Harris J. Ryan [SEP] educated at
Harris J. Ryan
Harris J. Ryan (January 8, 1866 – July 3, 1934) was an American electrical engineer and a professor first at Cornell University and later at Stanford University. Ryan is known for his significant contributions to high voltage power transmission, for which he received the IEEE Edison Medal. Ryan was elected to the National Academy of Science in 1920 and served as president of the AIEE during 1923-1924.
Professor Ryan was a member of Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Psi, and the Irving Literary Society
Robert (b. April 1881); Athol (b. Sep 1883); Grant (b. Jun 1898); Guy (b. Jun 1898); Lorne (b. Dec 1899);
All of his brothers and two of his cousins were cadets at RMC. Lorne's brother Captain Ernest Dale Carr-Harris, R.E. was killed in action in Tanzania, Africa on November 3, 1914.
One daughter, Mrs. J. A. Gunn, lived at Cairo, Egypt. Professor Carr-Harris married, secondly, June 6