Membership

The two hundred and thirty-seventh regular, and twenty-sixth annual meeting, of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers was held in the auditorium of the Engineers´ Building, 33 West Thirty-ninth Street, New York City, Tuesday, May 18, 1909. President Ferguson presided, and called the meeting to order at 8 p.m. The secretary announced that at the meeting of the Board of Directors held in the afternoon 151 Associates were elected, and two Associates were transferred to the grade of Member. Those present at the directors´ meeting were: President Louis A. Ferguson, Chicago, Ill.; Past-President Henry G. Stott, New York City; Vice-Presidents James G. White, New York; W. C. L. Eglin, Philadelphia, Pa., Calvert Townley, New Haven, Conn.; Managers Paul M. Lincoln, Pittsburgh, Pa., Paul Spencer, Philadelphia, Pa., William S. Murray, New Haven, Conn., Percy H. Thomas, New York, W. G. Carlton, New York, Charles W. Stone, Schenectady, N. Y., H. E. Clifford, Boston, Mass.; Treasurer George A. Hamilton, Elizabeth, N. J., Secretary Ralph W. Pope, New York. The secretary then presented the annual report of the Board of Directors, which on motion duly seconded was accepted. This was followed by the report of the Committee of Tellers on the election of officers of the Institute. The secretary announced that he had received 578 proxies, of which 503 were valid, constituting a legal quorum. The report of the Committee of Tellers follows.