Carl Lansden

Following a distinguished career of longtime service, Tenth District International Vice President Carl Lansden announced his retirement effective January 10, 2003.

During his 13-year tenure as vice president, Brother Lansden administered a South Central/South Atlantic U.S. district comprising over 30,000 IBEW members in 66 local unions. At the time of Brother Lansdens appointment as International Vice President in October 1989, the current Tenth Districtwhich includes Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennesseewas designated as the Twelfth District. In 1998 the four-state district was redesignated as the Tenth District.

Brother Lansden began his IBEW career in 1956 when he was initiated into Local 365, Knoxville, Tennessee. He was elected Local 365 president/acting business manager in 1962 and served in that post until 1976. He served on the Local 365 Executive Board, Examining Board and numerous local union and labor-wide committees, including an IBEW panel of locals with Tennessee Valley Authority jurisdiction.

In 1976 Brother Lansden was appointed IBEW International Representative and assigned to the then-Twelfth District, where his responsibilities included negotiating contracts, representing employees in arbitrations and organizing in all branches.

Additional labor, political and community service-related activities have included membership on the Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council; State of Tennessee Electrical Workers; and the Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council Executive Committee. He was a member of the Hamilton County Democratic Party Executive Committee and a Democratic Party precinct chairman. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Greater Chattanooga Area United Way.

Brother Lansdens early work experience began with a brief stint in 1954 as pump operator at Tennessee Valley Authority. In continuing employment at TVA from 1955-1976, he was assistant unit operator at John Sevier Steam Plant and later at Bull Run Steam Plant.

He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1949-50 and in the U.S. Navy from 1950-53. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, he is a member of the Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, the Shriners and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Brother Lansden and his wife, Barbara, plan to continue their residence in the greater Chattanooga area for the time being. They have one son, Carl, who lives in the area, and Brother Lansden looks forward to enjoying more time as a "gentleman farmer."

The IBEW members, staff and International Officers wish Brother Lansden a long and happy retirement.

Appointed

Robert P. Klein

The IBEW is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert P. Klein as Tenth District International Vice President. He replaces International Vice President Carl Lansden, who retired on January 10, 2003.

Brother Klein brings nearly 30 years of strong experience in the trades and labor to his new office. As an IBEW International Representative assigned to the Tenth District since 1998, his responsibilities included the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) assignment. TVA, the largest U.S. public utility, covers parts of a seven-state region with an IBEW membership of 3,000 TVA employees comprising classifications in fossil, hydro and nuclear operations, maintenance, transmission and substation construction. Additionally, approximately 2,500 IBEW members work for TVA partner contractors.

Initiated into the IBEW in 1974 as a member of then-Local 846 in Chattanooga, Brother Klein served extensively at the local union level. He was president of Local 846 for three years prior to its amalgamation into Chattanooga Local 175 in 1992. As assistant business manager of Local 175 from 1994-98, he was responsible for servicing bargaining units covering eight electric cooperatives in Tennessee and Georgia, the Elec

tric Power Board of Chattanooga, TVA Transmission and Substation Construction as well as the Tennessee Outside Statewide Agreement. He also served on various labor-management and negotiating committees, and was a delegate to the 34th and 35th IBEW International Conventions.

At the time of his initiation into the IBEW, Brother Klein was employed with the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, an electric utility serving approximately 175,000 customers. He began his 20-year career with the Chattanooga Electric Power Board as a groundman and advanced to apprentice lineman, lineman and line foreman. Brother Klein attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the George Meany Center for Labor Studies. He served in the U.S. Army and subsequently the Tennessee Army National Guard from 1970 to 1976.

He also has served as trustee on the Southeastern Line Constructors Apprenticeship Training Committee, as well as a member of the IBEW Outside Line Task Force Committee.

Currently, Brother Klein serves as secretary-treasurer of the Trades and Labor Council for Annual Employees of TVA. He is president of the Tennessee Valley Trades and Labor Council.

The IBEW wishes Brother Klein much success in his new position.