Obituary [Roy Martin Smith]

Roy Martin Smith (A´35, M´46), chief engineer, Railway and Industrial Engineering Company, Greensburg, Pa., died on October 30, 1951. He was born on March 24, 1903, in Spokane, Wash., and was graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1925 with a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering. He was associated with the Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1925 to 1941 where he was in charge of design and application of protective relays. In 1941 he became engineering manager of the Bryant Electric Company and a year later accepted the position of chief engineer of the Roller Smith Company. He joined the Railway and Industrial Engineering Company in 1945 as distribution engineer and was appointed chief engineer in 1950. He was an active member of the Institute, having served on the Protective Devices Committee (1936–45) and the Instruments and Measurements Committee (1942–44).