Word: medallist
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Edison's engineering friends established the medal as a permanent tribute to the original electrical wizard, with an endowment to be administered by the A. I. E. E. The medal committee consists of 24 men carefully chosen to reflect all shades of opinion and is periodically changed. Each medallist must be chosen by a two-third vote, several have been unanimous. The medal was designed by James Earle Fraser, the sculptor, and bears upon its face a striking profile of Edison; upon the reverse an allegorical relief: "The Genius of Electricity Crowned by Fame." The Edison medallists in chronological order...
...members. To the vacancy left by Elihu Vedder, classical painter, it elected John Charles Van Dyke, demolisher of the Rembrandt tradition (TIME, Oct. IS). Professor Van Dyke was also elected a Vice President of the National Institute, along with Louis Betts, painter, and Robert Aitken, sculptor. Arnold Brunner, the medallist, was made Treasurer of the Institute. The Institute may have 50 members. Each year it awards a gold medal for achievement in some fine art. This year the medal went to Edwin H. Blashfield, President of the National Academy of Design...
Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, Gold-Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society, will speak in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 7.30 o'clock on "Travels and Adventures in Persia". His lecture, which is open to all members of the Union and their guests, will be illustrated by colored slides. Professor Julian L. Coolidge '95 will introduce the speaker...
...that I am on the verge of being the silver medallist in my pool, a new question will...