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IEEE Washington Section

Serving members in the District of Columbia and part of Maryland since 1903



e S C A N N E R Calendar Index Welcome Officers Directors Technical Societies and Affinity Groups Student Branches Affiliated Organizations › History Past Chairs Bylaws L I N K S Virtual Community Northern Virginia Section Baltimore Section IEEE Region 2 Sister Section in India eMeritBadges	History Introduction About a hundred years ago, 23 engineers came together in Washington, D.C., to form a society of engineers who were interested in the science of engineering, particularly telephony, telegraphy, and radio. The most notable of these was Alexander Graham Bell. He signed on as a founding member and director, along with the Smithsonian Institution. In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the founding of what became the Washington Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, section members have compiled what they could glean from research and the recollections of several contributors about the first 100 years of the section. The Earliest Days The 1910s: Building a Foundation The 1920s: Peacetime Research The 1940s-1950s: Recollections The 1960s: Technological Advances The 1970s: Welcome to the Digital Age The 1990s: Approaching the Millennium Next


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