IEEE Dallas Section History

IEEE Dallas Section History
Established date	1928-05-18
IEEE Region	5
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Geographic region	Dallas
Region area	South
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

• Section petition 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