MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR WILLTAM WHITE, K.C.B., F.R.S.
[TO THU EDITOR OF THR " SPECTATOR."]
SIE,-I am desired to bring to your notice the steps that are now being taken to establish some permanent memorial to the late Sir William White, K.C.B., F.R.S., whose great services to the engineering profession during his long and brilliant career were such as to justify the hope that the present appeal will meet with widespread response. The following engineering and allied institutions, with all of which Sir William White was closely connected, are sup- porting the present scheme, and now invite their members to contribute thereto, and to enlist the co-operation of any firms with which they may be connected: The Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Institution of Naval Architects, the Iron and Steel Institute, the Royal Society of Arts, the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, the Institute of Marine Engineers. the Institute of Metals.
It is understood that members of several of the engineering societies in America are also desirous of contributing to the fund which is now being raised. A General Committee (under the Chairmanship of the Right Hon. Earl Brassey, G.C.B.) has been formed representing various branches of the engineer- ing profession, the Navy and merchant service, and some of the Government Departments with which Sir William White had been associated. The form which the memorial is to take will necessarily depend upon the support which is extended to the scheme, but the Committee venture to hope that there will be no difficulty in raising an amount sufficient for the purpose of establishing a memorial worthy of its object. There may be some overlapping in the issue of this appeal through the various supporting institutions to their members, but steps have been taken to minimize this as far as prac- ticable. It is requested that all cheques be crossed "Coutts & Co.," and made payable to "The Sir William White Memorial Fund," and sent to Dr. J. H. T. Tudebery (Honorary Treasurer), Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster, S.W.—I am, Sir, &c., R. W. DANA (Hon. Secretary to the Memorial Committee). Institution of Naval Architects, 5 Adelphi Terrace, London, 1V.C.
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