Another Amazing IEEE Columbus Section Spring Banquet! This year, the IEEE Columbus Section has prepared an amazing banquet for its membership. We have invited Dr. Jeffrey H. Schwartz as our keynote speaker. He'll be delivering his presentation entitled "What Did George Washington Really Look Like?: The First Forensic Reconstruction of Our First President" where he will speak about his research in uncovering what George Washington really looked like at ages 19, 45, and 57 using artifacts, forensic anthropology, and various technologies. We will also have a demonstration by the Dublin Robotics Club, Student and Member Awards, door prizes, and much more! The Spring Banquet will be held at the Ohio Historical Society, which will allow you to peruse the displays, including The First Ladies Exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Hoggy's is catering a buffet with it's amazing BBQ and Southern cooking. Sign up early and we'll see you there! Speaker Bio: President-elect of the World Academy of Art and Science and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Jeffrey H. Schwartz is a professor in the Departments of Anthropology and History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, a resident fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, a research associate at both the American and Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Forensic Anthropologist for the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. His research areas include the evolutionary relationships and systematics of fossil and living primates, including humans, evolutionary biology and theory, and the history and philosophy of biology. He recently completed the first study of virtually the entire human fossil record (with Ian Tattersall), has been extending his theory of sudden evolutionary change into the realm of cell biology (with Bruno Maresca). He was also the director of the project to reconstruct George Washington at three different ages for a new education center at Mount Vernon. Dr. Schwartz has conducted fieldwork in the United States, England, Israel, Cyprus, and Tunisia and research in the mammal and vertebrate paleontology collections of major museums around the world.

Ohio Historical Society
1982 Velma Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211

Thursday, May 31, 2007 from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM (ET)

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e) is an international non-profit, professional organization for the advancement of technology related to electricity. It has the most members of any technical professional organization in the world, with more than 370,000 members in over 160 countries. Through its global membership, the IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics. The website for the IEEE Columbus Section is http://www.ieeecolumbus.org/