Region 3 Awards Status

Awards Initiative item acted on included:  Increased publicity of awards
which included Region newsletter and local press releases (Special
Thanks to David Bower).  We also held a helpful discussion with many
constructive inputs at SoutheastCon.

Other items:  Call for RAB Awards - very little response.  

The 2006 Awards Ceremony for Region 3 took place in Memphis on Saturday,
April 1, 2006.  After an opening welcome from Allan Long, SoutheastCon
2006 General Chair, Region 3 Director, George McClure, presided over a
the ceremony.  The Awards were given in front of a standing-room-only
crowd of both Professional and Student IEEE members.  

Congratulations to the Award recipients who were:  Eric R. Grigorian,
P.E. - Outstanding Engineer; Carl Leonard Hussey, PE - Outstanding
Service; Reza Adhami, Ph.D. - Joseph M. Biedenbach Outstanding
Engineering Educator ; Northrop Grumman, Airborne Ground Surveillance
and Battle Management Systems - Employer Professional Development Award.

Jim Howard, David Green & Quang Tang each received a Special Director's
Award for outstanding contributions to the world-wide Sections Congress
which was held last October in Tampa, Florida.

A special tribute to K. Reed Thompson was given where Robert Duggan
presented Mrs. Reed (Margaret) Thompson with Reed's IEEE Fellow
certificate and pin.  Reed passed away shortly after he was elevated to
IEEE Fellow.  Reed's entire family participated in this touching
tribute.

We also recognized our IEEE-USA recipients who received their awards at
the Leadership Development Conference in Saint Louis: Ralph W. Russell,
II - Citation of Honor; Ralph D. Painter - Regional  Professional
Leadership Award; Linda Bailey Hayden, Ph.D. - Professional Achievement
Award;Srinivas Katkoori, Ph.D. - Professional Achievement Award.

REGION 3 SECTION ANNIVERSARY AWARDS

Jacksonville - 75 Years
Tri Cities - 25 Years
Virginia Council - 25 Years

Region 3 Student Activities Chair, Dr. Eric Ackerman presented a host of
Student Awards.

New REGION 3 FELLOWS  and recent Institute Level Award Recipients were
also recognized.

Respectfully submitted by By Mary Ellen Randall, Awards & Recognition
Chair 
May 22, 2006