b'Member News July 2021 5Remembering HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghRememberingHRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh10 June 19219 April 2021 By Ralph AdamHRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died in April just short of his 100th birthday. For 73 years he supported HM The Queen, who is also the Patron of the IET, who said: He has quite simply been my strength and stay. He was dedicated to his role as the longest-serving British royal consort.Prince Philip promoted theIndustry Collaboration at importance of engineering andIET London: Savoy Place in technology throughout his life.2005. He also published 21 He was an Honorary Fellowbooks and authored articles, of the Institution for 69 years,including one published in the with great enthusiasm for bothJournal of the IEE, titled The encouraging young peoplesengineer in Commonwealth Personal Development anddevelopment (1961) and The demonstrating the importanceBritish contribution to science of engineering within society.and technology in the past As President of the Councilhundred years (1951), published of Engineering Institutions, hein the Journal of the British used his position to pressuriseInstitution of Radio Engineers*. the engineering professionsIn 1956 the Duke of Edinburgh into creating an elite body; itAward, now the worlds leading Everything that wasntwas the Princes vision thatyouth achievement award led to the formation of thescheme, was launched to help invented by God, isFellowship of Engineering (nowyoung people develop life-skills the RAE: Royal Academy ofand resilience. More than 6m invented by an engineer. Engineering). His role as Seniorworldwide have completed the Fellow smoothed the RAEsscheme. Another innovation was turbulent start, making it a closethe Prince Philip Medal, awarded equivalent of the Royal Society.biennially for an exceptional HRH The Prince Philip, The headquarters were renamedcontribution to engineering. In Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Philip House. As a popular1961 he created Commonwealth speaker he took part in manyTechnical Training Week, an RAE meetings, chaired eventsevent supported throughout the and promoted engineeringCommonwealth, encouraging in public statements. academic institutions to promote He gave over 5,000 technicalthe benefits of technology.talks and lectures, includingOur thoughts are with our the Conference on British/ Patron, HM The Queen, Norwegian Oil and Gasand the Royal Family.* The British Institution of Radio Engineers renamed itself as the Institution of Electronic and Radio Engineers (IERE), which later merged with the Institution of Electrical Engineers(IEE) in 1988. In 2006, the IEE merged with the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) to form the IET.'