- Alexander C. Monteith
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footnotes =Alexander Crawford Monteith (
Ontario ,Canada , April 10, 1902 -Orleans , September 17, 1979) was a Senior Vice-President of theWestinghouse Electric Corporation , and for more than forty years a leader in the development of electric power systems.Monteith received his education in
electrical engineering atQueens University , Kingston,Ontario .He started as a Central Station Engineer and became Senior Vice-President of Westinghouse, and President the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and President of theNational Electrical Manufacturers Association . He was an Honorary Member of theAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and a Fellow of theIEEE . He received theIEEE Edison Medal in 1962. He was elected to theNational Academy of Engineering in 1965.External links
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