Raymond Howard WILLIAMSON

WILLIAMSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/1/2016 at 16:37:15

April 6, 1907 --- December 20, 1997

Raymond Williamson, longtime General Electric Co. manager

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Raymond Howard Williamson of Lynchburg died Saturday at Virginia Baptist Hospital. Born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, Mr. Williamson earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University in 1935 and a master's degree in his major from Union College. He worked for the General Electric Co. from 1928 to 1971 and was the manager of engineering administration for communication products in Syracuse and Lynchburg from 1954 to 1971. He was an electronics specialist and managed the installation of high-powered naval radio telegraph transmitters at the Panama Canal Zone from 1936 to 1939.

Mr. Williamson was chairman of the FM Broadcast Engineering Committee to formulate and promulgate industry standards from 1942 to 1953. During his career, he was published in I.R.E. Proceedings and Signal Magazine. He was a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a member of the Elfun Society. He was secretary of the Electoral Board of Lynchburg from 1971 to 1980 and a member of the state and national Numismatic societies. He was a member of President L.B. Johnson's Assay Commission at the Philadelphia Mint in 1968.

Mr. Williamson was a Boy Scout leader in Schenectady from 1929 to 1944. He was a member of the Lions Club and the Civil War Roundtable. He was a member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel L. Williamson. Burial will be in at 3 p.m. Friday at Maple Shade Cemetery, Scotia. Contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund. Arrangements are by the Diuguid Rivermont Chapel.

Daily Gazette -- Schenectady, NY
December 25, 1997