The IEEE Herman Halperin Electric Transmission and Distribution Award is a
Technical Field Award of the
IEEE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...
that is presented for outstanding contributions to
electric transmission and
distribution Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics
*Distribution (mathematics), generalized functions used to formulate solutions of partial differential equations
*Probability distribution, the probability of a particular value or value range of a varia ...
. The award may be presented annually to an individual or a team of up to three people. It was instituted by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1986.
Prior to 1987, the award was called the
William M. Habirshaw Award
The William M. Habirshaw Award was an award given by the IEEE and, prior to the formation of the IEEE in 1963, by its predecessor the AIEE, from 1959 through 1986 for outstanding contributions to the field of electric transmission and distribut ...
. Starting in 1987, the award became renamed in honor of Herman Halperin, who had been a recipient of the Habirshaw Award in 1962 and had worked for 40 years for the
Commonwealth Edison Company
Commonwealth Edison, commonly known by syllabic abbreviation as ComEd, is the largest electric utility in Illinois, and the in Chicago and much of Northern Illinois. Its service territory stretches roughly from Iroquois County on the south to t ...
. The award is sponsored by the Robert and Ruth Halperin Foundation, in memory of Herman an