The MTT-S Historian: Passing on the MTT-S Legacy–2022

Abstract

The IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) started as the “Professional Group on Microwave Theory and Techniques” (PG MTT) when the founding committee received approval from the then Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) on 7 March 1952. The first committee meeting, held on 1 May 1952, included Ben Warriner as the chair; Andre Clavier as the vice chair; Bill Mumford as the secretary–treasurer; and members Paul Coleman, Don King, Harry Marvin, Joe McCann, George Rosselot, Harald Schutz, and George Southworth. There were 15 Administrative Committee (AdCom) members in 1954. The early history of the MTT-S was covered in articles by the MTT-S’s first historian, Ted Saad, in the September 1984 <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[1]</xref> and March 2002 <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[2]</xref> issues of <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques</i> and by your current historian in the September 2016 <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[3]</xref> issue of <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Microwave Magazine</i> .