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K. S. Wyatt (A´32) research engineer, Detroit Edison Co., Detroit, Mich., with his co-authors E. W. SPRING (A´26, M´32) and C. H. Fellows, has been awarded the 1933 A.I.E.E. national prize for initial paper for the contribution “A New Method of Investigating Cable Deterioration and Its Application to Service Aged Cable.” Mr. Wyatt was born in Cambridge, Mass., in 1900. He first studied engineering at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick. After completing the unified 2-year course, he majored in physical chemistry, obtaining the degree of B.A. in 1921 and the degree of B. Sc. with honors in chemistry in 1922, and was an instructor in physics in 1921. After a year of graduate work in physical chemistry at Harvard University he joined the Carborundum Company, Niagara Falls, N. Y., as assistant research chemist. In thefall of 1923 he accepted a scholarship from the National Research Councilof Canada, and attended the University of Toronto, where he was engaged in research on “Supersaturation of Gases in Liquids.” Mr. Wyatt joined the research department of the Detroit Edison Company in 1928, and has specialized in the study of the deterioration of high voltage insulation. Mr. Wyatt is a member of the Edison medal committee of the Institute, and is also a member of the American Chemical Society; he has prepared several papers for technical publications.