Obituary [Edward Beech Craft]

With, deep regret the Institute announces the death of Edward Beech Craft. Mr. Craft was born in Cortland, Ohio, September 12, 1881. He received a common and high school education in Warren, Ohio. From 1900 to 1902 he was superintendent of the lamp department of the Warren Electrical and Supply Company. Shortly after that he joined the Western Electric Company at Chicago. In 1907 Mr. Craft moved to New York City to become development engineer with the Western Electric Company. By 1918 he had become assistant chief engineer in charge of all development work in the engineering department of the Western Electric Company. In 1922 he became chief engineer in charge of all research activities of Western Electric. With the incorporation of Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1925 Mr. Craft became its executive vice-president, and later a director of the corporation. His contributions to the telephone and radio art through important inventions were numerous. He was elected a Fellow in the Institute in April, 1920, and was a member of several other scientific and engineering societies. His death occurred on August 20th, 1929