 IEEECompany Description:TheIEEE and its predecessors, the AIEE (AmericanInstitute of Electrical Engineers) and the IRE (Institute ofRadio Engineers), date to 1884.From its earliest origins, the IEEE has advanced the theoryand application of electrotechnology and allied sciences, served asa catalyst for technological innovation and supported the needs ofits members through a wide variety of programs and services. 19th Century Growth The last quarter of the nineteenth century was marked by atremendous growth in electrical technology. By the early 1880s, - telegraph wires crisscrossed theUnited States. - Europe and America were connected byunderwater cable. - arc lights were in use in severalcities. - Thomas Edison's Pearl Street Stationwas supplying power for incandescent lights in New York. - there were numerous firmsmanufacturing electrical equipment. - the telephone was growing inimportance as a communication tool. This growth in the technology and the planning for an internationalElectrical Exhibition to be held by the Franklin Institute inPhiladelphia prompted twenty-five of America's most prominentelectrical engineers, including Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson andEdwin Houston, to issue a call for the formation of a society topromote their burgeoning discipline. On 13 May 1884, theAIEE was born in New York and quickly gained recognition asa representative for American electrical engineers. Worldwide Headquarters:
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