Obituary

George Young Allen, Associate of the Institute, was killed November 12th, when a Pennsylvania train telescoped the rear end of the express train on which Mr. Allen was returning from the Fourth National Radio Conference held at Washington, D. C. Though only thirty-two, Mr. Allen was already a conspicuous figure in radio activities, at the time of his death being technical assistant to the manager of the Radio Department of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. Born at Bernardsville, New Jersey, 1893, his general education was through the local grammar and High School. Immediately thereafter he entered Stevens Institute of Technology and graduated with an M. E. degree in 1915. This was followed by a post graduate course in alternating current at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completed in 1917. From 1915 to 1916 he was employed in the Physical Laboratory of the Western Electric Company and from 1916 to 1917, in the Research Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, having been transferred by the Western Electric Company to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and assigned to this work by them. In August 1917, he entered the Radio Division of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, Navy Department, where he remained until his connection with the Westinghouse Company in 1919. Beside being an Associate of the Institute, Mr. Allen was also a member of the Institute of Radio Engineers, the National Electric Light Association and the Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies. Mr. Mallory, Manager of the Radio Department of the Westinghouse Company pays him the following tribute: “Brilliant as an engineer; indefatigable as a worker; charming of personality — it will be impossible to replace him.”