2004 IEEE Fellow Aly Elrefaie received his recognition from Curtis Siller, IEEE ComSoc President at the 24 February opening plenary session of the 2004 OFC in Los Angles.

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OFC Keynoter, John Stenbit, US Department of Defense CIO, chats briefly with Nim Cheung, IEEE ComSoc V.P, Society Relations and Curtis Siller, IEEE ComSoc President. OFC was on the rebound from 2002 with ~16,000 registrants and 636 exhibiting companies.