AIEE personalities

J. W. Barker (M ´26, F ´30), chairman of the Board and president of the Research Corporation, has been elected president of Engineers Joint Council (EJC) for 1957, and F. S. Black (AM ´34, M ´44), publisher and editor of Electrical World magazine, has been elected vice-president of EJC. Dr. Barker is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in electrical engineering. He served as professor at MIT and at Lehigh University, and later as dean of engineering, Columbia University. He left the latter position to serve as special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy from 1941 to 1945. In 1945, he became president of the Research Corporation. Dr. Barker is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, and the American Society for Engineering Education. Mr. Black, born in Bryson City, N. C, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with a B. S. degree in E. E. He is also a graduate of the National University Law School and holder of a masters´ degree in patent law. Since 1945, he has been active in various capacities with the AIEE, and has also been a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the Planning Committee of EJC. From 1948 to 1954, he was editor-in-chief of Electrical World, his previous association being that of assistant to the president, Potomac Electrical Power Company, Washington, D. C.