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V. J. F. Brain (A´22, M´32, and local honorary secretary) chief electrical engineer, Department of Public Works, Sydney, Australia, has been installed as chairman of the Sydney division of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, Australia. Mr. Brain graduated from Sydney University in 1922, after which he came to the United States, where he was connected with the General Electric Company at Schenectady. N. Y., and for a short time with the Alabama Power Company. In 1925 he entered the New York Edison Company, New York, N. Y., as assistant engineer in the electrical engineering department, where he remained until 1929, when he was appointed to his present position. Mr. Brain was a member of the Institute´s committee on protective devices during 1928–29.