13 October – Pedro Ray, president, Ray Engineers; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico; has been selected as 2009 IEEE president-elect. Pending acceptance of the Teller's Committee report by the IEEE Board of Directors, Ray will begin serving as IEEE president on 1 Jan. 2010. He will succeed 2009 IEEE President John Vig, consultant, System Planning Corporation.

Of the 282,198 ballots mailed, 43,051 valid ballots were returned (15.26 percent).This compares to the 2007 return of 15.63 percent. All results are unofficial until the IEEE Board of Directors accepts the report of the Teller's Committee during the November meeting series.

The other candidate for 2000 IEEE president-elect was Moshe Kam, Robert G. Quinn Professor and department head, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Both candidates were nominated by the IEEE Board of Directors. Of the members who voted, 21,929selected Ray, and 19,420selected Kam.