Boston - New Hampshire - Providence Joint Section Chapter

Ramon De la Cruz, Chair
 

2010 marks the 50^th Anniversary for the IEEE Reliability Joint Section Chapter (Boston - New Hampshire - Providence).

50 Years Ago (courtesy of Aaron Dermarderosian, chapter vice chair)

 In 1960....

·         US President: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vice-President: Richard Nixon

·         Unemployment was ~5.5% ; The cost of a first class stamp: $0.04

·         American U-2 spy plane (Francis Gary Powers) was shot down over Russia

                                    Subsequently released 2 years later in a spy exchange deal!

·         Boston Celtics DEFEAT the St. Louis Hawks (4-3) for the NBA Championship!

·         59-60 Emmy Awards, Outstanding:

                                    > Performance by an Actor- Robert Stack "The Untouchables"

                                    > Writing achievement (Drama)- Rod Serling "Twilight Zone"

                                    > Achievement in the field of children's programming-
                                    "Huckleberry Hound"

·         Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho terrifies movie-goers!

·         Book Release: "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

·         Science:

                                    Theodore Harold Maiman constructed first functioning LASER (May 16th                                      1960, HRL- California)

                                    NASA launches Echo I (first communications satellite) & Tiros I (first                                              weather satellite)

·         Teradyne is founded

                                    and

·        The Boston area Reliability chapter is established!!

 

THREE years before the IRE & AIEE merge to form what we know as the IEEE Today!