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connection with the transcontinental line; he has also been connected 

 with carrier-current development since its inception. Since 1919 he 

 has had charge of toll development engineering. 



F. W. McKowN, A.B., Williams College, 1914; B.S., Massachu- 

 setts Institute of Technology, 1916. Western Electric Company, 

 1916-1921. American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Depart- 

 ment of Development and Research, 1921-. Mr. McKown's work has 

 been largely concerned with transmission developments in connection 

 with local exchange circuits. 



