Abstract :
It was voted by the Chamber of Government Delegates at the International Electrical Congress of St. Louis in 1904, that an international electrotechnical commission should be established to carry on the work commenced at that Congress. The commission came into official existence in 1906, owing, in large measure, to the work of Colonel R. E. Crompton, C.B., who has served as its honorary secretary from its inception. The initiation of the organization was thus a sequel to the work of the St. Louis Congress. The first meeting of the commission, for organization, took place at London in L906, and was attended on behalf of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by Messrs. F. B. Crocker, C. O. Mailloux, and C. H. Sharp. Lord Kelvin was elected the first President of the Commission, an organization was formed, and statutes adopted. M. C. leMaistre was appointed General Secretary, with an office in London, at 28 Victoria St.
