Irving Langmuir honored by A.S.M.E.

The Holley Medal for 1934 was awarded on June 20, 1935, at the semi-annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at Cincinnati, Ohio, to Dr. Irving Langmuir, associate director of the General Electric Research Laboratory, for his contributions to science and engineering, especially in the development of the gas-filled incandescent lamp, of the thoriated filament for thermionic emission, of atomic-hydrogen welding, of phase-control operation of the grid-controlled gas-filled tube, and in fundamental research in oil films.