William Le Roy Emmet
Electrical engineer
William Le Roy Emmet was an electrical engineer who made major contributions to alternating current power systems including the design of large rotary converters. Wikipedia
Born: July 10, 1859, New Rochelle, NY
Died: September 26, 1941 (age 82 years)
Awards: IEEE Edison Medal (1919) and Elliott Cresson Medal (1920)
Parents: Julia Colt Pierson and William Jenkins Emmet
Siblings: Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Emmet de Glehn, and Rosina E. Sherwood