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W. F. Wells (A´99, F´12) first vice president and general manager, and a director, of the Brooklyn Edison Company, Inc., Brooklyn, N. Y., retired March 1, 1935, after more than 42 years of service. Mr. Wells studied at Rutgers College, and in 1892 entered the employ of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn, predecessor of the Brooklyn Edison Company. Several years later he became connected with other companies, which later merged to form The New York Edsion Company, and was associated in the construction of the Waterside generating station, being placed in charge of its operation upon completion in 1901. In 1905 he returned to the Brooklyn company as general superintendent, and in 1913 was elected vice president and general manager and a director of this company and of the Kings County Electric Light and Power Company, these companies forming the Brooklyn Edison Company in 1919. Mr. Wells was a member of the Institute´s committee on power stations (now power generation) 1917–19, and took an active part in the work of other societies and organizations.