Abstract :
On the 25th day of December, 1924, A. Gero Schmidt, died at his home, 22 Carey Avenue, Wilkes Barre, Pa. Mr. Schmidt was born in Rome, Italy. He was a graduate of the Karlsruhe University, Germany. In 1912–14 he served an apprenticeship course at the Westinghouse works, Pittsburgh and in 1914 was made sales engineer, export department of the British Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co., Ltd., Manchester, England. In 1915–19 he served as an officer in the Italian Army, Engineers Corps and upon the termination of the war in 1919, was made Assistant to Manager and Chief Engineer, Societa Laziale di Elettricita, Rome, Italy. Mr. Schmidt was also a member of the Associazione Nazionale degli Ingegneri Italiani, Rome.