Last Monday night there was a very special occasion. The
current President and Director General of Engineers Ireland presented a Gold
Presidential Pin to eight of his predecessors commencing with John McGowan
(2006/07) up to the current President Bill Grimson (2015/16). It was a unique occasion where nine past Presidents and current President paid tribute to John Power who has been our Director General for the past 8 years.
Before this event on the same evening I chaired a meeting
of the EGA Board in Belfield UCD. There we discussed and agreed on a theme for
the 2015 Autumn Panel Discussion 'What the Digital Economy 2020 means for
Engineering in Ireland' to be led by a senior Minister and supported by a panel
of 4 Irish experts drawn from the principal ICT disciplines. We hope to have
this event held on campus sometime around mid October subject to availability
of speakers.
We also set up an EGA Board Subcommittee to work on the Growing
of Corporate Membership chaired by Dr Aisling Harkin together with Prof David
Fitzpatrick, Tina Pittock and George Young.
Back to Engineers Ireland later that evening. It was a
unique occasion as the photograph below shows. Unfortunately two of our recent female
Presidents Anne Butler (2005/06) and Regina Moran (2014/2015) were unavoidably
absent abroad on business.
The former Presidents present were John McGowan (2006/07), Jack
Golden (2007/08), Jim Browne (2008/09), Chris Horn (2009/10), Martin Lowery
(2010/11), P J Rudden (2011/12), Michael Phillips (2012/13), John O'Dea
(2013/14) and current President Bill Grimson. John Power Director General was also present has served in that
position since 2007 and has decided to
step down after 8 very fruitful years. He will be replaced by Caroline Spillane
current CEO of the Irish Medical Council next month.
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| Front Row: Bill Grimson, John Power, Michael Phillips, John O'Dea 2nd Row: Chris Horn, Martin Lowery, PJ Rudden Back Row: Jack Golden, John McGowan and Jim Browne |
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