26 April 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana Welcome to the IEEE-USA Awards Ceremony The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. United States of America Welcome to the IEEE-USA Awards Ceremony

Diane Bowen Collier 2007 Awards and Recognition Committee Chair * Russell J. Lefevre President, IEEE-USA ** Gordon Day President-Elect, IEEE-USA *** John W. Meredith Past President, IEEE-USA Presentation of the 2007 Awards

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Special Citation

Professional Achievement Award To recognize significant and specific contributions of individual and organizational efforts in the development and implementation of professional activities in the United States

Professional Achievement Award

Nita Patel Professional Achievement Award

Kevin Taylor Professional Achievement Award

Robert K. Menzel Professional Achievement Award

Organization Dominion Individuals Robert K. Menzel Nita Patel Kevin Taylor

Regional/Divisional Professional Leadership Award To honor members in U.S. Regions and Divisions for their outstanding leadership efforts in advancing the professional aims of the IEEE in the United States

Terence B. Carr Regional Professional Leadership Award

Maury Miller Regional Professional Leadership Award

John Prohodsky Divisional Professional Leadership Award

Halden A. Morris Regional Professional Leadership Award

Ravi M. Todi Regional Professional Leadership Award

Greg Hutchins Regional Professional Leadership Award

Monroe B. Savage Regional Professional Leadership Award

Terence B. Carr (Region 5) Greg Hutchins (Region 6) Maury Miller (Region 6) Halden A. Morris (Region 3) Monroe B. Savage (Region 3) Ravi M. Todi (Region 3) John Prohodsky (Division III)

To honor individuals who have made exemplary contributions toward achieving the aims of professional activities in the United States Citation of Honor

Stephen Allen Citation of Honor

Tarek Lahdhiri Citation of Honor

Robert W. McClure Citation of Honor

Paul Meisel Citation of Honor

Stephen Allen Tarek Lahdhiri Robert W. McClure Paul Meisel

To honor collaborative activities between K-12 educators and technical professionals who are IEEE members Precollege Education Committee Teacher-Engineer Partnership Award

Christopher Benedict & Moises Cases (Educator) (Engineer) Precollege Education Committee Teacher-Engineer Partnership Award

To honor outstanding journalistic efforts that contribute to the enhancement and expansion of public understanding of the engineering profession in the United States Award For Distinguished Literary Contributions

Matt Wickenheiser

To honor individuals not currently in the practice of engineering for furthering the professional goals of the IEEE-USA Award for Distinguished Public Service

Award For Distinguished Public Service Senator Lamar Alexander & Senator Jeff Bingaman

Electrotechnology Transfer Award To honor an individual whose contributions in a key government or civilian role led efforts to transfer federal or state sponsored developments in advanced electrotechnologies to successful commercial sector opportunities

Electrotechnology Transfer Award Michael J. Duarte

Harry Diamond Memorial Award To honor an individual for distinguished technical contributions in the field of electrotechnology while in U.S. government service

Harry Diamond Memorial Award Meyya Meyyappan

Robert S. Walleigh Award To honor members of the engineering profession for long-term dedicated effort and outstanding accomplishments in advancing the aims of IEEE-USA

Robert S. Walleigh Distinguished Contributions to Engineering Professionalism Award Jean M. Eason

26 April 2008 Indianapolis, Indiana IEEE-USA Awards Ceremony Congratulations Awardees! The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. United States of America

The Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Indiana IEEE-USA Afterglow (In Foyer) The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. United States of America IEEE-USA Afterglow (In Foyer)