IEEE is the
world's largest professional organization for the
advancement of technology. Dating back to 1884
nationally, it is made up of men and women who have
organized to advance their knowledge of the field
and to aid in the dissemination of new information
as the field moves forward. The full name of the
IEEE is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc., although the organization is
referred to by the letters I-E-E-E and pronounced
Eye-triple-E.
The East
Tennessee Section was established on September 2,
1936 and currently exceeds 900 active members. The
section includes two student branches,
the
University of
Tennessee Student Branch and the
Pellissippi State Technical Community College
Student Branch.
The mission of IEEE is to expand global prosperity
by fostering technological innovation, enabling
members' careers, and promoting community worldwide.
The IEEE promotes the engineering process of
creating, developing, integrating, sharing, and
applying knowledge about electro and information
technologies and sciences for the benefit of
humanity and the profession.
For
several years before 1936, J. Elmer Housley, Dr.
J. G. Tarboux, Chase Hutchison, E. E. George,
and other active members of A.I.E.E. in East
Tennessee felt the need for a Section in the
eastern part of the state. Several persons
associated with the electrical industry
expressed their desire to join the Institute if
a local Section was formed but there were not
enough members and applicants for the formation
of a new section. The beginning of TVA and the
expansion of local electrical industries
increased the number of Institute members in the
area. This created the need for a local Section.
On May
25, 1936, the Board of Directors of the A.I.E.E.
authorized the establishing of the East
Tennessee Section. The Board assigned to it all
the State of Tennessee east of the boundaries of
Williamson, Robertson, Davidson, Marshall, and
Giles counties. The first meeting was on
September 2, 1936, and the Section organized,
with Chase Hutchison as the first chairman and
52 charter members.
Section Bylaws were last amended in 1984. You
can view them
here.
