Karl B. McEachron

Karl B. McEachron was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to high-voltage engineering. He received the 1949 AIEE Edison Medal for "the advancement of electrical science in the field of lightning and other high voltage phenomena and for the application of this knowledge to the design and protection of electric apparatus systems". McEachron received also the 1935 Edward Longstreth Medal of the Franklin Institute.
McEachron received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from Ohio Northern University in 1913 and M.S. from Purdue University in 1920.