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== Past Presidents Panels from the 2009 IEEE Conference on the History of Technical Societies.  ==

At the 2009 IEEE Conference on the History of Technical Societies, held in Philadelphia 5-7 August, two panels of IEEE Past-Presidents discussed their efforts as IEEE leaders, some of the issues that faced IEEE during their leadership, and the lessons that can be drawn from their experiences for today's IEEE.&nbsp; The panels were held at Boscone Hall on the Drexel University Campus. 

The IEEE History Committee and the IEEE history Center, the organizers of the conference arranged for IEEE-TV to make videotape these panels, and make them available through the IEEE-TV website to anyone interested 

Each session began with a short presentation from each president, after which they responded to questions from the audience. 

The first panel included four presidents from the 1970s and 1980s: Arthur Stern (1975), Robert Larson (1982), Richard Gowen (1984) and Henry Bachman (1987). [http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/ieeetv/menuitem.6ce799f946c20d660374ca695bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=ieee.tv.viewer&path=membport/ieee_tv&file=COH_DrexelSession1.xml&vid=119912&play=true It can be viewed here.]<br> 

The second panel included This second panel included four presidents from the 1990s: Merrill Buckley (1992), Charles Alexander (1997), Joe Bordogna (1998) and Ken Laker (1999). [http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/ieeetv/menuitem.6ce799f946c20d660374ca695bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=ieee.tv.viewer&path=membport/ieee_tv&file=COH_DrexelSession2.xml&vid=119915&play=true It can be viewed here.]

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