A Brief Review of the Origin and Growth Statistics of the IEEE EMC Society

K NOWLEDGE of history, in general, is believed to provide Name Affiliation a foundation for strength and growth in a society. This Joe Tobin AiResearch special issue of the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGChas. W. Ketteman, Jr. California Electronic NETIC COMPATIBILITY, which has been designed to serve as a Services Company reference for the Society membership, was found to be a suit.. r con .' .J ..~ 1 . William B. Telley California Electronic able medium for documenting a description of the origin ofthe p Services Company Society and some interesting statistics which indicate its rate Paul M. Kuefler Cornell-Dubilier of growth. The information given here is based on the docuHarold L. Malone Cornell-Dubilier mented records of the Society since its beginning in 1957. PaulE. Black Douglas Aircraft Every member of the IEEE EMC Society and every reader of Marvin L. Feuerborn Douglas Aircraft its Transactions is a contributor to its history. Although many George King Douglas Aircraft more should have been mentioned than those whose names Allen C. Poff, Jr. DouglasAircraft appear here, limitations of space and time cause the authors to Edward A. Stickert Douglas Aircraft be brief. Within such limitations, topics discussed here are Andre J. Devot Filtron expected to portray for the reader a view of the growth of the William Lana Filtron Society from its beginning. ~Society from its beginning. Byron Lee Hoffman Laboratories