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The 2005 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting was held 12–16 June in San Francisco, California. The meetings and sessions were well attended, the weather was outstanding, and PES members had the opportunity to meet the candidates for the upcoming election. At the Awards Luncheon, many prestigious awards were distributed; several photos taken at the luncheon are included in the "Awards" column of this issue.
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Malcolm Thaden (Governing Board member), Al Rotz (treasurer), Paula Traynor (vice chair, Technical Council), and Keith Gray (vice president, Technical Activities).
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President Teddy Püttgen presides at the plenary session.
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Plenary session speakers (left to right): Teddy Püttgen, Jeffrey Butler, Wanda Reder, Randy Schrieber, and James Baumstark.
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John Estey introduces the candidates to the General Meeting attendees.
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Questions and answers at the Monday evening poster session.
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Meet the candidates? Peter Lips and Saifur Rahman appear to be meeting each other on Monday evening.
Poster session attendees.
Wanda Reder responds to a question at the plenary session.
Repast at the Monday evening activities.
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 Charles Wright, 1918–2005
Charles Wright, a longtime IEEE Power Engineering Society Member, passed away on 11 May 2005 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 87 years old.
Charlie was born on 17 March 1918 in Missouri. Charlie received his degree in education in 1941 from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, including two years of pre-engineering. He served four years in the Army Air Corps and was employed by the Public Service Company of Colorado in October 1946. At that time, he enrolled in electrical engineering at Colorado University. He was appointed to an engineering position in 1953 in the transmission, substation, and distribution standards department. That same year, he joined the AIEE. He retired from the company in January 1983.
His IEEE volunteer activities are too numerous to list. Charlie served on dozens of boards and committees for over 50 years. He served on the IEEE Board of Directors from 1984–1985 and on the IEEE History Committee in the 1980s, and he was responsible for numerous IEEE Milestones.
In 1996, Charlie received the RAB William W. Middleton Distinguished Service Award for "outstanding service to Regional Activities and exemplary contributions in preserving the History of Electrical Engineering and presenting it to the public."
Charlie met his wife, Catherine, in a high school physics class, and they were married for more than 60 years. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, and two grandchildren.
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North Jersey Section Awards
Award presentation at the North Jersey Section awards
ceremony in June (left to right): Ron Quade, North Jersey
PES Chapter chair, Ken Oexle, awards chair, and Roland Dixon,
PES Region 1 Chapter representative present the Outstanding
Engineer Award to Anne Giedlinski.
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