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JViUiam Hand Browne, Jr. William Hand Browne, Jr., son of William Hand Browne, Professor Emeritus of English of Johns Hopkins University, was born after the Civil War, in Balti- more Comity, Maryland. After attending i)ublic and private schools in Balti- more, he entered Johns Hopkins University. From this institution he received the A.B. degree in 1890, and the Certificate in Electrical Engineering in 1892. During the year 1892- ' 93, he was Electrician for the Baltimore Traction Com])any, and was in charge of the electrical equipment of the Baltimore and Pikesville Kailway. As Electrical Engineer for Heywood, W arfield, and Company, 1893- 96, Mr. Browne was engaged in testing, remodeling, and installing light and power plants, and in constructing electric railways. In 189G he became Instructor in Electrical Engineering in the University of Nebraska; in 1898 Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in the University of Illinois; and in 1902 Technical Editor of the Electrical Review, New York City. This position he held imtil 1908, when he became Professor of Electrical Engineering in the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, the position he now holds. Professor Browne has contributed largely to the scientific discussion of the problems of electricity. Besides his regular articles while editor of the Review, comprising about four thousand words in weekly editorials, and original articles as well, he wrote for other journals. For several years he was called upon to write the annual review of electrical industry for the New York Timen. He wrote various articles for Nelson ' s Encyclopedia, The Electric Railway being one of these. A number of articles he contributed also to the Encyclopedia Americana. Professor Browne still has occasional articles in the electrical journals. Professor Browne is a member of the Sigma Xi (the honorary scientific fra- ternity), of the Tau Beta Pi (the honorary engineering fraternity), an associate member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers — for five years he was a member of the Edison Medal Committee of the Institute, a charter member of the American Electro-Chemical Society, also of the Illuminating Engineers ' Society — the editor of its Transactions for two years, a member of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and a contributing member of the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education. Professor Browne was married in the city of ( liicago in 1898. His wife and four chiklren, with himself as head, make an interesting group in tlic social life of the college conmmnity in West Raleigh.
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