EAB support for IEEE Education Medal?

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EAB support for IEEE Education Medal?
Educational Activities Board
David Hodges, Vice Chair, IEEE Awards Board
17 November 2007, Boston
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The IEEE James H. Mulligan Education Medal

• IEEEs Medals represent the highest level of
  recognition offered in the Institutes
  Awards program.
• The IEEE James H. Mulligan Education Medal
  (previously IEEE Education Medal) was established
  in 1956 by the American Institute of Electrical
  Engineers, and continued by the Board of
  Directors of the IEEE.
• This Medal recognizes the importance of an
  educator's contributions to the vitality,
  imagination, and leadership of engineering
  education.
• It is presented annually to an individual for a
  career of outstanding contributions to education
  in IEEE fields of interest.

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Recent recipients of the IEEE James H. Mulligan
Education Medal

• 2007 - ANDREW S. TANENBAUMProfessor of Computer
  ScienceVrije Universiteit, Netherlands
• 2006 - SANJIT K. MITRAProfessor of Electrical
  and Computer EngineeringUniversity of
  California, Santa Barbara
• 2005 - H. VINCENT POORGeorge Van Ness Lothrop
  Professor in EngineeringPrinceton University,
  Princeton, NJ
• 2004 - PAUL R. GRAYProfessor, EECS, Executive
  Vice Chancellor and Provost
• University of California at Berkeley
• 2003 - YASUHARU SUEMATSUPresident, National
  Institute of InformaticsTokyo, Japan
• 2002 - PETAR V. KOKOTOVICProfessor of Electrical
  and Computer EngineeringUniversity of
  California, Santa Barbara
• 2001 - BRIAN D.O. ANDERSONAustralian National
  UniversityCanberra, Australia

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Funding realities for all IEEE Awards are
changing

• Corporate support has shrunk sharply.
• There is no long-term commitment for Education
  Medal. 2008 funding is secure.
• EAB has not participated in IEEEs Institute-wide
  Awards program.
• The Education Medal is an appropriate recognition
  for support by EAB.
• The main question is budgetary.

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Next steps

• EAB will be asked to consider in 2/08 whether to
  add partial or full support for the Education
  Medal to its 2009 budget.
• Current full cost is about 28K/yr
• More details on the Education Medal are shown on
  the Awards Board site
• http//ieee.org/portal/pages/about/awards/sums/ed
  ucsum.html