The IEEE Toronto Section was formed on September 30, 1903 as a section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE). The Canadian Section of the IRE was formed in Toronto in 1925. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963 to create the IEEE. This is a record of the chairs of the AIEE – IEEE lineage, with occasional information about IRE chairs. We hope that many older members will come forward – bringing us information about our past and about the accomplishments of our predecessors.
The following is the record of Section Chairs from 1903
Year of Service | Section Chair |
2021 | Ali Nabavi |
2020 | Al Nabavi |
2019 | Olivier Trescases |
2018 | Olivier Trescases |
2017 | Thamir (Tom) Murad |
2016 | Thamir (Tom) Murad |
2015 | Emanuel Istrate |
2014 | Emanuel Istrate |
2013 | Xavier Fernando |
2012 | Xavier Fernando |
2011 | Wai Tung Ng |
2010 | Wai Tung Ng |
2009 | Alexei Botchkarev (Alex Bot) |
2008 | Alexei Botchkarev (Alex Bot) |
2007 | Alagan Anpalagan |
2006 | Alagan Anpalagan |
2005 | Kostas Plataniotis |
2004 | Kostas Plataniotis |
2003 is Centennial Year for Toronto | |
2003 | Robert Hanna |
2002 | Robert Hanna |
2001 | Ted Sargent |
2000 | Ted Sargent |
1999 | Bruno DiStefano |
1998 | Bruno DiStefano |
1997 | Bruno DiStefano |
1996 | Bruno DiStefano |
1995 | David Whyte |
1994 | David Whyte |
1993 | Ted Wojcinski |
1992 | Ted Wojcinski |
Officer terms now change at year-end | |
1991-1992 | Ted Wojcinski |
1990-1991 | Lamberto Gomes |
1989-1990 | Lamberto Gomes |
1988-1989 | Wallas Khella |
1987-1988 | Wallas Khella |
1986-1987 | Andre Salama |
1985-1986 | Andre Salama |
1984-1985 | Tom Bell |
1983-1984 | Tom Bell |
1982-1983 | Robert Caputo |
1981-1982 | Robert Caputo |
1980-1981 | Ajit Bapat |
1979-1980 | Ajit Bapat |
1978-1979 | Tas Venetsanopoulos |
1977-1978 | Tas Venetsanopoulos |
1976-1977 | Bob Jefferies |
1975-1976 | Wasyl Janischewskyj |
1974-1975 | Stuart Robertson |
1973-1974 | Lynn Gordon |
1972-1973 | W.H. Hopper |
1971-1972 | W.H. Hopper |
1970-1971 | Art Dinnen |
1969-1970 | Ian Dutton |
1968-1969 | Jack Leslie |
1967-1968 | Ike Morgulis |
1966-1967 | Paul Biringer |
1965-1966 | Paul Biringer |
1964-1965 | Walter Anderson |
1963-1964 | G.M. Fraser |
IEEE Section formed in 1963 by the merger of AIEE and IRE Sections | |
1962-1963 | Harry Hyde [AIEE], Walter Anderson [IRE] |
1961-1962 | P.E. Smith |
1960-1961 | E.A. Ricker |
1959-1960 | V.B. Ross |
1958-1959 | Gordon Tracy [IEEE], J.C. Burkholder [IRE] |
1957-1958 | R.J. Brown |
1956-1957 | J.T. Fisher [AIEE], Frank Creed [IRE] |
1955-1956 | Gordon Tracy [AIEE], Fred Heath [IRE] |
1954-1955 | W.R. Harmer [AIEE], A.P.H. Barclay [IRE] |
1953-1955 | W.R. Harmer |
1952-1953 | C.E. MacWilliam |
1951-1952 | H.R. Osborne |
1950-1951 | J.T.Thwaites [AIEE], Ted Millen [IRE] |
1949-1950 | J.M. Sommerville |
1948-1949 | J.F. Moore |
1947-1948 | T.C.D. Churchill |
1946-1947 | A.R.Zimmer |
1945-1946 | A.H. Frampton [AIEE], Frank Pounsett [IRE] |
1944-1945 | A.W. Murdock |
1943-1944 | F.C. Barnes |
1942-1943 | D.W.Callander |
1941-1942 | O.W. Titus |
1940-1941 | J.M. Thomson |
1939-1940 | D.G. Geiger [AIEE] |
1938-1939 | W.J. Gilson [AIEE] |
1937-1938 | R.E. Jones [AIEE] |
1936-1937 | V.G. Smith [AIEE] |
1935-1936 | M.J. McHenry [AIEE] |
1934-1935 | C.A. Price [AIEE] |
1933-1934 | G.D. Floyd [AIEE] |
1932-1933 | I.M. MacLean |
1931-1932 | T.W. Eadie |
1930-1931 | D.A.McKenzie [AIEE] |
1929-1930 | F.F. Ambuhl |
1928-1929 | E.M. Wood |
1927-1928 | C.E. Sisson |
1926-1927 | M.B. Hastings |
1925-1926 | L.B. Chubbuck [AIEE] |
IRE Section formed in 1925 in addition to the existing AIEE Section | |
1924-1925 | H.C. Don Carlos [AIEE] |
1923-1924 | C.E. Schwenger [AIEE] |
1922-1923 | S.E.M. Henderson [AIEE] |
1921-1922 | W.P. Dobson [AIEE] |
1920-1921 | F.R. Ewart [AIEE] |
1919-1920 | A.B. Cooper [AIEE] |
1918-1919 | A.H. Hull [AIEE] |
1917-1918 | W.G. Gordon [AIEE] |
1916-1917 | E.T. Brandon [AIEE] |
1915-1916 | W.F. Wright [AIEE] |
1914-1915 | W.F. Wright [AIEE] |
1913-1914 | D.H. McDougall [AIEE] |
1912-1913 | F.A. Gaby [AIEE] |
1911-1912 | A.L. Mudge [AIEE] |
1910-1911 | E. Richards [AIEE] |
1909-1910 | H.W. Price [AIEE] |
1908-1909 | W.A. Bucke [AIEE] |
1907-1908 | K.L. Aitken [AIEE] |
1906-1907 | R.G. Black [AIEE] |
1905-1906 | H.A. Moore [AIEE] |
1904-1905 | T.R. Bosebrugn [AIEE] |
1903-1904 | J.L. Krammerer [AIEE] |
AIEE Section formed in 1903 |