Presentation to the Institution of Electrical Engineers

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, September 28, 1906, and in accordance with the action of the board, President Sheldon appointed a committee consisting of John W. Lieb, Jr., Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, and Ralph W. Pope, to prepare a suitable testimonial for presentation to the Institution of Electrical Engineers in acknowledgment of courtesies to the representatives of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers who participated in the Circular Tour through Great Britain in July, 1906. The committee decided that the testimonial should be made in the form of a bronze bust of Benjamin Franklin, bearing a suitable inscription, and mounted on a mahogany pedestal. This was subsequently forwarded to Mr. Horace F. Parshall, Local Honorary Secretary of the Institute for Great Britain, by whom it was presented to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, at the general meeting held at London on April 30, 1908. The following is an extract from the official proceedings on that occasion.