Gordon Day

IEEE Accomplishments

As President of the IEEE Photonics Society (LEOS), I emphasized membership growth and international development.  I presided over the largest annual membership increase of any Society at that time (17%), with non-U.S. membership reaching 49%.  The LEOS Annual Meeting (about 600 attendees) and one of three annual Board of Governors meetings were held off-shore for the first time. Society reserves reached a record of nearly $6M.

As a member of the Technical Activities Board Finance Committee, I designed and helped write the first online TAB Finance Manual. 

During my six-year tenure as a member of the Management Committee for the Optical Fiber Communications Conference, the conference contributed a net income of over $17M to the IEEE, and had a peak registration of over 37,000.

As an IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow, I advised Senator Jay Rockefeller, developing consensus on science issues, and preparing legislative proposals on homeland security, science funding, and science education.

As President of IEEE-USA, I led an expansion of our career-building resources for members, an expansion of our public policy activities, particularly in energy and communications, and greater efforts in public relations.  With MGA, I initiated a new project aimed at expanding professional activities in Regions 7-10.

Gordon W. Day
S’66-M’67-SM’78-F’94

g.day@ieee.org