The response of the medalist

MY feelings at this moment are very mixed. Naturally, I am very proud to receive the John Fritz Medal, an honor that rightly is very highly regarded in the engineering field. But I have also a feeling of very deep humility, for I know, better than anyone else possibly can, that the engineering accomplishments which this presentation today recognizes were brought about not by me, but by the cooperative effort of the hundreds—yes, thousands—of my associates, most of whom are, or have been, part of the engineering organization of the General Electric Company in which I spent my active business life. I wish all of them could be here today and participate in this recognition, which so largely belongs to them.