The Proceedings [Historical note]

Summary form only given, as follows. The publication of the PROCEEDINGS was started by The Wireless Institute in 1909. The first paper was by Robert Henry Marriott, President of the Wireless Institute, and later first President of The Institute of Radio Engineers. That paper on The Wireless Institute related the history of its formation, set forth the reasons for such an Institute, and outlined a plan for papers and PROCEEDINGS. In 1912, The Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers and The Wireless Institute combined to form The Institute of Radio Engineers. The first PROCEEDINGS Of the Institute of Radio Engineers were published in 1913. The first paper to be published in these PROCEEDINGS was by Dr. Michael I. Pupin, later the fifth President of The Institute of Radio Engineers, entitled "A Discussion on Experimental Tests of the Radiation Law for Radio Oscillators." This paper was chosen from several unpublished papers which had been presented before The Wireless Institute.