Nevin E. Funk

Nevin Elwell Funk (November 4, 1883 – April, 1973) was an American electrical engineer, vice president engineering at the Philadelphia Electric Company, now PECO Energy Company. He is known as president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1943–44, and recipient of 1952 ASME Medal.

Biography Youth, education and early career Funk was born in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1883 to Nevin Ilrsinus Funk and Mary Louise (Elwell) Funk. He obtained his BSc in electrical engineering from Lehigh University in 1905.

After his graduation in 1905-06 Funk started his career as apprentice in the Westinghouse Electric Corporation in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1906 he was sub-foreman at the New York Central Railroad for a few months, and next from 1906 to 1907 assistant professor at Georgia School of Technology, now Georgia Institute of Technology. and retired in 1950.