IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY

2008 GENERAL MEETING

AWARDS LUNCHEON

Tuesday, 22 July 2008Westin Convention Center HotelPittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONKAREN L. BUTLER-PURRY, Chair

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

JOHN ESTEY

Leadership in Power Awardxxxxxx

MELVIN I. OLKEN

Lifetime Achievement Award

DAVID E. FLETCHER

Uno Lamm HVDC Award

CHEN-CHING LIU

Outstanding Power EngineeringEducator Award

WAYNE LITZENBERGER

Nari Hingorani FACTS AwardNari Hingorani Custom Power Award

A. P. SAKIS MELIOPOULOS

Outstanding Young Engineer Award

JAMES J. BURKE

Excellence in Power DistributionEngineering Award

STEVEN D. PEKAREK

Cyril Veinott ElectromechanicalEnergy Conversion Award

YAKOUT MANSOUR

Charles Concordia Power SystemsEngineering Award

ROBERT PELLEGRINO

Robert P. Noberini DistinguishedContributions to Power EngineeringProfessionalism Award

RICHARD BROWN

Technical Paper Awards

EDWARD C. CARLSEN

Chapter Awards

B. DON RUSSELL

Meritorious Service Award

PROGRAM

Welcome: DAVID J. VAGLIA, General Chair, PES 2008 General Meet ingPresiding: WANDA K. REDER, President, IEEE Power & Energy SocietyIntroduct ions: KAREN L. BUTLER-PURRY, Chair, PES Awards Committee

IEEE TECHNICAL FIELD AWARDSPresented by LEWIS M. TERMAN, President, IEEE

• IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution AwardROBERT C. DEGENEFF

• IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

ROY BILLINTON

IEEE POWER & ENERGY SOCIETY AWARDSPresented by Karen L. Butler-Purry

• Leadership in Power AwardROBIN A. HURST

• Lifet ime Achievement Award

STANLEY HAROLD HOROWITZ

• Nari Hingorani FACTS AwardXIAOXIN ZHOU

• Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion AwardOLEG WASYNCZUK

• Uno Lamm HVDC AwardWILLIS F. LONG

• Charles Concordia Power Systems Engineering AwardEINAR V. LARSEN

• Award for Excel lence in Power Distribut ion EngineeringT. A. SHORT

• Outstanding Power Engineering Educator AwardNED MOHAN

• Robert P. Noberini Dist inguished Contribut ions to Power Engineering Professional ism Award

FRANK E. SCHINK

• Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award (2007)KAREN NAN MIU MILLER

• Outstanding Young Engineer AwardWILLIAM (BILL) ROSEHART

NEW FELLOW ACKNOWLEDGMENT

WORKING GROUP RECOGNITION AWARDS

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL REPORT

• “Coordinat ion of Generator Protect ion with Generator Excitat ion Control and Generator Capabil ity”

CHARLES MOZINA, Chair

OUTSTANDING STANDARD OR GUIDE

• “IEEE Standard for AC High-Vol tage Circuit Switchers Rated 15.5 kV through 245 kV”

RANDALL DOTSON Chair

OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARDS

PRIZE PAPER AWARDS

• “A DC Hybrid Circuit Breaker with Ul tra-Fast Contact Opening and Integrated Gate-Commutated Thyristors (IGCTs)”

JEAN-MARC MEYER

ALFRED RUFER

• “Invest igat ion and Simulat ion of F ields in Large Sal ient-Pole Synchronous Machines with Skewed Stator Slots”

HARAN KARMAKER

ANDREW M. KNIGHT

LARGE CHAPTER

• New York/Long Island

JOHN MICHELSEN, Chair

SMALL CHAPTER

• MALAYSIA

MICHAEL JOSEPH, Chair

Closing: WANDA K. REDER

IEEE Technical Field Award

IEEE Herman HalperinElectric Transmission and Distribution Award

The IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribu-tion Award was established in 1986 through an agreement be-tween Herman Halperin and the IEEE Board of Directors. Mr.Halperin was a pioneering contributor to the design and opera-tion of electric power plants and power cable systems, during adistinguished 40-year career with the Commonwealth EdisonCompany and later as a consulting engineer. The award is pre-sented for outstanding contributions to electric transmission anddistribution.

This award is funded by the Robert and Ruth Halperin Founda-tion in Memory of Herman and Edna Halperin. The award con-sists of a certificate and honorarium.

Recent Previous Recipients:

• 1995 Vernon L. Chartier• 1996 Farouk A. M. Rizk• 1997 B. Don Russell• 1998 Vincent T. Morgan• 1999 Chas L. Wagner• 2000 Arun G. Phadke• 2001 Arthur C. Westrom• 2002 John J. Vithayathil• 2003 Sarma P. Maruvada• 2004 Andrew J. Eriksson• 2005 James J. Burke• 2006 Anjan Bose• 2007 Eric B. Forsyth

IEEE Herman HalperinElectric Transmission and Distribution Award

For innovative and pioneering contributions to thecomputation and understanding of transient

voltages in transformers and systems

ion sy of real-time operator training simul

ROBERT C. DEGENEFF

2008 Recipient

Robert C. Degeneff is known in the powerengineering field for his technical contribu-tions of almost four decades to the model-ing of transformer coils and windings. Dr.Degeneff’s research has led to the devel-opment of industry standards in the com-putation of transient voltages within trans-former windings, allowing for the efficientdesign of insulation structures, reducingpower loss in a transformer.

He is currently a professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,Troy, N.Y., and founder and president of Utility Systems Tech-nologies (UST), Inc. of Latham, N.Y. Today, UST is a leading de-veloper of electronic voltage regulators and sag mitigation equip-ment used to solve voltage sag problems in both utility and in-dustrial power systems.

An IEEE Fellow, Dr. Degeneff holds eight patents, published sevendozen papers, and several chapters in books in the electric powerarea. In addition, he is a professional engineer in New York and amember of several professional societies including Eta KappaNu.

Dr. Degeneff has a mechanical engineering degree from theKettering Institute, Flint, Mich., as well as a master’s and Ph.D. inelectric power engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic In-stitute.

IEEE Technical Field Award

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

The IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award was established by theIEEE Board of Directors in 1979. It may be presented each year toan individual for exceptional contributions to the development and/or advancement of standards in electrical and electronics engineer-ing. Recipient selection is administered through the Technical FieldAwards Council of the IEEE Awards Board. It is presented to anindividual only.

In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: en-gineering and administrative accomplishment and responsibilities,publications, books, standards, papers, conferences; honors; sup-porting letters; IEEE Activities, other organizations, and the qualityof the nomination.

The award is sponsored by the IEEE Standards Association. It con-sists of a bronze medal, certificate and honorarium.

Recent Previous Recipients:

• 1998 William J. McNutt• 1999 Dennis Bodson• 2000 Hiroshi Yasuda• 2001 Stanley Baron• 2002 Ben C. Johnson• 2003 Donald C. Loughry• 2004 Julian Forster• 2005 Wallace S. Read• 2006 Steven Mark Halpin• 2007 Vic Hayes

IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award

For contributions and influence in the development ofpower system reliability standards

ion sy of real-time operator trainingsimul

ROY BILLINTON

2008 Recipient

Roy Billinton, during his 40-year career,has been instrumental in the developmentof many of the statistical quantities and ap-plications of probability theory methodsnow considered common in the industryfor the planning, design and operation ofelectric power systems. He currently servesas an emeritus professor in the depart-ment of electrical and computer engineer-ing at the University of Saskatchewan(Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) in Canadaand has mentored over 120 MSc and Ph.D. students.

Billinton has authored or co-authored over 850 published papersand eight books. He is a founding member of the consultative com-mittee on outage statistics created by the engineering and oper-ating division of the Canadian Electricity Association (CEA), andhe has chaired this committee for over 20 years. Under his guid-ance, CEA has developed and operates a very comprehensivepower system outage data collection system.

An IEEE Life Fellow, he has previously received the IEEE PowerEngineering Educator Award and the IEEE Canada OutstandingEngineer Educator Award and was recently elected a Foreign As-sociate of the United States National Academy of Engineering.

Dr. Billinton holds a bachelor’s of science and master’s from theUniversity of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada, and a Ph.D. in sci-ence from the University of Saskatchewan.

The IEEE PES Leadership in Power Award was established in 2007to recognize industry leaders for exceptional contributions to thepromotion of the electric power engineering profession. The awardis particularly intended to highlight actions which have encouragedthe development and growth of electric power engineering practitio-ners and the recognition of the contributions electric power engi-neers have made to society. In this era, electric utility leaders whorecognize the crucial importance of power engineering in the safe,reliable and economical generation, transmission and distributionof electricity are rare and this award is to recognize them for theirinsight and wisdom.

To be eligible, recipients must be active in the electric power indus-try but do not need to be IEEE members. Selection is based onevaluation of accomplishments as revealed by documented testi-monials from industry members. Of particular importance is evi-dence of the candidate’s promotion of the importance of the powerengineering profession and the people practicing it. Work in en-couraging industry involvement with university power engineeringprograms, encouraging young engineers through mentoring andcareer development programs, recognition programs for power en-gineers, encouragement of professional activities by practitioners,etc. are also considered.

The recipient receives a sculpture, certificate, $2,000 honorariumand a travel stipend of up to $2,000.

Recent Previous Recipients:

• Robin A. Hurst is the inaugural recipient

Leadership in Power Award

Leadership in Power AwardROBIN A. HURST

2008 Recipient

Robin A. Hurst is Senior Vice President-PowerDelivery for Alabama Power Company. He be-gan his career with the company as a Junior En-gineer in 1970. Subsequent assignments in-cluded Senior Engineer I-Division in the South-east Division; Senior Engineer I-Distribution in theGeneral Office Distribution Department; SeniorEngineer I- Supervising in the Power Delivery De-partment; Division Engineer in the Mobile Divi-sion; District Manager of Gulf District; DivisionManager-Distribution in the Mobile Division; andDivision Manager-Western Division. In 1991, hewas named Vice President-Power Delivery. In1999, the Alabama Power Board of Directors elected him Senior Vice Presi-dent, Power Delivery.

Before beginning work with Alabama Power Company, Robin worked for theU. S. Government as an electronics engineer and for International PaperCompany as a project engineer.

He received a degree in electrical engineering in 1968 from the University ofSouth Alabama. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Alabama andreceived the Eta Kappa Nu engineering honor and Tau Beta Pi. He com-pleted the program for Senior Executives at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology Sloan School of Management and the Executive Accountingand Finance Program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Robin is a member of the Southeastern Electric Exchange (SEE), the Com-mittee on Power Delivery of the Association of Edison Illuminating Compa-nies (AEIC), past Committee Chairman and present member of the Com-mittee on Electric Power Apparatus of the AEIC, chairman of the PowerDelivery and Markets Sector Council of the Electric Power Research Insti-tute (EPRI), and a senior member of IEEE. He also serves on the South-eastern Reliability Council (SERC) Board, the University of Alabama Engi-neering Advisory Council, and the University of South Alabama EngineeringCouncil. He is a board member of the Alabama Power Foundation.

In recognition of his influence within the electric powerindustry as demonstrated by outstanding leadership and

consistent promotion of the engineering profession

Lifetime Achievement Award

The IEEE PES Lifetime Achievement Award was establishedin 2007 to recognize exceptional power engineers for outstand-ing career-long contributions to the art and science of electricpower engineering.

To be eligible, recipients must have been an IEEE Power &Energy Society member in good standing for at least 10 years.Selection will be based on evaluation of accomplishments asrevealed by published works, documented testimonials fromindustry colleagues, or other objective demonstrations of ac-complishments over an extended period of work. Of particularimportance is evidence of the candidate’s contributions to theknowledge base of power engineering profession, whether inresearch, teaching, product development, electric system de-sign, or electric utility operations.

The recipient receives a sculpture, certificate, honorarium of$2,000, and a travel stipend of up to $2,000.

Previous Recipients:

Stanley H. Horowitz is the inaugural recipient

Lifetime Achievement AwardSTANLEY HAROLD HOROWITZ

2008 Recipient

Stanley H. Horowitz is a consultant, au-thor and lecturer. He joined American Elec-tric Power Service Corp. (then AmericanGas and Electric) in 1950 and retired in1989 as Consulting Electrical Engineer.

He was elected to the National Academyof Engineering in 1995. He is a Life Fellowof the IEEE, and served as chairman of theIEEE PES Power System Relaying Com-mittee from1975-1978, and a member of thePower Engineering Society ExecutiveBoard 1987-1988. In 2007 he was awardedthe Eta Kappa Nu Vladimir Karapetoff Awardfor technical career achievement.

He was chairman of Study Committee 34-Protection and Control of theInternational Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems (CIGRE)from 1980-1986. In 1997, he was awarded the CIGRE Attwood Associ-ates Award for notable contributions to CIGRE.

In 2001 Columbus Technical Council awarded him the citation as thetechnical person of the year. In 2004 he was honored with a Universityof Wisconsin Distinguished Service Award.

Mr. Horowitz has co-authored a textbook entitled, “Power System Pro-tection”, edited the IEEE Press book, “Protective Relaying for PowerSystems”, Volumes I and II, and has authored over two dozen technicalpapers. He was editor-in-chief of the IEEE Power Engineering Societymagazine “Computer Applications in Power” from 1996 to 2002.

He was a lecturer at Columbia University Graduate School and a guestlecturer at the Universities of Wisconsin, Marquette, Auburn, VirginiaPolytechnic Institute, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, MassachusettsInstitute of Technology, Lund University (Sweden) and Grenoble Univer-sity (France). Also, he was an lecturer for many national and interna-tional industrial courses on system protection.

For leadership in the field of power system protection witha consistently high level of innovative contributions to the

art of relaying during a career spanning 50 years

For major contributions to the state of the art of FlexibleAC Transmission System (FACTS) technology and its applications

Power electronics and other static controllers are making a major im-pact on future power systems through application in transmission, dis-tribution, and small generation. Applications in transmission and distri-bution include HVDC, FACTS and Custom Power. Since the introduc-tion of the Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) concept, thetechnology has been moving ahead at an increasing pace. Very signifi-cant near to long term benefits of FACTS technology are now recog-nized in the industry.

The FACTS Award is presented to individuals who have made a majorcontribution to the state of the art of FACTS technology and its appli-cations.

The FACTS Award consists of a plaque, engraved medal and an hono-rarium of one thousand dollars.

This award is funded by contributions from the followingcompanies:· ABB· ALSTOM· EPRI· GE Power Systems· Hingorani Power Electronics· National Grid Corporation· S&C Electric· Siemens· Silicon Power Corporation· Westinghouse

Recent Previous Recipients:• 1999 Laszlo Gyugui• 2000 David John Young• 2001 Einar Larsen• 2002 Ibrahim Arslan Erinmez• 2003 Dusan Pohv• 2004 Colin D. Schauder• 2005 Masatoshi Takeda• 2006 Abdel-Aty Edris• 2007 Aniruddha M. Gole

Nari Hingorani FACTS Award

Xiaoxin Zhou was born in Shandong Province ofChina in 1940 and graduated from the ElectricalEngineering Department, Tsinghua University in1965. Currently he is a Chief Engineer of ChinaElectric Power Research Institute and a Directorof Department of Engineering and Material Sci-ences, National Natural Science Foundation ofChina.

Professor Zhou has devoted himself to researchwork on power system analysis and control forover 30 years. Since the 1970s, he has made great achievements in thefield of mathematical models and computational methods for power sys-tem analysis. He was in charge of and took part in a research group todevelop Power System Analysis Software Package (PSASP), the firstlarge-scale power system analysis software in China. The software hasbeen widely distributed and used over the field of power system analysisfor electrical utilities, research institutions and universities throughoutChina.

He took part in and led power system research projects. Since 1990, hehas been organizing and participating in the research work of FlexibleAC Transmission System (FACTS), the new technology for applicationof power electronics techniques and modern control theories in powersystems for the 21st century. He has taken charge of the studies ofsome key research projects on FACTS, such as the system study onThyristor Controlled Series Compensation and digital real time powersystem simulation.

He was elected Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993and IEEE Fellow in 1995.

Nari Hingorani FACTS Award

XIAOXIN ZHOU

2008 Recipient

For leadership and contribution to the developmentand application of FACTS technology in China

This award recognizes outstanding contributionsin the field of electromechanical energy conver-sion. Research and developments on electric mo-tors continued throughout the 20th century andinto the 21st to the point that such devices havenow become an integral part of our lives. The cur-rent ubiquitous presence of the electric motor ineverything we do has resulted from the work ofdedicated engineers throughout the world.

The award is named for the man responsible fornumerous practical improvements in the design and application of elec-tric motors over 50 years. Dr. Cyril Veinott made seminal contributions tothe development of polyphase induction motors, 400 Hz aircraft motors,and was a pioneer in the application of digital computers to the design ofelectric motors. He was responsible for the early measurements andmitigation of electric motor noise. He helped write many IEEE and NEMAstandards for electric motors. He was the first person to be inducted intothe Hall of Fame created by the Small Motor Manufacturers Associationin 1985.

The Cyril Veinott Electromechanical Energy Conversion Award consistsof a plaque and an honorarium of five thousand dollars.

Previous and Current Recipients• 2000 Paul I. Nippes• 2003 M. Azizur Rahman• 2004 Hamid A. Toliyat• 2005 Ronald G. Harley• 2006 Scott D. Sudhoff

Cyril VeinottElectromechanical Energy Conversion Award

Oleg Wasynczuk received a B.S.E.E. degreefrom Bradley University in 1976, and the M.S.E.E.and Ph. D. degrees from Purdue University in 1977and 1979, respectively. Currently, he is a profes-sor in the School of Electrical and Computer En-gineering at Purdue University and Co-director ofthe Purdue Center for Security of Large-Scale Sys-tems. Since 1979, he has supervised over 25Masters and Ph. D. students at Purdue. His re-search areas of interest include power system dy-namics and control, finite element analysis, andthe analysis and design of electromechanical devices.

He has been a Senior Member of the IEEE since 1988. From 2001-2002he served as Secretary, from 2003-2004 he served as Vice Chair, andfrom 2005-2006 he served as Chair of the Generator Subcommittee (for-merly Synchronous Machinery Subcommittee) under the Electric Ma-chinery Committee. He has authored or co-authored over 100 technicalpapers, an undergraduate textbook entitled “Electromechanical MotionDevices” published by McGraw Hill, and a graduate-level textbook en-titled “Analysis of Electric Machinery” published by IEEE Press (pres-ently in its second edition). He is also the Chief Technical Officer of PCKrause and Associates, a small business specializing in the analysisand simulation of power systems.

Cyril VeinottElectromechanical Energy Conversion Award

OLEG WASYNCZUK

2008 Recipient

For his contributions to machine simulation,analysis,and education

Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award“Engineering - Accomplishment Through Imagination and Truth”

The Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award wasestablished in 1980 by the Power Engineering Society ofthe IEEE on the recommendation of the DC Transmis-sion Subcommittee. It provides a means for specialrecognition of those outstanding engineers and scien-tists who have contributed to the advancement of highvoltage direct current (HVDC) technology.

The award is named for the man most re-sponsible for the research and development that led tothe first practical application of an HVDC connection be-

tween AC systems. The keys to the solution of this problem were the develop-ment of an electric valve which could be used in high capacity, high voltage con-verters, and a fundamental system technology. This outstanding engineer andscientist was Dr. Uno Lamm, an IEEE Fellow and the 1965 recipient of the Ben-jamin Lamme Medal.

Dr. Lamm graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm,in 1927 and acquired his Doctorate of Technology in 1943. He joined ASEA in1928 with the task of developing mercury arc rectifiers as an early assignment.During his career with ASEA, he received progressively more responsible ap-pointments: head of the Rectifier Department; head of ASEA’s Nuclear Depart-ment; Electrotechnical Director; and Consultant to the President of ASEA. Dr.Lamm died in 1989 at the age of 85.

At the invitation of the Subcommittee, ASEA of Sweden provided theinitial funds that were used to underwrite this Award. In order to sustain thisimportant Award and to permit selection of a medalist every year, the subcom-mittee solicited additional funds from selected manufacturers and electric util-ity companies.

The Uno Lamm HVDC Award consists of a bronze medal, an engraved certifi-cate and an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

Recent Previous Recipients:

• 1997 Jos Arrillaga• 1998 Tadashi Senda• 1999 Chandra Krishnayya• 2001 Dusan Povh• 2002 Conrad Beriger• 2003 Göte Liss• 2004 Dennis A. Woodford• 2005 Michael L. Woodhouse• 2006 Gunnar Asplund• 2007 Peter Lips

Willis F. Long is Professor Emeritus, Department ofEngineering Professional Development and Departmentof Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Wis-consin Madison. He received his B.S. (Engineering Phys-ics) and M.S. (Electrical Engineering) degrees from theUniversity of Toledo and his PhD from the University ofWisconsin, Madison.

In 1969 Bill joined the Hughes Aircraft Company Re-search Laboratories in Malibu, California, as a Memberof the Technical Staff of the High Voltage Systems Program. There, when notsurveying the Pacific Ocean, he began his initial work in High-Voltage DirectCurrent transmission. This included EMTP simulation of field tests on thePacific HVDC Intertie for DC circuit breaker development, and the constructionof a 100 kV test laboratory. He has been with the University of WisconsinMadison since 1973, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and con-ducting HVDC research for EPRI, the US Department of Energy, and others. Aportion of his appointment has been with the Department of Engineering Pro-fessional Development where he still develops continuing education coursesfor power system engineers.

From 1983-85 while on leave from the University of Wisconsin, Bill joinedASEA (now ABB) as initial Director of their Power Systems Center in New Ber-lin, Wisconsin. He was responsible for technical and managerial activities atthe Center, a new facility for the analysis and simulation of integrated ac/dcpower systems. In 1992 he was on sabbatical leave at the Royal Institute ofTechnology, Stockholm, Sweden where he supervised graduate students onan EPRI research project.

Bill is a Life Fellow of IEEE and has chaired a number of HVDC committeesand Working Groups, and is a member of CIGRE and Secretary of Study Com-mittee B4, HVDC and Power Electronics. In 1992 he received the IEEE Educa-tional Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Educa-tion. In 1996 he received the UW College of Engineering’s Ragnar E. OnstadAward for Service to Society. He is a recipient of the 2004 Attwood AssociateAward from the US National Committee of CIGRE.

WILLIS F. LONG

2008 Recipient

For the leadership and relevant contributions to thespread of knowledge and promotion of HVDC technology

among power system engineers and scientists

Uno Lamm High Voltage Direct Current Award

Charles Concordia Power SystemsEngineering Award

This IEEE PES Award recognizes outstanding in-dividuals who have contributed to high-voltageelectric power system-engineering. This fieldencompasses Operations, Planning, Control, Mod-eling, and Analysis of high-voltage power systemsand includes the system’s interaction with tur-bine-generators. Electrification was the singlemost important engineering accomplishment in the20th century, according to the National Academy

of Engineering. A significant part of this accomplishment has been thedevelopment of high-voltage power systems throughout the world. Thesedevelopments come from the work and creativity of dedicated engi-neers who have devoted their careers to the utilization and enhance-ment of high-voltage bulk power systems. The award is to recognizesuch dedicated individuals.

The award is named for a man who contributed greatly to power sys-tem engineering during a long career (1926 until his death in 2003). Hiscontributions to the technical advancements of Power System Dynam-ics during the 20th century are unequaled.

The award consists of a plaque and a $5000 honorarium. The funds forthe award are provided by General Electric Co. The award is adminis-trated by the IEEE-PES Awards and Recognition Committee.

The award was established in 2002 and was presented for the firsttime in 2003.

Previous Recipients:

• 2003 Paul de Mello• 2004 William F. Tinney• 2005 Prabha S. Kundur• 2005 John Undrill• 2007 Richard Farmer

Charles Concordia Power SystemsEngineering Award

Einar Larsen joined GE’s Power Systems Engi-neering Department in 1974, after gaining electricutility experience in Pacific Gas and ElectricCompany’s summer engineering program in 1972and 1973. During his career, he has led manyprojects involving interaction between power sys-tem elements. Some of these developed practicalapplication concepts adopted worldwide, e.g. powersystem stabilizers for generator excitation systems,and interaction of high voltage dc systems with tur-bine-generator torsional vibrations.

During the 1990’s he was active in the industry thrust to apply powerelectronics to the transmission grid in new ways, termed “FACTS”. He ledmuch of GE’s design effort for the large thyristor-controlled series capaci-tor project in Oregon, as well as leading the IEEE working group thatcreated a framework for the industry to deal with FACTS concepts.

He has led development activities for several new products. Most notableis the Variable Frequency Transformer for asynchronous interties, wherehe championed the product concept and led the system engineering lead-ing to a virtually trouble-free launch in 2003.

His current assignment is to provide experienced guidance to challengingapplications of new technology, where interaction among diverse equip-ment and controls is a significant factor. Wind generators and oil and gaselectrification are the primary focus of this activity.

Mr. Larsen is a Fellow of IEEE, has authored many papers, and holdsseveral patents. He is the 2001 recipient of the Nari Hingorani FACTSAward. He holds a Master’s in Electric Power Engineering, 1974, fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

EINAR V. LARSEN2008 Recipient

For innovative advancements in the analysis and design of powersystem equipment, controls, and power electronics

Award for Excellence inPower Distribution Engineering

Distribution represents a major utility investment for the transportation of elec-

trical power. It is critical to the quality, reliability and economy of the product.This award was established to recognize those individuals who have contributedto the growth and value of the technology.

Since many people have contributed to the advancement of distribution technol-ogy, this award is not named honoring one individual. It is awarded annually by

the IEEE/PES to recognize the individual who has made a remarkable engineeringcontribution to the field of distribution technology. The selection committeeconsiders all candidates brought to its attention whose work will result in sub-

stantial improvements to the effectiveness and utilization of power distribution.

Prizes

• A bronze plaque naming the recipient and the award• An honorarium of $1000• Travel subsidy to attend the PES Awards Ceremony

The award is funded by long-term grant commitments received from the AsplundhCo., Chance Co., Commonwealth Edison Co., Georgia Power Co., Kearney-

National Inc., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., PECO Energy Co., and the S&C Elec-tric Co.

Recent Previous Recipients

• 1991 Harvey W. Mikulecky• 1992 Jack H. Lawson• 1993 William E. Shula• 1994 John R. Conrad• 1995 Franco Reggiani• 1996 James J. Burke• 1998 Joseph L. Koepfinger• 1999 John G. Anderson• 2000 Daniel J. Ward• 2001 Ronald H. Stillman• 2002 John D. McDonald• 2003 Robert Ellis Owen• 2004 David R. Smith• 2005 Roger Craig Dugan• 2006 Wayne Beaty• 2007 Cheryl A. Warren

T. A. Short is a part of EPRI’s distribution sys-tems group and works in an EPRI office in BurntHills, NY. His activities have included distributionsystem studies, reliability, power quality, distrib-uted generation, lightning protection, and capaci-tor application. Before joining EPRI PEAC in 2000(later merged into EPRI), he worked for PowerTechnologies, Inc. for ten years.

Mr. Short received a Master of Science degree inElectrical Engineering from Montana State Uni-versity in 1990. As chair of the IEEE WorkingGroup on the Lightning Performance of Electric Power Overhead Distribu-tion Lines, he led the development of IEEE Std. 1410-1997, Improving theLightning Performance of Electric Power Overhead Distribution Lines. Inthe 1990’s, he led several studies evaluating and monitoring the lightningperformance on distribution circuits.

Tom is past chair of the IEEE Schenectady Section. He currently chairsthe IEEE Task Force on Weather Normalization of Reliability Data.

Tom authored the Electric Power Distribution Handbook (CRC Press,2004) and two spin-off books based on the handbook: Distribution Reli-ability and Power Quality and Electric Power Distribution Equipment andSystems (2006).

He is currently working on research in the areas of distribution systemloss reduction, fault location, and arc flash.

Award for Excellence inPower Distribution Engineering

T. A. SHORT2008 Recipient

For contributions to distributionlightning protection and reliability

Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

For leadership in the power engineering field and contributionsto the engineering profession and engineering education

This award recognizes excellence in classroom teaching, course devel-opment and the promotion of student, local, transnational and technicalactivities.

Eligibility

• Classroom instruction in electrical engineering at a college oruniversity with an accredited electrical engineering program orequivalent.

• A member of PES for at least one year.

• Nomination by any PES member and endorsement by the chap-ter or technical committee of which the individual is a member.

Prizes

• Plaque designating recipient, award and honorarium.

Recent Previous Recipients:

• 1996 S. S. Venkata• 1997 Peter W. Sauer• 1998 Chanan Singh• 1999 Mohamed E. El-Hawary• 2000 Vijay Vittal• 2001 Charles A. Gross• 2002 Bruce F. Wollenberg• 2003 Leo Grigsby• 2004 Chen-Ching Liu• 2005 Robert J. Thomas• 2006 James S. Thorp• 2007 Göran Andersson

Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award

Ned Mohan is Oscar A. Schott Professor ofPower Electronics in the Department of Elec-trical Engineering at the University of Minne-sota, where he has been teaching for 32years. He has written five textbooks; one ofthem is translated into several languages. Hispresent research is in the area of renewableenergy and he is working on the next gen-eration of wind generators and on storage.He is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teach-ing Professor and a member of the Academyof Distinguished Teachers at the Universityof Minnesota. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

Ned Mohan2008 Recipient

For pioneering a novel integrated electric energy systemscurriculum, supported by textbooks and laboratories,

for dissemination worldwide

Robert P. Noberini Distinguished Contributionsto Power Engineering Professionalism Award

The IEEE PES Robert P. Noberini Distin-guished Contributions to Power Engineer-ing Professionalism Award was establishedin 2006 to honor members of the power en-gineering profession for long-term dedicatedeffort and outstanding accomplishments inadvancing the aims of IEEE professional ac-tivities in the IEEE Power & Energy Society(PES). The award is named for RobertNoberini in recognition of his many years ofservice to IEEE and PES.

To be eligible, recipients should be at least IEEE Senior Mem-bers and professionals of engineering. Selection for the awardis based on the dedication, effort, quality, and most particularlyon clearly successful accomplishment and achievement in ad-vancing the social, economic, legal, and ethical aims of the IEEEprofessional activities. In particular, factors to be consideredinclude time as IEEE volunteer, contributions to Power Engi-neering activities, contributions to IEEE activities, IEEE mem-ber grade, and PES membership (recommended).

The recipient receives a plaque and a travel stipend of up to$1,500.

Previous recipients:Frank Schink is the inaugural recipient of this award.

Frank E. Schink had fifty years of employmentwhich included development and direction of facil-ity and system design and maintenance engineer-ing for locations within the U.S. and abroad. Theseincluded a wide range of electrical engineering as-signments in generation, transmission, distributionand utilization facilities for industrial, transportation,commercial and utility facilities. He is retired fromhis most recent position of Chief Electrical Engi-neer for the Port Authority of New York and NewJersey.

Among his former employers were Anaconda Copper Corp. EngineeringDepartment and the M. W. Kellogg Corp. After retirement, he continuedhis considerable volunteer activity in the IEEE and PES. He is a Life Fel-low of the IEEE, 1988. His IEEE activities began as a Student Chapter(AIEE) Officer in 1950; NY Section, Power & Industrial Division Commit-tee (AIEE) 1960 to 1967; PES/IAS NY/LI Chapter Committee (IEEE); 1967to 2008; NY Section Committee 1975 to 2008; Region I 1984 to 1989(including Vice Chair); Industry Applications Society Governing Board 1977to 1989; PES Governing Board 1978 to 1989; PES Winter Meeting Com-mittee 1975 to 1997 including General Chair 1991 to 1997; ELECTROBoard 1976 to1994; IEEE Committees 1986 to 1994; Vehicular Technol-ogy Society Conference Committee 1992 and 1993; Instrument & Mea-surement Society Conference Committee 1991 and1992.

Mr. Schink has BEE and MEE degrees. He is a member of Tau Beta Piand Eta Kappa Nu; served in the US military during WW II, and is a Reg-istered Professional Engineer (New York and New Jersey). He has been amember of the National Fire Protection Association and the AmericanRailway Engineering Association and is listed in Who’s Who in Scienceand Engineering and Who’s Who in America.

Robert P. Noberini Distinguished Contributionsto Power Engineering Professionalism Award

FRANK E. SCHINK

2008 Recipient

For outstanding contributions to the advancement of theIEEE Power & Energy Society’s professional

activities for more than 40 years.

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in theleadership of technical society activities including lo-cal and/or transactional PES and other technical so-cieties, leadership in community and humanitarian ac-tivities, and evidence of technical competence throughsignificant engineering achievements.

Eligibility• Thirty-five years of age or under on January 1 of the year the

award is presented.• Nomination by any PES member and endorsement by the chap-

ter or technical committee of which the individual is a member.• A member of PES for at least one year.• Minimum of a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited

electrical engineering program or equivalent.

Prizes• Plaque designating recipient and award.• Recipient will designate a college or university with an accred-

ited program in electrical engineering or equivalent to receive a$2,000 scholarship for an electrical engineering undergraduate.

Recent Previous Recipients:

• 1994 Lei Wang• 1997 Mariesa L. Crow• 1998 Kraig Joseph Olejniczak• 1999 Miguel Velez-Reyes• 2000 Christopher Wayne Hickman• 2002 Jeffrey H. Nelson, Noel N. Schulz• 2003 Richard Eric Brown• 2004 Mark Laufenberg• 2005 Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo• 2006 Marcelino Madrigal

Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy

Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award

Karen Nan Miu Miller received her BS, MS andPh.D. in electrical engineering from Cornell Univer-sity in 1992, 1995 and 1998, respectively. In 1998,she joined the Electrical and Computer Engineer-ing Department at Drexel University where she iscurrently an Associate Professor in the area of elec-tric power systems. Dr. Miu Miller is an active mem-ber of the IEEE and is involved in the Power Engi-neering Society (PES) and the Circuits and Sys-tem Society (CAS). Specifically, she has servedas chair of the Power Engineering Career Promotion subcommittee of thePower Engineering Education Committee, chair of the Distribution Sys-tem Analysis subcommittee of PES-Power System Analysis, Computingand Economics Committee, and chair of the CAS-Power System andPower Electronics Technical Committee. She is currently an associateeditor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and for the IEEETransactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Appli-cations.

Dr. Miu Miller has focused her research and teaching on the analysis andthe optimization of power distribution planning, operation and automation.These functions become increasingly important as emerging power distri-bution systems include new technologies such as distributed energy re-sources and distribution automation capabilities. Towards this end, shehas published over 20 archival papers and over 30 refereed conferencepapers. She was recognized with the 2005 Eta Kappa Nu OutstandingYoung Electrical and Computer Engineer Award, the 2005/2006 IEEE DrexelStudent Chapter: Best Electrical Engineering Teacher Award, a 2003 Maryand Christian Lindback Minority Junior Faculty Award, a 2001 Office ofNaval Research Young Investigator Award and a 2000 National ScienceFoundation Career Award.

On a personal note, Karen is happily married and has a daughter.

Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer AwardKAREN NAN MIU MILLER

2007 Recipient

For leadership in the power engineering field and contributionsto the engineering profession and engineering education

This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the leadership oftechnical society activities including local and/or transactional PES andother technical societies, leadership in community and humanitarianactivities, and evidence of technical competence through significantengineering achievements.

Eligibility• Thirty-five years of age or under on January 1 of the year the

award is presented.• Nomination by any PES member and endorsement by the chap-

ter or technical committee of which the individual is a member.• A member of PES for at least one year.• Minimum of a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an accredited

electrical engineering program or equivalent.

Prizes• Plaque designating recipient and award.• Recipient will designate a college or university with an accredited

program in electrical engineering or equivalent to receive a $2,000scholarship for an electrical engineering undergraduate.

Recent Previous RecipientsFormerly the Walter Fee Outstanding Young Engineer Award

Outstanding Young Engineer Award

• 1994 Lei Wang• 1997 Mariesa L. Crow• 1998 Kraig Joseph Olejniczak• 1999 Miguel Velez-Reyes• 2000 Christopher Wayne Hickman• 2002 Jeffrey H. Nelson, Noel N. Schulz• 2003 Richard Eric Brown• 2004 Mark Laufenberg• 2005 Efraín O’Neill-Carrillo• 2006 Marcelino Madrigal

Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy• 2007 Karen Nan Miu Miller

Outstanding Young Engineer AwardWILLIAM (BILL) ROSEHART

2008 Recipient

Bill Rosehart, Professional Engineer, is a Professorin Electrical Engineering and Associate Head of theDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineeringwithin the Schulich School of Engineering, Universityof Calgary. Dr. Rosehart received his PhD from theUniversity of Waterloo. He joined the University ofCalgary in 2001 to help strengthen their power andenergy group. He served as the first Associate Director(Undergraduate Studies) for a multi-disciplinary Energyand Environment Specialization within the SchulichSchool of Engineering.

Today, Dr. Rosehart leads a strong research group devoted to energy sys-tems and issues specifically related to system modeling, optimization anddynamic performance. These include system identification, stability con-strained optimal dispatch, demand side management, generation and trans-mission expansion, and application of numerical optimization given uncer-tainty and risk.

Dr. Rosehart is currently the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Southern Alberta Section.He is a member of the PES Power System Dynamic Performance Committee,for which he is the Technical Program Committee Chair. Dr. Rosehart is theChair for 2008 North American Power Symposium and currently chairs theIEEE PES Student Activities Subcommittee.

Dr. Rosehart has received several awards including: Calgary’s 2007 Top 40under 40, Fellowship of the Institute for Advanced Policy Research, the 2006IEEE PES Technical Council GOLD Award and the 2006 Association of Pro-fessional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta Early Accom-plishment Award.

In addition to Dr. Rosehart’s accomplishments in research and service, heis passionate about teaching and training future engineers and leaders. Hehas received 10 teaching related awards since starting his academic ca-reer. Dr. Rosehart is constantly investigating ways to enhance engineeringeducation and student’s experiences.

For leadership in the power engineering field and contributionsto the engineering profession and engineering education

IEEE Fellows

Fellows elected to the class of 2008 who aremembers of the IEEE Power & Energy Society

• VENKATARAMANA AJJARAPU

• CHARLES GROSS

• ROBERT HAWLEY

• JINLIANG HE

• BENJAMIN HOBBS

• MICHAEL INGRAM

• BOGDAN KASZTENNY

• WAYNE LITZENBERGER

• CHAN-NAN LU

• VAHID MADANI

• KENNETH MARTIN

• BRUNO MEYER

• LESLIE PEREIRA

• ALEXANDER PETROIANU

• RENE SMEETS

• YONG-HUA SONG

• SCOTT SUDHOFF

• JEAN-MICHEL TESSERON

• ALFREDO TESTA

• THOMAS TOBIN

• HAMID TOLIYAT

• GENE WOLF

Working Group Recognition Awards

OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL REPORT

“Coordination of Generator Protection with GeneratorExcitation Control and Generator Capability”

CHARLES MOZINA, Chair

MICHAEL REICHARD, Vice Chair

OUTSTANDING STANDARD OR GUIDE

“IEEE Standard for AC High-Voltage CircuitSwitchers Rated 15.5 kV through 245 kV”

RANDALL DOTSON, Chair

ZEEKY A. BUKHALA

STEVEN P. CONRAD

TERRY L. CRAWLEY

JON D. GARDELL

RANDY HAMILTON

IRWIN O. HASENWINKLE

DAVID B. HERBST

LARRY HENRICKSEN

GERALD F. JOHNSON

PATRICK KERRIGAN

SHOUKAT KHAN

GARY L. KOBET

PREM KUMAR

SUBHASK PATEL

BRAD D. NELSON

DONALD R. SEVCIK

MICHAEL J. THOMPSON

JOESPH T. UCHIYAMA

SAHIB M. USMAN

PHILIP P. WAUDBY

MURTY YALLA

ROY W. ALEXANDER

WILLIAM BERGMAN

ANNE BOSMA

PATRICK DILILLO

CHARLES GARNER

VICTOR GOR

AFTAB KAHN

ANTONIO MANNARINO

ANDY MCCABE

PETER MEYER

ROGER MUNAY

YASIN MUSA

JEFFREY H. NELSON

GORDON PERKINS, SR.CARL REIGART

HUGH ROSS

GARY SCHAUFFLER

DONALD SEAY

H. MEL SMITH

RAO SUNKARA

JOHN TANNERY

THOMAS TOBIN

Prize Paper Award

"A DC Hybrid Circuit Breaker with Ultra-FastContact Opening and Integrated

Gate-Commutated Thyristors (IGCTs)"

JEAN-MARC MEYER, ALFRED RUFER

Jean-Marc Meyer (1969) received the M.Sc. degree inelectrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the SwissFederal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne,Switzerland, in 1995 and 2000 respectively.

In 2000, he began his professional career at ABBSwitzerland Ltd. as power electronics specialist in variousprojects such as distributed power generation and power

quality solutions. Since 2003, he has been the project leader in thedevelopment of traction converters. In addition, he has been involved in thedevelopment of an electro-thermal simulation tool for voltage source inverters.

Alfred Rufer (1951) received the M.S. degree from theSwiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL),Lausanne, Switzerland (1976).

In 1978 he joined BBC/ABB. In 1993, he became an Assis-tant Professor at EPFL. Since 1996, he has been Full Pro-fessor and Head of the Industrial Electronics Laboratory, EPFL.

In Alfred Rufer’s lab, the research activities focus on power converters,where several solutions and applications of multilevel converters have beenstudied, especially in the field of asymmetric or hybrid topologies.

Other fields initiated by Alfred Rufer are dedicated to supercapacitive en-ergy storage, or storage devices for alternative energy. Also, systems withreduced aging phenomena or which are easier to recycle than classicalbatteries are investigated and modeled.

In 2006, Rufer was elected an IEEE Fellow. in 1939 in Slovenia. He received the Electrical Engineer diploma,

Prize Paper Award

"Investigation and Simulation of Fields inLarge Salient-Pole Synchronous Machines

with Skewed Stator Slots"

HARAN KARMAKER, ANDREW M. KNIGHT

Haran Karmaker received his Ph.D. degree from theUniversity of Toronto, Canada in 1974 in Electrical En-gineering. He joined the Engineering Laboratory of GECanada as Research Engineer in 1975. In 1981, he waspromoted as the Leader of the Electromagnetics Team.In 2004, he joined TECO-Westinghouse in Texas, USAas Staff Engineer in Research and Development.

He has published 47 technical papers and contributed to the develop-ment of many IEEE, IEC and NEMA standards. He is the current Chair ofthe PES Working Group on Revision of IEEE Standard 115 “Test Proce-dures for Synchronous Machines”.

Andrew Knight received his BA in Electrical and Information Sciences from the University of Cam-bridge, England in 1994, and his PhD degree also from the University of Cambridge in 1998. He joined the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, later that year as a post-doctoral fellow. In 1999 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor; he is cur-rently an Associate Professor.

His research work investigates methods to improve the efficiencyof electrical energy conversion, with particular interest in losses in electrical machines.

Dr. Knight is a Senior Member of IEEE and is a Professional Engi-neer registered in the province of Alberta.

Outstanding Large Chapter AwardNEW YORK/LONG ISLAND CHAPTER

JOHN MICHELSEN, Chair

The New York and Long Island Chapter is recognized for their outstandingperformance during 2007 under the leadership of Chapter Chairman John A.Michelsen. Mr. Michelsen and his Committees deserve much credit for lead-ership and service to the Chapter throughout the year.

The Chapter has a long tradition of quality programs, excellent communica-tion, well structured committees and active volunteers. The Chapter is com-mended for its very successful and strong performance in numerous areas.The Chapter is well deserving of the 2007 PES Outstanding Large ChapterAward.

Meetings and Programs: The Chapter held over 170 meetings, comprised ofwide ranging technical, educational, public affairs events. Various other meet-ings were held throughout the year.GOLD: The Chapter recruits from recent graduates for service on the variouscommittees. A separate membership list is maintained and programs of spe-cial interest to this group are held regularly.Students: The Chapter continues to reach out and develop new student chap-ters by enhanced networking among students. The Student Activities Commit-tee and Membership Committee, together, continue to focus on increasingstudent membership by encouraging colleges to include power engineeringcourses in their curriculum. They established constant communications withall universities in the NYC area. Throughout the year, the Committee wasinstrumental in promoting the Chapter’s college tuition grant program to en-courage power engineering in the area. The Chapter awarded a $1,000 schol-arship.Activities: Chapter events include Technical Discussion Group meetings,Program Committee meetings, the Fall Outing, Student meetings, SpecialEvents, Social outings, and the Awards Dinner. Meetings and events are pub-lished extensively in the IEEE, along with ads placed in local newspapers andcollege bulletins highlighting the key roles of engineers in society.Education: The Chapter takes great pride in the Professional EngineeringReview Course (PERC) providing 132 sessions given before each PE exam.These courses provide the section with an independent source of funds forthe many technical activities they are able to offer. An 8-10 week Fire ProtectionCourse has been developed and is to be offered early in 2008. These coursesare accredited to give CEU’s.Awards and Advancements: The Awards program continues to work to el-evate members to the Senior Member level. The chapter seeks Region 1,RAB awards, Fellow awards, and other PES and Chapter awards to recognizeoutstanding achievement and honorable service both with IEEE and the powerindustry.

RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY WAS THE NORTH JERSEY CHAPTER

Outstanding Small Chapter AwardMALAYSIA CHAPTERMICHAEL JOSEPH, Chair

The Malaysia Chapter is recognized for their performance under the leader-ship of Chapter Chair, Mr. Michael Joseph, and the team of committee mem-bers.

The Chapter had a high level of activities during the year 2007 in various areas.Especially strong were the results of their membership growth and develop-ment programs. This award acknowledges the excellence of the Chapter’sperformance and hard work of the Chapter’s Committee and members as awhole.

The Malaysia Chapter’s recognition as the 2007 PES Outstanding Small Chap-ter is well deserved.

Technical Activities: The Malaysia Chapter had four technical activities, whichincluded current topics, such as Technical Talk on Power Plant Operations,Transmission - Protection System, Implications of Grid Code on Power Sys-tem, Security and Security Assessments and Forum on Future of Power Tech-nologies. All the events were well received.Educational Activities and Site Visits: The six educational activities organizedby the Chapter were as follows; Electrical Power System Competition intendedfor university students. There were talks on “Energy efficiency - Power Factorand its consequences” and “Utility Solutions to Power Quality Problems”. Threeothers were technical visits to power plants and electrical facilities.Public Affairs: There were two talks organized by the Chapter entitled “Energyand Environmental Problems Facing the Third World and Their Probable So-lutions”. This was organized to create awareness to the members and public.The Chapter organized a Self-Development Workshop entitled ‘The Best ofMe’ in August 2007. The objective was to bring about positive and lastingchange to our volunteers not only in their work performance but in their per-sonal lives as well.Membership Development & Advancement: The Chapter increased its mem-bership from 59 at the beginning of the year to 74 by the end of the year… anincrease of 25%. One member was elevated to the Grade of Senior Member,and efforts continue to encourage others to advance membership grades.Nominations and Awards: The Chapter utilized the Outstanding EngineerAward to recognize a member for his notable contribution in power engineer-ing work especially in the protection field and as an educator/ lecturer to someof the local universities in Malaysia. The Corporate Recognition Award wasgiven to a local corporation for supporting the activities of the Chapter in vari-ous ways over the past few years.Chapter Web Site: The chapter has an excellent web site and uses this toserve its members in many ways.

RUNNER-UP IN THIS CATEGORY WAS THE PANAMA CHAPTER

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