IEEE Region 6 (Western U.S.) History
Background[edit | edit source]
Region 6 (Western United States) was established in 1963 when AIEE and IRE merged to form IEEE.
Predecessor to Region 6 existed in AIEE; AIEE lists Districts 8, 9 and 15 containing Sections that are currently in Region 6.
Like other Regions, an annual expo, called WESCON, was formed and existed over 50 years - from 1951-2005 when it was dissolved. WESON alternated between the Los Angeles area and the Bay area. At its peak in the 1980's it drew approximately 50,000 attendees.
Areas[edit | edit source]
The Region is divided into five areas: Central (CA), Northeast (NEA), Northwest (NWA), Southern SA), Southwest (SWA).There are two Councils: Los Angeles (LAC) and San Francisco Bay Area (SFBAC).
Sections[edit | edit source]
There are currently 35 Sections in the Region, listed by date of formation. Area and Council affliliation is listed in ().
- 19-Jan-1904 Seattle (NWA)
- 23-Dec-1904 San Francisco (CA, SFBAC)
- 18-May-1908 Los Angeles (SA; survives as the Los Angeles Council (LAC); the Section was split in 1963 into seven Sections)
- 18-May-1909 Oregon (NWA; formerly PORTLAND 1909-1991)
- 14-Feb-1913 Spokane (NWA)
- 9-Mar-1917 Utah (NEA)
- 24-Jun-1931 Central Montana (NEA)
- 18-Jan-1939 San Diego (SWA)
- 22-Mar-1941 Phoenix (SWA)
- 7-May-1947 Sacramento Valley (CA)
- 6-Apr-1948 Albuquerque (SWA)
- 23-Apr-1948 Richland (NWA)
- 1-Mar-1949 China Lake-Bakersfield (SA; LAC)
- 28-Feb-1950 Hawaii (CA)
- 1-Apr-1956 Tucson (SWA)
- 10-May-1956 Alamogordo-Holloman (SWA)
- 14-Nov-1956 Fort Huachuca (SWA)
- 5-Apr-1957 Eastern Idaho (NEA)
- 10-Sep-1958 Alaska (NWA)
- 20-Nov-1987 Fairbanks Subsection of Alaska
- 21-Apr-1960 Las Vegas (SWA)
- 1962 Boise (NEA)
- 1962 Central Washington (NWA; formerly Wenatchee)
- 22-Apr-1963 Buenaventura (SA; LAC)
- 22-Apr-1963 Central Coast (SA; LAC)
- 22-Apr-1963 Coastal Los Angeles (SA)
- 22-Apr-1963 Foothill (SA; LAC)
- 22-Apr-1963 Metropolitan Los Angeles (SA; LAC)
- 22-Apr-1963 Orange County (SA)
- 22-Apr-1963 San Fernando Valley (SA; LAC)
- 25-Nov-1974 Eastern Montana (NEA)
- 3-Jan-1975 Oakland-East Bay (CA; SFBAC)
- 3-Jan-1975 Santa Clara Valley (SFBAC)
- 10-Aug-1984 Monterey Bay Subsection of Santa Clara Valley (CA; SFBAC)
- 3-Jan-1975 San Francisco Bay Area Council (SFBAC) (CA)
- 29-May-1975 Los Alamos/Northern New Mexico (SWA)
- 18-Nov-1983 Northern Nevada (CA)
- 21-Jun-1996 Western Montana (NEA)
- 18-Nov-2004 Palouse (NWA)
Directors[edit | edit source]
Region directors (serving two-year terms) since 1963:
- 1963 Daniel E. Noble / 1964 Bruce S. Angwin
- 1965 Bruce S. Angwin
- 1967 Stanley F. Kaisel
- 1969 L. C. Hedrick
- 1971 John J. Guarrera
- 1973 Einar E. Ingebretsen
- 1975 Carleton A. Bayless
- 1977 John W. Thatcher
- 1979 Charles A. Eldon
- 1981 Frederick G. Suffield
- 1983 Ralph A. Lamm
- 1985 Jane G. Evans
- 1987 Richard L. Doyle
- 1989 Allen R. Stubberud
- 1991 Jerry C. Aukland
- 1993 Chester C. Taylor
- 1995 William E. Murray
- 1997 John B. Damonte
- 1999 W. Cleon Anderson
- 2001 Lawrence M. Hamerman
- 2003 Evelyn H. Hirt
- 2005 Robert L. Baldwin
- 2007 Loretta J. Arellano
- 2009 Leonard J. Bond
- 2011 Edward G. Perkins
- 2013 Michael R. Andrews
- 2015 Thomas Coughlin
- 2017 Kathleen Kramer
- 2019 Keith Moore