Arthur E. Silver was born at Silvers Mills, Maine in 1879 in the town named for his grandfather Silver. He was graduated from the University of Maine, class of 1902, with a B.S. degree. He received his doctor of engineering (an honorary degree) from the University of Maine in 1954. In 1951 he was the recipient of the Lamme gold medal award given by the American Institute of Engineering which was in recognition of his pioneering of rural electrification by designing a simplified farm-type transformer which lowered the cost of transmission to rural areas. He was chief electrical engineer for Ebasco Services, Inc., formerly Electric Bond and Share Co. until his retirement in 1948. He died in Upper Montclair, N.J., in 1975.
From the description of Papers, 1902-1973 (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 54487362
