IEEE FELLOW NOMINATIONS

At least three of our EMC Society members were nominated for IEEE Fellow Award this March. There may have been others that I did not hear about. The IEEE Evaluation Committee will study all of the nominations received, usually about 500, and make its recommendations to the IEEE Board of Directors later this fall. The approximately 125 candidates who are selected will then become IEEE Fellows effective 1 January 1999.

It is now time to begin the search for candidates for the next review cycle. The nomination, reference, and endorsement forms will be due to IEEE on or before 15 March 1999.

The IEEE Bylaw requirement for Fellow grade is as follows:

“The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred only by invitation of the Board of Directors upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in IEEE designated fields (including electrical engineering, electronics, computer engineering and computer sciences, and in the allied branches of engineering and related arts and sciences), who has made important individual contributions to one or more of these fields.

The year of election to the grade of Fellow is the year following affirmation action by the Board of Directors in conferring the grade of Fellow. The candidate shall hold Senior Member grade at the time the nomination is submitted. Normally the candidate shall have been a member in any grade for a period of five years or more preceding January 1 of the year of the election, however, the five year membership requirement may be waived for a Fellow candidate who has been engaged in professional practice (as needed to qualify for Senior Member grade) in a geographical area where, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it was difficult to become a member previously, as evidenced by the absence of a Section previously and the recent formation of a new Section to cover that geographical area. In such case, membership of five years or more in a recognized local electrical, electronics or computer engineering society may be substituted for the five year requirement, when the nomination is submitted within four years after the formation of the new Section.”

Please send me names and addresses of any potential candidates that you feel should be considered. I will appreciate any suggestions that you can provide.

William E. Cory
Chair, EMC-S Fellow Search Committee
4135 High Sierra
San Antonio, Texas 78228
Tele/Fax: 210 736 0714
E-Mail: gcory@swri.org

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