Abstract :
Melville Eastham was born in Oregon City, Oregon, on June 26, 1885. For two years he was employed by a local electric light and street railwav company. In 1905 he came to New York City and was chief engineer of Willyoung and Gibson, instrument manufacturers. In 1906, with J. Emery Clapp, Mr. Eastham founded the Clapp-Eastham Company, one of the pioneer manufacturers of radio equipment and accessories. In 1915 with several other persons Mr. Eastham organized the General Radio Company. Since that. time he has been President of the company. He is the designer of many instruments used-in radio-frequency measurements and holds a number of patents on them . Mr. Eastham has served on a number of the Committees of the Institute throughout his long active association with the Institute. He has been on the Board of Direction continuouslv since 1922. In 1927 he was elected Treasurer of the Institute, in which capacity he has continued to serve. Mr. Eastham was elected to Associate membership in the Institute in 1913, was transferred to the Member grade in 1913, and to the Fellow grade in 1925. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the American Physical Society, and the Optical Society of America.
