IEEE Day and CR Section 75th Anniversary Celebration!
Join us on Tuesday October 1st, 2019 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Cedar Rapids Section of IEEE and IEEE Day! We will be touring the Cedar Rapids History Center and having a Keynote address by Mike Wilson. Come celebrate the Cedar Rapids Section's contibutions to IEEE!
Appetizers are provided, and there will be a cash bar. Please register so that we can get an accurate count for food.
- Cedar Rapids IEEE was chartered in 1944, 75 years ago as a section in the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). IRE was founded in 1912.
- A second predecessor organization was the older but smaller American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), leading many other areas of electrical engineering since 1884.
- Distinguished founders of the 2 organizations include Alfred Norton Goldsmith, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Edwin J. Houston, Edward Weston, and more...
- IEEE was created January 1 1963 by merging IRE with AIEE.
We will be touring the History Center and if avaiable the Grant Wood Studio at the History Center between 6 and 7 pm. Doors open at 5:45 pm.
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- Date: 01 Oct 2019
- Time: 05:45 PM to 08:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- Cedar Rapids History Center
- 800 2nd Ave SE
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- United States 52403
- Click here for Map
- Starts 09 September 2019 12:10 PM
- Ends 01 October 2019 05:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Myron 'Mike' Wilson
75th Anniversary Keynote Address
The Cedar Rapids Section of the IEEE has a legacy evolved over the 75 years of its existence, much through the influence on one man, Arthur A. Collins and his organization, the Collins Radio Company. Arthur Collins received significant input from the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE), predecessor to IEEE.
The connection of the IRE, and the IEEE, with Arthur Collins is described and several short stories explain how this influence resulted in developments that have benefited all mankind.
The section continues today to provide information and guidance to member practitioners.
Biography:
Myron “Mike” Wilson
Joined Collins Radio February 1951 as Test Equipment Engineer
Positions held;
Manager Final Test,
Manager Product Analysis
Manufacturing Program Manager for initial build of ARC 58
Organized initial Quality Assurance organization for Collins Radio
Corporate Director of Quality Assurance
Director Research and Development, Dallas Division
Vice President Manufacturing, Dallas Division
Vice President Manufacturing Collins Radio
After acquisition by Rockwell International
Director Quality Assurance, Electronic Division
Director Quality Assurance, Avionics Division
Group Director Production Operations, Avionics Division
Retired from Rockwell Collins September 1990
IEEE Professional Activities, Life Fellow since 1954
Cedar Rapids Section Chair
Region 4 Director, IEEE Board of Directors, IEEE-USA Board of Directors
Awards: Jack Sherman Outstanding Member Award
Regional Professional Leadership
Ted Hunter Award
Other Professional Organizations
American Society for Quality (ASQ), Life Fellow since 1956,
Cedar Rapids Section Chair
Region 13 Director, National Board of Directors, Division Director
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE),- Life Fellow since1973
Cedar Rapids Chapter Chair
Regional Vice President, National Board of Directors
Executive Director
International President
Community Recognitions
Community Service Award Cedar Rapids Downtown Rotary
Outstanding Individual Philanthropist Award- Association of Fundraising Professionals
Community Philanthropist Award – United Way of East Central Iowa
Freedom Festival Hero - Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Veteran of Year – Metro Veterans Council
Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame – Iowa Governor Branstead
Five Seasons Citizenship – Cedar Rapids
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award– Marquis Who’s Who
Education - Case Western Reserve University
BS Mechanical engineering
BE Electrical Engineering
BS Engineering Administration
World War II Veteran -U S Navy 1944-1946
Agenda
5:45 pm - History Center Museum time, and social hour
6:00 PM 2 tours of the Grant Wood Studio limited to groups of 15 starting at 6 and 6:30
7 pm - Keynote address and other presentations