Title : 
Setting up the basis for Region 8
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
What follow are my personal recollections (fifty years old and more) of IRE/IEEE activities to which I participated: The creation of Fairfield IRE subsection in Connecticut. The creation of IRE sections in Switzerland and France . The creation of IEEE European region. My term as IEEE Director (1965-66).
         
        
            Keywords : 
IEEE standards; telecommunication industry; Connecticut; Fairfield IRE subsection; France; IEEE Director; IEEE European region; IRE/IEEE activities; Region 8; Switzerland;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
HISTory of ELectro-technology CONference (HISTELCON), 2012 Third IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Pavia
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-3079-4
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-3077-0
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/HISTELCON.2012.6487569