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C. A. Adams (A´94, F´13, member for life and past-president) Lawrence professor of engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., has, with his co-authors J. C. Hodge and M. A. MacKusick, received honorable mention in connection with the award of the 1934 A.I.E.E. national prize for best paper in theory and research, for their paper “High Frequency Induction Furnaces.” Professor Adams was born in 1868 in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Case School of Applied Science in 1890 with the degree of bachelor of science. In that year he became a draftsman with the Brush Electric Company, and in 1891 joined the teaching staff of Harvard, where he has remained since that date. At Harvard University, he was first an instructor, becoming assistant professor in 1896, and professor in 1906. Since 1914 he has held the chair of Lawrence professor of engineering. From 1919 to 1921 he was also dean of the engineering school. In 1905 he received the degree of electrical engineer from the graduate school, and in 1925 the university bestowed upon him the honorary degree of doctor of engineering. Professor Adams has carried on an extensive consulting practice and has conducted numerous investigations on electrical machinery, being particularly active in the electric welding field. He has served the Institute in numerous capacities, and was its president 1918–19. Among the many committees on which he has served are the standards and electric welding committees, of which he has been a member during the Institute´s year just ending.