AIEE fellows elected: Board of directors meeting, January 25, 1957

Victor Henry Braunig (AM ´30, M ´42), general manager, City Public Service Board, San Antonio, Tex., has been transferred to the grade of Fellow in the AIEE “… for his leadership in design and operation of thermoelectric generating stations and in the management of a large electric utility.” Mr. Braunig was born in Hallettsville, Tex., May 22, 1890, and received his B.S. degree in E.E. from Texas A&M College in 1910. After graduation, he joined the San Antonio Public Service Company as a cadet engineer. He has been with that utility and its successor, the City Public Service Board, continuously except for two years service during World War I in the U.S. Army. After the war, he returned to the San Antonio Public Service Company where he has served as superintendent of production, general superintendent, assistant general manager, and general manager. He has held his present position as general manager since 1949. In his capacity as superintendent of production, Mr. Braunig pioneered, in Texas, the use of high pressure and high temperature topping turbines to raise the efficiency of old low pressure generating units. His outstanding accomplishment is the completely centrally operated supervisory control of the San Antonio Electric System utilizing carrier current and microwave channels. Mr. Braunig also handled the first 138-kv oil pipe cable installation in the Southwest. In addition to his accomplishments in engineering and operation, he has done an outstanding job of management and financing in the development of the San Antonio Electric and Gas Systems. During his administration, the load has more than tripled, and is now growing at a rate requiring a greatly accelerated construction schedule. Mr. Braunig is a registered professional engineer in the State oi Texas.