Memoirs of deceased members

Edward Christian Dobbelaar was born in New York, January 6, 1882, and died suddenly at Fort Lee, N. J., August 18, 1905. He was educated in the public schools of New Jersey. When he was sixteen years old he started as a helper in the engine-room of the New York Sun. Of an ambitious nature, he devoted all his spare moments to the study of physics, chemistry, and practical electrical engineering. He was graduated at the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, and at the time of his death was employed as assistant engineer and electrician by the Sun Publishing Company.