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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday October 1st\, 2019 to celebrate the 75th Ann
 iversary of the Cedar Rapids Section of IEEE and IEEE Day! We will be tour
 ing the Cedar Rapids History Center and having a Keynote address by Mike W
 ilson. Come celebrate the Cedar Rapids Section's contibutions to IEEE!\n\n
 Appetizers are provided\, and there will be a cash bar. Please register so
  that we can get an accurate count for food.\n\nCelebrate the story of IEE
 E and the Cedar Rapids IEEE Section. We celebrate this milestone and other
  technical milestones on Oct 1\, international IEEE Day!\n\nCedar Rapids I
 EEE was founded 75 years ago! We will recognize IEEE\, the Cedar Rapids Se
 ction and the 420\,000 professional IEEE members around the world today\, 
 plus those of the many previous decades.\n\n- Cedar Rapids IEEE was charte
 red in 1944\, 75 years ago as a section in the Institute of Radio Engineer
 s (IRE). IRE was founded in 1912.\n- A second predecessor organization was
  the older but smaller American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)\,
  leading many other areas of electrical engineering since 1884.\n- Disting
 uished founders of the 2 organizations include Alfred Norton Goldsmith\, N
 ikola Tesla\, Thomas Edison\, Elihu Thomson\, Edwin J. Houston\, Edward We
 ston\, and more...\n- IEEE was created January 1 1963 by merging IRE with 
 AIEE.\n\nWe will be touring the History Center and if avaiable the Grant W
 ood Studio at the History Center between 6 and 7 pm. Doors open at 5:45 pm
 .\n\nSpeaker(s): Myron 'Mike' Wilson\, \n\nAgenda: \n5:45 pm - History Cen
 ter Museum time\, and social hour\n\n6:00 PM 2 tours of the Grant Wood Stu
 dio limited to groups of 15 starting at 6 and 6:30\n\n7 pm - Keynote addre
 ss and other presentations\n\nCedar Rapids History Center\, 800 2nd Ave SE
 \, Cedar Rapids\, Iowa\, United States\, 52403
LOCATION:Cedar Rapids History Center\, 800 2nd Ave SE\, Cedar Rapids\, Iowa
 \, United States\, 52403
ORGANIZER:meredith.a.godar@ieee.org
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SUMMARY:IEEE Day and CR Section 75th Anniversary Celebration!
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/198154
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Join us on Tuesday October 1st\, 2019 to c
 elebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Cedar Rapids Section of IEEE and IEEE
  Day!&nbsp\; We will be touring the Cedar Rapids History Center and having
  a Keynote address by Mike Wilson.&nbsp\; Come celebrate the Cedar Rapids 
 Section's contibutions to IEEE!</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Appetizers are pro
 vided\, and there will be a cash bar.&nbsp\; Please register so that we ca
 n get an accurate count for food.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<div>Celebrate the 
 story of IEEE and the Cedar Rapids IEEE Section. We celebrate this milesto
 ne&nbsp\;<em>and other technical milestones</em>&nbsp\;on Oct 1\, internat
 ional IEEE Day!&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n<div>Cedar Rapids IEEE w
 as founded 75 years ago!&nbsp\; We will recognize IEEE\, the Cedar Rapids 
 Section and the 420\,000 professional IEEE members around the world today\
 , plus those of the many previous decades.</div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong
 >Cedar Rapids IEEE was chartered in 1944\, 75 years ago</strong>&nbsp\;as 
 a section in the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE).&nbsp\; &nbsp\;IRE was
  founded in 1912.&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>A second predecessor organization was t
 he older but smaller American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)\, l
 eading many other areas of electrical engineering since 1884.&nbsp\;</li>\
 n<li>Distinguished founders of the 2 organizations include&nbsp\;Alfred No
 rton Goldsmith\, Nikola Tesla\, Thomas Edison\, Elihu Thomson\, Edwin J. H
 ouston\, Edward Weston\, and more...&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</li>\n<li>IEEE was crea
 ted January 1 1963 by merging IRE with AIEE.&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p>We wil
 l be touring the History Center and if avaiable the Grant Wood Studio at t
 he History Center between 6 and 7 pm.&nbsp\; Doors open at 5:45 pm.&nbsp\;
 </p>\n</div>\n<div>&nbsp\;</div><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>5:45 pm - His
 tory Center Museum time\, and social hour</p>\n<p>6:00 PM 2 tours of the G
 rant Wood Studio limited to groups of 15 starting at 6 and 6:30</p>\n<p>7 
 pm - Keynote address and other presentations</p>
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