AIEE personalities

P. A. Abetti, (AM ´49), Power Transformer Engineering Division, General Electric Company, Pittsfield, Mass., has been selected as the nation´s outstanding young electrical engineer for 1953 by Eta Kappa Nu Association. Mr. Abetti was chosen for “his original approach to power transformer design through the creation of unique electromagnetic models and his exceptional civic and cultural attainments.” Mr. Abetti will receive his award at a dinner during the Winter General Meeting of the AIEE. Born February 7, 1921, in Florence, Italy, Mr. Abetti came to the United States in 1946. In Italy he studied at the University of Florence, the Polytechnical Institute of Turin, and the University of Pisa, receiving a doctor of engineering degree in 1946 from Pisa. He continued his studies in the United States at the Illinois Institute of Technology where he received a master of science degree in 1948 and subsequently received a doctor of philosophy degree in 1953. Mr. Abetti joined the General Electric Company in 1948 and is employed in the advance and development engineering subsection of power transformer engineering. In addition to his work at the company, he also teaches graduate courses at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y., and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Mr. Abetti received the Coffin Award from General Electric in 1953 for his work in electromagnetic models of power transformers. He is a member of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and is serving on the AIEE Committee on Basic Sciences (1953–54).