Obituary

Edward W. Stevenson, a cable specialist, was lost in the Florizel disaster. Mr. Stevenson has been supplying the British government since the war began with insulated wire and cable, and storage batteries and it was while on a trip in connection with this business that he lost his life. Through this death the electrical industry lost one of its pioneers. From 1880 to 1886 Mr. Stevenson was in the employ of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company of London and for two years thereafter with the Commercial Cable Company. In 1889 he took charge of the Brush Electric Illuminating Company of New York. Later he was connected with the Okonite Company and the Hazard Manufacturing Company. In 1913 he became sales agent for Smith and Nicolls, manufacturers of wires. Mr. Stevenson became an Associate of the A.I.E.E. in 1903 and was advanced to the grade of Member in 1912.