• DocumentCode
    1322468
  • Title

    John Fritz medal presented to Orville Wright

  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1920
  • fDate
    6/1/1920 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    601
  • Lastpage
    601
  • Abstract
    The presentation of the John Fritz Medal to Orville Wright took place at a meeting in the Auditorium of the Engineering Societies Building, May 7th, 1920. Mr. Charles F. Rand presided and, after calling the meeting to order, announced the award of the John Fritz medal to Mr. Orville Wright for his achievement in the development of the airplane. Mr. Rand explained the origin and establishment of the medal in 1902 in honor of John Fritz of Bethlehem, Pa., and read the list of distinguished men to whom this medal had been previously awarded.
  • Keywords
    Airplanes; Board of Directors; Buildings; Constitution; IEC; Medals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Journal of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0360-6449
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JoAIEE.1920.6592749
  • Filename
    6592749