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Congressman Rohrabacher and Former IEEE-USA Board Member
Head 2004 IEEE-USA Award Recipients

WASHINGTON (09 February 2005) — Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), former chairman of the House Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics; and Dr. Charles P. Rubenstein, a 2003 member of the IEEE-USA Board of Directors and Operating Committee, will receive IEEE-USA professional awards.

Rohrabacher and Rubenstein join fellow IEEE-USA award recipients in recognition of their professionalism and technical achievements, as well as literary contributions to public awareness and understanding of the engineering profession in the United States.

Rohrabacher is being honored with the IEEE-USA Distinguished Public Service Award “for long-term support of IEEE-USA’s Congressional Fellowship program and leadership on federal policy issues of concern to the engineering community.” Steve Watkins served as an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow last year in Rohrabacher’s office, and Randall Brouwer holds the position in 2005.

Rubenstein, who lives in Massapequa, N.Y., is receiving IEEE-USA’s highest honor, the Robert S. Walleigh Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award. An IEEE senior member and active volunteer, Rubenstein works as a tenured professor of information science at New York’s Pratt Institute graduate School of Information and Library Science. He is being recognized “for sustained leadership and inspiration in professional activities within the IEEE Divisions and Regions.”

IEEE-USA’s distinguished awards are administered under its Awards and Recognition Committee and approved by the IEEE-USA Board of Directors. They will be presented at a 12 March awards ceremony held in conjunction with the IEEE-USA Leadership Workshop in Tucson, Ariz. (www.ieeeusa.org/calendar/conferences/2005workshop).

Here’s the complete list of 2004 award recipients:

Professional Awards

ROBERT S. WALLEIGH DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALISM AWARD

Charles P. Rubenstein
“For sustained leadership and inspiration in professional activities within the IEEE Divisions and Regions”

DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE

Dana Rohrabacher
“For long-term support of IEEE-USA’s Congressional Fellowship program and leadership on federal policy issues of concern to the engineering community”

PRECOLLEGE EDUCATION COMMITTEE TEACHER-ENGINEER PARTNERSHIP

Mark R. Rognstad & William G. Speed, Jr.
“For providing mentorship, support, and encouragement to students interested in science, technology, and mathematics through engineering competitions at the local, regional and national levels”

CITATION OF HONOR

Donald W. Hill
“For sustained leadership in PACE activities at the national level”

Philip Holmer
“For leadership in providing analysis and guidance regarding technology policy to Congress as Chair of IEEE-USA’s Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Technology Policy”

Glenn S. Tenney
“For increasing the visibility of the IEEE-USA Intellectual Property Committee, and contributing to testimony presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004”

George W. Zobrist
“For enthusiastic service on behalf of the professional needs of U.S. members and students as Editor of IEEE Potentials Magazine and Member Activities Editor for IEEE-USA Today’s Engineer and News & Views”

REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD

Parviz Famouri (Region 2)
“For organizing and executing PACE training sessions for Sections in Region 2 having limited PACE activities”

Robert H. Gauger (Regional)
“For efforts to improve professional standards, integrity and business practices of U.S. IEEE consulting engineers”

Tarek Lahdhiri (Region 4)
“For providing professional training to Sections, Chapters and PACE leaders within Region 4”

William Marshall (Region 3)
“For championing new programs within the Atlanta Section, in areas such as PACE, GOLD, K-12 Outreach, and Industry Relations”

Winnfort J. Myles (Region 6)
“For effectively communicating professional ideas, and educating and training other leaders in Region 6”

Hamid Vakilzadian (Region 4)
“For efforts in promoting PACE activities within the Nebraska Section and the West Area of Region 4”

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Luke R. Maki
“For significantly improving the IEEE-USA Committee on Communications and Information Policy’s effectiveness and image in the technology policy areas of broadband communication and improved spectrum use”

George F. McClure
“For pioneering the research and dissemination of information concerning the outsourcing of engineering jobs to other countries, and its effects on U.S. engineers”

C. Lee Stogner
“For reestablishing the IEEE-USA Government Activities Committee, and focusing its activities on member interaction with state legislatures and Congress”

Technical Awards

HARRY DIAMOND MEMORIAL AWARD

Robert K. Parker
“For leadership in radio frequency vacuum electronics, and pioneering technical contributions in the fields of intense relativistic electron beam technology, free electron lasers and gyro-amplifiers”

ELECTROTECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD

David O. Patterson
“For spearheading development of advanced lithographic approaches and tools that foster exceptional advances in Department of Defense system capabilities and their transfer to commercial application”

Literary Awards

DISTINGUISHED LITERARY CONTRIBUTIONS FURTHERING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROFESSION

William J. Mitchell
“For increasing public understanding of information technology in everyday life through his book, Me++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City”

Terri Spitz, Steven Cooper and Scott Schroeder
“For increasing public understanding of the impacts on engineering employment due to the H-1B and L-1 visa programs through their TV news series, Stolen Jobs”

For more information, visit the IEEE-USA Awards and Recognition Web page at www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/awards, or contact Sandra Kim at sandra.kim@ieee.org. Nominations are being accepted for the 2005 awards. The deadline is 31 July 2005.

IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of the IEEE. It was created in 1973 to advance the public good and promote the careers and public policy interests of the more than 220,000 technology professionals 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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