1	Annual Awards Reception for New Fellows and Award Winners of the IEEE North Jersey Section Date: May 4, 2008 Venue: The Birchwood Manor, Whippany, NJ
2	Dr. Ronald Brachman Dr. Ronald Brachman, within Yahoo Research and although he couldn’t attend, was recognized for leadership in knowledge representation and reasoning in computer science and artificial intelligence.
3	Picture with Region 1 Chair and family Dr. Richard V. Snyder, of Kinnelon, NJ, and President of RS Microwave, Inc., Butler, NJ, was presented with the William Terry Distinguished Lifetime Service Award from Howard Michel, Region 1 Director for a lifetime of sustained, dedicated and wide-ranging service to the IEEE at the Section, Society, and Chapters levels. Shown to his left are daughter Noelle and wife Valerie.
4	Picture with Ron Quade John R. Redmon, of West Orange, NJ, was presented with the PES Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award from Ron Quade, PES Chapter Chair, for outstanding leadership and contributions in the design, operation, performance and reliability of electric power systems.
5	Picture with Charles Rubenstein Ken Oexle, Chairman, of Whippany, NJ, and Won Kim, Vice Chairman, of Hillside, NJ, of the North Jersey Industrial Applications Society Chapter, were recognized with the Industrial Applications Society Large Chapter Award from Charles Rubenstein, Region 1 Director Elect.
6	Picture with Kirit, Dr. Paul A. Polakos Dr. Paul A. Polakos, of Lucent Technology in Murray Hill, NJ, was presented with an IEEE Region I Award from Kirit Dixit, North Jersey Section Chairman, for outstanding leadership in the field of advanced wireless communications.
7	Picture with Kirit, Amit Patel Amit Patel, with ITT, Nutley, NJ, was presented with an IEEE Region I Award from Kirit Dixit, North Jersey Section Chairman, for outstanding leadership and sustained contributions to the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) activities within Region I and the North Jersey Section.
8	Picture with Kirit, Russell C. Pepe Russell C. Pepe, Vice President, Advanced Technical Marketing (ATM), Parsippany, NJ, currently serving as the Section Secretary, was presented with an IEEE Region I Award from Kirit Dixit, North Jersey Section Chairman, for outstanding service within the MTT/AP Chapter and within the Student Branches.
9	Picture with Howard Michel, Region 1 Director Richard Tax, Chairman, of River Vale, NJ and Paul Ward, Vice Chairman, of Totowa, NJ, of the Professional Activities Committee of Engineers, were presented with the Region I Alex Gruenwald Award from Howard Michel, Region 1 Director, which comes with a $ 1,000.00 donation to the Section. This is the tenth time since 1987 that the North Jersey Section has been awarded this award. Richard Tax spoke about Alex Gurenwald and why the PACE Award was named for him.
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12	Plaque Thomas A. Edison West Orange Laboratories and Factories, 1887 Thomas Alva Edison, a West Orange resident from 1886 until his death in 1931, established his final and most comprehensive laboratory and factory complex about one-half mile (0.8 km) north of here in 1887. Edison's visionary combination in one organization of basic and applied research, development, and manufacturing became the prototype for industrial enterprises worldwide. Work here resulted in more than half of Edison's 1,093 patents.
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