The IEEE Board of Directors has named 295 IEEE Senior Members to Fellow Grade effective 1 January 2008. The list includes three representatives of the global PAC community - Dr. Bogdan Z. Kasztenny, Canada; Vahid Madani and Kenneth Martin, USA. The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual distinction in the profession and is conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest. Dr. Alexander Apostolov, USA, received one of the three CIGRE Technical Committee Awards given for 2007 to recognize the outstanding contributions of a number of CIGRÉ Study Committee members to the work of their respective Study Committees.