IEEE Dallas Section History

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IEEE Dallas Section History
Established date 1928-05-18
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Geographic region Dallas
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Principal cities Dallas, TX
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AIEE Activities

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers was officially organized in 1963 through the merger of two prior professional organizations: The American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). A lot of effort was expended by many individuals in forming the IEEE. A committee was established to develop the planned merger of the two organizations. Dr. Lloyd Berkner, president of the AIEE, and past national president of the IRE; and Mr. Patrick E. Haggerty, president of the IRE at the time of the merger and first president of the IEEE, were instrumental in bringing about the merger of the organization. A Dallas branch of the AIEE had existed prior to the merger since 1956.

Past Chairmen of the Dallas Branch of the AIEE are listed below:

  • 1956, Crandell
  • 1957, Chadwick
  • 1958, Tatum
  • 1959, Robuck
  • 1960, Sandlin
  • 1961, Martin
  • 1962, Fikar
  • 1963, Reynolds

Dallas-Ft Worth IRE Section

A Dallas Section of the IRE had existed prior to the merger since 1941. Officers of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Section of the IRE 1941-1963 are listed below.  Officers before 1953-54 served until June.  Starting in 1953, the officers's terms began on July 1st.

IRE Officer Positions
Year Chairman Vice-Chairman Secretary/Treasurer
1941 D.A. Peterson Truett L. Kimzey Paul C. Barnes
1942 Truett L. Kimzey R.E. Beam Paul C. Barnes
1943 Homer E. Applegate Durward J. Tucker Paul C. Barnes
1944 Durward J. Tucker Nelson F. Barrett Paul C. Barnes
1945 J.D. Mathis Truett L. Kimzey B.B. Honeycutt
1946 Roy M. Flynn Robert A. Broding J.G. Rountree
1947 Robert A. Broding J.G. Rountree Alfred S. LeVelle
1948 J.G. Rountree Alfred S. LeVelle John H. Homsey
1949 Alfred S. LeVelle John H. Homsey R.A. Arnett
1950 John H. Homsey E.A. Hegar R.A. Arnett
1951 E.A. Hegar R.A. Arnett John K. Godbey
1952 R.A. Arnett John K. Godbey John A. Green
1953-54 John K. Godbey John A. Green Mark W. Bullock
1954-55 John A. Green Mark W. Bullock Gordon K. Teal
1955-56 Mark W. Bullock Gordon K. Teal O. Frank Seay, Jr.
1956-57 Gordon K. Teal Frank Seay John Albano
1957-58 Frank Seay John Albano Thomas B. Moseley
1958-59 John Albano Thomas B. Moseley H. T. Wisseman
1959-60 Thomas B. Moseley H. T. Wisseman Tom Prickett
1960-61 H.T. Wisseman Tom Prickett L.B. Wadel
1961-62 Tom Prickett L.B. Wadel H.E. Sorrows
1962-63 L.B. Wadel H.E. Sorrows W.D. Mitchell

IEEE Dallas Section

The Dallas Section of the IEEE was organized in 1963. Merging the local branches of the AIEE and the IRE was a difficult task. It was decided that elected officials should include a Vice-Chairman-Electrical to represent the previous members of the AIEE and the a Vice-Chairman-Electronics to represent the previous members of the IRE. Other elected officers were the Chairman, Executive Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. It was agreed by the early founders that the chairmanship would alternate between the electrical and electronic members. Elected officers served for twelve months beginning July 1.

IEEE Officer Positions, 1963-72
Year Chairman Executive Vice-Chairman Vice-Chairman-Electronics Vice-Chairman-Electrical Treasurer Secretary
1963-64 Howard E. Sorrows P.S. King W.D. Mitchell R.S. Miner David O. Martin Earle W. Gray
1964-65 P.S. King W.H. Clingman J. L. Smith J.R. Wilson Frank Stuart Bruce Williams
1965-66 W.H. Clingman Gerson Berman James Eckhert Roy R. Parks Paul Wible R.D. Wood
1966-67 Gerson Berman W.D. Mitchell B.R. Hallford J.D. Sandlin Byron Johnson B.R. Mayo
1967-68 W.D. Mitchell H.R. Oliver Bernard H. List C.O. Love H.A. Buchanan S.L. Shockley
1968-69 H.R. Oliver Ross L. Bell Dr. Archie Broodo D.D. Dunklin Dr. David Grisson Warren Chapman
1969-70 Ross L. Bell R.S. Miner Dr. Guy S. Rambie, Jr. Joseph J. Julina Max C. Jordan J.A. Dannamiller
1970-71 R.S. Miner Dr. M.B. O'Neal Frank H. Clarke Fred Oberlender Dr. Chris O. Hemmi Rex E. Phillips
1971-72 Dr. M.B. O'Neal J.R. Wilson B.R. Hallford G.H. Stoddard Udale C. Lawson Dr. E. G. Gaustad
Dallas Section Officers, 2000-2021
Year Chair Vice chair Secretary Treasurer
2000-2001 Dane Watson Gerald Burnham Sandra Robinson
2001-2002 Donald Butler Sandra Robinson David Denniston Dane Watson
2003 Sandra Robinson David Denniston Mark Allen Dane Watson
2004 Ron Ogan Dane Watson Anu Appaji Robert Shapiro
2005 Ron Ogan Kaijian Shi Cornelius Van Rensburg Robert Shapiro
2006 Kaijian Shi Gerald Burnham Yuksel Aslandogan Cornelius Van Rensburg
2007 Gerald Burnham Robert Shapiro Andrew Marshall Cornelius Van Rensburg
2008 Robert Shapiro Larry/Lianrui Zhang Heraclio Carrales Mark Swenholt
2009 Larry/Lianrui Zhang Dinesh Rajan Steven Simmons Mark Swenholt
2010 Dinesh Rajan Maura Schreier-Fleming Ravi Prakash Ping Gui
2011 Maura Schreier-Fleming Sue Hui Ravi Prakash
2012 Ravi Prakash Sue Hui Alexander Umnov Tiejun Xia
2013 Sue Hui Nasser Kehtarnavaz Alexander Umnov Tiejun Xia
2014 Gregory Breiland Nasser Kehtarnavaz Tiejun Xia Iqbal Josan
2015 Mary Cooley Isam Yassin Rajah Vysyaraju Iqbal Josan
2016 Mary Cooley Isam Yassin Iqbal Josan Rajah Vysyaraju
2017 Mary Cooley Daniel Schlieter Iqbal Josan Rajah Vysyaraju
2018 Daniel Schlieter Isam Yassin Carlos Torres Rajah Vysyaraju
2019 Daniel Schlieter Isam Yassin Carlos Torres Rajah Vysyaraju
2020 Daniel Schlieter Isam Yassin Carlos Torres Rajah Vysyaraju
2021 Daniel Schlieter Rajen Murugan Carlos Torres Rajah Vysyaraju

Reorganization of the Dallas Section in 1971

Dr. M. B. O'Neal, Chairman of the Dallas Section in 1971, nominated a committee for reorganizing the Dallas Section. Members of the committee were R.S. Miner - Chairman, B. R. Hallford, Howard Oliver, W. D. Mitchell, H.G. Stoddard, J. R. Wilson, and R. L. Bell.

The objective of the Comittee was summarized as follows:

  1. Improve coordination and liason among the Section Societies and Section
  2. Re-examine, update, and recommend improvements from a managerial standpoint in the overall organization.
  3. Propose a more realistic mechanism for continuing editorial direction and business management of Direction magazine.
  4. Establish a means for effective corrdination of regional or national IEEE conferences to be held in Dallas.

The Committee's report is contained in the following paragraphs:

As general changes to future Nomination Committees there was a very strong mutual feeling that the Dallas Section has become a large enough managerial operation that it is quite important that Section offices must be given only to those people with proven adminstrative capability who will have the necessary financial and secretarial support from their organizations to permit the offices to be discharged adequately. If further considerd necessary in the case of the Chairman, Executive Vice-Chairman, and the proposed new Group Vice-Chairman, that these individuals have sufficient time flexibility that will permit then the opportunity to travel to a limited number of regional or national meetings. (In most cases, it will be necessary for such travel to be paid for by the officer's employer.)

Principal recommendations for reorganization involved:

  1. Adminstrative and financial management of the Section will be vested in a small Executive Committee, consisting only of the elected officers, which will meet at rather frequent intervals, as the Section may require.
  2. Section activities relating to technical services to the Section Members, or having broader interest, would be handled in a larger meeting of a Board of Directors composed of all Section officers, Chairmen of each Society in the Section and Chairmen of designated principal committees. It is anticipated that the Board of Directors would meet perhaps two or three times a year.

Changes in reporting responsibilities woudl be made as follows to distribute the total management workload more equitabley:

  1. A Groiup Vice-Chairman would be charged with co-ordinating the activities of all Section/Societies. He would be a former Chairman of one of the Section/Societies. It would be his responsibility to assist Society Chairman with the solution of their problems and serve as a two-way communications channel throughout the year between the Societies and the section, specifically including its Executive Committee.
  2. An adminstrative Vice-Chairman would be designated to oversee the acitivities of the Industrial Liason, Student Activities, Awards, Professional Activities and Study Activity Comittees, as well as any related special assignments given to him by the Selection Chairman or Section Executive Committe (e.g. Centennial Activities Committee).
  3. An Executive Vice-Chairman will carry full responsibility for publication of Direction magazine and the closely related activities of the Publicity, Entertainment and the Program Comittees. We would propose to continue the present continuity of office, wherein this officer normally moves up to the Chairman's position the following year. In recognition of this, we have also assigned to him responsibility for the Nominating and Conference Coordinating Committees.
  4. The Section Chairman would need to be freed of supervisory responsibilities for all except the five elected officers, SWIEEECO Borad Representative, and delegate to the Dallas-Ft. Worth Council of Scientific and Engineering Societies.

Appropriate changes were made to the Bylaws of the Dallas Section and voted on by the membership. Elected officers since the reorganization are listed below:

IEEE Officer Positions
Year Chairman Executive Vice-Chariman Vice-Chairman-Electronics Vice-Chairman-Electrical Treasurer Secretary
1971-72 J.R. Wilson Dr. E. G. Gaustad W.A. Kennedy Byron Johnson M.D. Spence

J. W. Langston

Dallas Section Officers 1973-93

IEEE Section Positions
Year
Chairman
Executive Vice-Chairman
Vice-Chairman-Adminstration
Vice-Chairman-Groups
Treasurer
Secretary
1973-74
Dr. E. G. Gaustad
C. B. Derrick
W. A. Kennedy
 M. H. Tanner
Weldon Jaynes
J. P. Aasterud
1974-75
C.B. Derrick
B. R. Hallford
John E. Boelte
J. P. Aasterud
 E. Bergstrom
S. Sandefer
1975-76
Ben R. Hallford
Henry Buchanan
G. T. Sutton
Chuck Vandament
W. C. Holton
Carroll Graves
1976-77
A. Buchanan
J. P. Aasterud
Gerald W. Irion
R. N. Burkhalter
H. L. Mayo
John C. Bellamy
1977-78
J. P. Aasterud
Rex Phillips
Gary Shaw
Paul Bergstrom
James Cox
Dave McQuiddy
1978-79
Rex Phillips
Dr. Herbet E. Welch
Don Deffebach
John C. Bellamy
James R. Hicks
Pitt Pittman
1979-80
Dr. Herbert E. Welch
H. Grant Stoddard
Steven March
Henry A. Bunting
Kelly Shaw
Paul Thomas
1980-81
H. Grant Stoddard
Dr. Gerald E. Crain
Harold E. Cobb
Don Parvin
Steven March
Charles B. Hartog
1981-82
Dr. Gerald E. Crain
Don M. Deffebach
Bentley Scott
Sam Buchmeyer
Charles B. Hartog
Dennis R. Watson
1982-83
Don Deffebach
Alastair McAulay
David McCausey
Karl Varian
Don Ortamond
Sam Francis
1983-84
Alastair MaAulay
David McCausey
Max Beasley
A. Smithson / C. Hamilton
Fred Garza
A. Smithson / C. Hamilton
1984-85
David McCausey
Max Beasley
Paul Bergstrom
Cam Orr / Ray Bittel
Cliff Clark
Laura Rust
1985-86
Max Beasley
Paul Bergstrom
Ray Bittel
Jon McAlpin
Richard Sorrel
Susan Sagelke
1986-87
Paul Bergstrom
Ray Bittel
John McAlpin
Doug Fowler
Ted Staub
George Clough
1987-88
Ray Bittel
George Clough
Doug Fowler
Judd Putnam
Del Wendt
Ted Staub
1988-89
George Clough
Doug Fowler
Judd Putnam
Jay Chivian
Richard Dreher
John Wallace
1989-90
Doug Fowler
Judd Putnam
Jay Chivian
John Wallace
Richard Dreher
Chris Hrivnac
1990-91
Judd Putnam
Blake Cherrington
John Wallace
Krishna Agarwell
Lynn Blackwell
Richard Dreher
1991-92
Blake Cherrington
Lynn Blackwell
Krishna Agarwal
Richard Sorell
Jimmie Phillips
Richard Dreher
1992-93
Lynn Blackwell
Krishna Agarwal
Richard Sorell
Richard Dreher
Ali Khotanzad
Jimmie Philips
1993-94
Richard Dreher
Richard Sorell
Jimmie Phillips
Ali Khotanzad
Jan van der Ziel
Ellis Rankin


Dallas Section Organization and Officers 1994-2000

Several changes were made in the reporting relationships of standing committee chairman with intent to equalize duties/responsibilities of each executive committee officer.

Section Officers that have been elected to serve since the reorganization are as follow:

IEEE Section Positions
Year
Section Chairman
Vice-Chairman-Adminstration
Vice-Chairman-Groups
Treasurer
Section Acitivities Chairman
Secretary
1994-95
Richard Sorell
Jimmie Phillips
Alireza Khotanzad
Jan van der Ziel
Ellis Rankin
Larry Chasteen
1995-96
Alireza Khotanzad
Jan van der Ziel
Jimmie Philips
Ellis Rankin
Larry Chasteen
Dhawal Moghe


During the 1996-97 year a simplifed version of the bylaws was adopted. These bylaws closely followed the format suggested by the National IEEE organization. Following additional instructions from the IEEE, the titles of some of the Executive Committee positions were renamed, leaving only a single Vice Chairman. The Duties of each member of the Executive Committee remains the same.

Section Officers that have been elected to serve since the reorganization are as follows:

IEEE Section Positions
Year Section Chairman Vice Chairman Adminstrative Chairman Treasurer Section Activities Chairman Secretary
1996-97 Krishna Agarwal Jan van der Ziel Ellis Rankin Larry Chasteen Dhawal Moghe Zeynep Celik Butler
1997-98 Jan van der Ziel / Ellis Rankin Ellis Rankin Larry Chasteen Dhawal Moghe Dane Watson Donald Butler
1998-99 Larry Chasteen Ellis Rankin Dhawal Moghe Dane Watson Donald Butler Joe Childs
1999-2000 Dhawal Moghe Dane Watson Donald Butler Joe Childs David Zimmerman Candy Robinson

Ellis Rankin took over the reigns of Section Chair in January 1998, because Dr. Jan van der Ziel was unable to continue due to illness.

Archival documents

Further Reading

Dallas Section Homepage

Winter Power Meeting, Dallas, 1984, tape 1, tape 2, tape 3, Awards Luncheon - A Centennial themed meeting of the Power Engineering society, which includes a historical presentation on the first 100 years, a panel discussion on the future of electric power, and announcement of the IEEE Centennial Award winners