[Sci-tech-public] IEEE telephone milestone: Barney Finn (Curator, Smithsonian) keynote speaker

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:39:32 -0500
>Subject: IEEE  telephone milestone & Barney Finn keynote speaker
>From: Gil Cooke <gilcooke at ieee.org>
>To: Debbie Meinbresse <meinbres at mit.edu>
>CC: Linda Scott Linda Scott <lindascott at verizon.net>
>
>
>Dear Debbie Meinbresse:
>
>The purpose of this memo is send you a press 
>release (below) for the IEEE milestone event 
>scheduled for March 10, 2006 in Boston.  Please 
>post on your calendar of events. Attendance is 
>free.  Those interested must pre-register. The 
>information is all there.  I'm trying to get a 
>good turnout for guest speaker Barney Finn, well 
>known by historians of science and technology.
>
>I'll ask Linda Scott to put you on the 
>distribution list and to send you a hard copy 
>invitation soon. In the meantime, the press release is valid.
>
>Press release and program agenda
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>IEEE Milestone Celebration
>
>Mark your palm pilot and come to celebrate the 
>130th anniversary of the first transmission of 
>intelligible speech over electrical wire, which 
>took place in Boston, March 10, 1876. Inventor 
>Alexander Graham Bell called out to his 
>assistant Thomas Watson, "Mr. Watson, come here, 
>I want to see you."  This transmission took 
>place in their attic laboratory located at 5 
>Exeter Place, close to where Lafayette Corporate Center is today.
>
>On March 10, 2006, the President of the IEEE 
>will award the IEEE Milestone Plaque for the 
>Telephone during a program commemorating the 
>telephone and honoring communications 
>innovation.  The award ceremony will take place 
>at the Verizon building, 185 Franklin Street. 
>After welcoming remarks, there will be 
>presentations by historians and representatives 
>from industry. Over 250 people are expected to 
>attend representing the personal communications 
>industry, city officials, historic communities, 
>and others. The Milestone Committee and sponsors 
>would like a big turnout at this historically 
>important event. IEEE members, 
>non-members,  guests and their family are 
>encouraged to attend, to chat with Boston¹s own 
>Dr. Benjamin Franklin, and enjoy a bit of 
>history. Attendance is free but pre-registration 
>is required by contacting IEEE Boston 
>headquarters at 781-245-5405 or by emailing 
>Linda Scott at   l.scott at ieee.org . Travel and 
>parking instructions with updates will soon be 
>available at http://www.ieee-boston.org/
>
>When - Friday, March 10 2006. 8:30 AM till 1 PM plus
>
>Where - Verizon building, 185 Franklin Street, 
>Boston. Pick up your nametag in the lobby then proceed to the auditorium.
>
>Admission - Attendance is free but 
>pre-registration is required by calling 
>781-245-5405 or by emailing Linda Scott at l.scott at ieee.org
>
>Program Agenda
>8:30am    Registration and coffee
>        socialize with Benjamin Franklin
>9:00    Introduction by IEEE Boston Section
>9:20     Welcome by Dr. Benjamin Franklin
>9:30     Welcoming remarks by prime sponsor(s)
>9:45     Guest speaker: Barney Finn, Smithsonian
>10:15     Guest speaker: to be announced
>10:45     Presentation speech by IEEE
>11:10     Acceptance by Donna Cupello, Verizon President
>11:30     Closing
>11:45     Buffet lunch
>1 pm     Exhibitions of antique telephones
>
>
>Guest Speaker Barney Finn
>Bernard S. Finn was Curator in charge of the 
>electrical collections in the Smithsonian's 
>National Museum of American History for over 
>forty years and is now curator emeritus.  He has 
>a bachelor's degree from Cornell University
>in Engineering Physics and a PhD from the 
>University of Wisconsin in History of Science.
>
>He has been responsible for numerous exhibits at 
>the museum.  Two of special relevance are 
>"Person to Person" (1976-1988) which covered 
>telegraph and telephone technology, and the 
>communications section of "Information Age" 
>(1990-2005). In both of these Bell's telephone 
>inventions were featured. He published a catalog 
>on the first of these exhibits and has written 
>an analysis (which depended on both documents 
>and repetition of experiments) of Bell's early 
>telephone work.  Other recent publications 
>include a bibliography of works on the history 
>of electrical technology and with bibliography 
>on the development of museums of science and technology.
>
>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Gil Cooke
>IEEE Boston Section
>Chair Milestone Committee
>508-620-1284
>gilcooke at ieee.org
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