Obituary

Ralph L. Werden, of the Long Lines Engineering Department of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, New York, and a Member of the Institute since 1918, died at Bogota, March 21,1929, after a two-day illness of influenza and bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Werden was active in the work of the telephone line connecting New York and San Francisco; he was a trustee of the William F. Burk Lodge No. 230 and of the Bogota Masonic club. He also served on the general board of assessment commissioners.