Abstract :
MR. WILLIAM DRAYTON BUCKMAN, erecting engineer for the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in its Philadelphia office was accidentally killed at Lancaster, Pa., on July 7, 1909, receiving an electric shock of 2300 volts while working on the back of a switchboard. Mr. Buckman was elected an Associate of the Institute on March 12, 1909. He was born at Philadelphia, Pa., March 10, 1882.