Obituary

Harrison Pierce Reed, general manager of the A. Kieckhefer Elevator Company, Milwaukee, Wis., and Fellow of the Institute, died September 27th, 1925. Mr. Reed was born in Milwaukee September 9, 1886, and his early education was through the primary and West Division High Schools of that city. In 1905 he entered Sibley College, Cornell University, and was graduated from the Mechanical Engineering course with a certificate in Electrical Engineering in 1909. He immediately affiliated himself with the Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Co. and continued with them until 1919, taking responsible charge of their respective departments for the Development of Multiple-Unit Battery Car Train-Control, all engineering and Home Office Sales, and the development of new switchgears. He also contributed several valuable patents to this company´s workings. In 1921 Mr. Reed left the Cutler-Hammer Mfg. Company to assume the general managership of the A. Kieckhefer Elevator Co., also of Milwaukee, in which capacity he was still active when his death occurred. Mr. Reed was for several years a member of the Institute´s Industrial and Domestic Power Committee, serving as chairman of their Subcommittee on Elevators.