In Memory of Ron Gordon Harley [Society News]

Ronald Gordon Harley, a distinguished IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS) member, passed away on 30 October 2017. Harley was an IEEE Life Fellow; a fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, United Kingdom, and the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, Johannesburg; and a member of the Academy of Science in South Africa, Pretoria. In 2009, he received the IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award for his work in power system dynamics, electrical machines, power electronics, and control of ac variable speed drives. He published more than 600 journal and conference papers, and he graduated nearly 40 Ph.D. degree students and more than 50 master’s degree students throughout his career. Among his many contributions as an IAS volunteer, Harley served as the past coordinator of the IAS Distinguished Lecturer Program.