Obituary

LESLIE LAWRENCE PERRY (F´22) advisory electrical engineer, Sargent and Lundy, Inc., Chicago, Ill., died at Cuttingsville, Vt., on February 1, 1935. He was born July 13, 1874, at Lawrence, Mass., and was a graduate of Tufts College, receiving the degree of bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1896. Later, in 1906, he received the degree of master of science. After experience in the engineering and testing departments of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, N. Y., during the period 1897–1900 he went to South America, and was employed by F. S. Pearson (A´92, M´93, deceased 1915), consulting engineer, on the construction of the power and railway systems in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 1903 he went to Canada, where he was engaged on the construction of the system supplying power from Niagara Falls to Toronto. From 1905 to 1909 he was again in South America, having charge of the electrical design of the power and railway system for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The following 2 years were spent in the power and mining department of the General Electric Company at Schenectady, after which Mr. Perry joined the staff of Sargent and Lundy, where he was engaged in the electrical design of large steam power stations, substations, and transmission and distribution systems for cities throughout the United States. He had been advisory electrical engineer since 1930. Mr. Perry had been serving on the Institute´s power transmission and distribution committee since 1928, and had presented papers before the Institute. He was also a member of the Western Society of Engineers (Chicago).