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       Alex Gruenwald Award This Award honors an IEEE member who has made important contributions to 
      our profession on Long Island, and to the IEEE at large. Alex Gruenwald 
      was an IEEE pioneer in the area of professional activities. He was a very 
      active member of the Long Island Section, and went on to be a Region 1 
      Director.
 
       Athanasios Papoulis Award This award is presented to educators in engineering, science, or 
      mathematics, either living or teaching within the boundaries of the Long 
      Island Section of the IEEE, who has demonstrated innovative teaching 
      techniques. Athanasios Papoulis was a professor at Polytechnic University 
      who was committed to promoting quality technical education on Long Island.
 
       Charles Hirsch Award This Award recognizes an IEEE member who has made an outstanding technical 
      contribution that has benefited Long Island. Charles Hirsch was a creative 
      engineer at Hazeltine.
 
       Friend of the IEEE Long Island Section Award This award is given to a 
      company or organization in recognition and appreciation of prominent and 
      continued support of the IEEE Long Island Section and its members, in 
      support of the Section's goals, activities and the Engineering Profession.
 
       Harold Wheeler Award This Award recognizes an IEEE member who has demonstrated outstanding 
      technical and management abilities. Harold Wheeler was a world-famous 
      engineer, who throughout his career at Hazeltine and Wheeler Labs, made 
      many important technical contributions. He was a founding member of the 
      IEEE Long Island Section.
 
       Lifetime Achievement Award This Award is given to a 
      member who has demonstrated continual and distinguished leadership, 
      outstanding career-long contributions and service benefiting the 
      Engineering community and the IEEE LI Section. This award is the highest 
      honor the IEEE Long Island Section bestows on an individual.
 
       Outstanding Student Chapter Award This award is given to an IEEE student chapter that is from one of the 
      Long Island engineering schools. The award recognizes outstanding 
      activities that encourage student interest in the IEEE.
 
       Outstanding Volunteer Award This award honors a Long 
      Island Section member for substantial contributions to IEEE volunteer 
      activities at the International, National, Region, Section, Chapter, or 
      Society level.
 
       Outstanding Young Engineer Award This Award honors a Long Island IEEE member who has made important 
      technical contributions prior to his or her 35th birthday.
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