O'Connell was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and chaired its Joint Technical Advisory Committee from 1961 to 1964.Newsletter Article, Ninth Armour Conference History of the Armour Conferences, by Daniel Hoolihan, History and 50th Anniversary Chair of the Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Society, and Warren Kesselman, Founder of the EMC Society, 2006, p. 4
