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CAPT. J. M. DONALDSONhas been elected an honorary member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in recognition of his distinguished contributions to electrical power engineering, particularly in the fields of generation, transmission and distribution : and for his services to the Institution. Capt. Donaldson was educated at Whitgift Grammar School, Croydon, and at Finsbury Technical and Central Technical Colleges. His first appointment, in 1897, was with the British Thomson-Houston Co., London, and he then studied American methods for four years in the United States and Canada. In 1906, he was appointed general assistant engineer to the North-Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Co., becoming a director of the Company in 1943. Under Capt. Donaldson‘s technical guidance the ‘Northmet' system grew to be one of the largest co-ordinated electric power supply networks in Great Britain. He carried out much pioneer work in the field of supply, particularly in the use of steam at increased pressures and temperatures in the generating plants for which he was responsible. He now serves as a member of the Eastern Electricity Board. Capt. Donaldson was president of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1931, and has served as a member of a number of committees of the Council.
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Institution of Electrical Engineers : Capt. J. M. Donaldson, M.C. Nature 163, 125 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163125d0
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