Abstract :
Presentation of the lamme medal for 1947 to Alexander Morton MacCutcheon (F ´26) retired vice-president of the Reliance Electric and Engineering Company, Cleveland, Ohio, and a past president (1936–37) of the AIEE, was made June 23, 1948, during the AIEE summer general meeting at Mexico, Federal District, Mexico. Mr. MacCutcheon was honored for “his distinguished accomplishments in the development of motors for industrial needs, notably in the steel industry.” The medal has been awarded each year since 1928 to an engineer “who has shown meritorious achievement in the development of electrical apparatus or machinery.”