Biography

Stanley H. Horowitz

Biography

Stanley H. Horowitz is a consultant, author and lecturer. He joined American Electric Power Service Corp. (then American Gas and Electric) in 1950 and retired in 1989, having served as head of the System Protection Section, Assistant Head of the Electrical Engineering Division and Consulting Electrical Engineer.

He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was chairman of the IEEE Power System Relaying Committee from 1975-1978 and chairman of Study Committee 34-Protection & Control of the International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems (CIGRE) from 1980-1986. He co-authored a textbook with A.G.Phadke entitled, "Power System Protection", edited the IEEE Press book, "Protective Relaying for Power Systems", and has authored over two dozen technical papers. He was the editor-in-chief of the Power Engineering Society magazine "Computer Applications in Power" from 1996 to 2002.

He has been awarded the PSRC Distinguishes Service award, the CIGRE Atwood Associates award, the ETA Kappa NY Victor Karepetoff Award and the 2008 PES Life Achievement Award,