Deletion of Asad Abidi

Comment: Dean, fellow of IEEE, member of NAE, and the two IEEE awards, are all accomplishments which individually would be enough to convince me that the article should be kept as a pass of . Put all five together and the case is clear
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: seems to meet the standards at ; it needs improvement, not deletion this early in the game
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (:WP:PROF)

Comment: Satisfies #2 & #6 of  per ref given in article & http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/1/awards/MillenniumMedals.htm
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)

Comment: Per all above. Meets criterion 2 and 6 of .  The speedy deletion tag was actually removed by the user who added it after the article had been improved.  That same user even removed the notability tag.  That this article was nominated ''within 1 1/2 hours of its creation'' and after all the improvements to boot is disruptive and only discourages new editors
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF)