State of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society: An overview of operation, activities, accomplishments, and impacts

This article presents an overview of the state of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) on the occasion of its 75th Anniversary. A part of IEEE, AP-S is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of antennas, propagation, and electromagnetics technology for the benefit of humanity and fulfilling the technical and professional goals of its worldwide membership and the AP community and profession at large. The article is aimed at providing a high-level, comprehensive, and self-contained outline of the operation and governance, technical and professional activities, goals, and accomplishments of the Society and all of its volunteers and members. It is hoped that Magazine readers and AP-S members will find the overview useful, illustrative, informative, and interesting, as well as that the article offers an archival picture of the Society at a very special celebratory time in its history. The article shows that the state of AP-S is truly outstanding, thanks to incredible work and contributions by AP-S leaders, volunteers, and members throughout our history of 75 years. Even more importantly, the next 75 years of AP and AP-S are guaranteed to be equally rich, fascinating, and intense!