IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society History
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Formation
The forerunner of IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society (AP-S) was known as the IRE Professional Group on Antennas and Propagation (PGAP) which was formed in 1949.
Background
An early history of the IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society (AP-S) was completed by Ralph E. Hiatt in March 1983 who was the AP-S Historian. This was in preparation for the IEEE Centennial in 1984. Please see the attached archive document.
According to an earlier history article entitled a "History of the Professional Group on Antennas and Propagation" (1962), "From the beginning, publications have loomed large in PGAP. Before the familiar brown covered Transactions appeared in July 1953, four blue covered, multi-lithed issues were produced.
PGAP-1, published in February 1952, contained papers from the August Western Convention at San Francisco.
PGAP-2 appearing in March 1952, similarly contained papers of the URSI-IRE meeting at Cornell University in October of the previous year.
PCAP-3 dated August 1952, contained the April 1952 URSI-IRE meeting at NBS, Washington.
PGAP-4 dated December 1952 contained Western Convention papers for 1952, this time from Los Angeles. Since 1953, a total of 47 issues, including one special supplement, of the IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation have been published, with the yearly volumes numbered AP-1, AP-2, etc. This publication was issued quarterly until January 1960, when a bimonthly schedule was established. The special supplement contained papers presented at the Symposium on Electromagnetic Wave Theory held over June 15-20, 1959 at Toronto. The papers from the 1955 Electromagnetic Wave Theory Symposium, held at the University of Michigan, appeared in one regular issue of the Transactions. From the beginning, the Transactions Editor was John Smyth of Smyth Research Associates, San Diego. After a marathon service, in 1959, John handed the task across to Sidney Bowhill of Pennsylvania State University."
Past Antennas & Propagation Society Transaction Editors
Past Antennas & Propagation Society Chairs
Antennas & Propagation Society Chapters
IEEE Antennas & Propagation Society (AP-S) Chapters have been formed in the following Sections (as at Jan 2009):
Albuquerque
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Long Island
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Montreal
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North Jersey
Norway
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Princeton / Central Jersey
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Rio De Janeiro
Russia
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San Diego
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Spain
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Sweden
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Toronto
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United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
Vancouver
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Washington
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