Abstract :
H. B. Buck, twenty-ninth president of the A. I. E. E., 1916–1917, was bora in New York City, May 7th, 1873. He graduated from Yale University in 1894 with the degree of Ph. B. and received his degree of E. E. from Columbia School of Mines in 1895. The year 1895–1896 was spent as a student in the shops of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, and during this period, Mr. Buck did much experimental work on a-c. apparatus for the great scientist, Poctor Steinmetz.
