"For
outstanding sustained, and visionary contributions to the
IEEE Communications Society publications Editor-in-Chief
of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
for more than a decade, co-founder of the JSAC Wireless
Series, and Director of Journals."
Bill
Tranter
 Bill
Tranter has been an active volunteer and contributor
to the Communications Society since 1967. He originated
ComSoc's program of conference tutorials in 1971 and
organized over 20 tutorial short courses for presentation
at ComSoc-sponsored conferences. He chaired the Telemetering
Committee, Data Communications Committee and Communication
Systems Integration and Modeling Committee. Bill served
as an editor for several Com-Soc publications and served
two terms (totaling over 10 years) as Editor-in-Chief
of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.
He played a key role in the launch of the Wireless Communications
Series. Bill recently served as Director - Journals
and is currently a Member-at-Large of the Board of Governors.
He received the Donald McLellan Award for Meritorious
Service, an IEEE Centennial Medal and an IEEE Third
Millennium Medal. . He begins his term as ComSoc Vice
President - Technical Activities in 2002.
Bill received his Ph.D. from the University of Alabama
in 1970 and served for 29 years at the University of
Missouri-Rolla, most recently as the Schlumberger Professor
of Electrical Engineering. In 1996 he joined the faculty
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
He currently serves as Bradley Professor of Communications
and as Associate Director of the Mobile and Portable
Radio Research Group.
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