Abstract :
A joint dinner meeting of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu, honorary engineering fraternities, was held January 22, 1945, during the AIEE winter technical meeting in New York, N. Y. Vladimir Karapetoff (F´12) was guest of honor and delivered an address on “Fundamental Concepts of Relativity.” He was introduced by Ernst Weber (F´34) professor and head of the graduate electrical-engineering department, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y., who outlined the high lights in the speaker´s career. Professor Karapetoff became professor emeritus of electrical engineering of Cornell University in 1939, after 35 years at the university and was engaged in activities related to the war when he was afflicted by failing eyesight, culminating in almost total blindness in 1943.
