Region 1 Milestone & History Committee Report

Nikolaos GolasRegion 1 Historian & Milestone Coordinatorn.golas@ieee.org

2013 Region 1 Summer MeetingHilton, Providence, RI 24 August 2013

IEEE Region 1 Milestone Report

• IEEE Milestone Program is administered thru IEEE History Center

• Honors significant technical achievements associated with IEEE

• Milestones recognize technological innovation & excellence for unique products, services, papers and patents

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Current Region 1 MilestonesMilestones in Early Stages– Edwin Armstrong's Regenerative Radio Circuit at

Columbia University Labs in 1912 (New York Section)

– Nikola Tesla Wardenclyffe Lab, 1901 in Shoreham, NY (Long Island Section)

Milestone Chair: Victor Zourides

– Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) Signaling, 1963 at AT&T, in Middletown, NJ (New Jersey Coast Section/ComSoc)

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Current Region 1 MilestonesMilestones in Early Stages– American Standard Code for Information

Interchange (ASCII) Standard Development, 1963 at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ (New Jersey Coast/ComSoc)

– 2013-15 Interactive Video Games (New Hampshire Section)

Proposer's Name: Jason Hui

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Current Region 1 MilestonesProposals Submitted Awaiting Advocate Approval

– 2011-03 Bell Laboratories, The First 60 Years (New Jersey North Section)

There will be 4 citation plaques in order to provide space to list the achievements:

BELL LABS - WIRELESS AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS, THE FIRST 60 YEARS

Citation: Between 1925 and 1984, Bell Labs researchers made numerous fundamental contributions to wireless and satellite communications including the first radio astronomical observations (1933), the Friis transmission formula (1946), the cellular radio concept (1947), characterization of point-to-point microwave propagation (1950's-70's), the first active communications satellite, Telstar (1962), the first observation of the cosmic background radiation (1965) and the Advanced Mobile Phone System, AMPS (1977).

BELL LABS - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND COMPUTING, THE FIRST 60 YEARS

Citation: Between 1925 and 1984, Bell Labs researchers made numerous fundamental contributions to digital signal processing and computing including the first electronic speech synthesizer (1937), the Karnaugh map (1953), computer generated music (1957), digital computer art (1962), the UNIX operating system (1969), the C programming language (1970), the AWK programming language (1977), the first single-chip 32-bit microprocessor (1980) and the C++ programming language (1983).

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Current Region 1 MilestonesProposals Submitted Awaiting Advocate Approval

– 2011-03 Bell Laboratories, The First 60 Years (New Jersey Section) [CONTINUED]

BELL LABS - SOLID STATE AND OPTICAL DEVICES, THE FIRST 60 YEARS Citation: Between 1925 and 1984, Bell Labs researchers made numerous fundamental

contributions to solid state and optical devices including the discovery of electron diffraction (1927), the transistor (1947), zone refining (1951), the solar cell (1954), theory of the laser (1958), the MOSFET (1959), the electret microphone (1962), the CO2 laser (1964), molecular beam epitaxy (1968), the charge coupled device (1969), modified chemical vapor deposition (1974) and the fractional quantum hall effect (1982).

BELL LABS - COMMUNICATIONS THEORY AND NETWORKS, THE FIRST 60 YEARS

Citation: Between 1925 and 1984, Bell Labs researchers made numerous fundamental contributions to communications theory and networks including the negative feedback principle (1927), the theory of the one-time pad cipher (1945), Hamming codes (1947), information theory (1948), modern cryptography (1949), the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable (1956), Direct Distance Dialing (1950's), the first transcontinental microwave relay networks (1950s), greedy algorithms for network design (1960s) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (1966).

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Current Region 1 MilestonesProposals Submitted Awaiting Advocate Approval– 2007-08 Wireless Transmission between Fixed

Antenna and Moving Trains, 1913 [AKA Marconi Tower] (Binghamton Section)

Citation: From this tower and others in Scranton, PA and Hoboken, NJ, in November 1913, Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America experiments on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad showed that wireless communication between fixed stations and railroad trains was practical and reliable. The experiments established that ground stations could communicate with trains moving at speeds up to sixty mph (100 km/h) over a range of 130 miles (210 km).

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Current Region 1 MilestonesProposals Submitted Awaiting Advocate Approval– 2013-21 First Blind Takeoff, Flight and Landing, [A

Joint IEEE Long Island Secton/American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Milestone]

DEDICATION DAY GOAL: Wed. Sept. 24th 2014, 85th Anniversary of Event

Citation: On September 24, 1929, the first blind takeoff, flight and landing occurred at Mitchel Field, Garden City, NY in a Consolidated NY-2 biplane piloted by Lt. James Doolittle. Equipped with specially designed radio and aeronautical instrumentation, it represented the cooperative efforts of many organizations, mainly the Guggenheim Fund’s Full Flight Laboratory, U.S. Army Air Corps, Dept. of Commerce, Sperry Gyroscope Company, Kollsman Instrument Company and Radio Frequency Laboratories.

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Current Region 1 MilestonesProposals Submitted Awaiting Advocate Approval– 2013-07 Cruft High Tension Laboratory, Harvard

School of Engineering and Applied Science (Boston Section)

Citation: Cruft Laboratory was designed in 1915 to support research on radio antennas and storage batteries. During WW1, a nation wide radio training school for military personnel was established there. Special courses and text books in communications engineering were created for naval officers. During WW2, Cruft was dedicated to radar training for the military. Cruft and adjacent laboratories were much more than a place of learning by facilitating the work of GW Pierce, El Chaffee and other researchers, who contributed greatly to radio communications.

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Current Region 1 MilestonesProposals Submitted Awaiting Advocate Approval– Mark 1 Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator

(ASCC), 1943 to 1945 (Boston Section)

Citation: Developed by Harvard faculty member Howard Aiken and IBM in the early 1940s, the massive machine was originally called the ASCC (Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator). The Mark I is considered one of the first electro-mechanical computers ever created and represents a fundamental milestone in the history of modern computing. Software innovations designed by Grace Hooper were an important part of the machine.

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones [1 – 10] DATE, MILESTONE, PERSON(S), LOCATION, SECTION1. 1828 Electric Motor, Henry, Albany, NY (Schenectady Section)2. 1837 Practical Electric Motor, Davenport, Rutland, VT (Green Mountain Section)3. 1877 Dynamic Microphone, Curtis & Reddi, Boston, MA (Boston Section)4. 1880 Contributions of Lewis Latimer, New York, NY (New York Section)5. 1881 Commercial Music Over Wire, Cahill, Holyoke, MA, (Springfield Section)6. 1882 Commercial Electric Fan, Crocker & Curt, New York, NY (New York Section)7. 1882 Electric Iron, Seely, New York, NY (New York Section)8. 1885 Mass Production of Edison Lamps, Thomson, Lynn, MA (Boston Section)9. 1888 AC Induction Motor, Tesla, New York, NY (New York Section)10. 1888 Edward Weston Precision Meters, Newark, NJ, (North Jersey Section)

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones [11 – 20] DATE, MILESTONE, PERSON(S), LOCATION, SECTION11. 1893 Coney Island Electric Escalator, Reno, Brooklyn, NY (New York Section)12. 1898 Wireless Power Transmission, Tesla, New York, NY (New York Section)13. 1899 Loading Coil, Pupin, AT&T, Region 114. 1901 Mercury Discharge Lamp, Cooper Hewit New York, NY (New York Section)15. 1902 Oscilloscope, Ryan, Ithaca, NY, (Ithaca Section)16. 1906 Triode, De Forrest, New York, NY (New York Section)17. 1907 Bell Labs founded Jewett, Cart, New York, NY (New York Section)18. 1910 Tungsten Filament, Coolidge, Region 119. 1915 Radiotelephone Broadcast to Grand Fork, ND, Goldsmith, Sayville, NY, (Long Island Section)20. 1917 Superheterodyne, Armstrong, Columbia University, New York, NY (New York Section)

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones [21 – 30] DATE, MILESTONE, PERSON(S), LOCATION, SECTION21. 1918 Practical AC Clock, Warren, Ashland, MA (Boston Section)22. 1919 Neutrodyne, Hazeltine, Hoboken, NJ, (North Jersey Section)23. 1921 Magnetron, Hall, Schenectady, NY, (Schenectady Section)24. 1924 Stereo Phonography, Keller, Bell Labs, NJ, (North Jersey Section)25. 1925 Electrodynamic Loudspeaker, Numerous, Schenectady, NY, (Schenectady Section)26. 1925 Quartz Crystal Watch, Numerous, New York, NY (New York Section)27. 1927 Differential Analyzer, Bush Cambridge, MA (Boston Section)28. 1927 Negative Feedback Amp, Black, Bell Labs, NJ, (North Jersey Section)29. 1927 Technicolor, Kalmus et al, Cambridge, MA (Boston Section)30. 1929 Coaxial Cable, Numerous, New York, NY (New York Section)

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones [31 – 40] DATE, MILESTONE, PERSON(S), LOCATION, SECTION31. 1930 FM, Armstrong, Columbia University, New York, NY (New York Section)32. 1931 Electric Razor, Schick, Stamford, CT, (Connecticut Section)33. 1935 IBM Mass-Production Electric Typewriter, Numerous, Endicott, NY, (Binghamton Section)34. 1938 Xerography, Carlson, New York, NY (New York Section)35. 1941 Grandpa's Knob Wind Turbine, Putnam Grandpa's Knob, VT (Green Mountain Section)36. 1941 Two-phase PHK Modulator Carrier System, Millar, Watermill, NY, (Long Island Section)37. 1943 IBM Mark I, Numerous, Endicott, NY, (Binghamton Section)38. 1946 Project Diana (ASC Electronics), Numerous, Wall, NJ, (New Jersey Coast Section)39. 1948 Information Theory, Shannon, Bell Labs, NJ, (North Jersey Section)40. 1948 LP Goldmark, CBS Laboratories, New York, NY (New York Section)

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones [41 – 50] DATE, MILESTONE, PERSON(S), LOCATION, SECTION41. 1951 Junction Transistor, Shockley, Murray Hill, NJ, (North Jersey Section)42. 1952 Cinerama, Numerous, New York, NY (New York Section)43. 1952 Compiler, Hopper, Harvard, Cambridge, MA (Boston Section)44. 1952 Magnetic Core Memory, Wang, Harvard, MA (Boston Section)45. 1954 Electronic Music Synthesizer, Olsen, New York, NY (New York Section)46. 1954 MASER, Townes et al, Bell Labs, NJ, (North Jersey Section)47. 1955 Development of B-52 Fire-control System, Arma Corp, Garden City, NY, (Long Island Section)48. 1956 Invention of the PROM , Wen Tsing Chow, Garden City, NY, (Long Island Section)49. 1956 FORTRAN Language, Backus, New York, NY (New York Section)50. 1958 Pioneering Video Game, Higginbotham, Brookhaven, NY, (Long Island Section)

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones [51 – 60] DATE, MILESTONE, PERSON(S), LOCATION, SECTION51. 1962 GE LED, Numerous, Syracuse, NY, (Syracuse Section)52. 1962 Implantable Pacemaker, Greatbach-Clarence, Buffalo, NY (Buffalo Section)53. 1962 Unimation Industrial Robot, Numerous, Danbury, CT, (Connecticut Section)54. 1964 BASIC, Kurtz, Hanover, NH, (New Hampshire Section)55. 1964 IBM 360, Numerous, Endicott, NY, (Binghamton Section)56. 1964 Voltage-Controlled Music Synthesizer, Moog, Trumansburg, NY, (Ithaca Section)57. 1965 PDP-8, Numerous, Boston, MA (Boston Section)58. 1968 First Microprocessor in Grumman's F-14 Tom Cat, Geller/Holt, Calverton, NY, (Long Island Section)59. 1973 Development of MRI/NMR, Lauterbur, Stony Brook, NY, (Long Island Section)60. 1974 First PCs (Scelbi-8H, Mark-8) Englewood, NJ, (North Jersey Section)

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Region 1 List of Achievements Suitable for Milestones - Summation

16 out of the 22 Region 1 Sections are represented in List

List Available at Global History Network (GHN) at: http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/List_of_Achievements_Suitable_for_Milestones

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Region 1 IEEE Milestones Distribution by Section

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Section Name # of

Milestones Boston Section 10 North Jersey Section 4 Princeton / Central Jersey Section 4 Connecticut Section 2 New York Section 2 Berkshire Section 1 Buffalo Section 1 Long Island Section 1 Maine Section 1 Rochester Section 1 Schenectady Section 1 Worcester County Section 1

Region 1 IEEE Milestones Distribution by Section - Statistics

Region 1 has 29 IEEE Milestones out of the 132 dedicated: 22%

Boston Section leads all Region 1-7 IEEE Sections with 10 IEEE Milestones

13 out of the 22 Region 1 Sections have at least one IEEE Milestone

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Milestone Dedication Ceremony Planning Checklist

Detailed checklist available online at the Region 1 website

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Future Milestones?

Are any other Sections working on Milestone nominations?

Please contact me if you need help with your Milestone nomination.

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Celebrating Section Anniversaries in 2013

Boston Section: Founded: 2/13/1903110th Anniversary

Long Island Section: Founded: 5/6/1953 60th Anniversary

Mohawk Valley Section: Founded: 1/1/1953 60th Anniversary

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Celebrating Section Anniversaries in 2013

New Hampshire Section: Founded: 9/3/1953 60th Anniversary

Schenectady Section: Founded: 1/26/1903 110th Anniversary

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Celebrating Section Anniversaries in 2014

Berkshire Section: Founded: 3/25/1904110th Anniversary

New York Section: Founded: 12/10/1919 95th Anniversary

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Celebrating Section Anniversaries in 2014

North Jersey Section: Founded: 5/5/195460th Anniversary

Rochester Section: Founded: 10/9/1914 100th Anniversary

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How to Celebrate Section Anniversaries

Announce Anniversary to all Section members

Plan special Anniversary event or combine with Section annual meeting

If special Anniversary event try to invite members, spouse or family

Develop brochure identifying Section achievements and recognize past Chairs or members

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Historical Milestones Detailed Process

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IEEE Region 1 Milestone Details

• IEEE Milestone Program is an IEEE History Committee Program administered thru IEEE History Center.

• Honors significant technical achievements associated with IEEE.

• Milestones recognize technological innovation & excellence for the benefit of humanity found in unique products, services, papers and patents.

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IEEE Milestone Program

IEEE established Milestone Program in 1983 in conjunction with 1984 Centennial Celebration.Each milestone recognizes a significant technical achievement that occurred 25 years ago in an area of technology represented in IEEE with regional impact.

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IEEE Milestone Program

Milestones are proposed, nominated and sponsored by organizational units such as Sections, Societies or Chapters.A milestone must be submitted to the IEEE History Committee for review and recommendation.After approval by the IEEE Board of Directors, a bronze plaque is awarded.The plaque is placed at an appropriate site with a dedication ceremony.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

General requirementsSubmitting a milestone proposalReview of proposalSubmission of nominationReview of nominationApproval of Board of DirectorsNotification of approvalCasting of the plaqueDedication Ceremony

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

General Requirements– Milestones recognize an achievement

not a person or a place.– An achievement must be 25 years old &

must have regional importance.– The IEEE Global History Network website

lists all the requirements.– http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/

Milestones:Proposing_a_Milestone

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Milestone submissions– Two step process: milestone proposal followed by a

nomination.– Any IEEE member can submit a proposal, but the

proposal must be sponsored by the organization unit.– The OU pays for the dedication ceremony & plaque.– Typical time frame from submission of proposal to

dedication of milestone is between 9 and 15 months.– Proposed milestones are submitted thru the IEEE

Global History Network & evaluated by the IEEE History Committee (IHC).

– IHC, when appropriate recommends approval by IEEE Board of Directors.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Proposal Review– Milestone Coordinator of IEEE History

Committee appoints an advocate, who is responsible for reviewing the proposal & determining the significance of the proposed milestone.

– If approved the proposers are invited to submit a detailed nomination with supporting documentation.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Submission of Nomination– Milestone administrator & advocate assist OU in

completion of nomination.– Supporting material, with appropriate references

must be in English & submitted in electronic format.– A draft citation describing the achievement must

also be submitted.– The History Committee has the final decision on

wording of citation.– Nomination must be submitted within 6 months of

the issue of invitation.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Nomination Review– Within 3 months of receipt the advocate

evaluates the documentation & recommends whether to approve or reject the nomination.

Approval of Board of Directors– The IEEE History Committee prepares the

final review & evaluation of the proposed milestone to determine recommendation for approval by Board of Directors.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Notification of Approval– Milestone administrator notifies the

organizational unit when the IEEE History Committee recommends approval of the milestone to B of D.

– If milestone is approved administrator completes arrangements for payment of plaque & suggests guidelines for dedication ceremony.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Casting of Plaque– The milestone plaque will be cast &

delivered to the OU within 2 months of receipt of payment by the History Center.

– Cost of Plaque is $835.00 plus approx. $70.00 for shipping.

– Each plaque is 18” x 12” x 1-1/4”, is made of bronze and weighs 21 lbs.

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Guidelines for Organizing Milestones

Dedication Ceremony– Organizational units are responsible for

developing & planning the dedication ceremony.

– Ceremony requires several months advance planning & should include 8 weeks for delivery of the plaque.

– Copies of the guidelines for organizing the dedication ceremony will be handed out.

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IEEE Region 1 History Report

IEEE History Committee has been advising the IEEE Board of Directors on matters of legacy & heritage of IEEE and its members & their related professions & technologies since IEEE’s inception.In 1980 IEEE established the IEEE History Center to be the staff arm of the History Committee.IEEE’s historical activities are carried out by the staff of the History Center, under the guidance of the History Committee.

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IEEE History Center

Mission of History Center is to preserve, research and promote the history of information and electrical technologies.Center maintains resources for the engineer, historian of technology and anyone interested in the development of electrical & computer engineering & their role in modern society.The History Center is part of IEEE Corporate Activities & is co-sponsored by Rutgers Univ., History Dept. School of Arts & Sciences.Most of the Center’s resources are available online at the IEEE Global History Network.

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IEEE Global History Network

The Global History Network is a new website of the IEEE History Center dedicated to the histories of IEEE, its members and their professions & technologies.– http://www.ieeeghn.org

GHN is wiki-based but restricted to IEEE members, technical authorities and professional historians.GHN empowers IEEE members to collaborate in documenting the histories of their organizational units.

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IEEE Region 1 History

Richard Ackley, a previous Region 1 Historian prepared an historic overview of Region 1 and our history of electro technology including a brief history of each Section in Region 1.This is a living document and I encourage each Section Chair or Section Historian to provide current and past Section history to be included in our Region 1 History Archives.Please send your Section history information / documents in electronic format to: n.golas@ieee.org

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For additional informationplease contact me:

Nikolaos Golas

Region 1 Historian & Milestone Coordinator

n.golas@ieee.org

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