IEEE Mississippi Section History

IEEE Mississippi Section History
Established date	1951-06-28
IEEE Region	3
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Geographic region	Mississippi
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Origins and Regional Activity

The Mississippi Section AIEE began as a Sub-Section of the New Orleans Section AIEE on June 28, 1957. The IEEE Section grew in size in 1963 by petitioning for Mississippi counties from portion of Huntsville and New Orleans Sections of IRE.

Four years later the Section hosted the very successful Region 3 Convention in Jackson, MS from April 17- 19, 1967. About 170 people registered including about 100 students. The location of the event was the Hotel Heidelberg downtown Jackson. The General Chair was Mr. D. E. Buck of Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co. The Vice-General Chair was Mr. Norris L. Stampley of Mississippi Power and Light Co.

Community Involvement

For a number of years the November meeting was a joint meeting with other Engineering Societies and the speakers were members of the Mississippi Legislator. The December meeting was a visit/program at Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. Also, for quite a while the Section sponsored an event at Lake Tiak-O-Khata near Louisville, MS in the month of December. In this, the Section was assisted by members for Mississippi State University. These three gatherings also served as "Ladies Night" for the Section.

Service

For several years, the Section sponsored student paper contests at Mississippi State University and later at the University of Southern Mississippi. Joe Savage and Harold Henson tied as 2nd place winners in 1967, each received $50. First place winner received $100 cash. The students came to the Section meeting in Jackson in March each year and presented their papers and received the awards. The contest was judged by Section members, from central Mississippi, on the university campus.The Section has participated in National Engineers Week activities, along with 4 or more other engineering societies, in Vicksburg, MS since Feb 1998.

AIEE Mississippi Section Officers

Year	Chair	Secretary
1951	W.L. Harp	T.R. Brock
1952	T.R. Brock	J.L. Maxwell
1953
1954	R.D. Yarbrough	T.M. Salisbury
1955	T.M. Salisbury	N.L. Stampley
1956	N.L. Stampley	J.R. Burnie
1957	J.R. Burnie	R.E. Briggs
1958	R.E. Briggs	J.D. Phillips
1959	J.D. Phillips	J.M. Hemphill
1960-1961	J.M. Hemphill	P.W. Burgemeestre
1962	H.E. James	J.W. Stone

IEEE Mississippi Section Officers

Mississippi Section Officers

Year	Chair	Vice chair	Secretary	Treasurer
2001	Monroe Savage	Raphael Franco	Carl Hovermale	Steven Daniel
2002	Raphael Franco	Lee Harrison	Forrest Hall	Monroe Savage
2003	Raphael Franco	George Sidders	Forrest Hall	Monroe Savage
2004	George Sidders	David Schoggen	J Turner	Monroe Savage
2005	George Sidders	David Schoggen	Gerald Brown	Monroe Savage
2006	David Schoggen	Gerald Brown	Ron Ogan	Monroe Savage
2007	David Schoggen	Gordon Skelton	Ron Ogan	Monroe Savage
2008	Gordon Skelton	Ron Ogan	Catherine Anderson	Monroe Savage
2009	Gordon Skelton	Ron Ogan	Catherine Anderson	Monroe Savage
2010	Catherine Anderson	Joel Harris	Samrat Datta	Monroe Savage
2011	Catherine Anderson	Joel Harris	Samrat Datta	Monroe Savage
2012	Joel Harris	Ron Ogan	Winnfort Myles	James Robertson
2013	Joel Harris	Ron Ogan	Winnfort Myles	James Robertson
2014	Ron Ogan	Winnfort Myles	Thomas Field	James Robertson
2015	Ron Ogan	Winnfort Myles	Thomas Field	James Robertson
2016	Winnfort Myles	Thomas Field	Paul Edwin Watson	James Robertson
2017	Winnfort Myles	Thomas Field	Douglas Seale	Paul Edwin Watson
2018	Thomas Field	Randy Buchanan	Rajeev Agrawal	Paul Edwin Watson
2019	Thomas Field	Randy Buchanan	Rajeev Agrawal	Winnfort Myles
2020	Randy Buchanan	Rajeev Agrawal	Gordon Skelton	Winnfort Myles
2021	Randy Buchanan	Rajeev Agrawal		Winnfort Myles

Many of the Section's past officers are noted on their webpage.

Archival documents

• Section petition documents
• IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Mississippi