Long Island Section 2013 Annual Awards Ceremony MESSAGE from the CHAIRMAN IEEE Members and Guests
Long Island Section 2013 Annual Awards Ceremony MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN IEEE Members and Guests, As Chair of the IEEE Long Island Section, I’m both privileged and honored to welcome each of you to the 2013 IEEE Long Island Section Awards Banquet. We’ve gathered to recognize and honor outstanding engineering achievements of our members and colleagues, and to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the IEEE Long Island Section. For our guests, the Long Island Section of the IEEE, or Institute of Electrical and Elec- tronics Engineers, is the largest engineering society on Long Island, with about 2500 engi- neering, science and other technical professionals. We are a key part of IEEE Region 1, with more than 30,000 members in the Northeastern US. And our ten regions comprise nearly a half million mem- bers globally. The IEEE is the world's largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity. Our Awards Banquet recognizes outstanding Long Islanders who have made significant engineering contributions. We’ll recognize those Executive Committee volunteers who have made contributions to our Section, including past section officers, as well as officers of technical society chapters, affinity groups and other func- tions and activities, including technical conferences. We’ll also present various Section awards, which are named in honor of key members from our past 60 years, and vetted by our Awards Nomination Committee Chair, Jesse Taub and his committee members. We’ll then present awards at the Regional level. And we are also proud to honor tonight a new IEEE Fellow, a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in an IEEE field of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade.
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