Obituary

Seizo Misaki, who was elected to membership in the Institute in December 1899 when he was chief engineer and superintendent for the Hanshin Electric Railroad Company, Kotee, Japan, died at his home at Ashiya, near Kobe, February 23, 1929, after a brief illness of only a few days. Born at Hiogo Gen, Japan, July 1867, Mr. Misaki was educated in the common and high schools there, and after his graduation, served a year as a teacher. Subsequent education was in a private, higher school at Tokyo. In 1887 he learned English in grammar-school at San Francisco and later in the boys´ high school. In 1891–92 he was a student at the Stanford University and was graduated from the Electrical Department of Purdue University in 1894. He then entered the engineers office of the Miyoshi Electric Works, Tokyo, and was also consulting engineer for t he Kitano Electric & Mfg Co., Osake, Japan. From 1895 to 1899 he acted as popular consulting engineer at Tokyo designing several large plants and machinery, in fact, almost all the newer type of machinery manufactured by the Miyoshi Electric Works was of his design. While still a resident of Japan, Mr. Misaki made short trips to the United States to study electrical progress, especially with regard to railroading. Immediately prior to his death his court standing was raised to the sixth rank, junior grade in recognition of his services to the State.