Abstract :
Established by the PC Group in 1974, the Alfred N. Goldsmith Award is given in recognition of service within the Group´s organization to improve the quality of engineering communication. Dr. Goldsmith died in 1974 at the age of 85. He had been Professor of Electrical Engineering at City College of New York, a Vice President and Consultant at RCA, a Chairman of the Board of the National Television Film Council, Honorary Fellow of the International College of Surgeons, and recipient of many professional honors. He also, in 1957, was largely responsible for establishing the IRE Professional Group on Engineering Writing and Speech, which since 1972 has been the IEEE Group on Professional Communication. The following awards were presented at the Administrative Committee meeting at IEEE Headquarters by Awards Chairman Francis E. Leib on February 18, 1977.
