Charles F. Scott (engineer)

Charles F. Scott (engineer)
Charles F. Scott

Born 1864
Athens, Ohio
Died April 1, 1944
Notable awards IEEE Edison Medal

Charles F. Scott (Athens, Ohio, 1864-April 1, 1944) was an electrical engineer.

He graduated from Ohio State University in 1885, and joined the engineering staff of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1888. He assisted the inventor Nikola Tesla with his work on the alternating-current induction motor.

He was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE later IEEE).[1] He received the 1929 AIEE Edison Medal.

References

  1. ^ "Charles F. Scott". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Charles_F._Scott. Retrieved 08 August 2011. 

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