Oral History
Since 1968, the IEEE History Center’s Oral History program has conducted over 900 oral history interviews with leaders and innovators within IEEE’s fields of interest, and trained hundreds of IEEE volunteers to conduct such interviews. Such planned and recorded interviews preserve the voices, memories and perspectives of people in history while generating and preserving historically interesting and original information. Many IEEE technical societies conduct their own oral history programs that focus on their society’s field of interest. The History Center’s Oral History program places particular emphasis on recording the recollections of IEEE Medal of Honor and other major award recipients, former IEEE presidents, IEEE Fellows, and senior IEEE leaders and staff members.