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2003 IEEE-USA Awards Recipients

WASHINGTON (05 March 2004) — IEEE-USA has unveiled its 2003 award winners in recognition of professional, technical and literary contributions to public awareness and understanding of the engineering profession in the United States.

These distinguished awards are administered under the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Committee and approved by the IEEE-USA Board of Directors.

Professional Awards

ROBERT S. WALLEIGH DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALISM AWARD

John R. Reinert
“For leadership as the first president of IEEE-USA, establishing the roles and responsibilities of the IEEE-USA President, and leading the organization through a critical period.”

DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE

“For achievements as science and technology adviser to the Secretary of State, and efforts resulting in the establishment of IEEE-USA’s Engineering & Diplomacy Fellowship Program.”

PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE TEACHER-ENGINEER PARTNERSHIP

Alan D. Mays and William Conrad
“For establishing and implementing an outstanding precollege program to introduce students to engineering.”

CITATION OF HONOR

Andrew C. Greenberg
“For contributions to intellectual property activities, including preparation of amicus curiae briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court”

Ronil Hira
“For outstanding contributions in testifying on behalf of IEEE-USA at congressional hearings, and appearing in the national media as an expert on workforce issues.”

Joseph V. Lillie
“For guiding the PACE program for several years, in numerous capacities. His energy, programs and training have enabled other volunteers to become much more effective.”

Charles J. Lord
“For leadership training at various IEEE-USA forums, mentoring several young leaders and engineers and sharing his experience by starting a Professional Development Institute.”

Clarence Lee Stogner
“For many years of leadership in the IEEE, IEEE-USA and PACE activities, and in the South Carolina Council of Engineering Societies, including serving as its president in 1997.”

DIVISIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

Edwin L. Averill
“For promoting professional activities enabling engineering outreach to K-12 students and establishing an annual engineering-design fair for middle and high school students.”

Zafar Taqvi
“For presentations to several South American Sections and Chapters about IEEE-USA products and how they could be utilized by members outside of the United States.”

REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

Charles D. Beaman
“For providing the inspiration and guidance to high school students and industry management to establish an electronics teaching lab.”

Peter Bergsneider
“For long, effective leadership in PACE activities at the Section, State, Region 6 and national levels”

Maura Schreier-Fleming
“For contributions supporting the Dallas Section and Region 5, including providing quality programs for the membership, working as a PACE volunteer, and as a speaker.”

Technical Awards

HARRY DIAMOND MEMORIAL AWARD

Gregory H. Ames
“For his significant technical contributions to the field of fiber optic acoustic sensors.”

Literary Awards

DISTINGUISHED LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS FURTHERING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROFESSION

William S. Hammack
“For creating public understanding of engineering, science and technology through his weekly public radio series, Engineering and Life.”

Ben Shneiderman
“For his book, Leonardo’s Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing Technologies.”

For more information, visit the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Web page at www.ieeeusa.org/AWARDS/index.html, or contact Sandra Kim at sandra.kim@ieee.org. Nominations are being accepted for the 2004 awards. The deadline is 31 July 2004.

IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of The IEEE, created in 1973 to advance the public good, while promoting the careers and public-policy interests of the more than 225,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. For more information, go to www.ieeeusa.org.

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Last Updated: 05 March 2004
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