Chairs of the Rochester Sections of the AIEE and the IRE
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers were the predecessor societies of the IEEE. They merged in 1963 to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
| AIEE | IRE | |
| 1927-1928 | Roger D. DeWolf | Harvey J. Klumb |
| 1928-1929 | Harry E. Gordon | Adolph B. Chamberlain |
| 1929-1930 | Virgil M. Graham | Earl C. Karker |
| 1930-1931 | Harvey J. Klumb | Harry E. Gordon |
| 1931-1932 | Frederic C. Young | Howard A. Brown |
| 1932-1933 | Charles F. Estwick | Arthur E. Soderholm |
| 1933-1934 | Edward G. Eidam | Arthur L. Schoen |
| 1934-1935 | William M. Young | Harvey J. Klumb |
| 1935-1936 | Ernest K. Huntington | Earl C. Karker |
| 1936-1937 | E.H. Branson | Lee A. DuBridge |
| 1937-1938 | Berlyn M. Werly | Lee A. DuBridge |
| 1938-1939 | Clarence L. Smith | Harvey J. Klumb |
| 1939-1940 | Clarence E. Tuites | William F. Cotter |
| 1940-1941 | William F. Cotter | Henry C. Sheve |
| 1941-1942 | C.F. Harris | Harvey J. Klumb |
| 1942-1943 | Ralph A. Whitford | Oliver L. Angevine, Jr. |
| 1943-1944 | Walter Criley | Oliver L. Angevine, Jr. |
| 1944-1945 | Oliver L. Angevine, Jr. | Dr. George R. Town |
| 1945-1946 | Ernest B. Kempster, Jr. | Dr. George R. Town |
| 1946-1947 | Dr. George R. Town | Arthur E. Newlon |
| 1947-1948 | Allan F. Martin | Arthur E. Newlon |
| 1948-1949 | Charles G. Plomarsen | Kenneth J. Gardner |
| 1949-1950 | John H. Rogers | Kenneth J. Gardner |
| 1950-1951 | Earle M. Morecock | John A. Rodgers |
| 1951-1952 | John A. Gienger | John A. Rodgers |
| 1952-1953 | Russell H. Rankin | Garrard Mountjoy |
| 1953-1954 | Frank C. Starr | Allan Holstrom |
| 1954-1955 | Alfred V. Dasburg | Allan Holstrom |
| 1955-1956 | Howard A. Brown | George H. Haupt |
| 1956-1957 | Lynn C. Holmes | William F. Bellor |
| 1957-1958 | Joel T. Johnson | Beryl L. McArdle |
| 1958-1959 | Stanley P. Bartles | Robert E. Vorsteen |
| 1959-1960 | Howard L. Foote | Frederick A. Mitchell |
| 1960-1961 | Robert W. McCarty | Dr. H. Frank Hicks, Jr. |
| 1961-1962 | Richard N. Born | John L. Wheeler |
| 1962-1963 | Henry C. Sibley, Jr | David Y. Keim |
Chairs of the Rochester Section of the IEEE
| 1963-1964 | Daniel W. Healy, Jr. |
| 1964-1965 | Harvey P. Donnell (?) |
| 1965-1966 | L. Coburn Eisaman |
| 1966-1967 | William F. Coombs |
| 1967-1968 | Henry H. Nearing |
| 1968-1969 | Leon L. Wheeless, Jr. |
| 1969-1970 | Calvin O. Stoutz |
| 1970-1971 | Harry G. Saddock |
| 1971-1972 | Robert Seibert |
| 1972-1973 | Joseph A. Huie |
| 1973-1974 | Jon K. Edwards |
| 1974-1975 | H. Glenn Portz |
| 1975-1976 | Richard E. Phillips |
| 1976-1977 | Dr. Philip M. Sherman |
| 1977-1978 | William N. Fredenburg |
| 1978-1979 | Carl H. Warn |
| 1979-1980 | Malcolm Drummond |
| 1980-1981 | T. Joseph Daley |
| 1981-1982 | Constantine Anagnostopoulos |
| 1982-1983 | Jacob Z. Schanker |
| 1983-1984 | Harvey E. Rhody |
| 1984-1985 | Paul Ruganis |
| 1985-1986 | James C. Minor |
| 1986-1987 | Peter D. Parslow |
| 1987-1988 | Kenneth W. Hsu |
| 1988-1989 | Carol Richardson |
| 1989-1990 | Edward Balsley |
| 1990-1991 | William Bush |
| 1991-1992 | Raman Unnikrishnan |
| 1992-1993 | Robert Nielsen |
| 1993-1994 | John Stratton |
| 1994-1995 | A. Murat Tekalp |
| 1995-1996 | Mark Schrader |
| 1996-1997 | Gualtiero Faustoferri |
| 1997-1998 | Sannasi Ramanan |
| 1998-1999 | Peter G. Anderson |
| 1999 2nd half | Timothy G. Wieand |
| 2000 | James M. Ziobro |
| 2001 | F. Jean Bass |
| 2002 | Steven M. Ciccarelli |
| 2003 | Jeffrey R. Pink |
| 2004 | J. Z. Schanker |
| 2005-2006 | Ken Arnold |
| 2007 | Gaurav Sharma |
| 2008 | Jayanti Venkataraman |
| 2009 | Paul Lee |
| 2010-2011 | Alex Loui |
| 2012-2013 | William Fowlkes |
| 2014-2017 | Greg Gdowski |
| 2018-2019 | Sreeram Dhurjaty |
| 2020-2021 | Eric Brown |