Abstract :
PRESENTATION of the Faraday Medal of The Institution of Electrical Engineers, Great Britain, to W. D. Coolidge (A´10, M´34) Director of the General Electric Company´s Research Laboratory, Schenectady, N. Y., was a feature of the recent Springfield meeting of the Institute´s North Eastern District. Dr. Coolidge is the third American to receive the Faraday Medal, previous recipients having been Elihu Thomson and Frank B. Jewett. Presentation of the medal and certificate to Dr. Coolidge was made by AIEE Past-President Gano Dunn who officiated in his capacity as Local Honorary Secretary of the IEE for the United States. The award to Dr. Coolidge was previously announced in Electrical Engineering (March 1939, page 137), and the full text of Dr. Dunn´s presentation address and of Dr. Coolidge´s response may be found elsewhere in this issue.
