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F. L. HUNT (A´05, F´17) director of economics and engineering of Western Massachusetts Companies, Greenfield, Mass., has been elected vice-president of that association and of each of its constituent utility companies, and assigned the duty of general charge of operations of those companies. Mr. Hunt was born at Delta, Iowa, in 1879, and was graduated from the University of Nebraska with the degree of bachelor of science in electrical engineering in 1902. Following his graduation he spent 3 years in the testing department of the General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. In 1905 he was transferred to the Boston, Mass., offices of the General Electric Company, where he was in charge of construction work in New England, and later assistant district engineer. In 1913 Mr. Hunt accepted the position of chief engineer of the Turner Falls Power and Electric Company and allied companies in Greenfield, Mass., and in 1927 when Western Massachusetts Companies was formed, including the Turner Falls Power and Electric Company, United Electric Light Company, Pittsfield Electric Company, and the Greenfield Electric Light and Power Company (now Western Massachusetts Electric Company), Mr. Hunt was appointed director of economics and engineering of those companies. He has served the Institute as a member of the committees on protective devices, 1914–16 and 1919–29; standards, 1923–32; and meetings and papers (now technical program), 1926–28. Mr. Hunt is the author of several Institute papers.