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Biographies of the 2007 IEEE Foundation
Board
Robert T. H. Alden
Dr. Alden is a Director of the IEEE Foundation and President
of the IEEE Canadian Foundation. He served as IEEE Vice President
for Regional Activities in 1990 -1991, Director of IEEE (Region
7) in 1988-1989, and Secretary of the IEEE Power Engineering
Society in 1980-1981. He also currently serves as the Publications
Chair of the IEEE Toronto Section and the Awards and Recognition
Chair of IEEE Canada. He retired from McMaster University
in Hamilton, Ontario as Professor Emeritus, after a 32 year
career in which he was the founding director of the Power
Research Laboratory. He is a licensed professional engineer
in Ontario, Canada, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute
of Canada and a Life Fellow of IEEE.
Antonio C. Bastos
Mr. Bastos is a member-at-large of the IEEE Foundation Board.
He served as Director of IEEE (Region 9) in 1996-1997, Secretary
of IEEE in 1998; IEEE Vice President for Regional Activities
in 2000, Chair of the IEEE N&A Committee in 2004, Member
of Educational Activities Board in 2003-2004. Mr. Bastos served
two years in the Assembly, four years in the Board of Directors,
two years in the Executive Committee and six years in RAB.
A consulting engineer in Brazil, he is a career electrical
power engineer and engineering manager. As such, he worked
for Coelba, Bahia power utility, for 30 years. His experience
bridges planning, design and construction of power systems,
power distribution management and management of large organizations.
He is an IEEE Life Senior Member.
Diana J. Bendz
Ms. Bendz is Secretary of the IEEE Foundation. She is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the IEEE CHMT and Computer Societies. She is currently the Senior Location Executive of the Endicott site of the IBM Corporation, and she is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of financial, education and community organizations. During her career she has specialized in environmental aspects of electronics products and electronic packaging technology.
A. Wayne Bennett, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Bennett is serving his first term on the IEEE Foundation
Board. He retired as Dean of the Bagley College of Engineering
at Mississippi State University in 2004. Previous academic
positions include ECE Department Head, Dean of the Graduate
School and Senior Vice Provost at Clemson University. He also
served as Professor of ECE and Chair of the Computer Engineering
Group at Virginia Tech. He is the author of one book and coauthor
or editor of several other books. Industrial experience includes
serving as a systems engineer for the Industrial Controls
Division of General Electric. He also served as a consultant
with several electronics companies. He is a Fellow and Life
Member of IEEE.
David A. Conner, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Conner is the IEEE Foundation Treasurer. He is a Life
Fellow of IEEE, served on the IEEE Board of Directors for
four years, and served as IEEE Treasurer for two years. He
retired from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2002
after 42 years of professional employment in academia, industry,
and government. He has also authored two books. Dr. Conner
has served on governmental commissions and boards at the city,
county, and state levels, was Science and Technology Advisor
to a governor, and recently worked on the staff of a U.S.
Congressman as an IEEE Congressional Fellow.
Richard J. Gowen
Dr. Gowen is the President of the lEEE Foundation. He is
the 1984 Centennial President of the IEEE, and has served
in IEEE Section, Chapter, Society, Region, Division, and Board
positions. A Commissioner of the 1999-2000 Congressional Web-Based
Education Commission, he has provided leadership to industry,
education, and government, including the direction of space
biomedical research and supercomputer development. He was
also the 1998-2000 President of Eta Kappa Nu, the honor society
for electrical and computer engineering. He was also the president
of Dakota State University from 1984-1987, and the president
of the technological research university, the South Dakota
School of Mines and Technology, from 1987-2003. He was also
the Executive Director of the Homestake Laboratory Conversion
Project to create the world's premier deep underground scientific
research laboratory in an 8000ft former mine.
Peter A Lewis, P. E.
Mr. Lewis is Vice President, Grants, of the IEEE Foundation and the former Managing Director of IEEE Educational Activities. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the Electrochemical Society. He retired from PSE&G Co. in 1993 after thirty years in planning and research management positions. While at PSE&G, Mr. Lewis directed the development and application of new concepts in energy conversion, storage and transmission including design and operation of special R&D test facilities. He also served as a communications officer in the U. S. Air Force. He has served as an advisor to the Electric Power Research Institute, the International Technology Education Association, NJ Department of Education and the National Science Foundation. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey, and a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers.
John W. Meredith
Mr. Meredith is serving his first term on the IEEE Foundation.
He is President-Elect of the IEEE-USA and served as 2004-2005
IEEE Region 5 Director. He has been an active IEEE volunteer
for the past 34 years and is currently serving on a number
of IEEE committees. He served as an ABET Electrical Engineering
Program Evaluator and is a past IEEE Representative to the
Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Mr. Meredith
is an employed by Agilent Technologies and is a licensed Professional
Engineer in the State of Idaho. He is a member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Tsuneo Nakahara
Dr. Nakahara is a member-at-large of the IEEE Foundation,
1996 Secretary of the IEEE, Region 10 Director in 1992-1993,
and Chair of the 1996-1997 Industry Relations Committee of
the IEEE. He retired from the Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Sumitomo Electric in 1996 after 43 years of employment
and continued to serve as advisor to Sumitomo Electric until
2005. He founded a new consulting company, Nakahara Research
Institute, Ltd in 2004. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, Eminent
Member of the HKN and a foreign associate of the National
Academy of Engineering of the U.S.A. He holds a number of
voluntary positions in Japan, including President of the Engineering
Academy of Japan and President of the New Technology Association.
He has been the general inspector of the Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science (the equivalent to the National Science
Foundation in the United States) since 2004, and Co-Chair
of Japan society for Technology since 2006.
Rolf A. Remshardt
Dr. Remshardt is Vice President, Projects, of the IEEE Foundation.
He has been an IEEE Senior Member and volunteer for 25 years.
He served as Region 8 Treasurer for many years and as Region
8 Director in 1999 and 2000. He was a member of several IEEE
Boards and Committees, including IEEE N&A and SPC, EAB,
RAB, IB&SC, and many others. He retired from IBM Germany
after almost 30 years in development and management positions.
Dr. Remshardt is presently a member of the IEEE Foundation
Board, and chair of the Region 8 Membership Development Committee.
He is a member of the German National Society VDE and ITG.
Phillip D. Summers, Ph.D.
Dr. Summers is serving his first term on the IEEE Foundation
Board. He retired from IBM Research in 2002 after 35 years,
where he held a number of technical and managerial positions.
His contributions included co-designing IBM's robot language
(AML) and directing the IBM Research quality program. He has
been a member of the Board of the Industrial Research Institute
and has served on boards of non-profit organizations in communities
where he has lived.
Arthur W. Winston,
Ph.D.
Dr. Winston is Vice President, Development, of the IEEE Foundation.
He also chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
Dr. Winston was the 2004 IEEE President and was formerly Vice
President of the Educational Activities Board and a Director
of IEEE Region 1. He is the Director of the Gordon Institute
of Tufts University, a graduate program in Engineering Management
that he helped create. In addition to his academic experience,
Dr. Winston has extensive industrial experience and was responsible
for the development of the NASA Apollo Heat Shield Re-entry
Temperature Measurement System, and the development of a worldwide
nuclear test monitoring system. He is a Fellow of the IEEE
and the IEE.
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