Dr. R. Russell Rhinehart Receives 2009 Distinguished Society Service Award

ISA, the International Society for Automation recognized Dr. R. Russell Rhinehart with a 2009 Distinguished Society Service Award. Six others were also honored for their “Outstanding service and contributions to the Society and its Members”.

The photo shows Russ and Donna at the Awards Gala.

Russ is Editor-in-Chief of ISA Transactions, an international journal of the science and engineering of measurement and control. He accepted this volunteer role eleven years ago; and since, Transactions has tripled is size, added four associate editors, and steadily risen in impact factor and other ratings. Russ also presently serves on the Automation Engineering Committee for ISA, which is seeking to enhance workforce development to fill the need for control engineers within US manufacturing. Formerly, he served as the national Director for ISA’s Automatic Control Systems Division, and represented ISA to the Board of Directors of the American Automatic Control Council. Russ continues to contribute articles to ISA publications and conference programming.

Established in 1945, ISA is a society of automation professionals, with about 20,000 members in the US, and 30,000 world-wide. ISA is recognized for the development of standards in instrument and control systems, hosting the largest automation exposition in the US, and providing continuing education and training.