IEEE-USA History Project

Chaired by IEEE-USA 2007 President John Meredith, the IEEE-USA History Project is building a digital archive of documents on IEEE-USA and its precursors, the IEEE United States Activities Board (USAB) and the IEEE United States Activities Committee (USAC), in order to provide a record of their contributions and efforts on behalf of IEEE U.S. members and the profession over the years.

History of IEEE-USA: 1973-2009

• An Overview of Four Decades
• Power Point Slides Presented at IEEE 2009 History Conference on the History of Technical Societies

IEEE-USA's Leaders (1973 to date)

• USAC-USAB Chairs (1973-1997)
• IEEE-USA Presidents (1998-present)
• IEEE-USA Staff Executive
• IEEE-USA Board of Directors (Pictures): [1998] [1999] [2000] [2001] [2002] [2003] [2004] [2005] [2006] [2007] [2008] [2009]

Formation and The First Ten Years (1973-1983)

• Blue Print for Change (IEEE Spectrum Special Report on Constitutional Referendum, June 1972)
• IEEE's Professional Programs in the U.S. (Special Report, June 1974)
• IEEE Professional News (Feb. 1974)
• How USAB Helped Members in 1976 (IEEE Spectrum Special Report, December 1976)
• Annual Reports [1981] [1982] [1983]
• The History of IEEE-USA: The First Ten Years (1973-1983)
• IEEE Impact Decennium Issue (1983)

Growth and Maturity (1984-1999)

• Annual Reports [1984] [1985] [1986] [1987] [1988] [1989] [1990] [1991] [1992] [1993] [1994] [1995] [1996] [1997] [1998] [1999]

IEEE-USA in the 21st Century (2000-)

• Annual Reports: [2002] [2003] [2004] [2005] [2006] [2007] [2008]
• Year in Review:  [2005] [2006] [2007] [2008]
• Program Handbook:  [2007] [2008]

Program Histories

• The History of S-PACs — A Professional Path for Students (Watson)

Updated: 16 September 2009
Staff Contact: Chris Brantley