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The first PGRFI symposium was held in New York City on June 15-16, 1959 with 250 people attending. The second one was held in 1960 in Washington, DC, and was attended by over 400 people. During the years of the first EMC symposiums, the proceedings were termed digests and contained abstracts and summaries of the papers presented. In 1965, the EMC Symposia records began to include some full papers, and within two years (1967) all the symposia records included full papers. The symposium was first called a National Symposium until about 1970, when the IEEE became interested in ensuring that all countries in the world were represented by its membership, and renamed it the International Symposium. The first IEEE International Symposium on EMC which was sponsored by the EMCS and held outside the United States was held in Tokyo, Japan in 1984. Since then, two additional IEEE International Symposiums on EMC have been held outside the U.S., one in Montreal in 2001, and a second in Turkey (sponsored by the Israel Chapter) in 2003. Of course, the EMC Society has cooperated with other EMC symposiums around the world. These include the Zurich Symposiums and the Wroclaw Symposiums. Additional EMC Symposiums from all over the world have asked for technical cooperation from the EMC Society over the years and, typically, the EMC Society has agreed. Transactions An important element of the EMC Society has always been its technical publications, especially the Transactions. The Transactions were initiated in 1959, and were first called the IRE Transactions on Radio Frequency Interference. In 1963, their name was changed to the IEEE Transactions on Radio Frequency Interference, and in 1964 the name was changed to IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility (the current name). The IEEE Transactions on EMC publishes high-quality scientific peer-reviewed papers. The papers have contributed significantly to the advance of EMC technology over the past 50 years. Early editions were published under the guidance of a Publications Committee and a Technical Papers Committee. The acting editors in this early timeframe were Ralph Showers (1959), O.P. Schreiber (1960), A.R. Kall (1961-1962), and A.H. Sullivan, Jr. (1962-1964). In 1964, an official editor was selected for the first time and, as the publication grew, associate editors were added. The first formal editor was A. H. Sullivan, Jr. (1964-1968), and the second was R.B. “Dick” Schulz (1969-1987). This excellent beginning was followed by the appointment of Moto Kanda (1988-2000), Marcello D’Amore (2000-2003), Flavio G. Canavero (2004-2006) and the current Transactions Editor-in-Chief, Perry F. Wilson. In addition to the editors, the authors, reviewers, and the IEEE editorial staff have contributed significantly to the success and the high quality of the EMC Transactions. Normally, the EMC Transactions are published four times a year, but sometimes special issues are produced which results in a fifth publication in a given year. 1959-1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harold R . Schwenk 1960-1960 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James P . McNaul 1961-1961 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph M . Showers 1962-1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Harold E . Dinger 1963-1963 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herman Garlan 1964-1964 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald R .J . White 1964-1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Zigmund V . Grobowski 1965-1967 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A . H . Sullivan, Jr . 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard B . Schulz 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fred J . Nichols 1970-1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Heinz M . Schlicke 1972 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John J . O’Neil 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph F . Fischer, Jr . 1974-1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William E . “Gene” Cory 1976-1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James C . Toler 1978-1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie R . Janoski 1980-1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donald N . Heirman 1982-1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William G . Duff 1984-1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eugene D . Knowles 1986-1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .B . Leonard “Len” Carlson 1988-1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donald E . Clark 1990-1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edwin L . Bronaugh 1992-1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H . R . “Bob” Hofmann 1994-1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Warren A . Kesselman 1996-1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William Gjertson 1998-1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel D . Hoolihan 2000-2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Butler 2002-2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Todd R . Hubing 2004-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimball Williams 2006-2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Drozd 2007-2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elya Joffe Table 1: Presidents of the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society 18 Conformity AUGUSt 2008

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