metropolitan area. Note also that the District Chairman was also a Vice-President of AIEE. McEachron was followed by another Pittsfield member in 1952-1953, W. Scott Hill.

The only information in the archives regarding Pittsfield and IRE was their name: Western Massachusetts, and their membership date was 1958.

Edward Ptak, Berkshire Historian prepared an excellent history document which covers Section history from 1884-1984, which they called a “ Living History.” The document was appropriately named, since an addendum was issued in 1985, a second addendum in 1989, and a third now in preparation. The history document is provided on the Berkshire section web site. (Under the Berkshire Section at http://www.ieee.org.) Some excerpts from this excellent history follows.

William Stanley joined the Section (AIEE) in 1887, making him one of the first members of AIEE. He started the Stanley Electrical Manufacturing Company in Pittsfield in 1890, which was annexed by General Electric as their Pittsfield works. Stanley was the developer of alternating current, with encouragement from George Westinghouse, which resulted in the electrification of America. Their Section meetings had over 1000 attendees, with speakers that were well known in Science and society. Charles Steinmetz discussed Einstein’s Theory of Relativity; Floyd Bennett discussed The North Pole and back Again; Lowell Thomas discussed his adventures around the world; Amelia Earhart discussed adventures in the air; and Willy Ley discussed conquest of space, to name a few.

Binghamton

Binghamton became a Sub-Section of Ithaca Section of AIEE in 1947, but did not become a Section of the Institute. Binghamton became a Section of IRE on 7 March 1952 which is their IEEE anniversary date. The first IRE officers were: J.H. Merchant, Chairman; and R. F. New, Secretary. A careful check of all available archives and the Binghamton Section Web Site provided no further historical data on Binghamton.

Boston

Region 1 BOG Meeting, and Boston Section Centennial

Celebration Conducted on 7-9 February 2003.

Boston was the 12th Branch in AIEE, and the 3rd in Region 1. This meeting not only Celebrated the centennial but also celebrated the election of Dr. Arthur Winston as IEEE President. Boston was very active in the founding of IRE, and provided three of the first five Presidents; John Greenleaf Pickard, Director of the Wireless Specialty Apparatus Company, in 1913; John Stone Stone, President of Stone Wireless and Telegraph Company, in 1915; and Arthur Kennelly, Professor of Engineering at Harvard and MIT, in 1916. Arthur Kennelly was also President of the AIEE in 1898-1900. There were three other Presidents of AIEE from Boston; Alexander Graham Bell, who taught and did his original telephone work in Boston; Comfort Adams, Professor at Harvard; and Frank Jewett, Professor at MIT. The first officers of IRE were: A. E. Kennelly, Chairman; and Melville Eastham, Secretary. The archives start in 1904, the year after Boston Joined the AIEE, and the officers for 1904 were: R. Fleming, Chairman; and G. H. Stickney, Secretary.

Boston Section has continued its very active support after the formation of IEEE in 1963. Richard Damon was elected IEEE President in 1981, and as previously mentioned Dr. Arthur Winston in 2004. Nine Boston members have been elected Region 1 Directors and Chairman of the Region 1 BOG; Dr. W. Crawford Dunlap, 1966-1967; Dr. Harry Mimno, 1968-1969; Dr. James Storer, 1970-1971, Harold Goldberg, 1972-1973; Dr. James Shepherd, 1978-1979; Dr. Bruce Wedlock, 1982-1983; John Kaczorowski, 1990-1991; Dr. Arthur Winston, 1996-1997; and Dr. Howard Michel, 2008-2009. Boston has conducted twenty-three Regional Meetings for Region 1. From 1980-1988 Dr. Bruce Wedlock conducted the Spring Meetings at the MIT Stratton building, Student Center.

The Boston Section has been continually involved in the development of engineering knowledge, and new electronic inventions and product development. The Section formed the New England Research and Engineering Meeting (NEREM), which they operated until 1976 when NEREM merged with the New York IEEE International Conference (INTERCON) to form the Trade Show ELECTRO. The Boston and NEW York Sections continued to operate ELECTRO shows annually for twenty years until the program ceased to be financially self supporting. Boston area also provided key research and development in Electronics, with MIT, Lincoln Laboratory, and large firms such as Raytheon. There were key activities in Military Electronics.

Buffalo

BOG meeting for 10-12 August 2001.

The Niagara Frontier Section was chartered by the AIEE on 10 February 1925.

Curiously a small area around Niagara Falls was not included, or was later removed and incorporated into the Niagara International Section which was chartered in 1948. Niagara International included Niagara Falls, USA; Niagara Falls, Canada and St. Catherines, Canada. The first Chairman of the Niagara Frontier Section was J. Allen Johnson and the first Secretary was A.W. Underhill Jr. The Section was closely associated with local electrical industries and the Secretaries frequently listed their addresses as: GE, Niagara Electric. Westinghouse, NY Telephone, and Dupont.

The IRE was incorporated in 1927, as the Buffalo-Niagara Section, with L. C. F. Hoyle listed as its first Chair, a position he held for at least three years. Several Section Officers listed their addresses as Colonial Radio Corporation, 1280 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y. After the merger of the founding Societies to form IEEE in 1963, the name of the Section was changed to Buffalo.

The first Region 1 BOG meeting in the Buffalo Section was held on 27 September 1980, at the Niagara Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY, and the second Buffalo Region 1 BOG meeting was again held at the Niagara Hilton on 19 August 1989.

Connecticut

and Region 1 BOG Meeting conducted on 1 February 2001.

The AIEE Connecticut Section was formed on 16 April 1921. The first officers were: C. F. Scott, chairman; and A.E. Knowlton, Secretary. The IRE Section was formed in 1928 and was named Connecticut Valley. The first officers were: W. G. Cady, Chairman; and George W. Pettingill Jr., Secretary. The Connecticut Valley Section had officers from both the Hartford area and Springfield MA, therefore Springfield Section should perhaps also be listed as an IRE member.

Michael Whitelaw from CT was elected Regional Director in 1986-1987. Due to Mike’s strong encouragement many of us became active in the IEEE. Region 1 BOG Meetings have been held at Windsor Locks, CT on 3 February 1996; 3 February 2001; and February 2007.

Green Mountain

and Region 1 BOG Meeting on 11 August 2007.

The AIEE formed a Student Branch at Norwich University, in Norwich, VT on 28 June 1916. The University was moved from Norwich to Northfield, VT, and there is no indication the Branch continued after 1920. However, in 1994 the IEEE had a Student Branch at Norwich University, which is not mentioned on the Vermont Section WEB Site, unless the college name has been changed. In 1954, a Sub-Section of Pittsfield, MA was formed in Vermont, and in 1960 AIEE formed the Vermont Section.

The first Section Officers were: R. O. King, Chair; and P.M. Seal, Secretary. IRE formed a Sub-Section called Northern Vermont, but the parent Section is not identified. Other BOG meetings were held in September 1986, and February 2000. The name of the Section was changed from Vermont to Green Mountain in 2001.

Ithaca

Region 1 BOG Meeting and Ithaca Section Centennial Celebration conducted on 16-18 August 2002.

Ithaca was the first Section in Region 1 to reach the enviable milestone of being a century section having been made a Cornell University Branch of AIEE on 15 October 1902. Ithaca shares 4th Section honors in AIEE with Lehigh University and The University of Wisconsin that had the same entry date. Cornell University Branch became a Section in 1908 and the name was changed to Ithaca. The archives are not available prior to 1904, therefore officers for 1904 are provided and were: Harris J. Ryan, Chairman; and George S. Macomber, Secretary. Starting in 1938, the archives show Ithaca had 47 members, which increased to 158 in 1949, the last year data was available. In 1947, Binghamton was made a Sub-Section of Ithaca.

Ithaca was also active in IRE, and a Sub-Section of Syracuse was formed in 1953.

They advanced to full IRE membership in 1954. The first officers were: Ben Warriner, Chairman; and R.L. Wooley, Secretary. Since the merger of AIEE and IRE in 1963, Ithaca has not been active in Regional affairs, No data exists in the archives regarding Section activities, and Ithaca does not have a Section site on the IEEE Geographic Activity Web Site.

Long Island

and Region 1 BOG Meetings

The archives show no Long Island association with AIEE. Long Island was far more active in Electronics, having many companies doing Military work as well as home electronics. Long Island therefore formed an IRE Section on 6 May 1953. The first officers were: Vincent Learned, Chair; and J. F. Bisby, Secretary. Eight winter meetings were held on Long Island, most of which were held at or near LaGuardia Field. Dates of these meetings were 1976, 1978,1979, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997, and 2006. The archives do not indicate whether NY or Long Island sponsored these meetings. Long Island has been very active in The IEEE, having two members elected President; Henry Bachman, in 1987, and Joel Snyder in 2001. Five Region 1 Directors have been elected from Long Island: Arthur Rossoff in 1976-1977; Alex Gruenwald in 1984-1985; Victor Zourides in 1988-1989; Joel Snyder in 1992-1993; and Louis Luceri in 1998-1999. We want to give Peter Eckstein special recognition since he served as Secretary of the BOG for twelve years. Eckstein not only did an excellent job on his Secretary activities but did all the planning for the 24 BOG meetings conducted during his tenure.

Maine

and Region 1 BOG Meeting on 20 August 2005.

The Maine AIEE Section was formed on 30 June 1955, and the first officers were: H. W. Murdock, Chair, and Basil Payne, Secretary. The archives do not show that Maine had any IRE entity. The only archival IEEE activity shown is the Regional Board of Governors Meeting noted above.

Mid-Hudson

Mid-Hudson became a Section of AIEE on 1 June 1960, with the name Hudson Valley.

The first officers were: D. R. Zeissett, Chair; and H. M. Round, Secretary. The archives do  not indicate that Mid-Hudson had any association with the IRE. Mid-Hudson had two IEEE Regional Directors: Hans Cherney, 1980-1981; and Barry Shoop, 2006-2007. Region 1 BOG Meetings were held in Mid-Hudson in 1983, 1992, and 1994. West Point Military Academy, and the IBM Company are very active in the Mid-Hudson region; teaching, inventing and developing electronics.

Mohawk Valley

Mohawk Valley had no direct AIEE involvement, however, in 1950 Syracuse formed a St. Lawrence AIEE Sub-Section which was International because it included Cornwall, Ontario. Canada. When the IEEE was formed in 1963, the St. Lawrence area including Cornwall became part of the Mohawk Valley Section, as a Sub-Section thereby making it an International Section. The first Officers were: P. F. Mengel, Chair; and G. W. Reed, Secretary. This area has now become a direct part of the Mohawk Valley Section. IRE formed a Section on 11 November 1953, called Rome-Utica Section. The first Officers of the Mohawk Valley Section were: Harry Davis, Chair; and M.V. Ratynski, Secretary. Mohawk Valley has held two Regional BOG Meetings. The first was held at Clarkson University in, Potsdam, NY, on 11 August 1990. The second meeting was held in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, on 19 August 2000. The US Air Force Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory) was very active in the design and development of Radar, Communications, Electronic Countermeasures, Intelligence, and Electronic Warfare. General Electric Aerospace was active in the design and development of Electronic Systems. Two Mohawk Valley members have been elected Region 1 Directors; Richard Benoit in 1974-1975, and Richard Ackley in 1994-1995.

New Hampshire

New Hampshire AIEE Section was formed on 3 September 1953. The first Officers were: R. W. Hunt, Chair; and R. A. Nichols, Secretary. The archives do not show an IRE entity for New Hampshire. The Region 1 BOG held a meeting at Durham, New Hampshire on 1 October 1982.

New Jersey Coast

New Jersey Coast is the only Section in Region 1 that was formed after the AIEE/IRE Merger, on 20 March 1965. The archives do not have any information regarding the first Officers. Section petition documents indicate Dr. David C Hogg to have been Chairman of the Monmouth Sub-section of the New York Section at the time of the approval to form the New Jersey Coast Section. Region 1 BOG held a meeting at South Seaside Park, NJ on 26 September 1981.

New York

New York AIEE Section was formed on 10 December 1919. The first Officers were: H. W. Buck, Chair; and H. A. Pratt, Secretary. Although the first technical session of AIEE was held in Philadelphia, most of the early meetings were held in New York City. The New York IRE Section was formed in 1943, and the first Officers were: H. M. Lewis, Chair; and H. F. Dart, Secretary. New York Section sponsored several Region 1 BOG Meetings: 1965, 1975, 1979, 1981, 1983,1985, 1989, 1991, and 1993. Laguardia meetings mentioned for Long Island may have been co-sponsored by NY. New York Section had two members elected President of IEEE; Eric E. Sumner, and Lewis M. Terman. Roger Sullivan served as Director of Region 1 in 2004-05. We want to give special recognition to Karl Sommer who ably conducted the BOG office of Treasurer for nine different Directors over a period of eighteen years. The New York Section has been continually involved in the development of electrical engineering knowledge and electronic development. New York formed the IEEE International Conference (INTERCON) to interchange electrical and electronics knowledge and show new products and ideas. The INTERCON merged with Boston’s New England Research and Engineering Meeting (NEREM) to form the trade show ELECTRO. New York and Boston continued to operate ELECTRO shows annually for twenty years until it ceased to be self-supporting.

North Jersey

The IEEE North Jersey Section grew out of the IRE Northern New Jersey Sub-Section of the New York Section, which was formed in 1947, with the name Northern New Jersey. The first Officer was Jerry B. Minter, chair. BOG Meetings were held in North Jersey in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2008. North Jersey has Edison Menlo Park located within their Section, where much of the early electrical and electronics marvels were invented and reduced to practice, which we don’t feel we can get along without today. North Jersey has another very critical location, the IEEE Headquarters, in Piscataway.

In the AIEE, the territory that is currently part of the IEEE North Jersey Section was a part of the AIEE New Jersey Subsection of the New York Section, which was formed in 1947. The first Officers of the AIEE New Jersey Subsection were: Leland F. Stone, Chair; and L.J. Lunas Secretary.

Princeton-Central Jersey

Princeton was an AIEE Sub-Section of Philadelphia in 1962, with Officers: H. M. Chandler, Chair; and J. L. VanDine, Secretary. Two Region 1 Directors are from the Princeton-Central Jersey Section: Dr. Gerard Alphonse in 2001-2002; and Irving Engelson in 2000-2001.

Providence

Providence became a Section of AIEE on 12 March 1920, with Walter C. Slade, Chair and F. N. Tompkins, Secretary. The archives do not show any IRE involvement in Providence. Providence held a Region 1 BOG meeting in Newport, RI on 12 August 1987.

Rochester

Rochester became a Section of AIEE on 9 October 1914, with E. L. Wilder, Chair, and F. E. Haskell, Secretary. Rochester became a Section of IRE in 1926, with V. N. Graham Chair, and Harvey Klumb Secretary. When the founding Societies merged Lynn C. Holmes, Rochester Section was the first Region 1 Director and the only Director that served three terms; 1963, 1964, and 1965. Rochester hosted a summer Region 1 BOG Meeting on 8 August 1998.

Schenectady

Region 1 BOG Meeting on 15-17 August 2003, and Schenectady Centennial Celebration

Schenectady Section is congratulated for reaching that coveted milestone of century membership in the Institute and in the same year, 2003, by having one of their members, Dr. Michael Adler elected President of IEEE. Dr. Adler was the second IEEE President from Schenectady, the first being; Harold Chestnut in 1973. Other Region 1 BOG Meetings were held in the Schenectady Section in 1993, 1994, and 2008.

Schenectady became a Branch of AIEE on 26 January 1903, and was the 10th/11th Branch in AIEE, and the 2nd Branch in Region 1 area.

Any discussion of Schenectady and AIEE must also consider the General Electric Company (GE) and its founding entities. Note that GE was formed in 1892, only eight years after AIEE. GE was formed by the merger of the Edison General Electric Company of New York and Thompson-Houston Company of Lynn, MA.

The great electrical engineering company and the great electrical engineering society grew together in Schenectady and basically utilized the same personnel. The Chair and Secretary of Schenectady AIEE invariably had a GE address GE grew rapidly annexing several smaller firms. One of these was Rudolph Eichemayers Manufacturing Company in Yonkers, NY. Whose Chief Draftsman was Charles Steinmetz. GE continued to grow in Schenectady when Thomas Edison moved his NY Tool Works there in 1886.

In 1894, Charles Steinmetz was transferred to Schenectady GE and was elected AIEE President in 1901-1902. An Employees Engineering Society was formed at GE in 1898 which grew rapidly and transferred into the AIEE as a Branch as noted above. In 1904 Dr. Steinmetz served as the AIEE Branch Chair, and R. Neil Williams was Secretary. In 1907, AIEE Branches were renamed Sections.

A Section of IRE was formed in Schenectady in 1950 with: H. L. Thorson as Chair, and J. D. Cobine as Secretary. Both had addresses at GE. Schenectady IRE Section was relatively late in being formed. It should be noted that GE was the major electrical manufacturer, and they concentrated on large power equipment and electronics did not become critical in these large systems until later.

Springfield

Springfield became a Section of AIEE on 29 June 1922, with Officers: W. A. Dick, Chair, and J. Frank Murray Secretary. The archives do not show any IRE membership for Springfield. Two Region 1 BOG Meetings were sponsored by the Springfield Section; both of which were held at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge, MA. The first was held on 19 August 1988, and the second on 26 August 1995.

Syracuse

and BOG Meeting held on 19 August 2006.

An AIEE University Branch was formed at Syracuse University on 24 February 1905, and has been active since that time. The first Officer was W. P. Graham who was Chair and Secretary. The Syracuse AIEE Section was formed on 12 August 1920, with Edward T. Moore Chair and Frank Simpson Secretary. The Syracuse IRE Section was formed in 1947 with C. A. Priest Chair and R. E. Moe Secretary. At the time the Section was formed Dr. W. R. G. Baker, a Vice-President of GE Electronics was elected President of IRE. The support the History committee received from Syracuse in the preparation of this report was outstanding. Syracuse members contributing were: George Kirkpatrick, LFIEEE; Jay Lee, Syracuse University representative; Mike Hayes, Syracuse Section Chair; and our Regional long-term colleague Donald Herres. Mr. Kirkpatrick was very active in IRE and represented Dr. Baker at many IRE functions He was also a contemporary of Arthur Stern who was IEEE President in 1975 and Jerome Suran who was IEEE President in 1979.

Both Stern and Suran were at GE Electronics Park, Syracuse, but it is unknown if they were there when they were Presidents.He also did considerable volunteer work with Dr. George Haller who was also at GE Syracuse. Dr. Haller worked with engineers at Wright Patterson Air force Base to form the IRE Professional Group on Airborne and Navigational Electronics (PGANE). After the merger of IRE with AIEE, the PGANE became a part of IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society (AESS). Mike Hayes reported that Nick Holonyak Jr. While at GE Syracuse, invented the first visible Semiconductor Laser in 1957.

Worcester County

The Worcester Section of AIEE was formed on 18 February 1920, with C. R. Oliver Chair and Dean J. Locke Secretary. Worcester County did not have any indication of IRE involvement in the archives. Worcester County had no Regional BOG meetings unless they co-chaired with Springfield in 1988 or 1995.

Larry Nelson is commended for his tireless and active support for the Worcester Section and IEEE, and also Larry Nelson Jr. for his support of Regional Electronic Communications.

Region 1 Founders of AIEE

Name Address Section
Ralph Wainwright Pope Great Barrington, MA Berkshire
Charles A. Cross Boston, MA Boston
Thomas Edison New York, NY/ Menlo Park, NJ NY or North Jersey
George Hamilton New York, NY New York
Theodore B. Vail Boston, MA Boston
Edward Weston Newark, NJ North Jersey
George Prescott New York, NY New York
Elihu Thomson Swampscott, MA Boston

Region 1 Founders of IRE

Name Address Section
Robert H. Marriott Brooklyn, NY New York
John Stone Stone Boston, MA Boston

AIEE Presidents From Region 1

Name Year
Franklin L. Pope 1886-87
Edward Weston 1888-89
Elihu Thomson 1889-90
Alexander Graham Bell 1891-92
Charles P. Steinmetz 1901-02

IRE Presidents From Region 1

Name Year
John Stone Stone 1915
Walter W. R. G. Baker 1947

IEEE Presidents From Region 1

Name Year
Ernst Weber 1963
Clarence Linder 1964
Harold Chestnut 1973
Richard Damon 1981
Henry L. Bachman 1987
Emerson W. Pugh 1989
Eric E. Sumner 1991
Joel B. Snyder 2001
Michael S. Adler 2003
Arthur W. Winston 2004
Lewis M. Terman 2008
John R. Vig 2009
Moshe Kam 2011
Peter Staecker 2013
Howard Michel 2015
Barry L. Shoop 2016

Region 1 Section Anniversary Dates

Section Date Established 50th Anniversary 75th Anniversary 100th Anniversary
Berkshire 03/25/1904 1954 1979 2004
Binghamton 03/07/1952 2002 2027 2052
Boston 02/12/1903 1953 1978 2003
Buffalo 02/10/1925 1975 2000 2025
Connecticut 04/16/1921 1971 1996 2021
Green Mountain 04/01/1960 2010 2035 2060
Ithaca 10/15/1902 1952 1977 2002
Long Island 05/06/1953 2003 2028 2053
Maine 06/30/1955 2005 2030 2055
Mid-Hudson 06/01/1960 2010 2035 2060
Mohawk Valley 11/11/1953 2003 2028 2053
New Hampshire 09/03/1953 2003 2028 2053
New Jersey Coast 03/20/1965 2015 2040 2065
New York 12/10/1919 1969 1994 2019
North Jersey 05/05/1954 2004 2029 2054
Princeton-Central Jersey 07/ /1947 1997 2022 2047
Providence 03/12/1920 1970 1995 2020
Rochester 10/09/1914 1964 1989 2014
Schenectady 01/26/1903 1953 1978 2003
Springfield 06/29/1922 1972 1997 2022
Syracuse 08/12/1920 1970 1995 2020
Worcester County 02/18/1920 1970 1995 2020

IEEE Region 1 Directors and Secretaries

Director Secretary Tenure
Lynn C. Holmes, Rochester, NY F. A. Mitchell, Unknown 1963/64/65
Dr. W. Crawford Dunlap, W. Newton, MA Unknown 1966/67
Dr. Harry Mimno, Lexington, MA Unknown 1968/69
Dr. James Storer, Lexington, MA Unknown 1970/71
Harold Goldberg, Lexington, MA Unknown 1972/73
Richard Benoit, Utica, NY Rex Beers, Rome, NY 1974/75
Arthur Rossoff, Huntington Station, NY Gondolfo Gallegro, Unk. 1976/77
Dr. James Shepherd, Concord, MA Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA 1978/79
Hans Cherney, Mount Kisko, NY Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA 1980/81
Dr. Bruce Wedlock, Arlington, MA Richard D’Onofrio, Boston, MA 1982/83
Alex Gruenwald, Hicksville, NY Lou Luceri, Lindenhurst, NY 1984/85
Michael Whitelaw, Newington, CT Richard Kubica, Glastonbury, CT 1986/87
Victor Zourides, Wheatley Heights, NY Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 1988/89
John Kaczorowski, Boston, MA William Carakatsane, Saugus, MA 1990/91
Joel Snyder, Plainview, NY Arthur Hudson, Bedford, NH 1992/93
Richard Ackley, Rome, NY Daniel Kenneally, Rome, NY 1994/95
Dr. Arthur Winston, Winchester, MA James Britt, Peabody, MA 1996/97
Louis Luceri, Lindenhurst, NY Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 1998/99
Dr. Irving Engelson, Jamesburg, NJ Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2000/01
Dr. Gerard Alphonse, Princeton, NJ Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2002/03
Roger K. Sullivan, Bergenfield, NJ Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2004/05
Dr. Barry Shoop, West Point, NY Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY 2006/07
Dr. Howard Michel, N. Dartmouth, MA Mary Reidi, Erie Blvd., Syracuse, NY 2008/09
Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Massapequa, NY Stanley Karoly, NY 2010
Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, Massapequa, NY Santo Mazzola, Long Island 2011
Peter Eckstein, Smithtown, NY Santo Mazzola, Long Island 2012/13
Vincent Socci, Binghamton, NY Santo Mazzola, Long Island 2014/15
Ronald Tabroff, Boston, MA William Carakatsane, Boston, MA 2016/17
Dr. Babak Beheshti, Long Island TBD 2018/19
Ed Palacio – Long Island Peter Eckstein - LI 2020/21
Dr. Greg Gdowski – Rochester, NY Peter Eckstein - LI 2022/23
Bala Prasanna – NJ Coast Joe Ott - Rochester 2024/25
Dr. Charles Rubenstein – Massapequa, NY TBD 2026/27

Region 1 BOG Meeting Locations

Location Sponsoring Section Date
NY City, NY New York 03/23/1965
NY City, NY New York 08/04/1975
Travelers Hotel, LI, NY Long Island 02/16/1976
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/25/1978
Sheraton, Laguardia, NY New York or Long Island 11/10/1978
Sheraton, Laguardia, NY New York or Long Island 02/02/1979
Sheraton Center, New York City, NY New York 04/24/1979
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/14/1980
Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY Buffalo 09/27/1980
MIT, Cambridge, MA Boston 02/28/1981
Sheraton, New York City, NY New York 04/07/1981
South Seaside Park, NJ New Jersey Coast 09/26/1981
MIT Boston 12/12/1981
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/25/1982
Durham, NH New Hampshire 10/01/1982
MIT Boston 01/22/1983
Sheraton, New York City, NY New York 04/20/1983
Holiday Inn, Fishkill, NY Mid-Hudson 09/24/1983
MIT Boston 01/21/84
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/16/84
Portland, Maine Maine 09/22/84
MIT Boston 02/09/85
Sheraton, New York City, NY New York 04/24/85
Lenox, MA Berkshire 09/28/85
MIT Boston 01/13/86
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/14/86
Raddisson, Burlington, VT Green Mountain 09/19/86
MIT Boston 01/24/87
Viking Hotel, Newport, RI Providence 09/12/87
MIT Boston 01/23/88
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/10/88
Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA Springfield 08/19/88
Marriott, Long Island, NY New York or Long Island 01/21/89
Marriott Marquis, NY City, NY New York 04/12/89
Hilton, Niagara Falls, NY Buffalo 08/19/89
Marriott, Laguardia, NY New York or Long Island 01/20/90
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/08/90
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Mohawk Valley 08/11/90
Ramada, Boston, MA Boston 01/19/91
Marriott Marquis, NY City, NY New York 04/17/91
Marriott, Peabody, MA Boston 08/10/91
Marriott, Laguardia, NY New York or Long Island 01/25/92
Sheraton, Boston, MA Boston 05/12/92
Nevelle Hotel, Ellenville, NY Mid-Hudson 09/18/92
Logan Ramada, Boston, MA Boston 02/20/93
Electro 93, NY City, NY New York 05/12/93
Roaring Brook, Lake George, NY Schenectady 08/28/93
Holiday Inn, Albany, NY Schenectady 02/05/94
Nevele Hotel, Ellenville, NY Mid-Hudson 09/23/94
Holiday Inn, Albany, NY Schenectady 01/21/95
Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA Springfield and/or Worcester 08/26/95
Windsor Locks, CT Connecticut 02/03/96
Sheraton, Syracuse, NY Syracuse 08/02/96
Radisson, Happauge, NY Long Island 02/08/97
Marriott, Andover, MA Boston 08/02/97
Totawa, NJ North Jersey 02/07/98
Rochester, NY Rochester 08/08/98
Waltham, MA Boston 01/30/99
Hyatt, New Brunswick, NJ North Jersey 08/07/99
Sheraton, Burlington, VT Green Mountain 02/02/00
Best Western, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada Mohawk Valley 08/19/00
Windsor Locks, CT Connecticut 02/03/01
Niagara Falls, NY Buffalo 08/12/01
Newark, NJ North Jersey 02/02/02
Cornell Hotel, Ithaca, NY Ithaca 08/18/02
Boston, MA Boston 02/09/03
Schenectady, NY Schenectady 08/17/03
Elizabeth, NJ North Jersey 02/07/04
Sturbridge Resort, Sturbridge, MA Berkshire 08/27/04
Boston, MA Boston 02/04/05
Portland, Maine Maine 08/21/05
E. Elmhurst, NY Long Island 02/04/06
Sheraton, Syracuse, NY Syracuse 08/20/06
Windsor Locks, CT Connecticut 02/03/07
Burlington, VT Green Mountain 08/11/07
Hyatt, New Brunswick, NJ North Jersey 02/09/08
Crowne Plaza, Albany, NY Schenectady 08/02/08
virtual n/a 07/11/2020
virtual n/a 08/21/2021
Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center, Southbridge, MA 08/13/2022 - 08/24/2022

Region 1 Milestones

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 Year of AchievementDate DedicatedIEEE RegionsIEEE SectionDedication #
Alternating-Current Electrification of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, 1907190722 May 19821Connecticut3
Two-Way Police Radio Communication, 193319331 May 19871North Jersey10
FM Police Radio Communication, 194019401 June 19871Connecticut11
Demonstration of Practical Telegraphy, 183818387 May 19881North Jersey13
Adams Hydroelectric Generating Plant, 1895189521 June 19901Buffalo17
MIT Radiation Laboratory, 1940-194519401 October 19901Boston19
Alexanderson Radio Alternator, 1904190420 February 19921Schenectady22
Monochrome-Compatible Electronic Color Television, 1946-1953194629 November 20011Princeton/Central Jersey40
First Transatlantic Transmission of a Television Signal via Satellite, 196219621 July 20021Maine44
Electric Fire Alarm System, 185218521 October 20041Boston50
Alternating Current Electrification, 188618862 October 20041Berkshire51
Power System of Boston's Rapid Transit, 1889188910 November 20041Boston52
First Intelligible Voice Transmission over Electric Wire, 1876187610 March 20061Boston67
Thomas Alva Edison Historic Site at Menlo Park, 187618769 September 20061Princeton/Central Jersey68
Liquid Crystal Display, 1968196830 September 20061Princeton/Central Jersey71
Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratories and Factories, 1887188718 October 20081North Jersey76
First Wireless Radio Broadcast by Reginald A. Fessenden, 1906190613 September 20081Boston78
Largest Private (dc) Generating Plant in the U.S.A., 1929192925 September 20081New York79
Invention of the First Transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 194719478 December 20091North Jersey89
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1960 - 1984196016 October 20091New York91
TIROS I Television Infrared Observation Satellite, 1960196027 September 20101Princeton/Central Jersey101
Pearl Street Station, 1882188210 May 20111New York114
Grumman Lunar Module, 1962-1972196220 July 20111Long Island115
First Real-Time Speech Communication on Packet Networks, 1974 - 198219748 December 20111Boston117
Apollo Guidance Computer, 1962-1972196213 December 20111Boston118
World's First Low-Loss Optical Fiber for Telecommunications, 197019701 May 20121Rochester121
Loran, 1940 - 1946194027 June 20121Boston123
Whirlwind Computer, 1944-59194427 June 20121Boston124
SAGE-Semi-Automatic Ground Environment, 1951-1958195127 June 20121Boston125
First Optical Fiber Laser and Amplifier, 1961-1964196126 October 20121Worcester County131
First Blind Takeoff, Flight and Landing, 1929192924 September 20141Long Island145
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1925-1983192518 December 20141North Jersey151
Interactive Video Games, 1966196621 September 20151New Hampshire158
Development of Information Theory, 1939-1967193917 May 20161Boston162
American Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCII, 1963196319 May 20161New Jersey Coast163
Trans-Atlantic Telephone Fiber-Optic Submarine Cable (TAT-8), 1988198819 May 20161New Jersey Coast164
Grand Central Terminal Electrification, 1906-1913190615 June 20161New York166
Weston Meters, 1887-1893188723 September 20161North Jersey169
The First Two-Dimensional Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI), 197319735 September 20181Long Island190
French Transatlantic Telegraph Cable of 189818986 September 20181
8		France
Providence		191
Detection of Radar Signals Reflected from the Moon, 1946194617 May 20191New Jersey Coast194
SCR/Thyristor, 1957195714 June 20191Rochester196
Piezoelectric Oscillator, 1921-192319215 November 20201Connecticut208
BASIC Computer Language, 1964196422 February 20211New Hampshire213
RCA Central, 192119215 November 20211Long Island219
Handheld Digital Camera, 1975197526 April 20221Rochester223
Alvin Deep-Sea Research Submersible, 1965-1984196421 October 20221Providence230
Harvard Mark I Computer, 1944 - 1959194410 November 20221Boston232
Mode S Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System, 1969-199519692 February 20241Boston245
Development of 193-nm Projection Photolithography, 1984-199619842 February 20241Boston246
Semiconductor Laser, 196219622 February 20241Schenectady
New York
Boston		247
Neutrodyne Circuit, 1922192219 October 20241North Jersey259
Project Echo, Telstar, and Discovery of Cosmic Background Radiation, 1959-1965195916 May 20251New Jersey Coast269
First Demonstration of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), 1964196422 May 20251Princeton/Central Jersey270


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