Background
Peek, Frank William was born on August 20, 1881 in Mokelumne Hill, California, United States. Son of Frank W. and May (Stedman) Peek.
Peek, Frank William was born on August 20, 1881 in Mokelumne Hill, California, United States. Son of Frank W. and May (Stedman) Peek.
Bachelor of Arts, Stanford, 1905. Master of Electrical Engineering, Union University, Schenectady, New York, 1911.
With General Electric Company, 1905, consultant and research engineer, since 1910. Engineer in charge general transformer engineering department, 1927-1931, chief engineer General Electric Company, Pittsfield, since 1931. Specialized in development laws of corona, research in high voltage phenomena, in lightning, high voltage transmission, measurements of natural lightning and production of 5,000,000 volts artificial lightning.
Republican of America Institute of Elctrical Engineering on National Research Council.
Fellow American Institute of Elctrical Engineering (director), American Physical Society, Franklin Institute.
Married Merle Bell, August 9, 1913.