Obituary

CLARENCE EDMUND GIFFORD, Member of the Institute, died at the home of his parents 236 Fulton Street, Jamestown, N. Y., on January 23, 1909, after several years of enfeebled health. He was born at Jamestown, N. Y., April 18, 1853, son of Walter C. and Eliza C. (Robertson) Gifford. His preliminary education was received at Jamestown high school. Having an ambition for a professional career, he took the course in civil engineering at Cornell University, graduating from that institution in 1876. For the next two years he engaged in civil engineering. His interest then being aroused by the possibilities of the electrical field, then developing, he directed his energies to telephone engineering. In 1888 he turned his attention to the broader field of lighting and power engineering, to which he devoted himself for the succeeding 15 years.