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Founded 1912 in New York City, and merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers to form IEEE in 1963.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson	Inventor	25-Jan-1878	14-May-1975	Developed radio and television at GE and RCA
Gregory Breit	Physicist	14-Jul-1899	11-Sep-1981	Proton-proton dispersion
Edward Condon	Physicist	2-Mar-1902	26-Mar-1974	Quantum Mechanics
Charles J. Van Depoele	Inventor	27-Apr-1846	18-Mar-1892	Trolley car pioneer
Ivan Getting	Inventor	18-Jan-1912	11-Oct-2003	Global Positioning System
Wilson Greatbatch	Inventor	6-Sep-1919		Implantable pacemaker
Grote Reber	Astronomer	22-Dec-1911	20-Dec-2002	First radio astronomer
Percy Spencer	Scientist	19-Jul-1894	8-Sep-1970	Invented the microwave oven
Frederick Terman	Scientist	7-Jun-1900	19-Dec-1982	Stanford Research Park
Elihu Thomson	Inventor	29-Mar-1853	13-Mar-1937	Electric welding and A/C motors

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