Abstract :
Presentation of the 1947 Edison Medal to Doctor Joseph Slepian (F ´27) “for his practical and theoretical contributions to power systems through circuit analysis, arc control, and current interruption” was made on Wednesday, January 28, during a general session of the 1948 AIEE winter general meeting at Pittsburgh, Pa. AIEE President Blake D. Hull presided at the session, at which the history of the medal was recounted by AIEE Director J. F. Fairman (F ´35) representing S. M. Dean, chairman of the Edison Medal committee, and the medalist´s career was outlined by M. W. Smith (F ´42).
