DR. LEWIS B. STILLWELL, NATIVE OF CITY. IS DEAD
NOTED ENGINEER PLAYED ROLE IN ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK SUBWAY AND ELEVATED LINES.
Dr. Lewis Buckley Stillwell, native of Scranton and a noted electrical engineer, died yesterday in the Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore. Mr. Stillwell resided in Princeton and was a life trustee of Princeton University. He was seventy-seven years of age. Dr. Stilwell was born in Scranton on March 12. 1863, the son of the late vCapt Richard and Margaret Snyder Stillwell. He attended Scranton schools in his youth and entered Wesleyan University when nineteen years of age. In 1885 he completed his electrical engineering course at Lehigh University and some years later received the degree of master of science and doctor of science at Lehigh. In 1886 Dr. Stillwell started his career with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and later became chief electrical engineer He was then named a director of the Niagara Falls Power Company and a few years later he started practice as a consulting engineer in New York city. The Scranton native played an important part in the electrification of the elevated and subway lines in New York and in 1936 was awarded the Edison medal for 1935 for distinguished engineering achievements and for his pioneer work in the generation, distribution and utilization of electric energy. He was a past president of the American Institution of Electrical Engineers and a prominent member of various other nationally known organizations. Dr. Stillwell retired in 1938. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Thurston, Pittsburgh, a son,, Richard, and two grandchildren.
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) 20 Jan 1941, Mon
Contributor: Susan Bailey Robinson
NOTED ENGINEER PLAYED ROLE IN ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK SUBWAY AND ELEVATED LINES.
Dr. Lewis Buckley Stillwell, native of Scranton and a noted electrical engineer, died yesterday in the Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore. Mr. Stillwell resided in Princeton and was a life trustee of Princeton University. He was seventy-seven years of age. Dr. Stilwell was born in Scranton on March 12. 1863, the son of the late vCapt Richard and Margaret Snyder Stillwell. He attended Scranton schools in his youth and entered Wesleyan University when nineteen years of age. In 1885 he completed his electrical engineering course at Lehigh University and some years later received the degree of master of science and doctor of science at Lehigh. In 1886 Dr. Stillwell started his career with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and later became chief electrical engineer He was then named a director of the Niagara Falls Power Company and a few years later he started practice as a consulting engineer in New York city. The Scranton native played an important part in the electrification of the elevated and subway lines in New York and in 1936 was awarded the Edison medal for 1935 for distinguished engineering achievements and for his pioneer work in the generation, distribution and utilization of electric energy. He was a past president of the American Institution of Electrical Engineers and a prominent member of various other nationally known organizations. Dr. Stillwell retired in 1938. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Thurston, Pittsburgh, a son,, Richard, and two grandchildren.
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) 20 Jan 1941, Mon
Contributor: Susan Bailey Robinson
DR. LEWIS B. STILLWELL, NATIVE OF CITY. IS DEAD
NOTED ENGINEER PLAYED ROLE IN ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK SUBWAY AND ELEVATED LINES.
Dr. Lewis Buckley Stillwell, native of Scranton and a noted electrical engineer, died yesterday in the Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore. Mr. Stillwell resided in Princeton and was a life trustee of Princeton University. He was seventy-seven years of age. Dr. Stilwell was born in Scranton on March 12. 1863, the son of the late vCapt Richard and Margaret Snyder Stillwell. He attended Scranton schools in his youth and entered Wesleyan University when nineteen years of age. In 1885 he completed his electrical engineering course at Lehigh University and some years later received the degree of master of science and doctor of science at Lehigh. In 1886 Dr. Stillwell started his career with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and later became chief electrical engineer He was then named a director of the Niagara Falls Power Company and a few years later he started practice as a consulting engineer in New York city. The Scranton native played an important part in the electrification of the elevated and subway lines in New York and in 1936 was awarded the Edison medal for 1935 for distinguished engineering achievements and for his pioneer work in the generation, distribution and utilization of electric energy. He was a past president of the American Institution of Electrical Engineers and a prominent member of various other nationally known organizations. Dr. Stillwell retired in 1938. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Thurston, Pittsburgh, a son,, Richard, and two grandchildren.
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) 20 Jan 1941, Mon
Contributor: Susan Bailey Robinson
NOTED ENGINEER PLAYED ROLE IN ELECTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK SUBWAY AND ELEVATED LINES.
Dr. Lewis Buckley Stillwell, native of Scranton and a noted electrical engineer, died yesterday in the Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore. Mr. Stillwell resided in Princeton and was a life trustee of Princeton University. He was seventy-seven years of age. Dr. Stilwell was born in Scranton on March 12. 1863, the son of the late vCapt Richard and Margaret Snyder Stillwell. He attended Scranton schools in his youth and entered Wesleyan University when nineteen years of age. In 1885 he completed his electrical engineering course at Lehigh University and some years later received the degree of master of science and doctor of science at Lehigh. In 1886 Dr. Stillwell started his career with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and later became chief electrical engineer He was then named a director of the Niagara Falls Power Company and a few years later he started practice as a consulting engineer in New York city. The Scranton native played an important part in the electrification of the elevated and subway lines in New York and in 1936 was awarded the Edison medal for 1935 for distinguished engineering achievements and for his pioneer work in the generation, distribution and utilization of electric energy. He was a past president of the American Institution of Electrical Engineers and a prominent member of various other nationally known organizations. Dr. Stillwell retired in 1938. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Elizabeth Thurston, Pittsburgh, a son,, Richard, and two grandchildren.
The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) 20 Jan 1941, Mon
Contributor: Susan Bailey Robinson
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