Karl B. McEachron — Edison medalist for 1949

The Edison Medal for 1949, an annual award for meritorious achievement in electrical science which constitutes one of the nation´s highest engineering honors, was presented to Dr. Karl Boyer McEachron of the General Electric Company on Wednesday, February 1, during the 1950 AIEE Winter General Meeting in New York, N. Y. Dr. McEachron was awarded the medal “for his contributions to the advancement of electrical science in the field of lightning and other high-voltage phenomena and for the application of this knowledge to the design and protection of electric apparatus and systems.”