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In Memoriam

by Edward Tunstel on behalf of
the El-Hawary family

Remembering "Mo"

ohamed "Mo" El-Hawary
passed away on 26 July
2019 at the age of 76. Dr. ElHawary was a professor of electrical
and computer engineering at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. When he passed away
in his adopted hometown of Halifax,
he was surrounded by his family and
was able to articulate the great success that he enjoyed during his life.
He was very proud of both his family
and professional accomplishments.
Dr. El-Hawary is survived by his wife,
Ferial, also an accomplished academic engineer, and three children, eight
grandchildren, and three sisters.
Dr. El-Hawary was born in Sohag, Egypt, and received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Alexandria University in
1965. In 1972, under the tutelage of
Prof. Gus Christensen, he earned a
Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta
in Edmonton, Canada. That same
year, he was hired as an associate
professor of electrical engineering
at the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. In 1974, he moved
back to Canada to join the faculty
of engineering at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's,
Canada, where he quickly became
chair of the electrical engineering
program in 1976.

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Dr. El-Hawary founded IEEE Power Engineering Letters of the IEEE
Power & Energy Society (PES), was
associate editor for the three major
electric machines and power systems journals, and was the editor,
electrical power engineering, for the
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science
and Technology as well as consulting
editor for the journal
Electric Power CompoHis final move was in
nents and Systems from
1981, when he joined the
2013 to 2019.
Technical University of
He was a Fellow of
Nova Scotia as a profesthe IEEE and the Canasor of electrical engineerdian Academy of Engiing. In 1997, the school
neering, Engineers Canjoined Dalhousie Univerada, and the Engineering
sity when the Technical
Institute of Canada. He
University of Nova Scowas a PES Distinguished
tia amalgamated with
Mohamed El-Hawary
Lecturer.
Dalhousie University as
He served as a memDalTech. He had several
ber of the IEEE Board of Directors,
important roles at Dalhousie University, including associate dean of engiIEEE secretary, and president of
neering from 1995 to 2007 and chair
IEEE Canada. He was on the IEEE
of the university's senate from 2001 to
Publication Services and Products
2007. He also served as director of the
Board and IEEE Fellows Committee,
school's international and external rethe IEEE Press Board chair and PES:
lations for the Faculty of Engineering
System Operations Committee chair,
in 2008 and 2009.
a member of the Eta Kappa Nu Board,
Dr. El-Hawary's background and
and vice president, development, IEEE
education allowed him the ability to
Canada Foundation. He was the reunderstand academic engineering at
cipient of the IEEE Canada W.S. Read
an international level. He cherished
Service Award, 2010.
having the opportunity to be part of
In 1999, the IEEE awarded him the
educating, mentoring, and touchEducational Activities Board Meritoing the lives and careers of countless
rious Achievement, Power Engineerstudents in the field of electrical
ing Educator of the Year, and IEEE
engineering over his long and distinCanada General A.G.L McNaughton
guished career.
Gold Medal. Recently, the IEEE SMCS
Throughout his career, Dr. El-Hahonored him with an Outstanding
wary authored more than 10 textbooks
Contribution Award while serving
and nearly 200 full journal papers. He
as the EIC of IEEE Systems, Man,
was the Wiley-IEEE Press Series on
and Cybernetics Magazine from 2014
Power Engineering editor and, for the
to 2019.
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
Referencing Sir Isaac Newton's
Society (SMCS), he was the founding
truism that "if we can see farther than
editor-in-chief (EIC) of IEEE Systems,
others, it is because we stand upon the
Man, and Cybernetics Magazine.
shoulders of giants," Timothy A. Little,

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