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F. V. Magalhaes (A´07, F´19) for the past year connected with the inventory of the properties of the Consolidated Gas Company, New York, N. Y., and previously with the General Electric Company at West Lynn, Mass., has been appointed assistant to the executive vice president of the New York (N. Y.) Edison Company, Inc. Mr. Magalhaes, who received the degree of electrical engineer from Brooklyn (N. Y.) Polytechnic Institute in 1906, has already had many years of experience with the New York Edison Company. After several short periods of employment with the company, alternated with school and other work, he entered the meter department in 1907, becoming superintendent 2 years later. In 1917 he was made superintendent of the test department also. From 1926 to 1928 he was general superintendent of distribution and installation, leaving the company to become vice president for engineering of the Hall Electric Heating Company. This company was liquidated voluntarily in 1932, at which time Mr. Magalhaes became commerical representative for the General Electric Company at West Lynn. He is now a member of the Institute´s standards committee and of the committee on safety codes, of which he was chairman 1928–29 and 1932–34. He has been a member of the board of examiners since 1931, serving previously 1923–28, since 1928 has been Institute representative on the electrical committee of the National Fire Protection Association, and since 1930 has been representative on the National Fire Waste Council, previously serving for the year 1928–29. Mr. Magalhaes also has been active in the work of other organizations, and for some years was secretary and vice president of the U.S. national committee of the International Electrotechnical Commission.