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IN the death of its President, Dr. William Charles Lawson Eglin, The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, has experienced an overpowering loss which is deeply felt by all. Both officially and in his personal relations, Dr. Eglin had won the high esteem of all elements of the membership of the Institute. His death is sincerely mourned.
Dr. Eglin was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 187o , and was educated at the Andersonian University and the University of Glasgow. He came to Philadelphia in 1889 and devoted himself to his work as an electrical engineer. Because of his distinguished services in this field he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Swarthmore College, from the University of Pennsylvania, and from Pennsylvania Military College.
Dr. Eglin joined The Franklin Institute in 189L He displayed from the outset a lively interest in its activities and in I898 became a member of the Committee on Science and the Arts, of which body he remained a useful and stimulating member until his death. In 19o8 he was elected a member of the Board of Managers. He was made Vice-President in 1922 and in I924, upon the retirement of the President, was chosen to that office, which he has held until this time.
Dr. Eglin brought to this new office a decision and forcefulness which proved highly effective in meeting a crisis which had suddenly arisen in the affairs of the Institute. These qualities, combined with a generous sense of justice, enabled him to guide the Board of Managers to a proper solution of a critical problem.
In 1924 The Franklin Institute celebrated the centennial of its organization and the completion of a century of honorable service to science and the State. The commemorative exercises were brilliant and were distinguished by the excellent quality of the scores of papers which were presented, as well as by the presence of a great group of scientists of international standing, who delighted to honor the Institute.
In the conception, planning, preparation and guidance of the celebration, Dr. Eglin showed himself to be a leader of vision, ingenuity and courage. He contributed strikingly to the success of the entire occasion by his vivid imagination, his executive ability and his inclusive hospitality. The Institute began the term of its new president and the second century of its life with an honorable public recognition, and with a brightened outlook for future distinction, based upon labors well done.
Dr. Eglin's term as President has beer* fruitful of good things for The Franklin Institute. He proposed the Christmas ~,Veek Lectures for young people and
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