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necessary breathing room, and he has
been instrumental in my education.
The magazine is also fortunate to have
him remain as the associate editor for
the " History " column. For all of these
things, he ascends to volunteering sainthood in my book.
There is another important contributor deserving of recognition. For
several years, Robert Henderson has
provided editorial support to this magazine with thorough reviews of its content and editorial changes to improve
its readability. It is hard work with little
glory, but it is so important to the quality of our product. Robert contributed
his skills to this, his final, issue. I am
grateful to him for his efforts and the
reduction in anxiety he provided to me,
as I knew that many language details
would be captured and properly addressed. Thank you, Robert.

The Team
Along with John, I am joined by three
other associate editors and an assistant editor. As assistant editor, Susan
O'Bryan provides language editing
skills and manages the process and
schedule for the creation and submission
of articles to the magazine. She works
with Geri Krolin-Taylor and IEEE Publishing on the handoff of content and
reviews draft publication material to ensure a quality product. As associate editor of submissions, Jianhui Wang fields
and manages the process for reviewing
unsolicited articles for the magazine.
Also, Antonio Conejo, Ning Lu, and
Barry Mather are associate editors for
issues. They provide technical review
for our feature articles to ensure the content adheres to the magazine's standards
of integrity. I am deeply grateful to Antonio for performing the technical edi-

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In the " Leader's Corner " column, Mazana Armstrong shares the challenges
posed to our members this past year by
the pandemic. In her role as vice president of Chapters, she experienced the
sudden decline in events that removed
opportunities for members to connect
and interact. But she also witnessed the
resilience originating from the grassroots
aspects of the PES organization: our professional and student Chapters. Thanks
to the many champions of engagement
in our membership, meetings and conferences were redesigned, switching to
virtual events with healthy attendance.
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