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Featured This Month
June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
Editor's Note
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers on 13 May 1884, The Institute dedicates this issue to those who set IEEE on the path of becoming what it is today: the world's largest technical professional association.

June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
Looking Back 125 Years
On 13 May 1884 in New York City, a small group of electricity pioneers met to form the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
President Elect Candidates: An Insider's Look
With the annual IEEE election coming up in August, it's time to get to know the candidates for 2010 President-Elect: J. Roberto B. de Marca, Moshe Kam, and Joseph V. Lillie.

June 2009
Re-Thinking Engineering
Some 200 kilometers south of his parent's farm in South Africa's Limpopo Province, Hendrikwillem van der Walt ponders his future as an engineer, and why he feels so alone.

June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
Tracking Tech History
IEEE's 125th anniversary is intended not only to honor engineering's past but also to celebrate its future. Here we look at three technologies IEEE members have been involved with that have had a glorious past and still promise a shining future: the telephone, the integrated circuit, and the Internet.

News from around the IEEE
June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
Annual Election Gets Under Way in August
Look for your annual election ballot package to arrive in August via first-class mail. All eligible members are slated to receive a paper ballot and a postage-paid reply envelope.

June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
Corrections

June 2009 (From The Institute print edition)
New Executive Director Named
E. James &ledquo;Jim” Prendergast is IEEE's new executive director. He started on 6 April in Piscataway, N.J., succeeding Jeffry W. Raynes, who resigned last June.

 
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Featured Conference
June 2009  - Conferences (From The Institute print edition)
Conferences Aug-Oct 2009
This year's conference, organized by the IEEE History Center and the IEEE History Committee, celebrates IEEE's 125th anniversary by tracing the origins and development of professional technical associations worldwide.