Abstract :
The distinguished Swiss electrical engineer, Mr. C. E. L. Brown, of Baden, arrived in New York March 31, on his way home from a trip round the world. The New York Reception Committee of the Institute had arranged for a dinner on April 4, to be made the occasion of the presentation to Mr. Brown of an engrossed certificate of honorary membership in the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, which distinction had been conferred at a meeting of the Board of Directors on January 12, 1912.