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In Memoriam

Chapter News

HKN Board Member and
IEEE Volunteer Dr. Mo El-Hawary
Our dear friend and former IEEE-HKN Board
of Governors Member Mohamed "Mo"
El-Hawary passed away on Friday, July 26,
2019 in Halifax, Canada.
Dr. El-Hawary was a Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Dalhousie University in
Halifax. He had a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering,
Distinction and First Class Honors, University of
Alexandria, Egypt, 1965, and a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1972,
where, from 1970-72, he was an Izaak Walton
Killam Memorial Fellow. He was Associate Professor
of Electrical Engineering at the Federal University of
Rio de Janeiro for two years, and in 1974 he joined
the faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland,
becoming Chair of the Electrical Engineering Program
in 1976.
Dr. El-Hawary founded the Lambda Theta Chapter
at Dalhousie University in 2012 and served as
a member of the IEEE-HKN Board of Governors
in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He chaired the HKN
Globalization Committee and helped to onboard
more than a dozen HKN Chapters in Regions 7-10.
He cherished having had the opportunity to educate,
mentor and foster the careers of countless students
in the field of electrical engineering over his long and
distinguished career.

In addition to serving on the HKN Board, he was a
member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of
IEEE, and President of IEEE Canada. He served on
the IEEE Publication Services and Products Board,
Fellows Committee, Power Engineering Society
(PES); and as IEEE Press Board Chairman, System
Operations Committee Chair, and Vice President of
Development for the IEEE Canada Foundation. He
was the recipient of the IEEE Canada W. S. Read
Service Award in 2010. In 1999, IEEE awarded
him the EAB Meritorious Achievement, Power
Engineering Educator of the Year, and IEEE Canada
General A.G.L McNaughton Gold Medal.
He is survived by his wife, Ferial, an IEEE Life Fellow
and also a dedicated volunteer; a daughter, Elizabeth
"Bette;" two sons, Rany "Ron" and Robert "Bob;"
eight grandchildren, and two sisters.
Contributions in memory of Dr. El-Hawary can be
made to IEEE-HKN or to the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation.

Dr. Teofilo Ramos (left), IEEE Region 9 Director and Faculty Advisor of the Lambda Rho Chapter, and Enrique Tejera, IEEE-HKN Region 7-10 Governor,
congratulate Mu Psi Chapter President Luz Maria Sanchez Reyes.

IEEE-HKN Welcomes 263rd Chapter, Mu Psi
Mu Psi, the 263rd chapter of IEEE-HKN, was installed on 16 August 2019 at the Universidad Autónoma de
Querétaro, Querétaro. Mexico. Mu Psi is the third IEE-HKN Chapter in Region 9 and second chapter in Mexico.
IEEE-HKN Region 7-10 Governor Enrique Tejera (second from left in photo above) officially installed the Chapter
and inducted the Charter Members. Dr. Tejera was joined by Teofilo Ramos (left in photo above), IEEE Region 9
Director and Faculty Advisor of the Lambda Rho Chapter from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.
Officials from the Universidad Autónoma
de Querétaro included:

Chapter Officers installed were:

* Dra. Margarita Teresa de Jesús García Gasca, Rectora
de la Universidad

* Vice President: Emmanuel Silva González

* Dr. Aurelio Domínguez González,
Secretario Académico de la Universidad

* Secretary: Luis Fernando González Nieto

* Dr. Manuel Toledano Ayala,
Director de la Facultad de Ingeniería

Mu Psi is the second IEEE-HKN Chapter in Mexico.

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* President: Luz María Sánchez Reyes
* Treasurer: Aldo Francisco Muñoz Vargas
* Faculty Advisors: Dr. Juvenal Rodríguez Reséndiz,
Dr. Manuel Toledano Ayala and Dr. Saúl Tovar Arriaga

(left to right): Governor Enrique Tejera; President Luz MarÍa Sánchez Reyes;
Dr. Teofilo Ramos.

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