IEEE Industrial Electronics Society History
Society Chronology
- February 21, 1951 - First meeting of the IRE Industrial Electronics Group
- May 8, 1951 - Name change to IRE Professional Group on Industrial Electronics (PG-IE)
- Year 1951 - Published the first volume of the Transactions on Professional Group on Industrial Electronics
- August 21, 1963 - IRE merged with AIEE and become IEEE. The PG-IE approved the merger of IRE's PG-IE and AIEE's group on control instrumentation (GCI)
- August 22, 1963 - The merger of the PG-IE and the GCI into Professional Group on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation (PG-IECI) was approved by the IEEE Executive Committee
- October 14, 1964 - Name change to Group on Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation (PG-IECI)
- Year 1975 - First IECON was held in Philadelphia. Until then there had been only a sponsored session at the Industry Aplications Society Conference
- March 20, 1978 - Name change to Industrial Electronics and Control Instrumentation Society (IECIS)
- June, 1982 - Name change to Industrial Electronics Society
Society Presidents
Until 1971 the President position was called Chairman
1951 Eugene Mittelmann
1952 Eugene Mittelmann
1953 Eugene Mittelmann
1954 George P. Bosomworth
1955 George P. Bosomworth
1956 George P. Bosomworth
1957 Carl E. Smith
1958 William R. Thuston
1959 William R. Thuston
1960 J. E. Eiselein
1961 J. E. Eiselein
1962 J. E. Eiselein
1963 J. E. Eiselein
1964 E. A. Roberts
1965 J. P. Lienesch
1966 J. P. Lienesch
1967 J. P. Liensech
1968 Anthony J. Hornfeck
1969 Anthony J. Hornfeck
1970 J. E. Casey
1971 J. E. Casey
1972 R. B. Spooner
1973 R. B. Spooner
1974 R. Mayer
1975 R. Mayer
1976 R. W. Bolz
1977 Harry W. Mergler
1978 Harry W. Mergler
1979 Harry W. Mergler
1980 J. David Irwin
1981 J. David Irwin
1982 Gerald Cook
1983 Gerald Cook
1984 H. Troy Nagle, Jr.
1985 H. Troy Nagle, Jr.
1986 Fumio Harashima
1987 Fumio Harashima
1988 Fernando Aldana
1989 Fernando Aldana
1990 Robert A. Begun
1991 Robert A. Begun
1992 Hubert Y. K. Wo
1993 Hubert Y. K. Wo
1994 Alfred C. Weaver
1995 Alfred C. Weaver
1996 Russell J. Niederjohn (until 5/96)
Hiro Haneda (acting as of 5/96)
1997 Hiro Haneda
1998 James Hung
1999 James Hung
2000 Ren C. Luo
2001 Ren C. Luo
2002 Okyay Kaynak
2003 Okyay Kaynak
2004 Bogdan M. Wilamowski
2005 Bogdan M. Wilamowski
2006 Charles W. Einolf, Jr.
2007 Charles W. Einolf, Jr.
2008 Kouhei Ohnishi
2009 Kouhei Ohnishi
2010 Leopoldo Garcia Franquelo
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