Obituary

Anson Wood Burchard, Associate of A. I. E. E., died suddenly January 24, 1927 at the home of Mortimer L. Schiff. Mr. Burchard since 1922 has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of the General Electric and prior to that time had been for many years a vice-president of the Company. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International General Electric Company, and as such had the general direction of the export business of the company. In addition to this he was director of many public utility corporations. During the war he acted as assistant to Benedict Crowell, who was Director of Munitions.