IEEE Cedar Rapids Section History
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| Established date | 1944-11-01 |
| IEEE Region | 4 |
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| Geographic region | Cedar Rapids |
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Cedar Rapids Section
History of Service to Its Members
By C. Kintzel, Cedar Rapids Section Historian
February 2002
The Cedar Rapids Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) was formed in 1963 when the parent organizations of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) and the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) merged. Prior to that, the Cedar Rapids Section of IRE was formed in 1944 and the Cedar Valley Subsection of the Davenport Section of AIEE, initially the Subsection of the Des Moines Section, was formed in 1956. Ted Hunter (deceased) spearheaded the formation of the IRE Section and C. Robert White spearheaded the formation of the AIEE Subsection.
The two previous entities have melded together very well to provide service to their members and to the community. Service to members has included:
- Reduced fees at monthly dinner/luncheon meetings that feature state-of-the-art talks or plant/education tours
- Member’s trips to national workshops
- Annual fall conferences
- Annual spring conferences
Service to the community has included annual scholarships to an engineering student at the University of Iowa and at Iowa State University and generous contributions to the Cedar Rapids Science Station and its I-Max Theater.
The first fall conference under the leadership of Ted Hunter had as its theme “Communications” and was successfully held in 1952 by the IRE Section. Currently, this event name is called the Midwest Solutions Conference. The 2003 conference is 50th to be held, heralding a long list of technically and financially successful conferences.
The first of the annual professional development conferences called ProCon was held in 1998 under the leadership of Hal Dendurent. Each has been a success. It is an excellent ‘continuing education’ experience.
Many members taking advantage of the above listed services have in the past enhanced their technical and professional growth. But not to be overlooked are additional Section opportunities to promote young engineering careers. Those are to serve on the section Executive Board and/or serve on the committees of each of the conferences. The IEEE files stored at the History Center of Cedar Rapids contain many examples of the steady growth in the work place and in member grade and in appointment or election to Institute Region and National Office for those active at the Section level.
The Cedar Rapids Section meet monthly at the: Da Vinci Room in Old K's Merchandise Building...RCI Building 193 at Rockwell Collins.
Social 5:15 to 5:30 Refreshments
Meetings start at 17:30.
Chapters
The IEEE Communications Society Chapter was established in May 2010.
The IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Chapter was established in February 2014
Officers
2011 Section Chair Vickie Ozburn
Vice Chair Robert Bruckman (Bob)
Immediate Past Chair Shana E. Fliginger
Secretary Himanshu Rawell (Him)
Treasurer Bob Dawson
Section Advisor Gary D Bishop
PACE Bob Dawson
ProCon Vickie Ozburn
Awards Tim Schoenfelder
Programs Tim Schoenfelder
Life Member Bob Dawson
Membership Dev Chair Murray T. Marple
Membership Development Jose J. Donate
Membership Development Faraz H. Khan
GOLD Co-Chair Ben Loeschke
GOLD Co-Chair Shana E. Fliginger
Nomination & Appointments Shana E. Fliginger
Education Mike Wilson
Historian Carl Kintzel
Government Activities Burt Loupee
Computer Society Chapter Leon Tabak
MTT Society Chapter Chair Manas Roy
MTT Society Chapter Richard A. Percifield Jr.
ComSoc Chapter Ben Loeschke
WIE Shana E. Fliginger
Web Chair Jeff Kaminski
Web Joe Clark
Communications (Corona) Himanshu Rawell (Him)
Photographer Robert Bruckman (Bob)
Student Activities Jim Trepka
UNI Branch Counselor Jin Zhu
UNI Branch Counselor Hong (Jeffrey) Nie
UNI Branch Advisor David J. Burger
U Iowa Branch Counselor Anton Kruger
Pre-College/K12 Chair John Nirschl
Pre-College/K12 Mike Wilson
| Year | Chair | Vice chair | Secretary | Treasurer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Janet Drake | Gary Bishop | Christopher Douglas | James Sliney |
| 2001 | Janet Drake | Gary Bishop | Christopher Douglas | James Sliney |
| 2002 | Gary Bishop | James Sliney | Christopher Douglas | James Sliney |
| 2003 | James Sliney | Christopher Douglas / Morris Rosen | Victoria Fosmo | Robert Dawson |
| 2004 | James Sliney | Morris Rosen | Steven Aab | Robert Dawson |
| 2005 | Morris Rosen / Leon Tabak | Leon Tabak | Steven Aab | Robert Dawson |
| 2006 | Leon Tabak | Steven Aab | Robert Dawson | |
| 2007 | Leon Tabak | F. Ayhan Sakarya | G Buroker | Robert Dawson |
| 2008 | F. Ayhan Sakarya | Timothy Schoenfelder | Shana Fliginger | Robert Dawson |
| 2009 | Timothy Schoenfelder | Shana Fliginger | Robert Bruckman | Steve Collins / Vickie Ozburn |
| 2010 | Shana Fliginger | Vickie Ozburn | Himanshu Rawell | Robert Dawson |
| 2011 | Vickie Ozburn | Robert Bruckman | Himanshu Rawell | Robert Dawson |
| 2012 | Robert Bruckman | Manas Roy | Himanshu Rawell | Robert Dawson |
| 2013 | Robert Bruckman | Gary Bishop | Himanshu Rawell | Robert Dawson |
| 2014 | Gary Bishop | Raman Aravamudhan | Ashley Hochstedler | Robert Dawson |
| 2015 | Raman Aravamudhan | Ashley Hochstedler | Alexander Truman | Robert Dawson |
| 2016 | Ashley Hochstedler | Alexander Truman | Meredith Godar | Megan Sharp |
| 2017 | Meredith Godar | Alexander Truman | Eric George / Matthew Nowick | Bruce Lindholm |
| 2018 | Matthew Nowick | Daniel Roesler | Meredith Godar | Bruce Lindholm |
| 2019 | Daniel Roesler | William Caldwell | Meredith Godar | Bruce Lindholm |
| 2020 | William Caldwell | Manas Roy | Meredith Godar | Bruce Lindholm |
| 2021 | Manas Roy | Michael Armatys | Meredith Godar | Bruce Lindholm |
Section Archive Documents
- Section petition documents
- 2010 07 12 CR Minutes
- IEEE Geographic Unit Organizing Document - Cedar Rapids
- 2010 13 12 CR minutes.pdf
