IEEE Members Make History - the IEEE History Center Preserves It

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Please join us and learn about the IEEE History Center, the staff arm of the IEEE History Committee.  Founded in 1980, the History Center preserves, researches, and promotes the history of information and electrical technology. Its programs include the IEEE Archives, IEEE Milestones, Oral History, REACH (Raising Engineering Awareness Through the Conduit of History), the Global Museum, the IEEE Life Members’ Fellowship in Electrical History, the Pugh Young Scholar in Residents as well as lectures, conferences, and publications. Most of the Center’s resources are available online at the Engineering and Technology History Wiki.


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  • Date: 09 Oct 2024
  • Time: 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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  • Co-sponsored by Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley
  • Starts 28 August 2024 12:00 AM
  • Ends 09 October 2024 12:00 AM
  • All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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Mary Ann of IEEE History Center

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Mary Ann Hellrigel, Ph.D. is the Institutional Historian, Archivist as well as the manager of the oral history program at the IEEE History Center. She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, including the 1993 IEEE Life Member History Fellowship. Mary Ann has a bachelor’s degree in history and biology from Rutgers University (1983); a master’s degree in public history from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1989); and a Ph.D. in the history of technology and science from Case Western Reserve University. She served as an editor and research faculty the Thomas A. Edison Papers Project at Rutgers University, and for more than 30 years, she taught history; history of technology, engineering, and science; women’s history; American Studies; and geography at universities in the USA, including Stevens Institute of Technology; California State University, Chico; New Jersey Institute of Technology; Iowa State University; and The State University of New York, College at Geneseo. Mary Ann has widely published and presented papers on Edison and early electric power and has consulted on related exhibits and documentaries.