Edgar H. Fessenden and Eugene M. Murray [Obituaries]

The Institute of Radio Engineersannounces with regret the deaths of Edgar H. Fessenden and Eugene M. Murray. Mr. Fessenden was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., and trained in the public schools of that City and in the Brooklyn Commercial High School. After considerable experience as a radio amateur, he passed thru the Marconi School for Operators, thereafter becoming a professional steamship operator. Prior to the war, he joined the First Battalion of the New York Naval Reserve. At the entrance of our country into the war, he entered the United States Navy as third-class Radio Electrician. While in charge of the radio service of one of the United States Naval vessels, he acted as instructor and passed the examinations for Chief Radio Electrician. An illness contracted in service caused his death on March 15, 1918. Mr. Murray was an Associate member of The Institute of Radio Engineers and a skilled radio worker. He was formerly an Installation Engineer of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve Force, and called to active duty on April 6, 1917. While in service, he received injuries resulting in his death on May 30, 1918. His residence was at Haverford, PA, USA.